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My Battlefield habit begin in the mid '00s when Battlefield 2 came to the Xbox 360. It couldn't hold a candle to the PC version, but it did teach me the art of bailing out of a helicopter two seconds before impact.

There was a little moment during my first match on Railway to Golmud, the new map arriving in Battlefield 6 this week, where it became clear how important this update will be for last year's best-selling FPS .

Railway to Golmud is a remake of a Battlefield 4 map. It's an interesting target for Battlefield 6's first truly huge space, because the original Golmud, while well-remembered, was brutal for on-foot players.

I remember dreading the moment I was forced to run across Golmud's open fields with its sparse cover—a problem that this remake tackles head on.…