Battlefield 2042

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  1. Priksen
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    Another broken Battlefield game. This is just pathetic from EA/Dice. DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY!
  2. ravici
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. какая же это помойка за фул прайс просто смешно бф R.I.P… Expand
  3. Envoy11229
    Nov 17, 2021
    10
    I have a high end PC with 3080 and 9900K, so I won't say anything about the lag or some bugs.
    Bugs I had on this PC: can't join the match, can't re spawn, but that's all. I'm a big fun of machine guns so by now I only used two LMGs and I'm level 34 now.
    To me this battlefield really remains me the good old days in BF4, C4(5) was so much fun! I was worried about no medic or ammo support    I have a high end PC with 3080 and 9900K, so I won't say anything about the lag or some bugs.
    Bugs I had on this PC: can't join the match, can't re spawn, but that's all. I'm a big fun of machine guns so by now I only used two LMGs and I'm level 34 now.
    To me this battlefield really remains me the good old days in BF4, C4(5) was so much fun! I was worried about no medic or ammo support due to the special system, but it turns out not that hard to get supply from teammates, my playstyle is kind of rush in and die hard, so I didn't experience too much walking like many folks saying. Anything else feels so good! special abilities, guns and graphic. Tanks are a bit too weak since people are carrying too much anti armor equipment. but as infantry main like me it's just so much fun! Still nerf pp29    … Expand
  4. Merdof
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Poorly optimized garbage, has nothing to do with battlefield series, insult to the veterans.
  5. DICEPLS
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    no scoreboard
    no classes
    no server browser
    Bugfield 2042
    unbalanced
    the only good thing in this game is portal.
  6. honestreviews99
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Sigh.. such hype and excitement only to be utterly disappointed when gameplay is released. This game is half-baked, filled with bugs and missing features. Wait until they address these issues or the game goes 50-70% off - which like Battlefield 5 soon after release - it is likely to do. Among the many issues:

    1. No scoreboard, no stats, no k/d, nothing - this alone is absolutely    Sigh.. such hype and excitement only to be utterly disappointed when gameplay is released. This game is half-baked, filled with bugs and missing features. Wait until they address these issues or the game goes 50-70% off - which like Battlefield 5 soon after release - it is likely to do. Among the many issues:

    1. No scoreboard, no stats, no k/d, nothing - this alone is absolutely ridiculous to be left out. WHY?
    2. No in-game voice chat. Sooo there's crossplay, but I can't talk with my console buddies in my squad? Limited in-game chat as well. This is extremely frustrating.
    3. No server browser - matchmaking only in AOW - I don't want to rely on an engine to pick my servers. I want to pick the matches I want to join based on player count, ping, maps, etc. This is ripe for a SBMM algorithm which will ruin the experience. But hey, EA/DICE don't care about that anymore
    4. Awfully inconsistent hit registration, weapon bloom, and other gameplay issues that really ruin the experience. I expect bugs, but this is more like a game that was released half-baked. Stop pre-ordering and gaming manufacturers will stop giving you such broken games.
    5. Specialists - oh how I hate them - not so much the idea, but more how they're implemented. There's no difference between teams - they both look the exact same. This leads to friendly fire and not being able to quickly tell friend from foe. I hate relying solely on blue vs red marking and highlights based on when the game thinks I'm looking at someone. Make the specialists unique to each team
    6. Specialists and classless customization eliminates team play and strategy. Everyone goes out as a lone wolf. You don't know who has ammo or who is a medic, nor does it really matter as nobody seems to play as a team/squad anymore. Completely contrary to Battlefield's identity.
    7. Poor optimization and performance even on beefy rigs - unless you have thousands of dollars available to spend on a rig, you're going to struggle to get playable framerates in its current state. I have a 3080 and 10700 11th gen processor with 32GB of RAM and I'm lucky to get more than 70-80 FPS on 1440P with serious lags and rubber banding at times.
    8. UI, while slightly improved vs the open beta, is still average.

    I could go on and on. Summary, DO NOT BUY IN CURRENT STATE. And for the love of gaming, STOP PREORDERING.

    Peace    … Expand
  7. Promak1969
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    poor !!!! From servers, maps, lags, etc ... I cry when I see a random bullet velocity !!! Dice guys you are blind idiots !!!!
  8. PeteStClair
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Very disappointing, nothing like what Battlefield used to be and feels lacking in all the basic elements that really made the game enjoyable. No server browser, no scoreboard, no classes, There is very little at this point that makes this game enjoyable or able to hold one's attention for very long. There is no sense of that deep involvement that would keep you locked behind your screenVery disappointing, nothing like what Battlefield used to be and feels lacking in all the basic elements that really made the game enjoyable. No server browser, no scoreboard, no classes, There is very little at this point that makes this game enjoyable or able to hold one's attention for very long. There is no sense of that deep involvement that would keep you locked behind your screen for hours on end as it was with previous instalments. I doubt in its current state the game will be able to hold its player base for very long. Right now BF2042 is trying to be a jack of all trades and a master of none.… Expand
  9. blackthing
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    if grafics were everithing this game would be a 10, but everithing is bugged, classes non existing, run´s like **** i cant like this game.
  10. IJustWorkHere
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    Battlefield 2042 is hands down the the worst FPS I've ever played. I put 15 hours in (I'm stubborn to have lasted that long!) and have uninstalled.

    I played and enjoyed Battlefield 1942, Bad Company, and BF IV. This is far and away the worst of the series so far. You're going to see some promoters of this game say "you people will tear anything down; you'll complain about    Battlefield 2042 is hands down the the worst FPS I've ever played. I put 15 hours in (I'm stubborn to have lasted that long!) and have uninstalled.

    I played and enjoyed Battlefield 1942, Bad Company, and BF IV. This is far and away the worst of the series so far. You're going to see some promoters of this game say "you people will tear anything down; you'll complain about anything". The problem is that it is very easy to complain about this deeply flawed game - there is very little it does right and I can't even think about anything it does better than any other FPS including earlier Battlefield games. Death by a thousand cuts.

    My list of grievances go on and on. Even the opening cinematic is a eyebrow-raising tease depicting a ship on the ocean (there are no actual ships in game). In my case I have to run medium settings on a brand new 3060ti GPU just for it to perform adequately (even with latest NVIDIA drivers from Nov 16). The maps are so big that many players spend their time running from place to place - only to die and start again. Vehicles in the hands of a skilled operator are ridiculously overpowered and nearly immortal unless multiple people are working on taking them down simultaneously (tanks take a good 3 hits with rockets). There is absolutely no joy to be had in taking down helicopters - 10 points for damage and he's still fine despite being hit by a surface to air missile. It is nearly impossible to even hit a jet. Being a medic stinks because people will just intentionally bleed out since they have no idea if you are around them, another mechanic dropped from this game that is necessary for medics to be functional. Hit detection (with a very limited selection of guns that don't feel all that different from each other) is incredibly inaccurate, I've strafed many folks with guns from a tank only to not do any damage at all. I've basically given up on trying to engage people in 1:1 combat because it feels like a random number generator. If I have the jump on somebody and shoot them in the back at point blank range several times they manage to spin around and kill me at least a third of the time….it is absolutely outrageous. I am not alone here. I mostly play Casper and have spent over 10 hours spotting enemies and then watching my teammates engage them in firefights from above the battlefield. I've watched many dozens of times as my teammates come in behind the spotted enemy - with what should be an incredible advantage - only to then see my teammate fire at them, the enemy turns, they exchange gunfire for a few seconds, and then my teammate goes down for the count. This is not battle. This is a random number generator.

    The only reason I'm even giving this game a rating of 1 out of 10 is because I sometimes feel like I'm contributing by playing Casper and helping my teammates to spot enemies with a drone but even there I believe the game is deeply flawed - the EMP dart requires you to get absurdly close to vehicles and then it doesn't work long enough/isn't effective enough for it to be worth using at all on tanks & ground vehicles. It is usually impossible to get close enough to helicopters to use the EMP dart because they are constantly zigging and zagging and are much faster than the drone - not that it would accomplish anything notable if you did hit them to begin with.

    Speaking of working together - nobody works together because squads appear to be randomized without a way to exclude people or change squads. The specialists are annoying and do not translate well to a game where we have to see the same annoying characters over and over. Even faceless avatars with varying skins are more diverse than seeing the same characters spouting out the same lame taunt over and over at the end of each match. They've shoehorned in a bunch of different identities but still have failed to give us what really matters - variety. They call it Battlefield 2042 but all of this technology already exists except perhaps for the magical hacking ability the one specialist has. From a tech standpoint this is Battlefield 2024, not 2042.

    Although you can see a scoreboard while the game is being played (to some degree) by pressing tab while the match is going, there is no fulfilling summary at the end and apparently no way to see how you did afterward. Having 128 players sounds like a blast in the end it is just too much chaos and even more unfulfilling because you can never have the sense you really made much of a difference with so many people playing. It is all just throwaway effort.

    Battlefield 2042 is less a FPS game and more a "frustration simulator". If DICE's goal was to make a bad combat game in order to try and make young videogamers understand the pointlessness of war, I suppose I would say they have succeeded. Maybe making this wargame trash was their personal contribution toward world peace?    … Expand
  11. RoXas4K
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    Viel zu große Maps, teilweise läuft man Minuten lang herum ohne einen Gegner zu sehen. Hat man zu Beginn kein Fahrzeug, kann die ersten 3 Eroberungen vergessen.

    Der Zustand die Granate vor dem Wurf "ausrüsten" zu müssen ist katastrophal Die Einführung der Spezialisten ist das dümmste, das man Battlefield antun konnte. einer Klasse einen Schild zu geben um damit 6 Leute im Gang zu schützen    Viel zu große Maps, teilweise läuft man Minuten lang herum ohne einen Gegner zu sehen. Hat man zu Beginn kein Fahrzeug, kann die ersten 3 Eroberungen vergessen.

    Der Zustand die Granate vor dem Wurf "ausrüsten" zu müssen ist katastrophal
    Die Einführung der Spezialisten ist das dümmste, das man Battlefield antun konnte. einer Klasse einen Schild zu geben um damit 6 Leute im Gang zu schützen damit die alles weg schießen können, ist so lächerlich! bereue es dafür Geld ausgegeben zu haben.    … Expand
  12. piggyshrek
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    This has nothing to do with Battlefield.

