Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

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  1. tleektown
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Out with the core battlefield experience, in with the new everybody wins mentality and no scoreboard yippee so satisfying…….Back to bf4 we go once again. Should of just remastered that game, instead EA decides to cater bad players and forgets about its franchise veterans.
  2. emmaski
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    EA/Dice Have ripped the heart and soul out of this franchise and given us a version of battlefield that is unrecognisable.

    BF2042 tries hard to please everyone and compleatly fails. It feels like a fusion of Cod , Apex , Hardline & Battlefield, The combination just does not work. I played both the Pc version and Xbox One X Version both for 10 hours and found it played far better on    EA/Dice Have ripped the heart and soul out of this franchise and given us a version of battlefield that is unrecognisable.

    BF2042 tries hard to please everyone and compleatly fails. It feels like a fusion of Cod , Apex , Hardline & Battlefield, The combination just does not work.

    I played both the Pc version and Xbox One X Version both for 10 hours and found it played far better on the Xbox One limited to 64 players.

    Portal I found good but limited. only 2 maps each on BF3 , BFBC2 & BF1942
    first BF title im not going to buy for a while or if ever.

    Dice scrapped adding a single player campaign so they could have more time to deliver a solid multiplayer experince which they've sadly failed on.

    The sounds awful on both platforms
    serious lack of weapons and attachments
    poor performance on Pc
    no keyboard and mouse support on Xbox
    no VOIP
    no scoreboard
    bugs galore    … Expand
  3. gh0stman
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Way to many bugs.
    - no classes
    - can fire how accurate you want but bullets go everywhere except your target. - maps are big empty spaces, houses have no furnitures. Hover craft are way to strong and if your lucky you can fly with one.... - cant choose or switch squads. - no reward for any teamplay like previous bf games. - you are forced to look at a cringy cinamatic every start and end    Way to many bugs.
    - no classes
    - can fire how accurate you want but bullets go everywhere except your target.

    - maps are big empty spaces, houses have no furnitures.
    Hover craft are way to strong and if your lucky you can fly with one....
    - cant choose or switch squads.
    - no reward for any teamplay like previous bf games.
    - you are forced to look at a cringy cinamatic every start and end of a match.
    - no servers
    - cant chat with other team( they might aswell be bots and if alot cases they are)
    - player slots get filled by botsnif not enough players, they dont so anything and akl just swarm 1 spot.
    - no team balance of any kind, if 5 ppl decide to leave your outnumbered untill others join and by that time you have lost the map.
    - if you miss your chance to get a vehicle at start then your have to run for 5+ min before you reach the fight.
    - weapon unlocks dont make any sense.i unlock 4 supressors before i get a grip or sight.
    - alot of players xp farmed the fist few days and now walk around 50 lvls higher with most things onlocked
    - you have to unlock vehicles to play like heli by flying a crappy version of heli...

    - and alot more    … Expand
  4. An02942
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Almost everything is bad here, I don't even know how four studios could do this
  5. Trinkgeld
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Battlefield better have the mother of all day one patches
    There is an unending list of issues, missing elements and performance problems in this 60 Euro game on all platforms. It is frankly embarrassing how much of a step back in quality 2042 is in its current state compared to previous titles.    … Expand
  6. tomkpunkt
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    At the moment, i really really hate this game. Its frustrating how unfun and unbalanced this is. I wish i could refund it.
  7. cs_280zx
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    not sure where these 'journalists' get their ratings from but to me they are not gamers of the genre to give accurate account.
    this game is whack, for actual gamer reviews check everywhere from twitter, reddit and youtube.
    the cut content, stripped back weapons counts you just know they will pump this full of DLC before they abandon it just like they did BF V. read others comments as    not sure where these 'journalists' get their ratings from but to me they are not gamers of the genre to give accurate account.
    this game is whack, for actual gamer reviews check everywhere from twitter, reddit and youtube.
    the cut content, stripped back weapons counts you just know they will pump this full of DLC before they abandon it just like they did BF V.
    read others comments as there is no point me rewriting them as well.    … Expand
  8. reddy112
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    COMPLETE DISASTER!
    90 Bucks for ****

    No scoreboards.
    No classes.
    No destruction.
    No servers.
    No stats.

    The weapons omg. There are literally only 4 ARs. Wtf is this?

    This is an unfinished, unpolished and broken game.
    Do not buy this until everything is fixed!
  9. lukad
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    This has nothing to do with Battlefield. The game is broken and unplayable.
  10. olzi1
    Dec 11, 2021
    2
    I joined Metacritic to warn Battlefield fans against buying this game. Don't get it thinking you will get a good experience to compare to BC2, BF3, BF1 etc because this game isn't even close right now.
    Bad maps, game comes with 6 new maps and none of them are enjoyable to play on. The Portal maps are good, but they use remastered maps from BF3, BC2 etc. so they're not new maps. None of    I joined Metacritic to warn Battlefield fans against buying this game. Don't get it thinking you will get a good experience to compare to BC2, BF3, BF1 etc because this game isn't even close right now.
    Bad maps, game comes with 6 new maps and none of them are enjoyable to play on. The Portal maps are good, but they use remastered maps from BF3, BC2 etc. so they're not new maps. None of the new ones are even average, all of them are complete garbage.

    I was willing to give the specialists a chance, but now I have played the game, they system doesn't work well in a battlefield game. They remove the specific class roles from the game and now everyone is some kind of hybrid class that can do a bit of everything, reducing the need to work together as a team from previous games.

    Netcode is awful, you're going to get shot around a corner at least once a game. The game has several annoying bugs which occur fairly often. Servers frequently have issues where you can't get into a game when you actually have time to play. On top of this the game is missing basic features you would expect from an online FPS like a scoreboard, and the game mixing up the teams between each round.

    TLDR; bad maps, specialists bad, netcode bad, servers bad, don't buy. Don't make the mistake I did as a long-time Battlefield fan thinking this looks interesting, it will dissappoint you.    … Expand
  11. Muffinscrub
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    The performance is a joke, guns are all RNG, feels like they went backwards on every single innovation that made previous battlefield titles better....
  12. DaXtra
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    I really love Battlefield but this game is just a joke. I tried to like it. I really tried but I cant.

    It feels so unsatisfying to do anything in the game. 128 Players, how can you turn around the game as single squad? - only 22 weapons - sound is really bad. I play hunt showdown (10 times better sound) - people just dont die. Too much hp - maps are too big and empty and ugly.    I really love Battlefield but this game is just a joke. I tried to like it. I really tried but I cant.

    It feels so unsatisfying to do anything in the game. 128 Players, how can you turn around the game as single squad?

    - only 22 weapons
    - sound is really bad. I play hunt showdown (10 times better sound)
    - people just dont die. Too much hp
    - maps are too big and empty and ugly. Copy pasted staff, everywhere.
    - The game looks soooo bad. Its 2021 almost 2022. We have next gen consoles. Do something. Bf1 looks better.
    - Buggy mess still. But a lot better than the beta
    - Performance is not great, probably cuz of the 128 players.
    - I need a proper reward system
    - Specialists... I just want russia vs usa, china vs usa, Europe armie? vs usa or other mixes. Dont need that weird looking heros
    - Third person Kills, crying for help etc. It just looks bad. Animation quality is just a joke.

    - Most important part, I like battlefield, I have fun with battlefield, I had no fun with this game. I dont even know if u can save this game.

    I wont buy it. There is one more hope, halo infinite maybe    … Expand
  13. jared030858
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The gaming industry needs regulation. There needs to be penalty for software developers who release stuff like this. This is not Battlefield. I don't know how this got past the first pass on design. How someone said hey lets not offer a different product anymore, let's mimic call of duty despite the fact people buy Battlefield to play....Battlefield.
  14. Dreamwalka
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Bad optimisation, **** gunplay, awful maps. you can still refunded the game after 10 hours of playing
  15. alex8642
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Utter and complete unplayable buggy mess. I'm contemplating a refund. This is worse than Cyberpunk was at launch.
  16. Phesom
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Thank god for the trial version.
    Horrible performance, buggy, not enough new content (3 years, 4 studios, 1 delay.. what the hell where they doing all this time?).
    There are countless other things that are missing for no reason, for the full list check the subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qt7sez/list_of_current_grievances/ This is simply chasing a trend    Thank god for the trial version.
    Horrible performance, buggy, not enough new content (3 years, 4 studios, 1 delay.. what the hell where they doing all this time?).
    There are countless other things that are missing for no reason, for the full list check the subreddit.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qt7sez/list_of_current_grievances/

    This is simply chasing a trend and has no soul. Pathetic, EA should fire/disband DICE like they love to do with countless other Developement Studios or relegate them to a support studio and let Ripple Effects or Respawn have a try at a proper Battlefield.
    They have proven countless times to be incompetent. This is not a one off.    … Expand
  17. TheIron
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Made an account especially to rate this game. It is simply in an unfinished state without many of the features that made the previous battlefield titles so fun. To name a few:
    - the movement is worse than BFV
    - there is no scoreboard -there are no classes -the graphics are worse than BFV - the maps are empty wastelands, 80% of the game is just running to the next objective If they    Made an account especially to rate this game. It is simply in an unfinished state without many of the features that made the previous battlefield titles so fun. To name a few:
    - the movement is worse than BFV
    - there is no scoreboard
    -there are no classes
    -the graphics are worse than BFV
    - the maps are empty wastelands, 80% of the game is just running to the next objective

    If they would've just made a newer version of BF4 with new maps,more guns and with the movement of BFV this would be a perfect game. Instead, it is a broken clone of BR shooters, but with a different objective. If someone would tell me that they intended to make a BR game but changed it last minute, I would believe it instantly.    … Expand
  18. suneatshours86
    Nov 13, 2021
    4
    unplayable. unoptimized. random hitbox. full of bug. More close to an alpha version. SCAM.
  19. aln666
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    No scoreboards.
    No classes.
    No destruction.
    No servers.
    No stats.
    No chat.

