Battlefield: RedSec Review - The Final Verdict

The world – or Southern California, as Battlefield Studios tells me following its extended logo reveal – has changed. What seems like an innocuous disaster originating from Fort Lyndon could be a larger attack by the Pax Armata (aka those other guys you shot during the campaign). Your job is to jump, obtain intel and get out before other teams can stop you. Is this the most original approach for Battlefield: RedSec, EA's new free-to-play battle royale mode and the series' second stab at the genre following the underrated but ultimately underperforming Firestorm? Well, no. But, man, if it doesn't make for a stunning sight when dozens of helicopters swoop in over the ruined landscape, with military chatter buzzing through your headset. The same goes for the imaginatively-named Circle of Death – a slowly advancing wave of explosions that offers actual fear from instant death if caught inside.