    No scoreboards.
    No classes.
    No destruction.
    No servers.
    No stats.
    No chat.
    The weapons omg. There are literally only 4 ARs. Wtf is this?
    It tries to be a mix of Warzone, Fortnite, R6 Siege, Apex and so on.

    The cringe after game lines.
  13. Gbsinx
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    They pulled out several mechanics that everyone liked.
    Generic gun noise.

    No points score. No map rotation in standard game mode. Not being able to choose a team. Not being able to close your squad. No server list in Conquest mode.

    Honestly, as a fan, I don't understand why DICE/EA insists on making a game that players don't like, becoming ''just another FPS''.
  14. mathieuderuyck
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Performance: 0/10
    Bugs: 0/10
    Servers: 0/10
    QOL features: 0/10
    Content: 0/10
    Single player: 0/10

    User reviews are the reviews that speak the truth cause it's based on real players.
  15. Freedomm
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    i do not understand what happened at DICE since Battlefield 4. Why is that they refuse to give us what we actually want which is simply BF4 with advanced graphics, physics, new maps, new guns, new modes. That's it. No need to kill your formula with a hero shooter model, with a tarkov-like garbo mode that nobody will play, no need to make us pay $60 and battlepasses to have all the contenti do not understand what happened at DICE since Battlefield 4. Why is that they refuse to give us what we actually want which is simply BF4 with advanced graphics, physics, new maps, new guns, new modes. That's it. No need to kill your formula with a hero shooter model, with a tarkov-like garbo mode that nobody will play, no need to make us pay $60 and battlepasses to have all the content (you either go f2p battlepass or full content with 0 MTX).
    The game is bugged, uglier than BFV, has almost no weapons (only 22, they gave us 4 ARs, 1 revolver lmao). The maps are way too big, almost no action and the game runs like garbo on a GTX 1660 super + i5 10400f.    … Expand
  16. Raynorr
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This has nothing to do with Battlefield.

    No scoreboards.
    No classes.
    No destruction.
    No servers.
    No stats.
    No chat.
  17. bazabaza
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    играю с самой первой части в эту франшизу, но после 2042 пришлось даже зарегистрироваться здесь, ребят в полном уныние, от БФ мало что осталось, может быть сейчас они на новых ореинтированы игроков, более молодых, но мне как старперу эта часть не понравилось( впервые после релиза в превые катки не нипуливаю и часа, очень плохо, жду когда сообщество что-нибудь в портале придумает. 2/10играю с самой первой части в эту франшизу, но после 2042 пришлось даже зарегистрироваться здесь, ребят в полном уныние, от БФ мало что осталось, может быть сейчас они на новых ореинтированы игроков, более молодых, но мне как старперу эта часть не понравилось( впервые после релиза в превые катки не нипуливаю и часа, очень плохо, жду когда сообщество что-нибудь в портале придумает. 2/10
  18. Gamer1135
    Nov 17, 2021
    10
    A welcome return to modern/ near future setting it has some work to be done to really get it going but is overall enjoyable if you can look past the supposed specialist issue and where's mah scoreboard complaints. I have 30 hours into it and enjoy it yes the bugs and some gunplay can be a little aggravating I recommend trying the 10 hour trail and deciding for yourself as reviews are notA welcome return to modern/ near future setting it has some work to be done to really get it going but is overall enjoyable if you can look past the supposed specialist issue and where's mah scoreboard complaints. I have 30 hours into it and enjoy it yes the bugs and some gunplay can be a little aggravating I recommend trying the 10 hour trail and deciding for yourself as reviews are not the best place these days to see how games actually are as most reviews are just rage, trolling or a cesspool review bomb spewing from r/battlefield2042 and at present it can be pretty hard on your system and needs some optimization. For me it runs fairly well at 5120X1440 on a 3090 and a 5950x at 132fps others mileage will vary.

    I would also like to mention how rough Battlefield 3 and 4's launches were this has been pretty smooth with little crashes. Hazard zone is not bad but slower and portal is a good way to relive the glory days or make something new with the rules editor.    … Expand
  19. Wennadocta
    Nov 17, 2021
    4
    Pros: The game is a bit fun

    Cons:
    Terrible performance
    Terrible server lag
    Terrible bugs and crashes
    No scoreboard
    No server list
    Can't select squad
    Terrible vehicle physics
    No classes

    SHAME ON YOU EA!

    I registered here only to write review because I'm very angry and disappointed. This game costs 60$ and looks like alpha version of F2P shooter
  20. Siichaiib
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    What sucks: -hit reg -lags -optimization -bugs and glitches that are game breaking -UI is unpractical and looks horrible -retarded specialist with the most cringe voice lines -empty lifeless maps -no scoreboar -no all chat -cutscenes when every round starts -not many guns -vehicle controls etc. shame on you dice.
  21. MikadoLu
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    is not battlefield, is call of duty with 128 players, and the system with operator....
  22. Zalzany7
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    I got a great machine it runs well enough. But operators, and there is no such thing as classes now? I mean real classes, not operator gets perks, and its like pokemon you got collect them all, and they say they got support role. I can rock any weapon and item combo I want like its freaking Call of Duty, there is no classes no class levels.

    This shouldn't even be allowed to call itself    I got a great machine it runs well enough. But operators, and there is no such thing as classes now? I mean real classes, not operator gets perks, and its like pokemon you got collect them all, and they say they got support role. I can rock any weapon and item combo I want like its freaking Call of Duty, there is no classes no class levels.

    This shouldn't even be allowed to call itself a BF series game. I love BF since 1942 I been a support class user, and loved it in every single game. But this, not only is support not a thing, the LMG it lets me use in tutorial against really bad bots, is not available on launch, the weapons are super limited, the enviroment is not destructible.

    This should be a damn p2w game why did I pay top dollar for gold edition only to get a f2p quality game with BF name in the title? I mean I feel so damn ripped off, I knew it would have some **** I may not like, but I expected min class system I coudl even handle that stupid cash grab operator system if there was still classes, real ones with restrictions. But instead its freaking Call of Duty style I can rock any gun I want, with any items, I can go sniper with ammo box, I can go LMG with an "assaults" operator. And the gun selection is tiny, I am use to rocking shotguns and LMGs and now I can do anything which eliminates half the damn strategy of the game. Now I can get killed by a SMG on a freaking support avatar, or sniped by one. Its just infuriating I paid full price for this garbage.    … Expand
  23. 88rings
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Man what a disappointment. The trailer looked outstanding, Portal looks great however they failed to deliver a Battlefield game. This is Call of Battlefield: Noob friendly warfare. Where do I even start. Bloom so good players are punished for knowing how to aim. No scoreboard to see destruction. Specialists are the worst idea that they stole from COD simply for the cash grab of sellingMan what a disappointment. The trailer looked outstanding, Portal looks great however they failed to deliver a Battlefield game. This is Call of Battlefield: Noob friendly warfare. Where do I even start. Bloom so good players are punished for knowing how to aim. No scoreboard to see destruction. Specialists are the worst idea that they stole from COD simply for the cash grab of selling skins. Sound design mediocre, overall vision for the project is scattered and not going in one direction. The class system is broken and feels awful. UI is utter trash, I could go on. I just wanted a modern BF4. Dice did such a great job with BF1 I was hoping they would learn from the negative aspects of BFV and bring us a great title however this is easily the worst one in the series.… Expand
  24. JayTee15
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    It feels like they focused on features within the game instead of the actual game play itself. For sure needed to be delayed for another several months, but I honestly feel like not much would of changed. It really seems like whoever is running DICE is completely disconnected from the BF community.

    I think the best way to describe this game so far is false advertisement. If I could    It feels like they focused on features within the game instead of the actual game play itself. For sure needed to be delayed for another several months, but I honestly feel like not much would of changed. It really seems like whoever is running DICE is completely disconnected from the BF community.

    I think the best way to describe this game so far is false advertisement. If I could refund this game I would.    … Expand
  25. Prypiat54
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    HOrrible Gunplay And soundesign. No teamplay. This game is under all others Battlefield.
  26. Norrisn
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Terrible. That's all I can say, from map design, animation, movement, optimization, gun selection, audio, UI. No real highlights here.

    It seems with every iteration of battlefield things that did well in the previous battlefields just gets forgotten about or replaced in an amateur and rudimentary way. When you look at how polished BF1 and compare it to 2042, it truly boggles the mind    Terrible. That's all I can say, from map design, animation, movement, optimization, gun selection, audio, UI. No real highlights here.

    It seems with every iteration of battlefield things that did well in the previous battlefields just gets forgotten about or replaced in an amateur and rudimentary way. When you look at how polished BF1 and compare it to 2042, it truly boggles the mind of how far DICE have fallen with their quality and standards.

    BF1 felt atmospheric, the map design beautiful, intense and wonderful flow between objectives and yet we are left with open maps devoid of detail or character, and when you play most of these maps you really cant be bothered to move 500m to the closest objective.

    The specialist system is counter to the essence of what made previous battlefields great, the idea I always believed was that we play as generic soldiers whose only stand out is our readiness in terms of equipment choice, map knowledge, team work and overall skill level. Teamwork is completely gone as you are left wondering what role to play or any role at all.

    gunplay and movement feel like a cheap battlefield knockoff, which is far from the heights of BF4/1, it doesn't feel comfortable to play and often feels very jarring.

    It is also terribly optimized, my system can do 120-210 fps on previous games with no rubber banding or hit register issues and here I have to take the graphics down to low to just get a stable-ish frame rate, in a world of GPU shortages - shouldn't DICE have optimized for many of us who cant get a new high end GPU? Also for essentially a game that feels, looks, behaves worse than previous gen titles, it leaves you wondering where is all this performance going? and what have the devs been doing for the entire dev cycle?

    Most people are saying play portal But we came for BF2042 standard multiplayer, if we wanted to play the previous games - we would just go and play the previous games which btw are still pretty active!

    No scoreboard, no chat, no classes, barely destruction, no teamwork, no style, no swapping squads, no real customization, no server browser. No fun.