    This has nothing to do with Battlefield.
  20. EDGhosts
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    The game is a buggy mess. Bugs from Alpha and Beta are still in-game. All-out warfare is not optimized at all. But heyy playing with AI is ok.
  21. Appurujakku
    Nov 13, 2021
    2
    Совсем не весело, два мейн режима (захват и раш) слишком мясные, в 128 тел играть на большинстве карт слишком сложно тк нет баланса карт. Кастомки хорошие и по сути тот же браузер сервов из бф3-4, но апнутый за счет модов, но за матчи в них не дают опыта вообще, от чего играть в них пропадает желание. Если хочешь опыт то иди в 2 мейн режима мяса, в которых мне например совсем не интересно.Совсем не весело, два мейн режима (захват и раш) слишком мясные, в 128 тел играть на большинстве карт слишком сложно тк нет баланса карт. Кастомки хорошие и по сути тот же браузер сервов из бф3-4, но апнутый за счет модов, но за матчи в них не дают опыта вообще, от чего играть в них пропадает желание. Если хочешь опыт то иди в 2 мейн режима мяса, в которых мне например совсем не интересно. Ганплей в целом неплохой хотя бы.… Expand
  22. Lukas1115
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    I am so disappointed, I got 1000+ hours in BF1 and BF5. Fck bad optimization on PC, will be fixed, but:

    - specialist system is a total stupidity for BF game. - huge boooring maps, which have no soul, idea nor atmosphere. All maps are "flat", there is no verticality like in monte grappa (bf1) for example. - very few weapons - breakthrough mod with no collapsing atmosphere, boring as    I am so disappointed, I got 1000+ hours in BF1 and BF5. Fck bad optimization on PC, will be fixed, but:

    - specialist system is a total stupidity for BF game.
    - huge boooring maps, which have no soul, idea nor atmosphere. All maps are "flat", there is no verticality like in monte grappa (bf1) for example.
    - very few weapons
    - breakthrough mod with no collapsing atmosphere, boring as hell. Not to mention conquest.
    - I played 5+ breakthroughs, not once did the attacking team reach halfway through!
    - no score board ?! No all game chat ?!    … Expand
  23. baazaar13
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Another game released that shouldn't be released. Hopefully this does not become a further trend, because this is not right. Beta tests should not cost full price. Take a look at the critics tho, WOW are they full of **** or what ?!? Fake NEWS lol Fake NEWS
  24. Jaspion1
    Nov 13, 2021
    4
    Garbage. They ruined managed to ruin battlefield. Imagine not even having a score table
  25. Ligh420
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Beta was better than the full release, lies, lies and lies. Nothing much to say. Waiting for improvements.
  26. Titan
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    If you don´t have a high end PC don´t waste your time with this one, is the worst BF optimization ever. I give it a 3 because portal is a good idea.
  27. Lemmiwinks
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    What a complete shambles. I pre ordered in the hope that it was not as bad as the last few games but once again EA have messed it up. The list of issues I have is huge but includes:
    - poor UI
    - lack of squad play - pointless cut scenes and character videos - trouble getting into servers - impossible to tell if a server has actual players vs bots - lack of map diversity. Yes they are big    What a complete shambles. I pre ordered in the hope that it was not as bad as the last few games but once again EA have messed it up. The list of issues I have is huge but includes:
    - poor UI
    - lack of squad play
    - pointless cut scenes and character videos
    - trouble getting into servers
    - impossible to tell if a server has actual players vs bots - lack of map diversity. Yes they are big but they are not great. Needs better close quarters maps, more from past games like BF3
    - crashing when getting into game so have to close program
    - key bindings, I cannot remove them easily

    It wasn’t ready and has needed up being a shambles so in future I won’t bother.    … Expand
  28. NathanScmidt000
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    For the first two hours I had fun. At hour 15 I'm ready to put the game down and chock Battlefield 2042 up to another game that burned me. The gunplay is terrible opting for a more spray and pray mentality, and there are already a ton of balance issues. The netcode problem from BF4 is back in force. The game feels more like Battlefront than Battlefield. There are maybe two decent maps thatFor the first two hours I had fun. At hour 15 I'm ready to put the game down and chock Battlefield 2042 up to another game that burned me. The gunplay is terrible opting for a more spray and pray mentality, and there are already a ton of balance issues. The netcode problem from BF4 is back in force. The game feels more like Battlefront than Battlefield. There are maybe two decent maps that offer infantry enough cover to run the miles it takes to get to an objective, and vehicles are wildly overpowered with infantry not having enough options to deal with them. The UI is possibly the most terrible thing I've seen in a while, and the spawn system on the overhead map is so cramped that it makes it difficult to spawn on the correct squad mate or spawn beacon if they are too close to an objective. PTFO and teamwork is a thing of the past thanks to the specialist system. The audio is so bad that you can't really hear which direction footsteps are coming from, or a hovercraft or rover sneaking up behind you. All of this on top of the all the massive technical issues plaguing the game is unacceptable. If I could get a refund I would.… Expand
  29. rfz88
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    - Poor technical performance
    - Very few weapons
    - No scoreboards - Almost no destruction at all - "Non-Binary" characters - No chat (voice or text) - Everyone looks the same - Gameplay feels off I am beyond disappointed. The initial trailers looked amazing, but they went back to the woke-extremism and ALSO managed to run core gameplay mechanics into the ground. I would give this    - Poor technical performance
    - Very few weapons
    - No scoreboards
    - Almost no destruction at all
    - "Non-Binary" characters
    - No chat (voice or text)
    - Everyone looks the same
    - Gameplay feels off

    I am beyond disappointed. The initial trailers looked amazing, but they went back to the woke-extremism and ALSO managed to run core gameplay mechanics into the ground. I would give this a lower score, if it was possible.    … Expand
  30. SoCaliTex
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    NO VOICE COMMS IN A SQUAD-BASED SHOOTER?!?!? WACK.
    The UI? WACK.
    The weapon selection? WACK. The bullet spread? WACK. Lack of Class System? WACK. Loadout User-friendliness? WACK. The amount of bugs? WACK. No ability to find a server? WACK. The new "Specialist" garbage? WACK. The lifeless, uninspired maps? WACK. The amount of paid reviews? WACK. Portal?    NO VOICE COMMS IN A SQUAD-BASED SHOOTER?!?!? WACK.
    The UI? WACK.
    The weapon selection? WACK.
    The bullet spread? WACK.
    Lack of Class System? WACK.
    Loadout User-friendliness? WACK.
    The amount of bugs? WACK.
    No ability to find a server? WACK.
    The new "Specialist" garbage? WACK.
    The lifeless, uninspired maps? WACK.
    The amount of paid reviews? WACK.

    Portal? Ok this could have been cool.

    Too bad everything else is WACK.    … Expand
  31. LonerStoner
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Devs need to stop putting out unfinished and broken garbage. The rubber banding, glitching, and crashing is a damned shame. $70 for this? Not a chance. Thanks for the 10 hour trial so I could verify that it was indeed still trash after that abysmal beta. There is potential here, but that isn't how a release should be. Make it worth the consumer's time and money BEFORE releasing it.
  32. Luhgnut
    Dec 11, 2021
    1
    I'm a Battlefield Veteran. Since Battlefield 1942. I have all expansions. Original CD's. My point being, I play and love Battlefield, with thousands of hours in each title.
    With that being said..... I fell asleep playing today. I wasn't tired, just fell asleep.
    I found myself not really getting excited about relaxing after work and playing. It's boring. - It's like watching TV.    I'm a Battlefield Veteran. Since Battlefield 1942. I have all expansions. Original CD's. My point being, I play and love Battlefield, with thousands of hours in each title.
    With that being said..... I fell asleep playing today. I wasn't tired, just fell asleep.
    I found myself not really getting excited about relaxing after work and playing.
    It's boring. - It's like watching TV. Mindless. Nothing you do matters. Nothing. So take a nap. You'll feel better knowing your money was wasted. - I honestly can't think of a single positive quality to this game. - Remember JointOperations? The old NovaLogic Game? Maps were about the same size, with 150 Players..... And that was in 2004!!!    … Expand
  33. YanLC
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    After spending a few hours of the free trial (thank god for Game Pass, just saved me 70$), I can say the gaming industry needs to be the subject of a commission on consumer protection. You'd think they would have learned from past errors like Fallout 76 and Cyberpunk 2077 and yet here I am, suggesting BF 2042 join these games on the list of dishonorable maggot-driven nightmares. TheyAfter spending a few hours of the free trial (thank god for Game Pass, just saved me 70$), I can say the gaming industry needs to be the subject of a commission on consumer protection. You'd think they would have learned from past errors like Fallout 76 and Cyberpunk 2077 and yet here I am, suggesting BF 2042 join these games on the list of dishonorable maggot-driven nightmares. They constantly get away with outright lying (false advertising), like promising that 2042 would have the most destruction of any BF only to have absolutely none whatsoever.

    Beyond what seems to essentially be criminal corporate activity (again false advertising is illegal in most countries, so wth?), the usual modern industry norms plagues every aspect of this cheap cash grab: reinvent every single game mechanic around monetization. Class system which used to be a pillar of this franchise scrapped for operator **** making it impossible to tell friend from foe. Just this kills the game completely for me. Then this means there are no factions. No scoreboards. No guns. Maps are by far the worst of any shooter ever. Etc etc etc etc etc etc.

