Battlefield 6’s official launch is simply over per week away, and whereas most gamers are counting down the seconds, some are revelling within the newest official live-action trailer that appears to poke enjoyable at a sure competing FPS franchise.
The trailer begins with a bunch of celebrities: Zac Efron, Jimmy Butler, Morgan Wallen, and Paddy Pimblett gearing up for a battle, however sadly, they do not actually get too far as they’re blown to bits in simply a few seconds. This is adopted by an unknown soldier asking, “Who was that?” as one other soldier replies, “Doesn’t matter, let’s move.”
I was pretty relieved when I saw these celebrities get blown up. It’s not like I’ve got anything against them, but seeing a Battlefield 6 trailer with guest stars didn’t fit the vibe that I thought Battlefield Studios was going for with this latest game. One of the biggest fears many players have had throughout the lead-up to Battlefield 6 was that it would unceremoniously morph into Call of Duty at some point, be that by adding ridiculous skins or with weird collabs that are out of place in its gritty battleground.
So blowing up Zac Efron and co may seem like a bit much, but it has worked wonders in quelling player fears and hyping people up for Battlefield 6. While some are loving the playful jab at Call of Duty, others are just revelling in the tongue-in-cheek trailer that feels like something we would’ve seen a decade ago.
“No way they officially posted that… It’s like we’ve moved back in time,” one player says. As others comment that this looks like a Battlefield 3 or Bad Company 2 promo—”Yeah, it feels like an old Battlefield commercial, well done to whoever was involved.”
One of probably the most attention-grabbing issues about watching the hype for Battlefield 6 unfold has been my realisation about how a lot gamers (me included) appear to only desire a little bit of nostalgia. While sequence like Call of Duty have seemingly strayed additional and farther from what gamers truly need over the past decade or so, a return to kind for Battlefield has managed to fill an enormous gap within the FPS style.
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Other gamers have been fast to level out how a lot of a “fuck you” to CoD this trailer is. “Every year, CoD is known to do a live action trailer featuring various celebrities and internet personalities in a light-hearted and comedic fashion, just like the opening,” a player points out. “The BF team is really leaning on the tone shift and ‘We’re a grounded military shooter while CoD hasn’t been in years’.”
Regardless of what your takeaway is from this trailer, it is managed to maintain on fueling the ridiculously excessive expectations and pleasure for Battlefield 6 whereas additionally managing to seize the pure chaos of your squad attempting to take out a rogue tank.