    And for those who say come back in 6 months to 1 year? why waste the money now in the hope that DICE and EA fix this hollow experience...    … Expand
  27. MoloMein
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Yet again, "official" game reviewers are showing how out of touch they are with reality. 77 critic score is WAY too high and doesn't reflect player sentiment of the game, as reflected by the user score.

    This is the biggest disappointment in a Battlefield for me so far. I loved BF3 and BF4 and was really looking forward to the return of modern weapons and combat after the last two    Yet again, "official" game reviewers are showing how out of touch they are with reality. 77 critic score is WAY too high and doesn't reflect player sentiment of the game, as reflected by the user score.

    This is the biggest disappointment in a Battlefield for me so far. I loved BF3 and BF4 and was really looking forward to the return of modern weapons and combat after the last two lackluster BF titles. Instead, DICE has managed to strip down their game so much that I don't even want to start the game up anymore. Almost every decision they've made seems backwards. I don't have the time or care to even get into any of it. Feel free to read through the curated list of issues via reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qt7sez/list_of_current_grievances/

    I've refunded the game already and I think its safe to say that this is the last DICE game I'll even look at.

    **** EA.    … Expand
  28. Egoz
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    УЖАСНАЯ игра!!!После такого релиза можно ставить крест на этой серии игр.Как в своё время закрыли серию MOH.По сути понятно уже что Dice не способны выпускать игры высокого уровня,как это было с Battlefield 3.
    Battlefield 2042 похож на убогую игру уровня мобилок.
    В этой игре отвратно всё! Карты неиграбельны 10 минут бежишь 1 стреляешь,более того за пехоту играть вообще невозможно.Убогая    УЖАСНАЯ игра!!!После такого релиза можно ставить крест на этой серии игр.Как в своё время закрыли серию MOH.По сути понятно уже что Dice не способны выпускать игры высокого уровня,как это было с Battlefield 3.
    Battlefield 2042 похож на убогую игру уровня мобилок.
    В этой игре отвратно всё!
    Карты неиграбельны 10 минут бежишь 1 стреляешь,более того за пехоту играть вообще невозможно.Убогая стрельба,огромный Ттк,плохая регистрация паподаний.
    Плохая обзорность,никого не видно из-за огромных расстояний.Уже много кэмперов.Если вы любили играть за пехотку штурмовать точки,много стрелять,набивать много фрагов,делать серии килов как это было с BF 3,4 то новинку можно смело забывать.Это сраный симулятор Форрест Гамп. Это был мой последний кредит доверия.Battlefield ПРОЩАЙ.    … Expand
  29. zebravid
    Nov 17, 2021
    10
    Naice game, ilike trailer and gameplay. you may not play it if yoy dont.a lot of work it is.
  30. babawc
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    The game is simply awful. Thank god I have EA Access and didn't spend 100 bucks on that crap of a game . Battlefield is officially dead . It's been 8 years since they released a decent game . DICE and EA are joke . I will always remember the good old days back when the Battlefield community was great .
  31. huszarka
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    The worst Battlefield. I cannot imagine, how they put this game on the market with these content and with those big bugs... Why cannot big companies learn from other big companies` failure????
  32. JonathanSidwell
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    No scoreboards.
    No classes.
    No destruction.
    No servers.
    No stats.
    No chat.
    The weapons omg. There are literally only 4 ARs. Wtf is this?
    It tries to be a mix of Warzone, Fortnite, R6 Siege, Apex and so on.

    The cringe after game lines.

    This is an unfinished, unpolished and broken game.
    Do not buy this until everything is fixed!
  33. Wareitar
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This game is not worthy of the Battlefield name.
    It litterly **** on what the BF franchise used to be...
    There's no scoreboards. You wont know if you did good or bad... No destruction. The "levolution" from previous games, just isnt there. There's nothing... There's no stats after the game.You just wont know if you're doing good even after the game. Nothing is tracked (well, might be    This game is not worthy of the Battlefield name.
    It litterly **** on what the BF franchise used to be...

    There's no scoreboards. You wont know if you did good or bad...
    No destruction. The "levolution" from previous games, just isnt there. There's nothing...
    There's no stats after the game.You just wont know if you're doing good even after the game. Nothing is tracked (well, might be tracked, but no one knows about it...)
    No chat. You'd think a game in 2021 could handle that, but no, not really...

    Teams and squads. Sure you can join as a squad of 4 friends... but if you're the 5th, then you're **** outta luck! No guarantee you get on the same side in a match. Hell, not even sure you get on the same server! As there is no server browser. None at all...

    The weapon balance and weapons... Ohhh lord have mercy... Did they like take one shot with each gun and said, yeah, this will do? The SMGs will outdo any AR even in long range. Snipers are everywhere, and nowhere to hide in wast open areas. Vehicle guns take more shots to kill than a small SMG from 50 meters... Bullet trajectory and speed is complete bull****. Tracking and hitting feels completly wrong. And in many cases you wont even get to know if the dude you're shooting as is friend or foe...

    Do NOT buy this game... It is unfinished.
    The game balance is completly broken and the whole game is still in beta state.    … Expand
  34. hunn3r
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    1/10 Only because when you start it it actually starts. But the fun ends there.

    First you get yourself into a horrendous User interface which was created with no UX designer in sight. You get 3 tiles and a bland and unintuitive game menü with inconsistent options all around. After this you finally get to the game, which is bland, boring fast paced arcade shooter with no resembelance    1/10 Only because when you start it it actually starts. But the fun ends there.

    First you get yourself into a horrendous User interface which was created with no UX designer in sight. You get 3 tiles and a bland and unintuitive game menü with inconsistent options all around.

    After this you finally get to the game, which is bland, boring fast paced arcade shooter with no resembelance what a Battlefield game should be. The gameplay just like the worst Call of Duties, theres literally no teamplay, the specialist system has no place in a Battlefield game.
    Best of all. Everybody looks the same. You can't tell friend from foe, but don't worry. Half of the time, when you open fire, the enemy didn't get hit anyways. The netcode and the hitregistration is awful to the point where you can finish a clip to an enemy who walks away with 100HP.

    Let's also talk about how unoptimized this game is. Literally runs like crap on configs which should pull 140+ fps. I'm talking pulling 50-70frames instead of 140+. Oh, you want to tune your settings to get this joke of a game run better? Good luck with that. Between Ultra and Low settings, you'll gain around 8-15fps tops. DLSS also not working. How nice.

    EA and DICE has a tendency to abandon unsuccesful projects, so if you don't like to gamble wait around 4-6months and if the problems seems to be fixed get it on a sale.
    Until then, go play a game which actually was finished development before publishing.

    THIS GAMES NEEDS AT LEAST 4 MONTHS OF DEV TIME.

    tldr: It runs crap, its boring and bland, its buggy and probably the live service will be terminated.

    If you bought it, try for a refund, if you didin't buy it, dont't even think about it.

    /I played around 30 hours my experiences and toughts about the game are my own/    … Expand
  35. tygrysex
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    So... I preordered the Ultimate Edition right when it was available to do so. Hudge BF fan, so that was for me a no brainer. BF4 is my favourite one, so playing the beta was like having your childhood favourite meal prepared by your grandmother. It was a beta, so I thought: ok, some things need to be polished off, a couple more maps and we are good to go... then the 12th was finally there,So... I preordered the Ultimate Edition right when it was available to do so. Hudge BF fan, so that was for me a no brainer. BF4 is my favourite one, so playing the beta was like having your childhood favourite meal prepared by your grandmother. It was a beta, so I thought: ok, some things need to be polished off, a couple more maps and we are good to go... then the 12th was finally there, had some beers ready, all friends from BF4 on Discord, what could go wrong? Error messages, connection problems... ok things like that can happen. We had it in the past... potato servers, too many players? I don't know. And kind of I was prepared for that. Next day - finally we can play... and from that place, for me that game started to be a bigger and bigger disappointment day after day. First £20 for a digital artbook and a skin that you can only use on one character?! But ok, maybe I missed the fact it is for only one character, I would never look at the artbook anyway - that's on me. I wanted to support my favourite title, paid the £100 - let's move on... but the rest! No way the product they delivered is worth any of the money they want for any of the game editions... that game looks just 1/4 finished for me, it's a slap in the face from EA. Lags, you cant revive teammates sometimes, unbalanced, what kind of scoreboard is that? Maps are way too big if you don't want to use vehicles, so you spend minutes to get somewhere only to find out there is already a team of tanks waiting for you. And so much more.... and on top of that - cheaters from day one. I would be more happy to get a remastered BF4 than this :( Before you buy, try the 10h you get free in the pass, just to be sure you like it, I didn't... luckily I was able to get a refund today without any issues. I will monitor what's going on with the game and probably buy again when it's worth buying...… Expand
  36. jnferns18
    Nov 17, 2021
    10
    Had loads of fun and that's what I want from a game. Tho missing essential UI features and disagree with adding bloom (bullet spread) to gun-play otherwise portal game mode is great
  37. Airwick94
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Really disappointed with this entry! Battlefield 2042 is such a major setback compare to BFV and all other BF games. Clearly this game was made in the sole intent to make money through Micro-transactions. Melee in 3rd person? MW and Apex much?! “Specialist” completely ruins the vibes. I think back to BF1. The audio, the atmosphere, the gunplay! The maps! It had it all. And team play! WasReally disappointed with this entry! Battlefield 2042 is such a major setback compare to BFV and all other BF games. Clearly this game was made in the sole intent to make money through Micro-transactions. Melee in 3rd person? MW and Apex much?! “Specialist” completely ruins the vibes. I think back to BF1. The audio, the atmosphere, the gunplay! The maps! It had it all. And team play! Was great. Even tho BFV had it set of problems. The game mechanics were on point! Ex. Crawling on your back! Rolling on the ground when jumping from heights! Medics distance (so you know how far one is) some examples. Heck! Even BF hardline had a feature that BFV implemented. The mechanic where you no longer had to wait for certain roles to provide you with ammo, health. Just simply approach them and take what you need. And this entry here (2042) for some odd reason took all that away. Don’t get me started on the 2042 bugs, glitches and hit boxes and much more. Just get triggered thinking about them. Portal was their saving grace. But as of now they took away the XP and ranking up system within this mode cause people abused the system ( Farming) So now there is no point to play portal after like 3 games. Honestly, if you are reading this and haven’t bought the game and are fan of the pervious BF entries. No need to rush to purchase this game. Until hopefully they fix it. Anyways after three years in development, with numerous of staff and studios. I’m just really disappointed with this entry.… Expand
  38. Gentcore
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    This is a failed attempt at a flavour of the month pandering to the masses with an established IP tagged on the front to tap into an already existing playerbase.

