Battlefield 6 has just entered its first in-game season, and its new map has not been received well by many of the franchise’s core fans. Battlefield 6 Season 1 is set to introduce two new maps and a variant of a launch map by the end of the year, but the first-released Blackwell Fields is receiving even worse criticism than many of the original nine maps.
Blackwell Fields is being called “the worst map in BF history“ in a popular post by Reddit user neda6117 on the franchise’s subreddit. Many of the comments agree, noting the map’s long, uninterrupted sight lines, its limited airspace, the ability for AA tanks to target enemy aircraft as they take off, and more. The Battlefield subreddit is littered with posts similarly bashing the new Blackwell Fields map, which is only exacerbating players’ existing complaints about Battlefield 6‘s maps.
New Blackwell Fields Map Is Getting Roasted By BF6 Players Online
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The aforementioned issue with AA tanks is demonstrated in posts from Redditors Square-Border-7525 and Sweaty_Internet6037, but the complaints are widespread. User Lemouni calls Blackwell Fields “another clusterf*ck lane battler,” invoking a common critique of Battlefield 6‘s maps that claims they’re designed more like close-quarters Call of Duty maps, which have long been built on a philosophy that multiplayer shooter levels need lanes to facilitate player movement and conflict.
Many vocal players feel that Blackwell Fields is yet more proof that Battlefield 6‘s map design does not understand what made the franchise beloved in the first place. Like many launch maps, Blackwell Fields is being lambasted for its relatively small size and artificially constraining boundaries; i.e. areas on the edge of the map that players feel should be traversable are instead out of bounds.
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The harsh feedback does not stop with Blackwell Fields, and a significant portion is also directed at the integration of Battlefield REDSEC, the newly released, free-to-play battle royale. What is ostensibly a separate game has drawn ire for taking up weekly challenge spots in Battlefield 6 proper. This exacerbates an ongoing issue regarding progression, wherein challenges are one of the few ways players feel they’re making significant progress through new unlocks at a decent pace.
REDSEC‘s map, Fort Lyndon, has also caused some controversy. It has been generally well-received upon its release, but standard multiplayer players are concerned that it features better point-of-interest design than the multiplayer maps and also includes naval vehicles, which do not appear in any multiplayer maps in BF6. To some, it feels like Battlefield 6‘s free element is receiving better care from developers than the portions that people paid for.
Battlefield 6 Season 1 is not all doom and gloom, though. A few major points of criticism were addressed by the update, including fixing BF6‘s most notorious skin and toning down the lighting exposure when looking out from a building in-game. These may seem minor compared to the perceived failings of Blackwell Fields, but they’re nonetheless proof that feedback is being taken into account. Battlefield 6 remains quite popular, and the new update has brought its highest concurrent player count all week (per SteamDB), but releasing what may be the franchise’s worst map ever could prove to be a misstep for the live-service title.
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October 10, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, In-App Purchases, Users Interact
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Battlefield Studios
- Engine
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Frostbite