Comparison: Delta Force is the free-to-play shaking up Battlefield’s own turf
Large-scale maps, destruction, vehicles: Delta Force borrows the Battlefield formula and goes free-to-play, doing it well enough to worry the competition.
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Announced with little fanfare, Delta Force became this year’s FPS surprise by borrowing everything that made Battlefield work, for free, and without the technical baggage of EA’s latest entry in that franchise.
Convincing destruction for a free-to-play
Buildings genuinely collapse and reshape the tactical read of a fight, a level of destruction rarely seen outside paid AAA productions.
The economic model still bears watching
Cosmetics and the battle pass remain reasonable for now, but the free-to-play genre’s track record calls for caution about what future seasons might bring.
Verdict
A free-to-play that has nothing to be ashamed of next to the genre’s paid giants, as long as the economy stays sensible.
