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Battlefield 6's multiplayer takes a bold, risky new direction


Our preview of Battlefield 6's multiplayer, which takes another big gamble with the series' long-running class system.

| Image credit: EA While this does take some of the more grandiose 'wow factor' away from the matches I played, in its place the game gains an air of stability, of the kind that would otherwise go out the window when a tidal wave wipes out your hard-fought defensive position. This approach that leaves snipers perched in high places ironically results in a more grounded Battlefield game, one less interested in grand destructive gestures and more keen on good ol' fashioned military sim shooting and strategy. I need to see where the dice fall, whether the gamble of bold gameplay changes land well - where the hivemind of Battlefield's playerbase find new strategies beyond the this-beats-that approach of old, say - or whether they simply muddy an otherwise potentially brilliant experience.

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