    I won't waste more time typing, many other reviews here have everything in them already. Been playing BF passionately since BF 1942. Favorite entry is BFBC2. This is a travesty. I'll just finish on this:

    Portal is fun for about 30 minutes until you realize there's no meaningful progression system and have access to all the guns from the start. Nothing to unlock. I was SO hyped to play BFBC2 remastered, was bored after 30 minutes because of this. It's so detached, it poops you into a game with everything unlocked, making every game identical and devoid of any goals or meaning. Portal is there just to appease the anger they knew would emerge from their money **** they call 2042. Get Xbox Game Pass, play the free trial that comes with it, then once you've agreed with me come and give a 0 on Metascore and use your life in a smarter way than on this corporate-bonuses driven dystopian brain-melting horse manure.    … Expand
  34. PickleJars
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    A poor man's imitation of Battlefield. Hardline felt more like a Battlefield game than this.

    Horrible gunplay/shooting mechanics. SMGs are more accurate than assault rifles. Completely unbalanced vehicles. Hovercrafts are more practical than actual tanks. Removal of class system and replaced with industry standard specialists now. 128 players has destroyed the flow of gameplay, seems    A poor man's imitation of Battlefield. Hardline felt more like a Battlefield game than this.

    Horrible gunplay/shooting mechanics. SMGs are more accurate than assault rifles.
    Completely unbalanced vehicles. Hovercrafts are more practical than actual tanks.
    Removal of class system and replaced with industry standard specialists now.
    128 players has destroyed the flow of gameplay, seems like a choice because "bigger number better".

    Just does not resemble anything of the Battlefields of past years. We had a good run, goodnight sweet prince.    … Expand
  35. Neeedles
    Nov 16, 2021
    4
    - HUD is too big and low res
    - Footsteps sound like boot dancers and are too loud
    - 3D audio not working, cant tell if footsteps are above or below you - the sound quality overall is inferior to 2 previous battlefields - Random bullet spread, gunfights at longer distances are random - NO VOICE CHAT - Double ping than in other games and many server lags - Cant choose squad - No server    - HUD is too big and low res
    - Footsteps sound like boot dancers and are too loud
    - 3D audio not working, cant tell if footsteps are above or below you
    - the sound quality overall is inferior to 2 previous battlefields
    - Random bullet spread, gunfights at longer distances are random
    - NO VOICE CHAT
    - Double ping than in other games and many server lags
    - Cant choose squad
    - No server browser and cant even choose map
    - Weapon fire mode visible only when ADS
    - No score pop ups telling you how much damage you did
    - End of round specialist talk is CRINGE AF
    - Loadout menu is a mess
    - maps feel empty in conquest and i never felt there is 128 players, not even in breakthrough
    - No heartpumping soundtrack near end of Its kind of a mess right now and i recommend waiting before buying. It will get better for sure in a few months    … Expand
  36. Venegrad
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    game looks like plastic, not natural. Shooting is not real, sounds not real, map design is sht, game direction is sht, looks like cod what created for 1 year... its not battlefield, worst bf5 looks on 2042 create
  37. bloodtherover
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    1. Game is nonfunctional at launch (sorry, I don’t care if the regular release is a week later when so many people had to pay $100 to play it early). 4 hours of my 10 hour trial were spent trying to get into a game. A few more were spent trying to find a Portal server that wasn’t an XP farm and then trying to host my own when DICE limited the number of Portal servers. When actually in a1. Game is nonfunctional at launch (sorry, I don’t care if the regular release is a week later when so many people had to pay $100 to play it early). 4 hours of my 10 hour trial were spent trying to get into a game. A few more were spent trying to find a Portal server that wasn’t an XP farm and then trying to host my own when DICE limited the number of Portal servers. When actually in a game, there are numerous game breaking bugs. I remember when our biggest launch day bug problems were giraffe necks...

    2. Specialists are every bit as bad as people feared, and clearly are there for monetization. I hate the idea of heroes in anything even trying to resemble a military shooter (and believe me, every specialist but Irish looks stupid and out of place in a warzone) but the Marvelesque quips they give after apparently just finishing a BATTLE in a WAR are some of the cringiest aspects. Love that DICE also brought the same exact specialist quips to portal games too lol. There’s no tonal consistency between the setting of climate-change exacerbated global conflict that has collapsed entire nations and fun colorful characters flying around on wing suits and grappling hooks having the time of their lives. Very cool that DICE didn’t playtest their game and has had to temporarily disable a Specialist’s ability as it was apparently too broken.

    3. Awful art direction. Okay, I’m a gun/vehicle/militaria nerd, I admit. But of the 22 weapons in 2042, how many really belong in a future setting? Many are already not in use in the 2020s, and slightly changing the name doesn’t change that. Of the guns and vehicles that do conceivably fit into a future setting, most have simply had ridiculous name changes (AK-24 that’s simply an AK-12, the Ka-52 being renamed Ka-520 lol). Special shout out to the ridiculous optics, which include a sniper scope with no BDC/ranging marks, the already discontinued Leupold HAMR, and an airsoft ACOG with the outdated chevron reticle. I remember when shooters used to hire military advisors lol.

    4. Extreme lack of content. 22 weapons. 10 maps that are entirely empty for the most part. Less destruction. Only three gamemodes in actual 2042 (Breakthrough, Conquest, Hazard Zone). Clearly this is in place to drip feed us content under the live service model.

    5. Portal is not the savior that was promised. It was the only thing that approached fun for me in the 10 hour trial, but really just represented worse versions of already beloved games. You’re only getting 2 maps per game and an incredibly limited pool of weapons. Funnily enough BC2 and BF3 even share weapons and vehicles, for instance the change of BF3’s US helicopters now just being the ones from BC2 (clearly saving time on recreating the actual assets from each game). I don’t know 1942 as well because I haven’t played it since grade school, but they even removed MCOM stations from Rush on Caspian Border and Valparaiso lol. Portal weapons and movement are considerably worse than the original games. And the editor (which is online and not usable from the actual game) is pretty limited, from vehicles/weapons being locked to their base game factions to not being able to separately enable/disable the minimap and the larger map for instance. There are even editor settings that are available for TDM/FFA but not Conquest/Rush for no apparent reason.

    This can hardly be called a Battlefield game. It can’t be called a good game either. So much for the “love letter” to the fans DICE promised.    … Expand
  38. FinisRonin
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    This is so disappointing. BF2042 really looks nice but it is an unfinished product. In it's box it comes with a ton of glitches, bugs and missing features. Don't get me wrong this Battlefield still has the potential to be the best Battlefield game of all time but properly in 6 month to a year when the product itself is finished. At it's current state I wouldn't recommend this game toThis is so disappointing. BF2042 really looks nice but it is an unfinished product. In it's box it comes with a ton of glitches, bugs and missing features. Don't get me wrong this Battlefield still has the potential to be the best Battlefield game of all time but properly in 6 month to a year when the product itself is finished. At it's current state I wouldn't recommend this game to anybody not even to a Battlefield fan boy like me. It is really sad to see this game in the state it is in.… Expand
  39. LifeIsPain
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    This game is really bad. There are a lot of bugs, servers are constantly lagging. Only 2 modes. The maps are very large and playing for the infantry is just a pain. Due to the small amount of content, the progression is very slow. The system of specialists sucks. No scoreboards, no destruction, no stats. The only good thing about this game is the battlefield portal. EA and DICE stop makingThis game is really bad. There are a lot of bugs, servers are constantly lagging. Only 2 modes. The maps are very large and playing for the infantry is just a pain. Due to the small amount of content, the progression is very slow. The system of specialists sucks. No scoreboards, no destruction, no stats. The only good thing about this game is the battlefield portal. EA and DICE stop making trash and do normal battlefield.… Expand
  40. squlltax
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    I wanted to list features that were CUT - we had them in previous BF's, we don't now:

    - Crouch sprint, jumping and pulling up on high walls, leaning etc - Vehicle entering/leaving, changing places animation - on both land and air - spirit of US vs THEM - we are all mercenaries, we all look the same, we fight for nothing. This was super prominent in BF1 or BF5 , where WAR as not a    I wanted to list features that were CUT - we had them in previous BF's, we don't now:

    - Crouch sprint, jumping and pulling up on high walls, leaning etc

    - Vehicle entering/leaving, changing places animation - on both land and air

    - spirit of US vs THEM - we are all mercenaries, we all look the same, we fight for nothing. This was super prominent in BF1 or BF5 , where WAR as not a choice, and SIDE of war was also not a choice for a given soldier.

    - fortification building / sand bags / mines / etc

    - general lack of nice animations - melee, resurrection, granade throws, fence hopping

    - special in-map kits (flamer)

    - points / scoreboard - this one is big

    - destruction is lowered - somewhat - you cant level buildings and all roofs are indestructible. without something like V1 rockets there is also no ooommth that can reshape battlefield

    - initiative to play as a squad/team- classes/tools

    - frontlines / bottlenecks / flanking maneuvers - its team deathmatch now with random spawns everywhere. Also thanks to AIR spawns and parachutes

    - stealth gameplay / smoke / camouflage

    - stationary weapons that can provide zoning and defenses

    - assisting roles - medic/engineer/anti-tank - its all in one now - so you dont care about team as you can do everything alone or with two people. Also everything autoheals.

