Players carefully measured more than 70 maps including BF3 and BF2042, and the “Battlefield 6” map debate reached a new height

FPS fans spent months obsessing Battlefield 6 map dimensions, so some players have finally taken the time to measure and compare nearly every map the series has seen over the past 15 years.

The Battlefield map size breakdown was organized by Reddit user ClaraTheRed and PENGUINonPC and includes multiplayer locations from Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Battlefield Hardline, Battlefield 1, Battlefield 2042, and of course last month's Battlefield 6. Not only does it provide a side-by-side comparison of each game's maps organized by game mode and player count, it also provides a color-coded horizontal bar chart that illustrates how EA's approach to map size has changed over the years.

ClaraTheRed shares details of their analysis follow up postclarified that they “did nothing but do this all weekend.” More than 45 hours of work culminated in a six-game, 72-map breakdown that paints a clear picture: Battlefield 6 doesn't quite reach the sheer scale of some of the series' biggest maps.

ClaraTheRed points out that while many of the relatively small Battlefield 6 maps (such as Iberia Offensive or Siege of Cairo) are similar in size to the maps in Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 1, many of the larger maps are mid-sized research maps. While games like Battlefield 3 and even Battlefield 2042 have the series' most massive maps to date, Battlefield 6 doesn't even have a single map in the top 20. Even the largest map, Operation Firestorm (itself a scaled-down remake of the Battlefield 3 map of the same name), ranks 32nd in terms of total shared playable area and 22nd in terms of total map area.

These are numbers that the Battlefield community already has, but there are some caveats to consider. The evaluation didn't include every map in the series, such as 2018's Battlefield V, which ClaraTheRed said was difficult to collect data for, which was an omission. Battlefield games are known to change the game area during a match, thanks to features like Left Spin and environmental hazards, and some parts of the study took this into account. Each game included also has the benefit of being a complete title, including DLC ​​- Battlefield 6 was released less than a month ago.

In the weeks since the release of the new Battlefield game, EA and Battlefield Studios have been rolling out updates, with Season 1 launching a mid-sized map featuring Blackwell Fields last week, and another map called Eastwood set to launch later this month. besides Battlefield REDSECis a separate offshoot of the Battlefield 6 experience, which also launched last week. EA proudly claims that its map Fort Lyndon is “The largest battlefield map ever” Although due to it being a battle royale map included in REDSEC (rather than Battlefield 6), many in the community have relegated it to a separate category.

Battlefield 6 fans, who joined the beta back in August, have spent months clamoring for a larger map as EA and BF Studios continue to develop post-launch content. This is a topic that has attracted community attention because some work Defending Battlefield 6's current product while others take Comment bombing Among other things, express their dissatisfaction with the size of the map.

“The two of us are not here to complain about the map sizes in BF6 (although we do have our own opinions on them),” ClaraTheRed clarified, “but we are here to provide context and show that the size of Battlefield maps has changed dramatically over the past fifteen years.”

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