Players of Battlefield 6 are angry and rating REDSEC poorly because EA neglects them and forces them to play the Battle Royale.
What is the current status of REDSEC? Battlefield REDSEC, the new free Battle Royale from EA, launched on October 28, 2025. Meanwhile, the first player reviews on Steam have come in, and many are dissatisfied.
About 24 hours after release, REDSEC has 2,988 user reviews, of which 39%, or over 1,600 reviews, are negative. Steam illustrates this poor player rating with a red “mostly negative” label.
Players of the base game feel betrayed and neglected
Why is REDSEC rated so poorly? Looking at the negative reviews, it stands out: a large portion of players do not criticize the game and its gameplay. Here, there are mostly players who like Battlefield 6 and want to play it and have no interest in Battle Royale.
The players of Battlefield 6 feel betrayed, neglected, and forced to play the Battle Royale. One user writes on Steam:
- “I wouldn’t hate it so much if I weren’t forced to play it for challenges in the main game [Battlefield 6]. But I am. So I do it. I didn’t buy Battlefield 6 for this.”
The player is referring to the various weekly challenges that you can currently complete in Battlefield 6 to earn Battle Pass tokens. For example, you are required to complete a certain number of matches or missions in the Battle Royale. Since there is only a limited number of weekly missions, you are practically forced to play the Battle Royale to make as much progress on the Battle Pass as possible.
Other players criticize that Fort Lyndon – the map of the Battle Royale – fulfills wishes that many Battlefield players have expressed for the conquest maps of Battlefield 6 for weeks. In a review on Steam, it is read:
- “The base multiplayer of BF6 [Battlefield 6] gets small maps with limited destruction. The BF BR [Battlefield Battle Royale] gets a huge map with entirely collapsing buildings and watercraft. I wish they had invested more time to make Conquest a true BF experience.”
For weeks, it has been repeatedly noted on social media that many players in Battlefield 6 would like to see really large maps and hope that naval battles and the use of boats will return. This is the case in REDSEC. A look at the reviews clearly shows that the player community of the base game feels neglected for this reason.
Is there also criticism of REDSEC itself? Yes, but it is noticeably more manageable. A repeatedly mentioned point of criticism is the lack of a solo mode. The Battle Royale can only be played in duo or in 4-player squads.
MeinMMO editor Dariusz Müller also took a look at REDSEC directly upon its release. His first impression is that it is a solid Battle Royale mode with gameplay elements from Battlefield, but it fails to capture the Battlefield feeling loved by fans: REDSEC shows me in the first round already why millions of players love Battle Royale, but doesn’t forget that it is still a Battlefield