    - no spotting xp

    - no important points for dmging vehicles (10xp always) and no assists as drivers

    - initiative to be a good leader for your squad (to earn points/for xp/for victory)

    - suppresion

    - no spawn camera

    - foliage is not moving when you enter/leave

    - scope zero-ing --==--

    Why cut all those? Why make BF such a flat shooter game when you had sourcecode of something much more.    … Expand
  41. ak8268
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    BF2042 is honestly worse than BFV, which was already considered the worst battlefield game. The base game itself (all out warfare) lacks content with only a handful of weapons and maps. Everyone plays selfishly. No one cares about playing the objective. 128 player modes was a bad idea, it is just a cluster F of people running like chickens with their head cutoff. This is just feels like anBF2042 is honestly worse than BFV, which was already considered the worst battlefield game. The base game itself (all out warfare) lacks content with only a handful of weapons and maps. Everyone plays selfishly. No one cares about playing the objective. 128 player modes was a bad idea, it is just a cluster F of people running like chickens with their head cutoff. This is just feels like an attempt to match what Call of Duty is doing.

    Portal on the other hand has a lot of potential. It was actually fun playing BC2/BF3 games. People seemed to care about moving together and taking objectives. Portal does suffer from the poor performance of the game in general and has some strange gunplay issues.

    This game is anti-community. There is no proper rental server program, nor can you play with more than four friends. What happens when you have a group of five? Well.. to bad for the fifth because you cannot leave a squad or create your own.    … Expand
  42. nomorefaces
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    So much is missing it's not even funny. From server browser to simple animations, from spectator mode to vehicle progression: about everything is missing. The main game has 2 modes and 7 maps. You'll get 19 primary weapons and 3 handguns.

    It's an unbalanced chaos you can feel was made by devs who tried to make a hero shooter but failed hard in doing so. It's an unfinished buggy mess    So much is missing it's not even funny. From server browser to simple animations, from spectator mode to vehicle progression: about everything is missing. The main game has 2 modes and 7 maps. You'll get 19 primary weapons and 3 handguns.

    It's an unbalanced chaos you can feel was made by devs who tried to make a hero shooter but failed hard in doing so. It's an unfinished buggy mess with many broken gadgets and you should avoid this game at all costs. Buy it used when it goes on sale and gets fixed, in this state it's not worth half of the asked price.    … Expand
  43. JokerZlo
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    there is no destructibility!
    there is no destructibility!
    there is no destructibility!
    there is no destructibility!
    there is no destructibility!
  44. SPSYD
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Gun progression is not working! Specialist progression is not working!

    Hit registration sometimes does not even work for SOLO play! Loadouts get reset. No score screen. Flat boring maps. Control remapping does not work. Bullet spread does NOT follow gun aim during recoil, but rather it is random and comically extreme, with bullets going everywhere but where the gun is    Gun progression is not working! Specialist progression is not working!

    Hit registration sometimes does not even work for SOLO play!

    Loadouts get reset.

    No score screen.

    Flat boring maps.

    Control remapping does not work.

    Bullet spread does NOT follow gun aim during recoil, but rather it is random and comically extreme, with bullets going everywhere but where the gun is actually pointed. Note that this is not a player aiming skill issue, the issue is that bullets are randomly shot off in directions other than where the gun is actually pointing, irrespective of how good your aim is. Although it is true that some deviation is expected, even for perfect aim in real life shooting, the amount of deviation in BF2042 bullet spread is comically extreme. You've heard of gun accuracy being measured in MOA or sub-MOA? BF2042 gives you gun accuracy in the tens of degrees!!! It is unusably broken to the point where player aim doesn't even factor into the equation.

    Lobby disbands after each match and goes back into searching for a lobby, so you don't get to play with the same people. Is this because EA cheaped out on server capacities and thus this gives everyone a fairer share of play vs waiting to play? As opposed to letting everyone play, with little waiting time, if they'd had enough servers with enough capacity?

    Getting spawned into the death animation is so much fun!

    Vehicles are being used to spawn trap kill, because of poor map design.

    No campaign, to focus on multiplayer and THIS is what we get!?!?!?

    Huge waste of money. Avoid at all costs.    … Expand
  45. I9-9980XE
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    GENERAL

    Plus system is clunky dog **** UI is clunky dog **** wrapped in cat **** Might be the least intuitive I've ever seen No Campaign Lack of game modes No hardcore No military ranks associated with numerical ranks Audio is poorly mixed The maps, while stunning from both a scale and visuals perspective, lack any real flow for infantry combat. Non-removable    GENERAL

    Plus system is clunky dog ****

    UI is clunky dog **** wrapped in cat **** Might be the least intuitive I've ever seen

    No Campaign

    Lack of game modes

    No hardcore

    No military ranks associated with numerical ranks

    Audio is poorly mixed

    The maps, while stunning from both a scale and visuals perspective, lack any real flow for infantry combat.

    Non-removable profanity filter

    Lack of promised destruction/levelution

    Faction locked weapons and gadgets in Portal

    No rule editor support for objective based game modes

    No server browser outside of Portal

    No private/rented servers

    Doesn't just roll into the next map after a game in AoW, back to matchmaking peasant

    Cannot join friends already in a match (pretty sure I could do this in beta??)

    Cutscenes all over the place

    Cringe 'look at me' after a match

    Cannot customize loadouts before joining a game.

    Cannot select loadout or operator before joining a server which, in certain situations, spawn you directly into the game with whatever you had last game. This happens when joining a fresh breakthrough game, mostly.

    BFV and Battlefront 2 were gutted to make this **** lol

    No mouse and keyboard support for console

    Options and description for kill sounds changed from beta. During beta it showed you would be able to choose between BF2042 and BF1 kill sounds. This same option now only lets you choose between BF2042 sounds or no sounds.

    No Practice/Test Range

    IN GAME Zoom issues with sniper scopes No zeroing sniper scopes, starting scope (not sure about the others) has no hash marks on reticle for references Biggest maps we've ever seen, highest scope magnification is 10x No holding shift/stick click to steady a sniper shot No leaning 22 guns total lol No ‘All’ chat Enemies look the same as friendlies Bullet spread / weapon inaccuracy outside of rock throwing range Have to opt out of revive every death, no idea who can actually revive me anyway Have to re-select spawn location every spawn No resizable minimap Cannot move while prone and ADS Damage dealt numbers, e.g. "VEHICLE HIT 28" after hitting a tank with a rocket, have been removed. This applies to both infantry and vehicles. Weapons can't have different sets of attachments in different loadout presets. Meaning if you want to have a suppressor on the one semi-auto pistol in the game for one preset, you can't have it without a suppressor in your other presets. No fixed heavy weapons AA rocket damage appears inconsistent BF5 movement mechanics removed Obnoxious voice overs, operators are incredibly vocal, every time you do an action they say a line. Melee takedown animations have been gutted. All enemies are brought to a standing position before one specific kill is performed. Cannot dive underwater UI elements do not have transparency element and distant 2D/3D map markers and UI elements do not fade out by distance and cannot be scaled up or down Good luck finding your marker on the map TEAMPLAY/SCORING No VoIP No real scoreboard No stats page No commander Cannot join, create, or lock a squad Cannot switch teams Repairing vehicles does not give XP No squad points for issuing orders or following them No marksman headshot bonus for long range snipes 'Assist Counts as Kill' has been removed No vehicle kill assists Spotting system is contextual and misses a lot of the time. For example, if you press Q over an enemy tank it doesn't always spot it, but places a go-to marker on that area. The team/squad order menu (or whatever it's called) is a pile of garbage. It covers the entire screen, it requires using the mouse to select the options, but not clicking on them for some reason, you have to depress Q. This needs to be redesigned into a friendlier and smaller semi-transparent wheel. Plus, it's not contextual at all and it doesn't seem to have an impact to other players, I requested ammo constantly and nobody even saw my request. VEHICLES No separate Heli & Jet controls. Horizontal pitch (or yaw) when set to mouse movement is inverted by design and cannot be inverted again like vertical pitch can. So your aircraft goes the other way than your mouse does. No HOTAS support Vehicle crosshairs are pixelated as **** Vehicle entry and exit animations have been removed Option for 'Vehicle Aim Relative Control' missing Unnecessary changes to the aircraft flight characteristics from BF4 models No maps with water and thusly no boats.. despite there being a big ass boat on the loading screen. Cannot tell if there is room to enter a friendly vehicle without trying to get in it.    … Expand
  46. Ryan4evergamer
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    What a disappointment I was really looking for a working modern battlefield, not a miss or what was built to be a battle royal. This is not a battlefield it's something else and it was an epilepsy-inducing, 12-bit games frames, and glitchy disaster.

    Stop selling the name if you don't make the game. back to battlefields 4 and 1. Big zero for PC and I would give it a negative score if I    What a disappointment I was really looking for a working modern battlefield, not a miss or what was built to be a battle royal. This is not a battlefield it's something else and it was an epilepsy-inducing, 12-bit games frames, and glitchy disaster.

    Stop selling the name if you don't make the game. back to battlefields 4 and 1. Big zero for PC and I would give it a negative score if I could in ps5 especially I can't refund my money back.    … Expand
  47. WestFox
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Not very well optimized, changes things for the worse, poor map design compared to previous entries in an attempt to make "le epic looking map scenario" completely undermining the idea that battlefield is user generated epic and chaotic moments.
  48. Goobii
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    What an incredible piece of hot garbage, they took what made battlefield great and threw it in the dumpster. Battlefield 2042 is a Call Of Duty clone, There is no classes, no scoreboard, no voice chat, full of bugs...are you kidding me? Ive been playing BF since 1942, this is an utter disrespect to the fans and players of this franchise. 1/10 don't even think about buying...
  49. KaneEdition
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    Guys, it's some strange different game but NOT Battlefield.

