I love girls frontline. but between the molasses paced update schedule, the unforgiving feeling gacha, and currently meaningless gameplay loop, the game currently sucks. the story content that currently exists is great. but at this point several month gaps between cliffhangers is getting tiring. the gameplay at its core is relatively shallow, but it's fun. unfortunately the game is currently obsessed with DPS checks, which is fun once and awhile, but a large chunk of the endgame content is currently focused on boss fights. it's through this the game lays itself bare: at it's core, it is a spreadsheet game. it is not a game of skill, or of strategy, it is about the time commitment to the numbers. this is made apparent through the end-game PVP mode, where all the matches are a bonkers level of uneven and meta focused. it is so bad the developers have given up on it and are axing it entirely in a future update. considering the TL quality at their current pace, I doubt we see server parity any time soon, or even at all.

I do believe there is hope. the core here is good, and the tidbits of what is to come from overseas is promising. mica team also seems to communicate regularly, but until we have a roadmap of some sorts I will certainly be whaling elsewhere.

for context, I did not play 2042 on release but picked it up on sale earlier this year. after playing the 6 beta, I see that this game has inherited many of the good things from it. 6 is a return to form, traditional modern boots on ground battlefield. the gameplay has retained the modernized, less clunky nature of 2042 (this is one of the things for the better) without veering too hard in to the fast paced nature of games like call of duty. there is a solid weapon variety, and despite progression being slow in some cases it is a great change of pace as someone who really only last played 4.

there is some map balance issues in some game modes. it would be great to see the expansion of player counts for some modes, but I do understand the streamlining of them. as someone who loves battlefield for its hectic large scale combat, it is refreshing to play matches that aren't conquest large. I am not sure who in the community, or who at DICE was on the same wavelength regarding game modes but I am so glad the game is funneling people in to literally anything but conquest.

battlefield is back.

The game itself is good! But it's totally unacceptable that a game that is charging as much as 70 dollars on release is effectively unplayable. It worked fine earlier this week. What gives?

it's baby making time