    There is zero innovation or creativity in BF2042 and it shows - blatant copied elements from other games, lack of design focus and a complete backtrack from what a battlefield title should be. I've played every Battlefield    This is a failed attempt at a flavour of the month pandering to the masses with an established IP tagged on the front to tap into an already existing playerbase.

    There is zero innovation or creativity in BF2042 and it shows - blatant copied elements from other games, lack of design focus and a complete backtrack from what a battlefield title should be.

    I've played every Battlefield game to date and enjoyed every one of them except Hardline. This will be the first Battlefield game I refuse to purchase.

    There are always issues with BF titles - netcode, hit reg, server stability, missing features and bumpy launches plagued by bugs. The difference here? Previous titles had solid gameplay, solid design from the ground up & really fun core game experience. It was literally worth waiting for a polished title.

    With BF2042? This game is not salvageable. It will take a year to polish and even then you will be left with a bland, soul-less design mess lacking any credible gun play or gameplay.

    The only saving grace this game could have had was the addition of Portal which I assume is the love letter to Battlefield fans. Unfortunately with it's lackluster launch features and general lack of options, configuration & content it merely gives you a glimpse into how bad "BF2042 all out war" actually is, that it can't even compete with a 10+ year old game. All the while fracturing the community between 3 game modes no one really asked for.

    At the current state of this game I wouldn't pick it up half price over xmas and I wouldn't be surprised if it took the Firestorm route and was dead in a year.    … Expand
  39. crabmaster
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    yikes yikes yikes

    get your refunds now while you can, because this bag of **** ain't getting any better
  40. ShabPassionGame
    Nov 17, 2021
    10
    Battlefield 2042 is a pretty good game. Yes, many people are not liking it due to bugs & performance issues, which I completely agree with, The game needs polishing and updates to make it better. Personally, I have played the game for quite a bit now & gave me an enjoyable time.
  41. Croskey7102
    Nov 17, 2021
    8
    The core of the game is good! Yes there are bugs and some issues, but in comparison to the Triple A FPS genre as a whole, this game came out more polished than a number of others. Portal will give you many hours of entertainment as creators continue to get flush out more modes. The core All-Out war needs a server browser and scoreboard, but the mode is good! This game is fun despite it'sThe core of the game is good! Yes there are bugs and some issues, but in comparison to the Triple A FPS genre as a whole, this game came out more polished than a number of others. Portal will give you many hours of entertainment as creators continue to get flush out more modes. The core All-Out war needs a server browser and scoreboard, but the mode is good! This game is fun despite it's issues, and it wouldn't be a Battlefield if you couldn't blame Dice at least once during a match.… Expand
  42. Loyalsock33
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Do not let the title fool you. This is not Battlefield.

    This is a washed down, trendy, quirky off-spin of what used to be a respected semi-realistic, serious, large scale team based shooter. (say that 3 times fast) "Legendary_D17's" comment pretty much sums it up. The atmosphere of this game more or less represents a modern take on APEX including Specialists that no true    Do not let the title fool you. This is not Battlefield.

    This is a washed down, trendy, quirky off-spin of what used to be a respected semi-realistic, serious, large scale team based shooter. (say that 3 times fast)

    "Legendary_D17's" comment pretty much sums it up.

    The atmosphere of this game more or less represents a modern take on APEX including Specialists that no true Battlefield fan enjoys. Even IF all the bugs can be fixed (And there's a lot of bugs..) the game will simply be tolerated at best.

    The real battlefield is represented through heart racing gunfights, while enemy tank shells level 2 story structures around you, enemy helicopter blades and gunfire whistle in your direction. While your teammates are screaming for ammo, a medic, and F*CK THERE'S A GRENADE! You are the unknown soldier on the front lines fighting for your life, doing your job to revive, provide ammo, cover fire, and recon the Battlefield.

    Now, you're the quirky upbeat hero character with cringe, snarky catch phrases. Who uses whatever equipment they choose without limitations. What happened...

    It truly feels like BF lost its identity.    … Expand
  43. scooby-
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    This is truly heartbreaking as a lifelong BF fan. The game has been released in a sorry, sorry state. Buggy, server performance issues, computer performance issues, horrible gunplay. ("ItS In EaRLy AcCeSs" is not a valid excuse, charging people over $100 to beta test your game for you is nothing but a scummy move.) The game has been stripped of many things that make it a battlefield title,This is truly heartbreaking as a lifelong BF fan. The game has been released in a sorry, sorry state. Buggy, server performance issues, computer performance issues, horrible gunplay. ("ItS In EaRLy AcCeSs" is not a valid excuse, charging people over $100 to beta test your game for you is nothing but a scummy move.) The game has been stripped of many things that make it a battlefield title, no scoreboard or score system whatsoever. No rewards for doing anything. No meaningful class system. No incentive to team play. Specialists ruin the BF experience, it has become a meta-bound hero shooter, wont be long til everyone runs the same 2 Ops and guns.

    Maps are huge, empty and just.. lacklustre. We were promised the biggest and best BF experience, but its far , far from that. Almost 0 destruction or interesting map elements. Nobody wants to have to run a marathon for a fight, die due to weapon bloom and repeat. Its insulting how out of touch Dice truly are. How far they have fallen.

    Its very clear this game was a BR experience with Portal and AoW added at the last minute.

    Positives -
    Portal is a cool idea, crossplay support is cool.
    Game CAN look nice, but we gotta play on the lowest settings even on new hard-ware to get anykind of acceptable performance.

    Avoid this game like the plague.    … Expand
  44. Mcw
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    No es un mal juego siendo objetivos, pero no es lo que esperas de un battlefield, faltan muchas cosas como modos de juego o armas. Simplemente nacer y morir todo el rato
  45. VFE
    Nov 17, 2021
    3
    no no and no. gunfight, mouvements, level design, game modes, graphics, destructions, servers are bad
    i think the worst think for me is the general atmosphere because the few musics are awful, sounds and voices are just average. maps are big but quite empty. We are very very far from the incredible atmosphere of Battlefield 1 and even BF5.
    There is no immersion and not enough intensity    no no and no. gunfight, mouvements, level design, game modes, graphics, destructions, servers are bad
    i think the worst think for me is the general atmosphere because the few musics are awful, sounds and voices are just average. maps are big but quite empty. We are very very far from the incredible atmosphere of Battlefield 1 and even BF5.
    There is no immersion and not enough intensity in BF2042. And Portal brings nothing special
    It is a huge deception. I tried it with Game Pass and it is already uninstalled    … Expand
  46. Blowfishxd
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst hit reg and Bloom of any fps game released in the last 15 years. Do not buy this if you are a battlefield fan and ull think this will be like bf3 and bf4. The maps are Just like the movie dune. Open space of nothing and the sand snakes are hovercrafts ruining ur life… Expand
  47. JRache
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    Ruhsuz ve optimizasyonu olmayan çöp denilecek bir oyun. Battlefield 4 oyna daha iyi.
  48. xaxixrx
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    I love the battlefield, and I hope they fix most of the problems they have at the moment. Maybe I'm a little naive, but we don't have normal alternative shooters
  49. snke
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    I am a long time battlefield player, I've been playing the series from the very first one back in 2002 and I own all of them. This is a review based on the 40 hours I've spend in this game and the expectations that come with it.

    -The game is unfinished, PERIOD. Constantly hard crushing, freezing, flickering, GPU drivers crushes. I have spent more time in menus that in actual game play.    I am a long time battlefield player, I've been playing the series from the very first one back in 2002 and I own all of them. This is a review based on the 40 hours I've spend in this game and the expectations that come with it.

    -The game is unfinished, PERIOD. Constantly hard crushing, freezing, flickering, GPU drivers crushes. I have spent more time in menus that in actual game play.
    -It is not optimized, performing poorly, 70-100 fps with everything set on low, no post processes enabled on a 3080.Not Even Ray-Traced. My 9700k 5.1 ocd is bottlenecking???,
    -Lack of content. Not at all what was advertised and showcased, does not match the picture of what was promised.
    -This "early access" should be renamed to extended beta testing. It is a horrible release.
    -What multiplayer game doesn't have voice chat?.
    -What multiplayer FPS game doesn't have a scoreboard?
    -What battlefield game doesn't have a server browser for conquest?
    -Why cant i choose my squad?
    -Bugs..so many bugs
    -Hits not registering.
    -Dying while stationary
    -Kicked out of the game session with no error or explanation
    -Cant Join games due to "Unable to load persistence data" error which happened the whole week, unable to join games for days,
    -Falling out of the game map.
    -DLSS not working.
    -Server quality is awful

    I could go on and on and on. The game is not worth 110/90/60 euros, not even 30. They lied, like they did with Anthem, this is a pure cash grab. The game is unfinished. Nothing short of a joke.