    Just give us a graphic update for Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4. And it would be perfect.
  50. Ententrain3r
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    Simply the worst Release of all Battlefield Games. And Battlefield 4 was Bad as Well ... Not recommended, stay away buy Something nice dir yourself vut Not thus Game
  51. NaZ07
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the worst fps game i have ever played and i played a ton of bad games … vehicles which is battlefield’s signature are unplayable … gun fight is a copy past of call of duty in a huge maps and that is not a good thing … and the worst thing is the specialists … i mean why would you remove the iconic battlefield classes … now i feel like am playing cod or apex legends not battlefield … i wish i can get my money back… Expand
  52. Abdulelah1
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Unplayable game bots every where do not buy this garbage this is not Battlefield any more no teamwork !!!
  53. Simon96Aic
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    Game is unfinished. Many bugs, bad Performance and more.
    Im very dissapointed from DICE.
  54. F3xx
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Feels like they wanted to make a Battle Royal and changed their mind halfway. Objectively worse then bf5 in nearly every aspect!
  55. Zerolimitz
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Game is full of bugs with loads of features missing not to mention the hit reg is the worse i have seen in an fps game.
  56. Giraffeman
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Battlefield has devolved into chasing after trends that don’t fit into its core gameplay. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
  57. Nubells
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    One of the worst games I've ever played.. I'd rather cut off my testicles with a dirty cleaver than play another **** EA game.
  58. Berd
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Aside from the terrible performance and bugs, this game’s core design is incredibly flawed. There is a severe lack of weapons and the hitmarkers are nonexistent, so there is no satisfaction for scoring kills. Seeing dozens of clone specialists breaks immersion and seeing them in the cheesy end of round screen is just so cringeworthy and doesn’t fit the setting at all. The maps are awful,Aside from the terrible performance and bugs, this game’s core design is incredibly flawed. There is a severe lack of weapons and the hitmarkers are nonexistent, so there is no satisfaction for scoring kills. Seeing dozens of clone specialists breaks immersion and seeing them in the cheesy end of round screen is just so cringeworthy and doesn’t fit the setting at all. The maps are awful, forcing you to constantly run through barren environments for minutes at a time accomplishing nothing just to get picked off by some sniper you didn’t even see or an overpowered vehicle. There’s also barely any destruction, making boring games feel even more lifeless. The infantry game is a nightmare with all these problems. The game feels blatantly unfinished and should be at most $20.… Expand
  59. Fleshharrower
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    Maybe someday this will be a good game but for now it's pretty much my least favorite of all the Battlefield games. The game simply isn't any fun to play, the shooting sucks with a ridiculously slow TTK in most engagements with most weapon and the maps are horrendous - there is no real strategy to capping flags now, just zerg rush them. Also, god help you if you don't get in a vehicleMaybe someday this will be a good game but for now it's pretty much my least favorite of all the Battlefield games. The game simply isn't any fun to play, the shooting sucks with a ridiculously slow TTK in most engagements with most weapon and the maps are horrendous - there is no real strategy to capping flags now, just zerg rush them. Also, god help you if you don't get in a vehicle since you will be running forever only to miss the flag cap and then have to start running all over again. In addition, the game needs a bunch more polish, balancing, and overall tuning.

    Honestly I think the biggest problem is EA's dogmatic insistence on sticking with the Frostbite engine which keeps the company from hiring quality people and studios to help them finish their games. If the company switched to Unreal then they'd easily be able to find experienced developers whenever they needed them. The only developers with Frostbite experience either work at EA or did at one point in the past.

    UE4 is basically whipping it's ass with Frostbite in terms of overall graphics fidelity, FPS optimization, and stability. EA needs to stop throwing good money after bad and flush that antiquated Frostbite engine, especially given that the best Frostbite developers left EA with Patrick Soderlund years ago.    … Expand
  60. HXGamer
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Legitimately ****. Absolutely rife with bugs, glitches, and questionable design choices. It also performs awfully on PC. EA have now unquestionably murdered this franchise, after years of relentlessly dumbing down the trademark formula that previously made these games so great. It was a slow process, but they definitely put the nail in the Battlefield coffin this year.

    RIP DICE & BF - you    Legitimately ****. Absolutely rife with bugs, glitches, and questionable design choices. It also performs awfully on PC. EA have now unquestionably murdered this franchise, after years of relentlessly dumbing down the trademark formula that previously made these games so great. It was a slow process, but they definitely put the nail in the Battlefield coffin this year.

    RIP DICE & BF - you will be sorely missed.    … Expand
  61. KS95
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Other people have already written everything. I'll put my opinion quite simply: it's the worst BF in the series. Even this is not Battlefield already. Only the name remains. It is rather a mix of elements from CoD and other different games - this is not a Battlefield game anymore. Obvious cons: a huge number of various bugs, terrible optimization, terrible map design and boring, extremelyOther people have already written everything. I'll put my opinion quite simply: it's the worst BF in the series. Even this is not Battlefield already. Only the name remains. It is rather a mix of elements from CoD and other different games - this is not a Battlefield game anymore. Obvious cons: a huge number of various bugs, terrible optimization, terrible map design and boring, extremely annoying gameplay. Another franchise is dead for me. I can write a lot more, but I'm not going to repeat the same things after other players.
    As a result: I do not recommend anyone to buy this **** It is worth waiting at least half a year. MAYBE it will get better (but I don't hope, especially after the failure of BFV). In this case, you can buy this game, but exclusively on sale. This game is not worth the recommended full price that Dice wants us to pay for it. Personally I'm gonna refund. And I’m unlikely to buy it again.    … Expand
  62. angel369
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
  63. VitalRockOil
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    While one farting peach comes in like a nightingale and bleaches an Electronic Arts point, users note:
    - bugs
    - poor performance - lack of destructibility - oddities with hit detection - crappy weapon balance (PP hits further and more accurately than assault rifles) - terrible map design with the need to run half a kilometer to the point every time after death - a small number of    While one farting peach comes in like a nightingale and bleaches an Electronic Arts point, users note:
    - bugs
    - poor performance
    - lack of destructibility
    - oddities with hit detection
    - crappy weapon balance (PP hits further and more accurately than assault rifles)
    - terrible map design with the need to run half a kilometer to the point every time after death
    - a small number of weapons (4 assault rifles, 3 sniper rifles and hi)
    - no voice chat
    - lack of custom servers
    - - MONSTROUS sound design (farting music at the beginning of the match and backing up at the final stage; it is impossible to focus on the sound, the game swallows many sounds of shots and footsteps)

    Did the developers even play what they did?
    TERRIBLE MENU.

    As for the advantages - here you can play remakes of maps from the old Battlefield with old weapons with old rules.

    Hazard Zone mode is such a thing.    … Expand
  64. Alibob
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    This game is simply not enjoyable. I had high expectations because Dice made games such as BF3, BFBC2,BF4 but this comes nowhere close. The game feels soulless, absolute horrible UI, huge and empty maps, underwhelming animations, lack of content, disappointing sound design, bad performance, inconsistent hitreg, addition of specialists, removal of core features such as scoreboard, serverThis game is simply not enjoyable. I had high expectations because Dice made games such as BF3, BFBC2,BF4 but this comes nowhere close. The game feels soulless, absolute horrible UI, huge and empty maps, underwhelming animations, lack of content, disappointing sound design, bad performance, inconsistent hitreg, addition of specialists, removal of core features such as scoreboard, server browser, player spawn camera, nearby medics, etc. I cannot believe that DICE thought that this game was ready for release!… Expand
  65. Wrenheven
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Это ужасный Батлфилд. Ждал эту игру больше всех этой осенью, а в итоге разочаровался так, что и словами не описать. Огромные пустые карты и их мало. Минимум оружия. Невнятные специалисты. Остальные режимы, кроме захвата и прорыва задвинули так, что и не найти сразу, кроме того, официальной поддержки они не имеют, оставили на откуп игрокам. Постоянные проблемы с соединением. В общем, этоЭто ужасный Батлфилд. Ждал эту игру больше всех этой осенью, а в итоге разочаровался так, что и словами не описать. Огромные пустые карты и их мало. Минимум оружия. Невнятные специалисты. Остальные режимы, кроме захвата и прорыва задвинули так, что и не найти сразу, кроме того, официальной поддержки они не имеют, оставили на откуп игрокам. Постоянные проблемы с соединением. В общем, это наихудший Батлфилд, тот же 5 играется значительно приятнее.… Expand
  66. MrVicious
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    SBMM. No scoreboard. No server browser. Addition of specialist system. Wall hack. Poor graphics. Ai in multiplayer. Stupid storyline. Removal of fortifications. Removal of crouch run ads lean and back pedal.. Removal of traditional classes and factions. Generally bad uninteresting maps. Scaled back destruction. BF1 and BFV look 100 times better than this trash! No buy for me.
  67. Marandellas
    Nov 18, 2021
    3
    Visually stunning but ruined by massive gameplay alterations from previous titles.

    The maps look extremely nice but It's quite clear that gameplay was not taken into account in the design, most are 90% open space with little to no cover making the game a nightmare for anyone unlucky enough to not be in a vehicle the game is also buggy to ridiculous extent, some bugs are expected for    Visually stunning but ruined by massive gameplay alterations from previous titles.

    The maps look extremely nice but It's quite clear that gameplay was not taken into account in the design, most are 90% open space with little to no cover making the game a nightmare for anyone unlucky enough to not be in a vehicle

    the game is also buggy to ridiculous extent, some bugs are expected for a new release but some make the game almost unplayable. Even if DICE quickly fixes them they won't fix the underlying flaws of the game design.

    The new specialist system is a very blatant attempt to imitate other popular shooters like Apex: Legends, CoD Warzone and Rainbow Six siege. Sacrificing the formula that made the franchise popular to begin with for a shameless cash grab attempt to sell skins. The result is a soulless mess with terrible voice acting and poorly implemented characters.

