Battlefield 6 Metacritic score is the best the FPS series has had in years, but still can't match the likes of Battlefield 3

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Battlefield 6 praised as a return to form for DICE, Criterion, Motive, and Ripple Effect

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Our Battlefield 6 review is live, and so are a bunch of others, pushing DICE's latest FPS to the dizzying heights of "Generally Favorable" on industry aggregate Metacritic, which is actually a substantial step up over the studio's recent output.

At the time of writing, with 43 critic reviews accounted for (and some in-progress or campaign-only critique not yet fully factored in), Battlefield 6 is sitting at a score of 84 on Metacritic for both PS5 and PC. The game's Xbox Series X reviews, with a sample size of just six, are abnormally higher at 88, but not enough to skew the average.

Battlefield 6 is tracking slightly behind some previous peaks in the Battlefield series. Battlefield 1 sits at 88 on Metacritic, while Battlefield 3 and 4 – often discussed by Battlefield fans and developers as pinnacle, aspirational entries in the series – sit at 89 and 81 respectively. Better than Battlefield 4 but shy of Battlefield 3 feels like a pretty decent turnout for Battlefield 6.

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Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.

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