    2/10    … Expand
  50. Schwifty69
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    This is game is a "goodbye" to Battlefield. Not only are so many core features missing that were in all previous Battlefield games, that are part of what makes this series great but also it's riddled with bugs and it has the worst performance of any game I can even remember. I have a 3080 Ti, newest drivers, 32 GB of ddr4 3200 RAM and an i7 8086K and it runs like ass regardless ofThis is game is a "goodbye" to Battlefield. Not only are so many core features missing that were in all previous Battlefield games, that are part of what makes this series great but also it's riddled with bugs and it has the worst performance of any game I can even remember. I have a 3080 Ti, newest drivers, 32 GB of ddr4 3200 RAM and an i7 8086K and it runs like ass regardless of graphical settings including resolution. Simple things like gunplay are terrible. If I didn't know better I'd have thought this was a cheap chinese knock off of the Battlefield series. I'm severely disappointed by the decisions that were made and the state this game is on release. Maps are also pretty boring and bland, it's mostly open fields of grass, dirt or sand with some containers somewhere. There are barely any weapons despite them having implemented the old ones for Portal. I will not review Portal because that's just old content ported to the new engine. Specialists imo are ok, but the cringe voice lines and forcing you to hear out the top 3 players voice lines ruins the actual dark feel of this game's scenario. I thought Cyberpunk would be a wake up call but apparently it acts as the leading example now. The contrast to a game like Forza Horizon 5 which is full of improvements, passion and good optimization is as high as on an OLED screen, infinite! I can not believe any high rating from critics, they either got payed off, have absolutely no standards or they generally have an agreement with publishers to only give good reviews. 1 year later and another disappointment.… Expand
  51. HalfLegit
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    From playing this game since early launch I can tell this that in general gun play is fine at best. Sniper drop off range is ridiculous, I honestly feel like I'm playing Ghost Recon Wildlands. Assault rifles shoot plastic bbs and not actual bullets and considering how overpowered SMG's are it's not even worth picking up an assault rifle.
    Tanks- What can I say, they are way too powerful    From playing this game since early launch I can tell this that in general gun play is fine at best. Sniper drop off range is ridiculous, I honestly feel like I'm playing Ghost Recon Wildlands. Assault rifles shoot plastic bbs and not actual bullets and considering how overpowered SMG's are it's not even worth picking up an assault rifle.
    Tanks- What can I say, they are way too powerful against infantry and considering that rocket launcher does only 20hp of damage to a tank you need 2 people to shoot it with 5 rockets for it to die which is ridiculous.
    Helicopters - Let's start with little bird and how overpowered it still is, 32mm gun is accurate but deals a ton of damage, rocket pods can destroy entire squads if shot accurately. In general they need to be nerfed in some way to make them not as powerful as they are now. Attack Helis are okay but 2nd pilot seat gun is way too OP for what it is, 3-5 well placed shots and players just die no matter what.
    There is a lot of issues I could name from rubber banding to ridiculous hit boxes, from shots not registering or me dying when I'm behind a corner.

    Conclusion - So far the game is honestly not worth buying and EA overhyped this game way too much for what it is, Lack of guns, classes, game modes/maps, vehicles makes this game kind of a biggest disappointment in Battlefield history. I would say stay away from this game for at least another few months until so called game developer named EA fix their issues and hopefully make this game how it was meant to be.    … Expand
  52. SaisaaaaaaaX
    Nov 17, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Battlefield V con filtro del futuro lo demás igual, muy pobre de armas, y mapas… Expand
  53. Tankgaming
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    This game is if Battlefield, Fortnite and call of duty had a baby. This isn't battlefield. Battlefield 3 and 4 are peak battlefield that we will never see again. its a shame. It isn't even feature complete, riddled with bugs and with a complete disregard of what the community wanted. Battlefield wont see the end of the decade if it continues this path.
  54. Provenmental
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    After Battlefield V, my expectations were not high to begin with but Battlefield 2042 managed to disappoint even more than I had anticipated. I have been a fan of the series since Battlefield 1942 but whatever this is, it is not Battlefield.

    There are no classes, they have been removed in order to make "specialists" for monetization purposes. For those who have been around for a while,    After Battlefield V, my expectations were not high to begin with but Battlefield 2042 managed to disappoint even more than I had anticipated. I have been a fan of the series since Battlefield 1942 but whatever this is, it is not Battlefield.

    There are no classes, they have been removed in order to make "specialists" for monetization purposes. For those who have been around for a while, it is not news that the suits at EA have for a long while craved for the success that Activision has had with CoD and now Warzone and want to ape it in order to make a quick buck.

    The specialists also ruin any resemblance of team play that the older games had. Even 1942 had the ability to heal your buddies and it has been a core part of the series. Now you have no idea who can heal you and who can not and because there is not a proper medic class anymore, it seems that the ones who could revive or heal you are nowhere and you will never get revived in this game. The same goes for ammo.

    The gadgets are very unintuitive and apparently so poorly balanced that some of the specialists or their gadgets are disabled, making them either literally or practically unusable. I am having trouble using the gadgets because there do not seem to be any tutorials or intuitive ways that the game lets you know how you are supposed to use them.

    There are very few guns and the progression is extremely confusing. There are no scoreboards or stats in game so it is hard to know what you get to unlock and when, or what you have already unlocked. The menus altogether seem to be missing things like server browser and character or loadout customization, at least ones that would actually work.

    There is no single-player either. Not that it has ever been a strong suit for the series, but still. The destruction is also very limited, especially when compared to Battlefield 1. I have not had the performance issues that many here seem to report, but I do find the game graphically unimpressive, especially compared to the history of the series being so magnificent to look at. However, there are plenty of bugs and issues. For example, I was not able to switch to my sidearm at all in one match, even if I died. It only started working in another match.

    Luckily, I didn't spend money on this because I got the 10 hour free trial via Game Pass on PC. If you have the opportunity to try it, please do and see for yourself how bad it is. If you can't test it for free, do yourself a favor and skip this for good or at least only buy it if you can get it for 10€/$. We need to show those suits that this is not acceptable and the only thing they listen to is money. If they had listened to what people actually wanted, we would have a good game in our hands.    … Expand
  55. DangerRanger75
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    It’s crystal clear that this game was originally developed to be a battle royale bandwagon (If not directly, still heavily inspired). It shifted mid development to try and go back to the original battlefield style. It failed at doing so and now we have a sad shell of a half baked game. Putting aside the many bugs and broken aspects, this game still doesn’t (and won’t) provide. DICE shouldIt’s crystal clear that this game was originally developed to be a battle royale bandwagon (If not directly, still heavily inspired). It shifted mid development to try and go back to the original battlefield style. It failed at doing so and now we have a sad shell of a half baked game. Putting aside the many bugs and broken aspects, this game still doesn’t (and won’t) provide. DICE should not be releasing this at all. They should of seriously delayed this, but of course they couldn’t turn down the money, right?… Expand
  56. miladletix
    Nov 17, 2021
    5
    best game . best views of battel in game . love it . just a Little bugy but its okey must improved by next update
  57. ZGSPancake
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Why has it become modern to release games which are buggy and come with fewer features than the predecessor and call it an advancement? Ridiculous world we are living in
  58. Mackzim
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    I wouldn't even call this a beta build. It feels more like a finished alpha build.
    Almost unplayable. If i wouldn't love the battlefield series so much i would've never touched it.
    Rank 56 currently. Grinding to 100 and then I'm done i think.
  59. MrTechit
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Well, I used the EA Play to get 10 free hours before deciding to buy. And boy am I glad I did. This is the least battlefield, battlefield game I have ever played.
    - No destruction
    - No fortifications - Gunplay way dumbed down - No KD/Scoreboards BF has gone the way of COD and Apex and it is not good. This does not play like, feel like, or look like a BF game anymore and I reckon    Well, I used the EA Play to get 10 free hours before deciding to buy. And boy am I glad I did. This is the least battlefield, battlefield game I have ever played.
    - No destruction
    - No fortifications
    - Gunplay way dumbed down
    - No KD/Scoreboards

    BF has gone the way of COD and Apex and it is not good.
    This does not play like, feel like, or look like a BF game anymore and I reckon most BF players will stick with older BF versions for now. I for 1, will NOT purchase this game unless they bring back what made BF, BF.    … Expand
  60. WakefulWorm
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    A slap in the face. This game blows. Hazard zone has been down. Portal is a buggy mess. Bloom is uncontrollable. Devs have their heads up their asses and want to argue with customers on social media. Fps problems. New drivers dont fix a thing. Unenjoyable, uninspired, garbage.
  61. npf51
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    this game is a TOTAL joke.
    character run like they are too heavy ( maybe carrying a big stone), nothing to compare with running in BF1.
    i hope you like running on these too big maps. every maps and games feel like you are on omaha beach during WW2. You got shot frmo everywhere. no fun at all. enemies can kill you with 2 bullets at 300ft but you can t kill one at 30ft with a full mag.    this game is a TOTAL joke.
    character run like they are too heavy ( maybe carrying a big stone), nothing to compare with running in BF1.
    i hope you like running on these too big maps.
    every maps and games feel like you are on omaha beach during WW2. You got shot frmo everywhere. no fun at all.
    enemies can kill you with 2 bullets at 300ft but you can t kill one at 30ft with a full mag.
    i dont even argue about the sniping rifle..
    grenade from soldiers and choppers do as much damages as throwing a stone on tanks.

    I HAVEN T PLAYED A GAME LIKE THIS **** SINCE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE PAYBACK.
    Good jobs DEVS, you made me feels like i was in the early 2000's.    … Expand
  62. Murphy_
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    A lot of bugs! It is impossible to play this game! Some types of techniques are inbalanced! The maps are dull and not interesting! Graphics of the 2010 games! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING FOR 3 YEARS??!!!
  63. ahmdreza
    Nov 17, 2021
    3
    Game is unfinished. Many bugs, bad Performance and more.
    Im very dissapointed from DICE.
  64. Mo0nc0w
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    Played two online matches and after the first few gunfights, I thought I had launched Call of Duty, I mean what the f... It was so fast I could barely see where the enemy was, everything about it feels so arcadey, this does not remind me of the battlefield we all know and love. I was very excited for this Battlefield as they were taking us back to its roots... I don't know what they triedPlayed two online matches and after the first few gunfights, I thought I had launched Call of Duty, I mean what the f... It was so fast I could barely see where the enemy was, everything about it feels so arcadey, this does not remind me of the battlefield we all know and love. I was very excited for this Battlefield as they were taking us back to its roots... I don't know what they tried to do with this game but it's a massive flop, please don't waste your money on this, at least not until they completely change the game, but seeing as its a "live service" aka "cash grab" I wouldn't hold my breath… Expand
  65. KAMONTHISIS2EAS
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Full Open Maps -> Get Farmed By Coppers,Tanks and Hovercrafts
    Bloom lol -> You cant shoot it depends only rng.Only working guns are dmr, sniper rifle and pp-29.
    All auto guns outplayed from pp-29 (sub machine gun) A **** ton of bugs Cringe endgame voicelines. No scoreboards (Its offensive lol) Servers lagging like hell You have 7 vehicle at the start of game and if you'r not fast    Full Open Maps -> Get Farmed By Coppers,Tanks and Hovercrafts
    Bloom lol -> You cant shoot it depends only rng.Only working guns are dmr, sniper rifle and pp-29.
    All auto guns outplayed from pp-29 (sub machine gun)
    A **** ton of bugs
    Cringe endgame voicelines.
    No scoreboards (Its offensive lol)
    Servers lagging like hell