    DICE has blatantly disregarded player feedback and the wishes of it's existing player base in attempt to appeal to the player bases of other games.

    Long story short. Battlefield 2042 is a Battlefield game made by people who don't like Battlefield for people who also don't like Battlefield.    … Expand
  68. Wizlon67
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Played the technical playtest, forums full of same issues as now, response from EA/DICE "Don't worry this is an old build and wait until the Beta to see the "real" game... Pre ordered the Ultimate Edition on the strength of their assurances, dumb I know but I'm usually the glass half full type.

    Played the beta, forums full of same issues as now, response from EA/DICE "Don't worry this    Played the technical playtest, forums full of same issues as now, response from EA/DICE "Don't worry this is an old build and wait until the Beta to see the "real" game... Pre ordered the Ultimate Edition on the strength of their assurances, dumb I know but I'm usually the glass half full type.

    Played the beta, forums full of same issues as now, response from EA/DICE "Don't worry this is an old build and wait until the Early Access to see the "real" game... Lost a little faith over this, started to remember earlier EA/DICE responses to community concerns, false promises etc. Cancelled my pre order.

    Played/ing Early Access... Whole weekend free, no connection issues. Played total 6 hours, more than 4 times that on the forums and social media just looking to see if EA/DICE have anything constructive to say...

    Looking forward to going to work tomorrow.

    I refunded my Ultimate Edition Pre-order after the Beta, no regrets. Having Origin Play anyway meant I got to give it a chance, so far I am extremely disappointed, this is making BFV look good!

    I'll keep an eye out for patches and updates, but for now it's just using up valuable SSD space.

    Quite happy playing BF4 and BF1 tonight, less hackers than usual.    … Expand
  69. Louis010
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    Looks nice I guess. That's the only thing going for it. Runs awful on series x, customisation sucks, specialists feel weird in place of actual classes, gunplay feels awful too (somehow). From the one game I played it was 20 people huddled round a flag doing nothing then occasionally getting shot with missiles from nowhere as everything and everyone is so damn hard to make out in this game.Looks nice I guess. That's the only thing going for it. Runs awful on series x, customisation sucks, specialists feel weird in place of actual classes, gunplay feels awful too (somehow). From the one game I played it was 20 people huddled round a flag doing nothing then occasionally getting shot with missiles from nowhere as everything and everyone is so damn hard to make out in this game. Truly worst game I've played this year and a massive disappointment. At least I got to try it for free in the trial instead of wasting money on this garbage.… Expand
  70. GruduAlmighty
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    it's not bad FPS... But this is not an good battlefield.
    -no class
    -no destruction (i prefer destruction in gun fight at tornad, tempest...)
    -no teamplay
    -skin skin skin and skin... where is army vs army?
    -bug bug bug bug bug, game is not finished.

    Again: next patch, this game can be good fps... But NEVER this **** can be a good battlefield.
  71. Theprobe94
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Unfortunately Battlefield 2042 has become just like Call of Duty. What a waste of my money.
  72. BigMichalek
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Don't listen to the Metascore. Those people we're obviously paid...

    To make it short: this game made the Battlefield V launch seem like the best thing ever.

    The whole core of the game isn't Battlefield. It's ApexZoneNiteWatchfield..

    Stay away from this crappy game.
  73. AshySamurai
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Having directx crash error since alpha. Devs don't care to fix it. Literally can't play longer than 10 min.
  74. HZD87
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    I'd Call this a Good game if it even delivered the CORE functions of Battlefield as a franchise.

    Portal is Good inclusion with proper battlefield baked in by default - how the Fans want a battlefield game to be. 2042 "Expansion" is a mess of pandering to the ADHD of "Gamers" in the last 5 years or so, Its Pretty but can't deliver the foundations what people know and expect of a    I'd Call this a Good game if it even delivered the CORE functions of Battlefield as a franchise.

    Portal is Good inclusion with proper battlefield baked in by default - how the Fans want a battlefield game to be.

    2042 "Expansion" is a mess of pandering to the ADHD of "Gamers" in the last 5 years or so, Its Pretty but can't deliver the foundations what people know and expect of a battlefield title.

    Hazard zone, Well it might be okay but its not battlefield, its trying to appeal to the BR / Extraction Fad.

    Here is sit just above the minimum specs at 1080p with a PC rig that can run this years "AAA" titles with all high settings and yet a company worth several millions can't even get their half baked BF title to run on their own recommended minimum specs any better than stick animations on a flicked stack of post-it notes . . .

    They Lied that production was going well and better than expected a year ago, they said the BETA was a much older build then "Release" yet their launch runs considerably worse than that BETA.

    No Campaign

    No VoIP

    No real scoreboard

    No leaning

    22 guns total lol

    Plus system is clunky dog ****

    UI is clunky dog **** wrapped in cat **** Might be the least intuitive I've ever seen

    No all chat

    No server browser outside of Portal

    No private/rented servers

    Doesn't just roll into the next map after a game in AoW, back to matchmaking peasant

    Cannot join friends already in a match (pretty sure I could do this in beta??)

    No enemy footsteps

    Enemies look the same as friendlies

    Have to opt out of revive every death, no idea who can actually revive me anyway

    Have to re-select spawn location every spawn

    Poor hardware optimization

    Cutscenes all over the place

    Stupid ass 'look at me' after a match

    Bullet spread / weapon inaccuracy outside of rock throwing range Lack of game modes No hardcore Cannot join, create, or lock a squad No military ranks associated with numerical ranks No resizable minimap Audio is poorly mixed The maps, while stunning from both a scale and visuals perspective, lack any real flow for infantry combat. Its a game for sure, its currently not a good one worse than that it has the name battlefield attached to it. Its always funny when someone puts a Ferrari badge on a modded Toyota Supra, when you ask people for 90GBP to be BETA testers early its not funny . . . . This should go back into development for 6 Months get striped back from everything that's not your Standard battlefield since 2002 and slowly add features in . . . . . This is Cyberfield 2042    … Expand
  75. AnyFreeUsername
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    1. Fix BFV for 3 years
    2. Game becomes masterpiece
    3. Start developing new title
    4. Throw away all best mechanics
    5. Take all the worst mechanics you can find
    6. ???
    7. BF 2042
  76. Pristine_Tips
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Honestly I can see a game here but currently this is the worst first experience for a game I’ve ever had. The game just doesn’t work. Portal seems to run better for some reason, maybe there’s less going on? Specialists have ruined the game and the lacklustre selection of weapons is honestly embarrassing. No scoreboard has effected me more than I thought it would. I like knowing how I’mHonestly I can see a game here but currently this is the worst first experience for a game I’ve ever had. The game just doesn’t work. Portal seems to run better for some reason, maybe there’s less going on? Specialists have ruined the game and the lacklustre selection of weapons is honestly embarrassing. No scoreboard has effected me more than I thought it would. I like knowing how I’m getting on in games. Performance issues are plaguing the game and the balancing is very poor. Vehicles are too strong especially the hovercraft. Attacking points on certain maps aren’t fun to run to. No cover at all. Thought they might have finally learned from literally every other game they’ve made but maybe it should be us learning instead. Game really needed to be delayed and I’m very glad the trial existed… Expand
  77. Schwarzyyy
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The only thing "Battlefield" about this game is its name and the fact that it launched unfinished, broken and riddled with bugs as it is tradition, although this one takes it to new and never before seen extremes. Unlike the predecessors this one however still would be the worst entry in the franchise had it launched perfectly finished and without bugs since this Battlefield is nothing butThe only thing "Battlefield" about this game is its name and the fact that it launched unfinished, broken and riddled with bugs as it is tradition, although this one takes it to new and never before seen extremes. Unlike the predecessors this one however still would be the worst entry in the franchise had it launched perfectly finished and without bugs since this Battlefield is nothing but a soulless regression in nearly every way representing only a former shell of the franchise. This so called "love letter to Battlefield fans" comes with, in no particular order:
    - the worst gunplay of any bf yet
    - the worst graphics and visuals for its time yet
    - the worst audio design and mixing yet
    - least amount of actual content -> only 7 maps and 22 guns (hazard zone will be nothing but a meme in 2 weeks time and portal is a cheap last ditch effort to save this absolute disaster of a base game)
    - worst map design yet
    - worst weapon and vehicle balance yet
    - worst UI yet
    - worst performance yet
    - worst settings customization yet
    - most unfinished, bugged out and featureless BF yet
    - ... and the list could keep going on without end, just see some more comprehensive ones on the games subreddit.
    In conclusion this battlefield might be the first one that cant be saved by DICEs usual patch fixing frenzy in the first year after the launch. And even if DICE outdo themselves once again, the underlying game design choices are so out of touch with the core community, that nothing but a complete redesign of pretty much the whole game could save this franchise damaging kick in the teeth of battlefield fans. Unlike entries that launched rough before, like BF4 or BFV, where most die hard fans could at least see a genuinely good and fun game at the end of the dark, bug riddled tunnel, this one is the first Battlefield that is just categorially unfun, which hurts even the most die hard fans of this franchise.    … Expand
  78. Nighters
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Worst Battlefield so far. Unfinished, missing tons of things there were in previous titles.
  79. DoubleHelix113
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    I paid $90 to beta test an unfinished game. DICE has been nothing but silent regarding all the issues with this game. Battlefield has officially died.
  80. goyney
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    you killed toxicity but you killed the game too, good job.

    developers charge extortionate prices for unfinished games these days, starting to get used to it.

    a real f*** up.
  81. Subsonix303
    Nov 18, 2021
    3
    EA sold us a half baked alpha for full-price...
    the game is really fun in its best moments, but its overshadowed from lack of important features, weird design decisions, horrible performance and bugs.
    with this release, EA showed once more, how they value their customers...do not buy it at this point, it needs at least 6 more months in the oven
  82. datguyjack
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Battlefield player since Bad Company 2 with collectively over 2k hours across all BFs, this is by far the biggest travesty I've ever seen.

