- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Release Date: Nov 19, 2021
- Also On: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
User Score
Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 618 out of 4864
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Mixed: 242 out of 4864
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Negative: 4,004 out of 4864
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Nov 14, 2021A scrapped class system and hero style 'Specialist' spitting egotistic cringe lines of dialog at the end of every match as they pose for you. This is what Battlefield has devolved to. What happened to you DICE? Your studio used to be amazing!
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Nov 14, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021This 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.
This is an unfinished, unpolished and broken game.
Do not buy this until everything is fixed! -
Nov 14, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021I have played only the beta version which sucks and it seems nothing has changed or even worse. Do not throw your money on the trash bin.
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Nov 14, 2021This game is just a terrible joke. They should be ashamed to release it in its state. Battlefield franchise is officially dead
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Nov 15, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021Paid extra to play early on broken servers with an unfinished game, and to wait an extra week for a day 1 patch. Last time i pre-ordered an EA/Dice game. Utter pile of ****
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Nov 14, 2021Not a battlefield game gunplay is awful so many glitches and its so hard to run with decent frames
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Nov 14, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021Game is literally unplayable I can't imagine how they messed this game up so bad.
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Nov 14, 2021I agree with all of these things--
Things we lost in BF2042
Scoreboard
CLASSES
All chat
A server browser for the main modes
KD
A stat page
more than 100fps
Teamswitching
Squad switching that isnt random
Persistent community servers
UI info like da -
Nov 14, 2021Bad optimization
Bad hit reg
Insane amount of spread in a arcade FPS
Servers are constantly down (out of the 16 hours I have in this game I have only been able to play 3)
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Nov 14, 2021Something went horribly wrong with this game’s development. It feels like it was thrown together in 9 months instead of years. So many bad game design decisions, lack of content, tons of technical issues. Absolute disaster.
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Nov 14, 2021This game missed the mark on nearly everything. DMR's have terrible accuracy and every gunfight is RNG since there is so much bloom on weapons. Vehicles are ridiculously overpowered in this game. Lag is very bad, performance is very bad, not a lot of weapons. Nothing to strive for really besides skins which no one cares about. Overall, the game feels uninspired.
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Nov 14, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021This was the worst battlefield game I’ve ever seen hands down. It’s like all developers in 2021 ignore what people want.
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Nov 14, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021The game that was advertised as Battlefield ended up being anything but Battlefield. With a bunch of bugs, disgusting level design and non-working game mechanics.
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Dec 5, 2021This game should have never been released...
bug, glitch, worst dev and top management reunited to make this...
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Nov 15, 2021All i can say after playing everything from BC2 to this is: WTF IS THIS ****?
To hell with your critic reviews, the game is broken, the designers were either high or "special", the content is less than ****, and the performance..............? TOTAL ****
ON ROG CHAKRAM THE GAME IS COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DICE, NEVER AGAIN! -
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Nov 14, 2021Jogo bugado! Cobram 300 reais por essa merda! Seria melhor terem deixado os outros na PSN.
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Nov 14, 2021This is the worst battlefield release in existence. The game is not finished at all. It feels like 90% of the features which have been included in every battlefield game in the past are completely gone. The only new 'feature' is the 128 player count. Which honestly makes the game even worse.
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Nov 14, 2021honestly this is the only BF game where i genuinely did not have fun, this game just does not work
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Nov 14, 2021They should of remastered battlefield 3 or 4 and just skip this garbage. Thats it.. needs so much more improvements
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Nov 14, 2021So sad that my most loved shooter as been released in suck an unplayable state.
Performance is so bad, nothing to grind for. This is not my Battlefield. -
Nov 14, 2021The game is terrible. Refunded after 1 hour of gameplay. This is nothing not a Battlefield game, it's Warzone/Apex/Fortnite clone. The game was clearly meant to be a Battle Royale and they changed those plans last minute.
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Nov 14, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021Honestly, game is still in beta. Should have never been released in this state.... Typical EA
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Nov 14, 2021Complete loss of identity and a massive disappointment to someone who is a fan of the franchise and older games.
Almost every critic review is shilling for EA making sure they are able to gain review copies for future titles. This game is absolutely terrible and should not even be considered a "Battlefield" game anymore. -
Nov 17, 2021This 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.
This is an unfinished, unpolished and broken game.
Do not buy this until everything is fixed! -
Nov 14, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021Battlefield 2042 in it's current Early Access state is very bad. Many issues which have to be fixed asap. Hit registration is bad, performance is bad, maps feel empty and too big, missing UI features.
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Nov 14, 2021The release should have been delayed a year not a month. Good luck recovering from the bad publicity on this mess EA. Game is full of bugs, optimization is horrible, server performance is terrible.
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Nov 14, 2021These Metacritics are paid actors that are forced to leave a positive review
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May 3, 2022Only good thing is its better then COD Vanguard.
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Nov 14, 2021I was super hyped for this Battlefield, but unfortunately, it has so many things wrong I can't just force myself to like it.
Movement is wrong, shooting is terrible, graphic and audio is a considerable downgrade from previous games, destruction is non-existent, no scoreboard, no teamplay, big lifeless map...
