Dropping into the sun-soaked coastal hills of Fort Lyndon in my first Battlefield Redsec mission, it's immediately apparent which other battle royale game is its core inspiration. Scrabbling for guns that I've never used in regular Battlefield 6 multiplayer, shoving armor plates down my vest while getting shot at from any number of abandoned military installations, and trying to make sense of all sorts of tactical jargon objectives to get better loot for the endgame – it's all a bit Call of Duty: Warzone.
That's hardly surprising given that Warzone is also based on the bones of a modern military shooter and was a big success – why wouldn't EA and Battlefield Studios want to use that as reference for its own modern military battle royale? But Battlefield Redsec arriving late to the party, wearing the same outfit as someone else, and riding the coattails of an old friend, means I can't help but feel a little disappointed. The instant familiarity from both Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone means Redsec is easy to dive into, but it doesn't exactly stand out for its innovations in the battle royale space, especially this late to the game.