    SAVE. YOUR. MONEY.
  83. Neven101
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    -Guy who made whole UI needs to be fired, like how the f that actually passed testing?
    -Its obvious lot of quality people left DICE after BF1/BF5,this just feels like some chinese wannabe copy of Battlefield that tries to be AGAIN something else like cod and apex.
    -Map design is terrible,everything is just so souless, like the maps are designed for battleroyale not conquest. -destruction    -Guy who made whole UI needs to be fired, like how the f that actually passed testing?
    -Its obvious lot of quality people left DICE after BF1/BF5,this just feels like some chinese wannabe copy of Battlefield that tries to be AGAIN something else like cod and apex.
    -Map design is terrible,everything is just so souless, like the maps are designed for battleroyale not conquest.
    -destruction is worst in series    … Expand
  84. toorney18
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Game is a mess, is this a preview of battlefield mobile because that's what it feels like.
  85. Sprinkles
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    So 3hrs into BF2042 and I cant recommend it at all.
    No team play at all, there's no scoreboard, you cant switch squads, specialists feel out of place, maps are barren and poorly designed, there's a huge lack of game modes (only 2) no Rush or infantry maps, there's only 22 guns (should be around 80) and there's no role restriction to guns either.
    It was clearly designed to be a BR, end    So 3hrs into BF2042 and I cant recommend it at all.
    No team play at all, there's no scoreboard, you cant switch squads, specialists feel out of place, maps are barren and poorly designed, there's a huge lack of game modes (only 2) no Rush or infantry maps, there's only 22 guns (should be around 80) and there's no role restriction to guns either.
    It was clearly designed to be a BR, end game animations, weird game intro, BR map design, abilities and specialists all scream BR.
    Pretty disappointed & glad there's a free trail so I didn't waste my money. Highly recommend against playing this until they sort the game out, but imo that's not going to happen anytime soon as so much if fundamentally wrong they would need to rework from the ground up.    … Expand
  86. LobsterMan43
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game was clearly not ready to be launched. Missing features, server errors, bad optimization (especially on PC) etc etc etc. Seems like DICE straight up doesn’t care about the Battlefield IP or it’s community. It’s track record with their previous games doesn’t give this user a lot of hope for post launch 2042 support or content.

    For anyone reading this, DONT BUY IT right now.    This game was clearly not ready to be launched. Missing features, server errors, bad optimization (especially on PC) etc etc etc. Seems like DICE straight up doesn’t care about the Battlefield IP or it’s community. It’s track record with their previous games doesn’t give this user a lot of hope for post launch 2042 support or content.

    For anyone reading this, DONT BUY IT right now. Wait until spring or summer of 2022 and see if DICE does anything productive with the game. In the meantime, play the other battlefields or find another FPS made by devs that gives a crap about their player base.    … Expand
  87. FinnF22
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    They 100% planned to make a BR and changed course during the development. So many things point at this.

    Huge maps (too big for normal BF gameplay, even for 128 players) Armor plates Cannot switch/create squads Silly long timing when you're downed with no visibility for medics, because initially it should be only your BR squad that can revive you The + system for weapons,    They 100% planned to make a BR and changed course during the development. So many things point at this.

    Huge maps (too big for normal BF gameplay, even for 128 players)

    Armor plates

    Cannot switch/create squads

    Silly long timing when you're downed with no visibility for medics, because initially it should be only your BR squad that can revive you

    The + system for weapons, instead of ground loot attachments

    No server browser, because you don't need one in BR

    Lack of game modes

    No hardcore

    No propper factions

    No scoreboard

    No campaign

    One specialist that has a gadget to change loadouts

    https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qtmndr/this_game_was_planned_to_be_a_br_and_they_changed/    … Expand
  88. Sogio
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    I made an account on this web-site just to review this game, been gaming for 25 years and never wrote a review. But since I've been playing Battlefield since 1942 I felt it was time to speak up.
    You've slowly but surely gutted every battlefield since Battlefield 3, you release them half baked then 12 months down the line decide to improve it.
    I won't lie this game will likely be good in    I made an account on this web-site just to review this game, been gaming for 25 years and never wrote a review. But since I've been playing Battlefield since 1942 I felt it was time to speak up.
    You've slowly but surely gutted every battlefield since Battlefield 3, you release them half baked then 12 months down the line decide to improve it.
    I won't lie this game will likely be good in 6-12 months time, but at this moment in time it's a shambles, you cannot honestly tell me no one stopped you before release and said "This isn't a good idea, it isn't battlefield".

    You've gutted a perfectly good game that you fixed for 3 years (Battlefield V) and basically hit the reset button. How can you be so dumb and blind?
    I hope you lose profits and people refund fast, I hope it hurts your shareholders.

    Shambles of a company/developer now.    … Expand
  89. OCELOT69350
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game is just a terrible joke. They should be ashamed to release it in its state. Battlefield franchise is officially dead
  90. Terdle
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Paid extra to play early on broken servers with an unfinished game, and to wait an extra week for a day 1 patch. Last time i pre-ordered an EA/Dice game. Utter pile of ****
  91. Tr3vor696
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Not a battlefield game gunplay is awful so many glitches and its so hard to run with decent frames
  92. Bea124
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    After the letdown from battlefield V and shutting down their live service (instead of fixing the game) they were so proud to announce 4 studios working on battlefield 2042.
    With a bittersweet taste in my mouth I left the game in hope to one day return to the beloved franchise I've recently discovered. Waited 3 years and Much to my surprise the very last chance they had to keep their fans    After the letdown from battlefield V and shutting down their live service (instead of fixing the game) they were so proud to announce 4 studios working on battlefield 2042.
    With a bittersweet taste in my mouth I left the game in hope to one day return to the beloved franchise I've recently discovered. Waited 3 years and Much to my surprise the very last chance they had to keep their fans went down the drain...

    Playing the beta, I did not feel that "battlefield" feeling with teamplay and the atmosphere that I felt with Battlefield 1 had. Even if I tried to like Battlefield V it also lacked the atmosphere, even if teamplay at least were there. I thought, maybe it's just in my head.
    Head back to Bf 1 and I felt the Battlefield feeling from the first game when I started the game.
    But then I thought I would give the full game chance.

    If I'm not even talking about the performance with max 60 fps with a Rtx 3080 and all the bugs, this is not battlefield.

    - No one has a certain role, that I think battlefield must have
    - Too large maps, too open or both, and what's up with all the containers?? Is containers the best copy paste this game could offer for every map?
    - No Scoreboard
    - Too many loading screens
    - Bullets don't hit after 30 meters
    - UI is **** needs a total remake from the ground up
    - TTK is waaaay to low and can't hit enemy's because of this and infinite tactical sprint.
    - No nearby medics, people bleed out and waste tickets.
    - No teamplay, every man for himself
    - Doesn't look better than previous titles graphical wise    … Expand
  93. stevedorgel
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Something went horribly wrong with this game’s development. It feels like it was thrown together in 9 months instead of years. So many bad game design decisions, lack of content, tons of technical issues. Absolute disaster.
  94. Baur_
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game missed the mark on nearly everything. DMR's have terrible accuracy and every gunfight is RNG since there is so much bloom on weapons. Vehicles are ridiculously overpowered in this game. Lag is very bad, performance is very bad, not a lot of weapons. Nothing to strive for really besides skins which no one cares about. Overall, the game feels uninspired.
  95. ColinH117
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game is hilariously unfinished.

    Terrible hit detection, game breaking bugs, bad maps, awful UI, cringe-inducing operator quips, no campaign, no real progression/rewards, etc etc. It feels seriously hollow with barely anything to do, hence why there's going to be a season pass with awful and probably extremely overpriced microtransactions (thanks Fortnite). It's also pretty clear    This game is hilariously unfinished.

    Terrible hit detection, game breaking bugs, bad maps, awful UI, cringe-inducing operator quips, no campaign, no real progression/rewards, etc etc. It feels seriously hollow with barely anything to do, hence why there's going to be a season pass with awful and probably extremely overpriced microtransactions (thanks Fortnite). It's also pretty clear that they wanted this to be a battle royale entry too. Random operators, skins, obviously season pass, armor plates (these are criminally overpowered), absurdly large maps (Hourglass is run through the desert simulator), odd animations when you're downed, no scoreboard, no server browser, no map choosing, throwing you out of the lobby after every game, etc.

    Weapons also have bloom which is the strangest thing I think they could have chosen for an FPS. For a game like Fortnite or any third person entry, that is somewhat understandable, but an FPS like Battlefield should not have RNG gunfights.

    If you are considering buying this game, do not. It is soulless and hollow and I would imagine is going to be dead in about a month. The season pass is being added in 2022 and by then I don't think they'll be able to get the original player numbers back.

    If I could get a refund I would. Hats off to you DICE and EA, this game is barely even in a beta state.    … Expand
  96. vidyagamenjoyr
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    Battlefield 2042 is yet another addition to the franchise that releases unfinished. Rather this time EA and Ripple Effect (a horrible name for a studio) went above and beyond to see how far they can push it.

    They removed stuff that was deemed great in previous installments, like the more realistic movement animations from BFV eg. wall vaulting, cover leaning, prone positions. An    Battlefield 2042 is yet another addition to the franchise that releases unfinished. Rather this time EA and Ripple Effect (a horrible name for a studio) went above and beyond to see how far they can push it.

