YMMV / Squad

• Author's Saving Throw: The Infantry Combat Overhaul update is a big one. Squad has often struggled to get its balance between the military simulation and accessibility right, and it is a very commonly observed trend that the game has gradually evolved into promoting more individualistic and fast-paced playstyle, to a mixed reaction. The ICO update is an explicit attempt to address this shift by slowing players down, making suppression more potent and making it take longer to steady your aim while also making hip firing less reliable.
• Spiritual Predecessor: Project Reality mod for Battlefield 2. Many of Squad's developers came from Project Reality after a failed attempt to make a standalone game.
• Nightmare Fuel: Like Project Reality, expect Squad to be very gritty and tense, with anything from tank rounds to suppression being extremely loud and unnerving.
• That One Level: Nanisivik, a map set in the Arctic Tundra. Most players hate as there is absolutely no cover for infantry — as it is an empty tundra — except for some hilly terrain, which also makes it terrible for vehicles to navigate. It was removed in 2.0 and replaced with Goose Bay, which features significantly more cover in the form of forests and buildings.
  • Basra is also this, for being a port of the Project Reality map and additionally being very sparsely populated, barebones, and extremely lackluster in design. Other maps like Fallujah trump it over far superior design and quality.
  • Many of the Afghan maps are disliked for being clones of each other, with little variation between the actual maps.