"If you've seen any marketing for Battlefield 6, you know that it takes the fight to New York City. Right from its initial announcement over the summer, Battlefield Studios put a major emphasis on a campaign mission and multiplayer map that would have players causing destruction in the streets of Brooklyn. The announcement was met with just a hint of trepidation."
"Would the military shooter series be able to handle a terrorist attack on iconic NYC landmarks sensitively enough, especially during a time when American politicians are doing everything in their power to paint major US cities as warzones? It's probably unsurprising to hear that Battlefield 6 doesn't exactly handle a loaded image with grace, but the Brooklyn-based missions in its campaign are almost too ridiculous to get upset over."
Battlefield 6 opens after a political assassination fractures NATO and allows a private military group called PAX Armata to gain prominence. PAX's motives remain unclear while NATO and American forces deploy worldwide to confront them in locations including Gibraltar and Egypt. The campaign's fifth mission, No Sleep, places a NATO summit in New York City at peak tensions and sends troops to Brooklyn to locate a presumed PAX hideout. The Brooklyn sequence sends players through upscale Brooklyn Heights townhouses searching for a secret terrorist base. The town appears evacuated, preventing civilian encounters, while the mission leans toward implausible, sensational spectacle.
Read at Polygon
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