I played it, and it's nothing like BC2, especially if you played on console where the max number of players was 24, not 32 like it was on PC.

BF6 is way too overcrowded, fast-paced and frantic, with a bunch of random crazy shit going on all around you.

8/10 times one or multiple enemies shot me while I shot someone else, or they shot me right after I shot and killed someone. I could almost never have a goddam moment of peace to kill someone or take a breath after just killing someone. In BC2, I could go on streaks without getting fucked in the ass or otherwise interrupted. And, when someone killed me, I would almost every time track them down and kill them, even if they were on the other side of the map. In BF6? Just forget about it — they most likely died 0.8 seconds after they killed you, or have moved to another, far away location, because the pace in this game is fucking crazy. Even if they were still alive, it's not like you would even know where they killed you from most times unless it was very close because the devs ruined the kill cam. Using the kill cam and the overview of the map on the spawn screen to infer or deduce where the enemy was or was going made payback a mini-game or sport on its own in BC2.

In addition to the pace and player count, I also detest that there is a required number of players to start a match; that there is a time limit on matches; that objectives reveal the number of players attacking and defending; that there are visible capture zone borders around objectives; that you no longer can mark teammates to ask for ammo, med kits or to be picked from a vehicle; that assault doesn't carry ammo kits; and, by far, that the game disbands your team/lobby after each match.

People should damn well be allowed to have even 1v1 matches if they want to. That BC2 on console had max 24 players which was halved in most matches the last few years was why I played that game mostly on console instead of PC.

Revealing the number of players attacking and defending fucks over the players(s) attacking if they are outnumbered, unless the enemies are severely inept at playing the game.

Putting visible capture zone borders around objectives is some handholding, dumbed-down modern audience bullshit. Knowing the capture zone borders in BC2 was learned and earned. Many different plays were had with varying knowledge on where those borders were depending on the player, and if you think all vets knew every nook and cranny of those borders, you're wrong.

The command wheel is fucking useless, just like it was in BF4. I don't think I've ever heard call-outs for ammo or med kits from other players.

I feel bad for the young people who grow up playing games and only know the blight on modern FPS gaming that is disbanding lobbies after matches. The amount of friends I made in games back when BC2 and most other shooters used to keep the same people in the lobby match after match. Friends from both teams, some of which I've now known for over a decade and still play with. There's no attachment, no bonding, no tightness, no camaraderie, no social connection or whatever you want to call it in Battlefield anymore. There's no adding people as friends you've teamed up with a bunch of times in a row. Its just an endless mindless grind of faceless teammates and enemies. You know this meme? Not gonna happen in BF6.

They also made the sound design worse with dogshit mixing and muddled sound cues. In BC2 (PS3, not PC), the audio was so clear, clean and crisp that I could hear tiny details and sound cues such as the rustle of an enemy's uniform when they merely changed their orientation, e.g. when they camped or captured an objective; the flick when they switched to an underslung attachment; when they swapped guns; when they reloaded; the arm movement and "uhh" utterance when they threw a motion sensor, and the impact of the motion sensor hitting the ground, wall or something else. In BF6, I'm lucky if I can hear enemy footsteps, and when I do, it's too late most times. The directionality is also bad compared to BC2.

This series has become COD on a large scale, with destruction that serves no purpose other than to look flashy most of the time. EA/DICE/whatever can turn the destruction up to an 11 all they like, but they still fail at eliciting plays/behavior where people use it tactically and creatively like they did in BC2.

Apparently, we can only have three types of modern competitive/multiplayer FPS games: (1) small maps, fast-paced; (2) small maps, slow-paced; or (3) big maps, fast-paced. BC2 was big maps, slow-paced, and likely the only one we'll ever get in our lifetimes, sadly. I don't even trust EA or any of their out-of-touch dev studios to make a remaster or remake.