From what i've played of my 10 hour EA Play trial, I can see the vestige of a great game being brought down by a bunch of corporate suit meddling and blockhead decisions. AKA, the usual EA fare for the past 7-8 years or so.

Portal Mode is fantastic, and as of now it's what I see being the only thing keeping people playing unless the serious changes are made soon. The actual core gamemodes the devs intended you to play are not so hot. Quite literally, the side modes are what carry the game at the moment.

Why yes, I suspect that given 4-6 months, the game will be in a far better state. However that is not a valid excuse. The "Ship it broken, patch it later" mindset is only a crutch. The only reason I think the game shipped now was to capitalize on the holiday season shopping. If DICE and EA truly wanted this game to ship complete, they should've ditched a 2021 release all together and delayed again to Spring 2022.

Do not buy the game right now. Buying now tells EA that you do indeed dont mind paying for a broken buggy mess that's basically a glorified extended beta test. Buy in once they manage to patch the game enough to make it live up to how it should've came day 1.

From what i've played of my 10 hour EA Play trial, I can see the vestige of a great game being brought down by a bunch of corporate suit meddling and blockhead decisions. AKA, the usual EA fare for the past 7-8 years or so. Portal Mode is fantastic, and as of now it's what I see being the only thing keeping people playing unless the serious changes are made soon. The actual core gamemodes the devs intended you to play are not so hot. Quite literally, the side modes are what carry the game at the moment. Why yes, I suspect that given 4-6 months, the game will be in a far better state. However that is not a valid excuse. The "Ship it broken, patch it later" mindset is only a crutch. The only reason I think the game shipped now was to capitalize on the holiday season shopping. If DICE and EA truly wanted this game to ship complete, they should've ditched a 2021 release all together and delayed again to Spring 2022. Do not buy the game right now. Buying now tells EA that you do indeed dont mind paying for a broken buggy mess that's basically a glorified extended beta test. Buy in once they manage to patch the game enough to make it live up to how it should've came day 1.