Battlefield Redsec, Battlefield’s battle royale competitor to Call of Duty: Warzone, launched earlier this week to a lot of praise and fanfare. Social media is abuzz with impressive clips, and despite solo players receiving the short end of the stick with only duos and quads playlists available, the reception has been overwhelmingly positive — until you check the Steam reviews.
As of this writing, reviews on Steam for Battlefield Redsec are “mixed,” because despite the countless positive reviews explaining how good the core gameplay is, that’s balanced out by a myriad of reviews, mostly from Battlefield 6 players who self-admit they’re not interested in Redsec, that are negative.
This is largely because Redsec released at the same time as Battlefield 6 Season 1, which brought with it a new set of weekly challenges. Some of these challenges require playing the battle royale mode, however, so to complete the battle pass, players must partake in a mode they may otherwise have no interest in.
One Steam review reads: “I bought Battlefield 6 for its core mode, I shouldn’t be forced into playing Redsec because half of my weeklies are tied to a mode I don’t want to play.” Another reiterates the same sentiment, with the additional context that even though you can reroll challenges, you’ll still see plenty focused on Redsec “because they are pushing it hard on people that would not touch it even once.”
However, this isn’t the only reason folks aren’t happy. The one other recurring complaint is that none of the maps in Battlefield 6 are big enough, and that Redsec feels like a truer Battlefield experience than the main game thanks to its size and environmental destruction.
So if you’re considering jumping into Battlefield Redsec, don’t let the negative reviews at first glance put you off. Battlefield Studios may well address these complaints soon, much like they did with the difficulty of some Battlefield 6 weapon assignments, and then everyone will be happy. Probably. Maybe.