    You have 7 vehicle at the start of game and if you'r not fast enough to choose one, you need to WALK all map to get capture point. (You cant wait on loadout menu)

    Total 22 weapons in main side of game XD
    Attachments doesnt work as intended. ( Putting muzzle break increase your recoil LOLW)
    They deleted most of the feature of previous battlefield games. WHY ?
    This game is just made for apex,fortnite and cod kids.
    If this game hasnt release with battlefield title, I will never think thats a bf game.
    UI is maybe the worst one of all time in military games.
    Hit reg is broken
    No spot system
    Wall hack specialist in game lol. (free cheats for kids)
    Armor mechanic shouldn't in this game come on!!!!!
    You cant choose which nade you want.(Another bug, i am choosing frags and game gives me smoke , choosing incendiary and giving emp LOLW
    Too much hovercrafts, everybody terroring with hovercrafts in full open maps.You cant shoot driver on the front.So fast and has 3 gunners.Also, needs 3 (!) rocket launchers to explode.( Tanks needs 4 rockets)
    Especially, coppers are the pain in the ass.Get a nightbird or apache and clear all the map so easily.    … Expand
  66. JerryBerg
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Too many things wrong, map design and specialists being the worst. Doesn't help that performance is terrible.
  67. v0lcano
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    I really, really wanted to like this game, but I just cannot accept to be charged that much for a non-finished game, looking like a pre-Alpha. EA/DICE are just raising their middle fingers in the face of the players.

    There are so much things wrong and bugs/glitches in this game, that I cannot list everything, but I'll try my best. Be aware that I only played less than 2 hours and I    I really, really wanted to like this game, but I just cannot accept to be charged that much for a non-finished game, looking like a pre-Alpha. EA/DICE are just raising their middle fingers in the face of the players.

    There are so much things wrong and bugs/glitches in this game, that I cannot list everything, but I'll try my best.

    Be aware that I only played less than 2 hours and I have already noticed all the things mentioned below...

    - Ridiculous voice acting ingame + cringy voice lines at the end of the game. In French, some specialists voices feel like the voice actors were just reading their lines without thinking about the context (for example: Boris having no emotion when asking to be revived... Could you at least try to be suffering or begging ??);
    - Muffled audio and very flat quality. Immersion is just about below ZERO;
    - Uninteresting and empty maps, which are a pain for any player willing to play as infantry;
    - Overpowered vehicles, you just don't stand any chance against them;
    - Numerous bugs/glitches: DirectX errors, visual artefacts, 100% constant CPU use while very low GPU use, ...
    - Questionable UI and very uncomprehensive;
    - No scoreboard (like, really?);
    - Lack of optimization: you can feel happy if you reach 100FPS with a high-end PC on low settings;
    - Time to kill ridiculously high: you litteraly need a whole mag to kill a single soldier like... WHY?;
    - Crazy bullet spread, unless being point blank, half of your bullets will land on the moon;

    Did this product REALLY pass the quality tests ? Some people really agreed to realease this game in that current state ? Did you even took notice of the remarks given during the Beta?
    Let's be honest, selling THIS is a total disrespect for your customers.    … Expand
  68. cdrw
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Stay away from this mess.Its a multiplayer only game that doesnt work. Connection issues, glitches, bugs, frame drop, every S*** this game has. EA typical mess.
  69. Jaanus
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    It is somewhat fun, but it’s not Battlefield. Absolutely unfinished and not worth buying. Try again in 2 years.
  70. chikhai
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    In all the years I've spent gaming I've never felt compelled to write any kind of user review, but as a long time Battlefield fan I can't hold my tongue on this one.

    Battlefield has always been plagued with bad launches. Battlefield 4 caused me to abandon the game for a month after its initial launch, but Battlefield 2042 has problems that are more fundamental than just kinks that can    In all the years I've spent gaming I've never felt compelled to write any kind of user review, but as a long time Battlefield fan I can't hold my tongue on this one.

    Battlefield has always been plagued with bad launches. Battlefield 4 caused me to abandon the game for a month after its initial launch, but Battlefield 2042 has problems that are more fundamental than just kinks that can be ironed out with a few patches. There are issues that are obviously design choices, and very cynical ones at that.

    Problems like bad optimisation, a lack of global chat, VOIP, bad server performance, lack of a scoreboard, or even the weapon balance issues (like there currently being only two viable weapon choices out of the entire roster) can be easily addressed. Though given Dice's track record, "easily" equates to several months.

    The biggest problem is that Battlefield 2042 does not feel like a Battlefield game. Dice have always been keen to introduce new elements into the series, but the games have always had a strong core gameplay element which is absent from this game. Its difficult to pin down, but there is definitely something off about Battlefield 2042.

    It could be the reliance on gadgets, the empty and sterile feeling to the maps, the poor sound design (extremely evident when you play the Bad Company 2 modes available on Portal), weak feel of the weapons, or abandoning the class system of previous games; something just doesn't sit right with the game as a whole.

    The specialist system is nothing more than an attempt to grab new players more familiar with the likes of Warzone and a cynical way to monetize the game going forward. While there are specialists that have been teased so far that aren't in the base game that are allegedly locked behind the season passes; I honestly don't think it will end there. Knowing EA's desperation to milk as much money as it can from its customer base, I can foresee specialists and skins that give a distinct tactical advantage being paywalled behind the store. How long until we see the Battlefield 2042 equivalent of the Rose skin from Warzone, that gave players an advantage in dark environments for months until it was addressed? Or how about an specialist with an unbalanced ability like ammo regeneration or an extra gadget slot? This is all hypothetical, but moving away from the existing class system is entirely about monetisation and not about adding to the game from a gameplay perspective.

    The specialist concept also removes the reliance on team play. There are glimmers of hope there where you can kind of see what they were aiming for, ie Rao hacking aerial vehicles so his team mates can lock onto them with impunity, but the reality is that most players will tailor the specialist to give them a solo advantage. There are too many specialists that have been created from the ground up for solo players too. Sundance and Angel are prime examples. What does Sundance bring to the party other than anti-armour grenades? A good Sundance player could use the wingsuit ability to put a spawn beacon in an area not easily accessible to the enemy, but will they when they can just throw anti-armour grenades at will? Angel could easily keep an entire squad alive and well stocked while they move from position to position, but why bother with that when you can just take him to the top of a building with your sniper rifle and medpack, and sit there for the entire round? And could someone please explain the point of Boris to me?

    At the time of writing this, Dice have removed the proximity sensors from the game. This was done in the name of them causing server issues, but the reality is that people were using them for easy XP. Personally, I don't have an issue with them. People may be farming them for experience, but at least in doing so they were contributing to the team. It highlights a bigger problem though, most of the abilities or gadgets in the game revolve around revealing the enemy on the minimap. Obviously this is a valid tactical advantage and a much needed one, but there is no counter to it. And speaking of visibility, in a game that does its best to hamper you visually, whether thats ground clutter, smoke or ECM, would it hurt to have at least one thermal or NVG option?

    Time to wrap this up as typing this is getting too depressing to talk about. If you're a Battlefield fan, avoid this until it goes on sale. Give it at the very least six months. Though I honestly I don't think the fundamental issues will have been addressed. I think these are core changes that are intentional in an attempt to try and bring in a new playerbase.

    EA touted this game as a "love letter to the fans". The reality its more of a breakup letter. Written in crayon. And you had to pay for the postage.    … Expand
  71. Willjon12
    Nov 17, 2021
    4
    i dont recommend to buy it yet because the game is highly not optimized for pc and buggy i tried to optimize it and i got on lowest 60-100 when in bfV i have more then 150-200 fps on ultra and rtx on but i tried to optimize it and the game was fun if its on stable fps and without freezing the game is 10/10
  72. mikumiku39
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    whats the problem with this game, well, no campaign, no classes, but basically not the series essence of battlefield anymore
  73. hovip1285
    Nov 17, 2021
    10
    the game itself is not that bad but the interface is totally a disaster hope they will fix all the problems soon
  74. theZORIK
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Лучше бы Вангард взял.
    Помойное ведро, с помоями внутри.
    Верните деньги, твою мать.
  75. Daizerdaizer
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is trash for the following reasons

    1. Keeps crashing my device! Not only going back to home screen! But completely overheating it and turning it off
    2. Keeps disconnecting from online play
    3. Hit box isn't consistent and is trash
    4. Voice actor's lines are more appropriate for fortnight or Roblox
    5. Gun play is trash 6. Map design isn't nice maps are too empty
    7. UI is soooo bad you can't customise anything in it as well
    8. Destruction is set back to 1094

    So many more reasons that I don't want to waist my time anymore on this game to okay it or to criticize it    … Expand
  76. Mxyzptlks01
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Une honte !

    Oubliez tout ce que vous connaissez de Battlefield, prenez CallOf Duty, fusionnez le avec Fortenite et vous avez un FPS générique qu'est Battlefield 2042. Le liste des trucs qui vont pas : - Pas de tableau des scores - Pas de classes - Spécialistes inutiles (puisque chacun peut prendre les armes des autres et gadgets ) - Pas de navigateur de serveurs pour rejoindre    Une honte !

    Oubliez tout ce que vous connaissez de Battlefield, prenez CallOf Duty, fusionnez le avec Fortenite et vous avez un FPS générique qu'est Battlefield 2042.

