The phrase "boots on the ground" is used no less than six times while interviewing the developers at Criterion, part of the creative team behind Battlefield 6's single player campaign, and several more times in chats before and after. That interview itself comes after I was given the chance to play three of the nine missions that comprise the single player campaign, a select sample of moments from the game's plot designed to show off what the latest entry in the series is all about.
Now out the other side, it seems as though Battlefield 6 is clearly intended as a return to a classic Battlefield. In the current era of shooters, where superpowers and jetpacks are the norm, the more realistic spirit of the late 2000s and early 2010s is flooding back with every second.