    They removed stuff that was deemed great in previous installments, like the more realistic movement animations from BFV eg. wall vaulting, cover leaning, prone positions. An essential part of the entire identity of Battlefield called destruction (yeah, remember that?). Adding to this, the positional audio is completely cocked, the performance is less than ideal on a high-end system (5950X, 32GB, RTX 3080) and even all else aside, this game keeps crashing every single match I get to join if the servers are stable enough to let me connect.

    EDIT 17th November: I have a hypothesis that this game is somehow coded in a manner that it's very sensitive to hardware instabilities, and I think that my ram was a contributing factor because the cpu couldn't keep up at 1:1 ratio as ryzen likes it. Reduced memory speed and no crashes since. Mind you this hasn't happened in other games.

    The only reason I have given this game a 3/10, which I already think is quite generous is, because I love this franchise. After missing out on the previous two games by my own accord I'd like to be back, believe that they're gonna actually deliver on their promise that this game is made for the community, and not a lie.    … Expand
  97. Swirre
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    What the f*ck have you've done Dice this isn't Battlefield anymore... It's a mix of Ghost Recon, Watch Dogs and Cod. That true BF-feeling isn't there anymore. Pls refund all players and go back to the drawingboard and give us a true BF-game not this **** mix of all other shootergames but Battlefield...Give me back that lovely battleog from BF3/BF4, give us pc-players a own game not thisWhat the f*ck have you've done Dice this isn't Battlefield anymore... It's a mix of Ghost Recon, Watch Dogs and Cod. That true BF-feeling isn't there anymore. Pls refund all players and go back to the drawingboard and give us a true BF-game not this **** mix of all other shootergames but Battlefield...Give me back that lovely battleog from BF3/BF4, give us pc-players a own game not this **** with all these **** menus, pls scrap this crossplay and give us dedicated servers. And the specialist **** is so crappy why even have it when all specialist can use all weapons/equipments that beautiful sqaud/class system from bf3/4 is what we want..And pls fire all people you've recruited from blizzard who wants to cod-dify BF...… Expand
  98. Jasmith
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    An out of touch battlefield game by people who have never played one. This feels like a last second thrown together mess that misses many key features from past games. Features like the improved movement mechanics from battlefield V have since been downgraded or outright removed for no explanation and have been replaced with floaty fast arcady movements that are blatantly trying to rip offAn out of touch battlefield game by people who have never played one. This feels like a last second thrown together mess that misses many key features from past games. Features like the improved movement mechanics from battlefield V have since been downgraded or outright removed for no explanation and have been replaced with floaty fast arcady movements that are blatantly trying to rip off call of duty. Guns handle poorly and gunfights past 25m are next to impossible. Given that the maps are incredibly giant, flat, boring open spaces with no cover, expect many boring pointless gunfights with inaccurate weapons. Speaking of maps, maps are hugs empty arenas with next to no cover so vehicles can decimate you with little to no effort…. That’s if you can get ahold of a vehicle given that there’s 64 players per team and maybe 6 vehicles if you’re lucky. Destruction, a major component to what makes battlefield great, is next to nothing on the new maps. You can blow out walls here or there but that basically it. If you were looking for destruction like past battlefield games prepare to be disappointed. The only decent destruction comes from the classic maps in the new portal mode. There’s a new mode called hazard zone but it’s a soulless copy of other games that do it better and was clearly just created to salvage what was left of the br game they were clearly making this game to be. The only redeeming mode is portal, which gives players the tools to create their own battlefield experiences with assets from previous games. It genuinely is a fantastic mode that brings back so classic favorites. Overall I’m disappointed with this game, it’s lacking feature list that’s been improved upon up until this point has been scrapped for a more arcady monetize-able experience. DICE has a long way to go in bringing features back to make this feel like a battlefield game again, but until then I recommend passing and waiting a few months to see how they support the game. But given their past record of giving up and moving on, I wouldn’t hold my breath for those required changes to actually come.… Expand
  99. stebbi
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The game that was advertised as Battlefield ended up being anything but Battlefield. With a bunch of bugs, disgusting level design and non-working game mechanics.
  100. HeyImLea
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    Im going to make this a review without going on about how DICE, its support studios and EA are the worst. I have nothing against the people who have spent massive amounts of hours to make this game, I just want to give my opinion on the game.
    apologies if my sentences aren't perfect, English isn't my native language. :)
    first off, I've been a fan of this franchise since I was 7 years    Im going to make this a review without going on about how DICE, its support studios and EA are the worst. I have nothing against the people who have spent massive amounts of hours to make this game, I just want to give my opinion on the game.
    apologies if my sentences aren't perfect, English isn't my native language. :)

    first off, I've been a fan of this franchise since I was 7 years old, I'm 23 now. I've like nearly every single release, except for maybe V (except for movement) and now most recently, 2042.

    I've loved how the franchise that I love have moved forward and the movement being less and less static, gunplay being more responsive. learning vouzoiu and zouzou on bf4 was a fun challenge too.
    anyway, my thoughts on 2042 (so far)

    I spent a good amount of time in the beta, that was supposedly a few months old, and according to lots of fans in the community it was all going to be fixed for release. didn't work out great, huh?
    the official release is on the 19th but EA and DICE are selling access to the game already. If you're willing to take my money (even more than standard price if youre not using EA Play) to play your product im going to judge it as if it was fully released.

    Beta was broken, but I managed to put in around 10-15 hours even with the poor performance and almost drowning in bugs.

    around comes "early access" that we're playing now, and credit where credit is due, many bugs have been fixed. elevators work, the sound is better, explosions looks a lot better, the UI isn't as ugly, but its just not enough.

    * lets start with specialists, while it's a nice idea and something I actually would really like. I miss not being able to play as my gender in bf4 and only being able to play as a male for example. the problem for me is that it's not done right here, at all. I think that for most people BF have been about being a soldier among other soldiers, working together to overcome the enemy.

    that's not the case in 2042, specialists are made out to almost be like superheroes and not needing anyone but themselves. They have too much character, they're good at everything and aren't restricted by class. I can be a medic Specialist with a healing pistol but also bring an RPG into the fight. there are no classes left.
    by doing this, I cant tell who's going to be able to give me heals or ammo when running up to them, this was easy in the previous titles, I knew instantly who was a medic or support in BF3 for example, a game that was released in 2011.

    * Teamwork.
    I don't know what to say, it feels like DICE just wanted to rid BF of its identity. there's next to no teamwork here. reviving is clunky, I dont know who's a support or a medic because there are no classes, I don't know if anyone is coming to revive me, healing and helping your team doesnt give nearly enough xp, so you're not really motivated to risk your life to rush to the other side to heal your teammates.

    *UI/UX/settings
    where to begin? what happened here? the UI is surprisingly bad. how did we go from BF3/4/1/V, to this? I get F2P vibes when looking at it, doesnt feel finished at all. there's no indicator in the UI for what firemode I'm on, I cant resize my map, I cant change opacity of the objectives on the map, some settings do not work (crosshairs) and some are just missing (direct x12)

    * Maps
    We got 7 base game maps in total for release, who are all big and focus a lot on vehichles. not one map or mode for the people that enjoy infantry over large scale battles. disappointing.
    I feel like the maps are okay, at best. they're too big imo, even for 128 players and there's not nearly enough spots to hide. you're always getting shot at. the flow isn't there.

    * Performance
    Shockingly poor across most, if not all platforms. Im on PC so that's what ill be focusing since I cant speak for my friends on the console side.
    lowering the presets to low doesnt seem to do much, or anything at all. I dropped my settings from high, to everything low on 1080p on my mid-spec system, I messed around in the config file and gained around 15-20FPS total. going from 25FPS avg, to around 45-50avg. When its not chugging along at under 60, its stuttering, slowing down, or teleporting me back and forth. Other games doesnt teleport me, using fiber with 100/100 uncapped.

    * Misc/QoL
    Spread/bloom. - random bullet deviation.
    Mouse Input not consistent
    No server browser for main game
    lobby disbands after every match
    no squad management - cant join/create/leave/lock during games
    no scoreboard
    no all chat - let me choose if i want to see or hide the chat like in previous titles.
    gun customization UI messy
    Soundscape completely broken
    UI/UX customization severely lacking
    Spawns broken
    Specialists - theyre not faction specific.
    No Incentive for teamplay
    lackling destruction

    I had more to say but im at the limit. thank you for taking your time to read about my thoughts on the game. :) please dont harass devs :)    … Expand
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  3. Negative: 11 out of 74
  1. Trusted Reviews
    Feb 15, 2022
    70
    All in all, Battlefield 2042 has been a real labour of love for me. The initial launch was remarkably underbaked, but I can’t deny the enjoyment that comes from firing a rocket launcher into a tornado. This may not be the best FPS multiplayer game available, and there are still plenty of issues that need ironing out, but there are occasionally some thrilling moments that you won’t be able to experience in the likes of Call of Duty or Fortinte. It remains frustrating having to pay full price for a multiplayer game, but if you’re already a fan of the franchise and don’t mind missing out on the campaign, you’ll likely enjoy yourself here. The nostalgic aspect of Portal mode will also draw fans in, and of course, the 4K graphics make it very pretty game, even if it has its cracks.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Dec 23, 2021
    40
    The weakest first-person shooter in the history of DICE. Even, by some miracle, the studio manages to fix the most glaring mistakes and reanimate the abysmal netcode, this game will not become Battlefield at its core.
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  3. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Dec 16, 2021
    65
    Despite the promising Portal mode, Battlefield 2042, which uses players as a tester, still gives the impression of an incomplete game with its errors and important problems.
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