    Le liste des trucs qui vont pas :
    - Pas de tableau des scores
    - Pas de classes
    - Spécialistes inutiles (puisque chacun peut prendre les armes des autres et gadgets )
    - Pas de navigateur de serveurs pour rejoindre les parties
    - Pas d'icone de grade
    - Sentiments de progression inexistant
    - 22 armes et c'est tout (bordel mais ya même pas l'UMP ou le P90 .... ! )
    - Map trop grande et donc on se sent bien seul malgré les 128 joueurs
    - Dispersion des balles des armes totalement random
    - Optimisation ridicule alors que c'est pas plus jolie que BF5... (voir moins)
    - Mode Portal en "cache misère" (2 map par BF youhou ...)
    - Chat ridicule
    - CutScene avant et après bataille inutile au possible
    - Voix des spécialistes ridicules, et leurs répliques sont nazes au possible (un enfant de 10 ans fait mieux)
    - Interfaces non ergonomique ! Trop brouillon , trop d'information, parfois, pas assez
    - Pour réanimer les joueurs, c'est "Hold E" et c'est mou du slip .... parfois ca bug, on peut meme pas rez....
    - Bug/glitch en tout genre    … Expand
  77. b1erbar0n
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Just want to share my thoughts/problems on BF2042 in a list.

    All weapons have the same attachments, nothing feels unique Many attachments do literally the same as the other ones Only 22 weapons (BF3 had nearly 60 weapons to unlock) Only 7 maps BF had 9 ( or with all DLC 25 maps) UI feels clunky and not intuitive No scoreboard (New anti-cheat lmao, if u can't see a 100 -    Just want to share my thoughts/problems on BF2042 in a list.

    All weapons have the same attachments, nothing feels unique

    Many attachments do literally the same as the other ones

    Only 22 weapons (BF3 had nearly 60 weapons to unlock)

    Only 7 maps BF had 9 ( or with all DLC 25 maps)

    UI feels clunky and not intuitive

    No scoreboard (New anti-cheat lmao, if u can't see a 100 - 0, then there are no cheater)

    Maps have a bad infantry flow structure

    Why classes if everyone can be everything (Everyone can equip medikits, repair boxes, and stuff)

    Operators are sometimes useless ( As example allow the doc to pick up people with the medic gun otherwise they have nothing special compared to someone with medikit)

    "Destruction" is not even really there or even "at the BF5 level"

    Scope bug where different item usages break your scope and you have to switch to iron sight to fix it

    No "Military Ranks" just numbers which feels like a cheap replacement to save work

    To many cutscenes before and after a match.

    Server laggs and rubberbanding

    No visible line between the operators. There should be operators for each site because atm its confusing

    Hit reg is broken and often does not work at all

    Bloom Random Recoil makes most assault rifles unplayable

    Performance, in general, is trash

    DLSS seems not to work

    No option in-game to activate DX12 (you can activate it in the config file)

    Hovercraft ... I don't even know how I should list all stuff that is broken with it

    No voice or global chat

    No server browser

    Let us be in a lobby after a match without re matchmake us

    Fix to join friends that are in around Planes not getting destroyed in most collisions because "noob-friendly" Mines disappear if you die Netcode seems worse than every other battlefield before Attachment unlock requirements follow no reason for stupid high kill counts No team swap No squad creation/management No commander No "Medic is x meters away from you" More normal bikes on the map for a bit of individual transport Allow ingame ui to be transparent in options ( it was possible in beta I think) No joystick support for piloting Only 2 game modes Only 5 XP for heal/revive WTF Dice? No XP for repair as a mechanic? WTF? Revive not possible if someone's head is just 1 cm near some object Breakthrough mode objectives on some maps are not balanced ( I saw never a game going behind specific areas) No damage dealt indicator for vehicles (it was there in alpha/beta) Audio / Footsteps feels really off Breakthrough games sometimes have no end because there is no new zone / the server does not check if the game is done Auto Deploy at start of round... Why? Remove it AA Misses seeming buggy at pathfinding Why do we have no mouse on Hazardzone Char selection? No private/rented servers Gunplay is not Battlefield but feels like f2p arcade shooter No hardcore No resizable minimap No separate Heli & Jet controls Obnoxious voice-overs, operators are incredibly vocal, every time you do an action they say a line. The 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. On the spawn screen tanks/helis use the same icon, you simply cannot tell if that's a transport or attack heli that you are spawning into. When in the tank, you don't have this little tank outline that tells you where the driver and gunner are looking at. No maps with water and thusly no boats.. despite there being a big ass boat on the loading screen. No squad points for issuing orders or following them No marksman headshot bonus for long-range snipes Cannot tell if there is room to enter a friendly vehicle without trying to get in it. Cannot dive underwater Non-removable profanity filter Grappling Hook is afraid of smoke Bullets are afraid of power lines Vehicle entry and exit animations have been removed ADS required to change weapon fire mode Cannot move while prone and ADS Crossplay issues on Xbox    … Expand
  78. Jadordook
    Nov 17, 2021
    3
    Well, it's...dull. Classes have no meaning at all, it's almost impossible to distinguish an ally from the enemy as there are no differences between sides. Maps are empty AF and so big that it makes no sense to play them with so small amount of players. There's no chat, even in groups (you know, it's a MULTIPLAYER game with a strong COOPERATION vibe...). No fun weapons, no fun vehicles.Well, it's...dull. Classes have no meaning at all, it's almost impossible to distinguish an ally from the enemy as there are no differences between sides. Maps are empty AF and so big that it makes no sense to play them with so small amount of players. There's no chat, even in groups (you know, it's a MULTIPLAYER game with a strong COOPERATION vibe...). No fun weapons, no fun vehicles. And, of course, a **** of campers waiting with their maxed-out sniper rifles to down you after you've spent several minutes running to the utterly distant flag.… Expand
  79. 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
  80. Nomad2201
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    **** game, trans specialist, cringe specialists cringe future setting/ portal is good tho
  81. DutoFujamee
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This rating is as harsh as the frustration this game has caused me. Ubisoft showed us an epic trailer, promising us a return to the base of Battlefield with the best installments of the license, but we end up with a game something that does not live up to its name.

    And Ubisoft as always will close its eyes and act as if nothing had happened, as long as it manages to sell its product to    This rating is as harsh as the frustration this game has caused me. Ubisoft showed us an epic trailer, promising us a return to the base of Battlefield with the best installments of the license, but we end up with a game something that does not live up to its name.

    And Ubisoft as always will close its eyes and act as if nothing had happened, as long as it manages to sell its product to a new generation of customers, too bad if it's a disappointment for all its previous fan-base.

    This game is not a Battlefield, so don't expect anything or you will be as revolted as me.    … Expand
  82. Beforre
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This game is complete and utter garbage. I’m holding a 3-4 KD in this game, much like the other BFs I’ve played and this game still plays like ass. Terrible hit reg, terrible gunplay, awful servers, bugs where you can’t pick up ammo, you loose all sound, and on top of everything the TTK. **** awful game, borderline unplayable. Get a refund or just don’t get the game until these bums atThis game is complete and utter garbage. I’m holding a 3-4 KD in this game, much like the other BFs I’ve played and this game still plays like ass. Terrible hit reg, terrible gunplay, awful servers, bugs where you can’t pick up ammo, you loose all sound, and on top of everything the TTK. **** awful game, borderline unplayable. Get a refund or just don’t get the game until these bums at DICE stop being **** clowns and make a proper game.… Expand
  83. maartendc
    Nov 17, 2021
    5
    Not terrible, but definitely not for me!

    Negatives: - The biggest issue with this game, which cannot be fixed, is that the maps are just too damn big. There is way too much running around aimlessly, before being gunned down in 1 sec and rinse and repeat. Even 128 players feels too few for the size of the maps. It seems like DICE / EA looked at Battle Royal games and said: "Hey, people    Not terrible, but definitely not for me!

    Negatives:
    - The biggest issue with this game, which cannot be fixed, is that the maps are just too damn big. There is way too much running around aimlessly, before being gunned down in 1 sec and rinse and repeat. Even 128 players feels too few for the size of the maps. It seems like DICE / EA looked at Battle Royal games and said: "Hey, people love huge maps, let's do that." Completely ignoring the fact that a Battlefield game is a very different gameplay experience from a BR. Just like BFV's Firestorm, it seems something that was pushed down the dev's throats by upper management to chase a trend.

    - On top of that, the map design is just bland and empty.
    - No scoreboard, which has been in every FPS game, since forever.
    - No chatting with opposite team. I understand online games can be toxic, but not even being able to say "GG, wel played" after a match, is so frustrating and feels like an "empty" experience.
    - The performance is terrible even on high end PC's. The graphics don't even look that much better than BFV to warrant such a performance hit.

    Positives:
    - The graphics look good in some cases.
    - Some parts of the maps look cool
    - The new specialist classes are perhaps an interesting addition. Don't really mind it.
    - New anti-cheat system, which potentially works better than previous BF games?    … Expand
  84. KaylePrecision
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    I've been playing 2042 since the open.
    However, there are so many problems, and the promises made by the company are blocked right away, giving users a strange experience of taking back what they gave them.

    I don't understand.
    Why can't I just do this...
    I don't understand why you can't make it like this when you think it's really normal and you just have to reflect what users want.
  85. Forceter
    Nov 17, 2021
    7
    That's a tough one.
    I preordered the Gold Edition and have played the game since the beginning of the early access and to be honest: I was very disappointed in the beginning. I'm talking about heavy issues concerning the servers, connection, and the game itself. It was partly unplayable.
    I am also underwhelmed by the maps themselves, even though they are mostly working for what they want    That's a tough one.
    I preordered the Gold Edition and have played the game since the beginning of the early access and to be honest: I was very disappointed in the beginning. I'm talking about heavy issues concerning the servers, connection, and the game itself. It was partly unplayable.
    I am also underwhelmed by the maps themselves, even though they are mostly working for what they want to be, they are just not as stunning as in previous parts (e.g. Arras). Furthermore, the buildings are a farce in comparison to what I expected.

    After a few days in which I put LOTS of hours into the game, I have to change this impression. Sure, the overall graphics haven't improved. But first of all, the developers uphold a close communication with the community on their Twitter page and have fixed server issues quite quickly. They also adapted some changes (e.g. increase of tickets in breakthrough) which really helped improve the feeling of the entire game. There are still annoying bugs (e.g. revival or spawns), but that's nothing that cannot be fixed by patches, especially since they already announced a huge day one patch.

    The gameplay itself feels good for me, the guns mostly are what they are supposed to be, even though the ARs could use a little less bloom and the hovercrafts are way too strong. But the game works. At first, I was skeptical about the new specialist system since I know the "old" battlefield since 1942. But to my surprise, I got used to it really fast since everything the old system did is, even though in another way, still in the game.

    To sum it all up, I am not 100% convinced, but I see the potential and since BF4 also had a really rough start, I believe that the developers are eager to improve and fix the minor issues to create a better overall experience. I am definitely having more and more fun from day to day and hope that DICE continues listening to the criticism of the community.    … Expand
  86. Arkasn
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    What an arrogant impertinence to Release the Game in that Status. Millions of Bugs, Features missing, 5 year old graphics and at least you can not even choose the map you want to Play. If you can refund it. EA and DICE crossed a Red line, shame on you.
  87. jojo_tom
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    If you want to play with friends or connect with other players then forget about this game. You can’t make any contact with the other team and you can’t speak with anyone over VOIP, regardless of which team they’re on. Squads are limited to 4 players so if you have more friends than that you’re screwed as there’s no way to create custom squads or join the same server. It’s a cold;If you want to play with friends or connect with other players then forget about this game. You can’t make any contact with the other team and you can’t speak with anyone over VOIP, regardless of which team they’re on. Squads are limited to 4 players so if you have more friends than that you’re screwed as there’s no way to create custom squads or join the same server. It’s a cold; frustrating experience built for people who only casually play on their own. And that’s just one aspect of it - there’s also hundreds of bugs, a useless specialist system, and a terrible issue with bullet spread/bloom that makes most enemy encounters a complete lottery. Do not buy this game, wait for it to heavily be patched.… Expand
  88. Simon96Aic
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    Game is unfinished. Many bugs, bad Performance and more.
    Im very dissapointed from DICE.
  89. VectorX
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    I'm getting tired of rushed releases. I doubt the developers want to deal with angry people trashing their hard work because execs want to meet deadlines so they can report profits to shareholders. If you're expecting people to pay $60+ dollars, the game better be finished. I don't mean all the DLC and everything. I mean FUNCTIONAL. Just because consumers pretty much have to deal withI'm getting tired of rushed releases. I doubt the developers want to deal with angry people trashing their hard work because execs want to meet deadlines so they can report profits to shareholders. If you're expecting people to pay $60+ dollars, the game better be finished. I don't mean all the DLC and everything. I mean FUNCTIONAL. Just because consumers pretty much have to deal with your crap doesn't give you license to keep shoveling.

    There is NO WAY QA did not run into the myriad of problems PC users are running into. Assets not loading, people getting stuck in the dying state without any way to die or respawn, not being able to connect sporadically, gigantic lag spikes, poor spawn logic, completely unbalanced weapons (this isn't "minor tweaking" broken), UI glitches that keep you from switching classes, UI glitches that keep you from shooting until you die and swap your loadout, not being able to pick you loadout and be given a random loadout, etc. The list goes on and on and on. At some point, these big studios need to lose a class action that creates a legal precedent of expected level of completeness. You can tell where their heads are at considering there's a Store tab that doesn't even have anything in it. They are just putting out a "game" for the money and profit boost while they work in ways to try to milk money out of their player base.

    This game is not complete, not even close. They'll say "Oh we just need more time to work out the kinks". Great, do open betas and fix your bugs before you expect to get paid for it. Putting out a game like this is a lie. You're not putting out a game, you're QA testing for free by putting your loyal players through frustration. I hope the bad press causes investors to lose faith in the leadership at EA and boots people out. The people who pushed to have this unfinished work released don't deserve their jobs. Give it to someone who cares about the work and not the bottom line.    … Expand
  90. MorbidFable
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    I don't know how you make BFV look better than this.

    Scoreboard removal is stupid No classes isn't good but it could be argued to be good Minimal destruction makes the vehicle vs infantry bad Optimized so poorly, worse than BFV No server browser Cross platform is great, but no voice chat or text chat makes absolutely no sense, how are we supposed to even talk to people now that we    I don't know how you make BFV look better than this.

    Scoreboard removal is stupid
    No classes isn't good but it could be argued to be good
    Minimal destruction makes the vehicle vs infantry bad
    Optimized so poorly, worse than BFV
    No server browser
    Cross platform is great, but no voice chat or text chat makes absolutely no sense, how are we supposed to even talk to people now that we get grouped with them?

    I will now list how many guns are in the game

    3 Handguns
    3 SMGs
    4 ARs
    2 LMGs
    3 Marksman
    3 Snipers
    3 "utility" which are shotguns

    BF4 on release had

    ~11 ARs
    ~9 SMGs
    ~9 LMGs
    ~9 Snipers
    ~11 Carbines
    ~8 Shotguns
    ~8 DMRs
    ~14 Handguns
    ~7 Grenades
    A bunch of knives
    Tons of gadgets

    There is nothing this game does better than BF4, which came out almost ten years ago.
    BF4 also had COOP, A campaign, and more. How can you possibly charge 60$ for something WITH NO CONTENT?    … Expand
  91. Arbystrage
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This is easily the worst game in the series. Most of the Battlefield series features have been stripped out of the game, and amazingly most basic FPS features have been stripped out the the game (no scoreboard!?). This is a soulless, empty mobile game designed for micro transactions. Do not buy this! Wait, or at least watch some reviews! No Man's Sky / Cyberpunk at release are about on par.
  92. Julienk67
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    Completely unfinished product. A shame ...
    You can still refund on Playstore ! i bought my game in august ( Preco ) and played 6 hours but the Sony hotline refund me without questions
  93. Shaanze
    Nov 17, 2021
    3
    Riddled with buggs to ruin your experience; game crashing randomly when accessing different menues whilst in a match, sometimes you get stuck on the deathscreen and can't redeploy and getting stuck in terrain. Also horribly optimized (getting between 30-50fps, with it dropping randomly even if nothing is happening on screen. running a 3080ti on ultra and the game doesn't even look THATRiddled with buggs to ruin your experience; game crashing randomly when accessing different menues whilst in a match, sometimes you get stuck on the deathscreen and can't redeploy and getting stuck in terrain. Also horribly optimized (getting between 30-50fps, with it dropping randomly even if nothing is happening on screen. running a 3080ti on ultra and the game doesn't even look THAT great. This is the case even after the day 1 nvidia drivers). Theres maybe one great new map, the rest of them are uninspired and not that fun tbh.

    I'd stay clear of this one until they fix the optimization, buggs and hacking problems multiple sources has discovered. Glad I didn't pay for it.    … Expand
  94. Eltyto
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    sorry but this game is not a battlefield !

    Game with a lot of problem :

    No scoreboard - No stats
    Full bug
    Bad optimisation
    no destruction
    Map very to big, you spend your time running

    This game is not finish, years of development for that? Go search another work, **** developper

    I'm back on battlefield V
  95. Makute
    Nov 17, 2021
    10
    Greatest pvp game ever. despite the fact that there are still a lot of bugs. The game gives you nice picture, good gameplay and lot of fun with team
  96. Qhmadrezq
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is so bad! Have Many bugs and bad frames and bad design maps. We need an update for fix problems.… Expand
  97. Sardonicus
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    The woker EA/DICE got, the more broken Battlefield became.

    RIP Battlefield!
  98. Noob4Ever56
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    So buggy, so unplayable, so unbattlefield. Took my money back at first day. By the way, can`t joined the server plenty times a raw
  99. cheyzov22
    Nov 16, 2021
    10
    Годная игра,даже на старте,за 10 часов в игре видел пару незначительных багов и один критический,ребята проваливались в текстуры и не могли реснуться,но это поправимо. Не слушайте нытиков,что игра не оптимизирована, на моей 1660 и ryzen 5 1600 стабильные 60 фпс на высоких. Соглашусь с тем,что карты в режиме 2042 огромные, вертолеты имба, но такая игра точно не заслуживает 2.6 рейтинга.Годная игра,даже на старте,за 10 часов в игре видел пару незначительных багов и один критический,ребята проваливались в текстуры и не могли реснуться,но это поправимо. Не слушайте нытиков,что игра не оптимизирована, на моей 1660 и ryzen 5 1600 стабильные 60 фпс на высоких. Соглашусь с тем,что карты в режиме 2042 огромные, вертолеты имба, но такая игра точно не заслуживает 2.6 рейтинга.
  100. AngryShark92
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    What the hell has happened to these franchises? This game is so far removed from its predecessors, the squads are gone, the server browsing is gone, the teamwork functions are gone, the scoreboard is gone, levelution is gone, weapon variety is gone, weapon choice is exceptionally limited, weapon balance is awful, you cannot stay in the same game to get a fresh start (if the connectionWhat the hell has happened to these franchises? This game is so far removed from its predecessors, the squads are gone, the server browsing is gone, the teamwork functions are gone, the scoreboard is gone, levelution is gone, weapon variety is gone, weapon choice is exceptionally limited, weapon balance is awful, you cannot stay in the same game to get a fresh start (if the connection works), you have to play a specialist now instead of playing a role in an army, and you cannot communicate with the enemy team because "all" chat has been removed, and you cannot switch teams to help balance them out.

    No need for a full length review, Dice has devolved horribly since Battlefield 4, Battlefield 1 was great, V had some great mechanics but we were told "Don't buy the game" because we didn't like revisionist history, and 2042 is the pinnacle of failure that doesn't feel much like a battlefield anymore.

    Oh and would you be surprised if I told you there are unnecessary political themes in the game? Diversity of characters and safe spaces in online chat are the selling points here, along with your skins and emotes. Yikes. There are a plethora of other issues that can be mentioned like leaning, UI changes, spotting mechanics, and others that reviews on here will mention in better detail.

    I gave it a 1 because I enjoyed the graphics, neat.

    This is just another disappointment in what has become an incredibly disappointing November mired by terrible releases that share one common theme... politics. Shocker. RIP CoD Vanguard, Forza Horizon 5, Far Cry 6, & Battlefield 2042. Fire all these activist developers and producers.

    I feel bad for the Gen Z gamers, having to grow up with these awful releases with alternate histories, when we had the likes of Bad Company, 1942, Battlefield 3, and so on, such a shame.    … Expand
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  1. Positive: 29 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 74
  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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