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Nov 14, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021This game killed the battlefield core and also is a bug hell with bad performance. It's just greedy EA trying to put micro transactions on every aspect of the game
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Nov 14, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 14, 2021played battlefield since the beginning. Its the worst BF by a mile and I didnt even like the other 2 installments. Simply put, its not a battlefield game, they should just name it something else, maybe then i would give it a 2/10 instead of a 0
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Nov 18, 2021Very disappointed
this is not battlefield This is a shame
SJW never play games but always complaining about everything -
Nov 14, 2021Nothing more to say than awful. I’m sorry I spent money on this. The portal is the only thing keeping this game downloaded for me. DO NOT BUY
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Nov 14, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 14, 2021Absolute trash. I have been a hardcore Battlefield fan since Battlefield 2, and this is an absolute disrespect to the franchise. Don't waste your money on this game.
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Nov 14, 2021I really dislike the direction DICE took this game. Removing the scoreboard, removing classes, killing medics/supports all together, etc. the list goes on.
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Nov 14, 2021The usual EA product. Rushed, devoid of content, set up for extreme monetization and absolutely soulless. Do yourself a favor and go play Battlefield 4 instead.
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Nov 14, 2021When they said if you don't like it don't play it with BFV; well I am doing the same with 2042. The only thing about this game is Portal. However, the lack of core gameplay mechanics such as leaning, scoreboard, classes and voicechat makes it hollow and wanting more. Dice if you are reading this, please never make a game again.
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Nov 14, 2021Worst game I ever played in my life, everything feels disgusting, the gunplay especially, half of the time the hit registration works, also tactical sprint in battlefield???!! Wtf...
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Nov 14, 2021Waist of your money do not give it to them they gave us a beta and sadly can’t get my money back but wish it had been delayed more at least you can play story in vanguard this nothing just wait for it to come out and hope they listen to us and make some changes
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Nov 14, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021Joke! The worst battlefield I have ever seen! Full of bugs, no scoreboard, joke classes... Need a refund right now!
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Nov 15, 2021Complete disrespect for EA to give us this game in its current state. Anyone who owns it should get a refund with how buggy and Unoptimized it is. Similar to cyberpunk2077 launch
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Nov 15, 2021A loveless uninspired try to make fast Money.
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Nov 15, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021The worst batelfield ever, a disgusting shooter. The price tag is cosmos. I don't advise anyone
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Nov 16, 2021No scoreboards.
No classes.
No destruction.
No servers.
No stats.
No chat.
This game is so bad
Even BF1 looks sometimes better than this
This games feels like some Asian free to play game -
Nov 16, 2021IF you DICES dont want vehicles and jets work well why not delete them directly?
I thought the real game designer who understand Battlefield well had already left DICE, the only left are all the fans of COD and APEX -
Nov 17, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021Бф2042 казалась хорошей игрой, но это жалкая попытка скопировать колду, ужасная игра.
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Nov 15, 2021This is battlefield?Ah ea and dice learn from battlefield bad company 2 and battlefield 3 those game
was great games.We need simple game whith only little bit better graphic and whith feeling of gamplay
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Nov 15, 2021I played Battlefield from 1942 and i think that battlefield 5 was bad. But this, i have no words to describe this. Go sell burgers, making games not your job.
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Nov 15, 2021For 89€ Not Playable, ist ne riesen Frechheit.
Performance -8/10, Hitscan -4/10, eine Performance wie bei einer technical Alpha. Ohne Worte -
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Nov 15, 2021No scoreboards.
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Nov 15, 2021An insult to Battlefield fans. Feels, plays, and looks like an alpha build of an indie free-to-play game. Disappointing.
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Nov 15, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021Viele Bugs, schlechtes Gamedesign und die fehlende Essenz früherer Battlefield-Spiele machen BF2042 zum womöglich schlechtesten Ableger der Serie. Eine Spiel ohne Seele, das den gleichen Weg wie Call of Duty einschlägt und dabei seine Ursprünge vergisst. Nie zuvor war ich derartig enttäuscht über den Release eines neuen Spiels und rate jedem eindringlich vom Kauf dieses Spiels ab.
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Nov 15, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021Very bad! Game is so weird, buggy and broken in the same time. Loading times for match lmao, 2 long
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Nov 15, 2021Three years of development, killed battlefront 2 and BFV for this piece of crap?? Totally unacceptable for a full priced triple A games. DICE should be disbanded right away and hand over the franchise to someone competent.
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Nov 15, 2021The worst Battlefield game ever released. So glad I did not preorder this garbage. The graphics are horrible even on Ultra setting. So many bugs. Just absolute garbage. Will be sticking to BF4.
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Nov 15, 2021It's sad to see my favorite franchise turning into whatever BF2042 is. So many gameplay changes that were obviously made just for cosmetic-selling reasons or to appeal to audiences other than the Battlefield community. I just hope that Dice will learn from this and go back to its roots. But I don't have much hope.
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Nov 15, 2021
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Nov 15, 2021Only positive after playing this, is that I got my refund accepted by Steam
Awards & Rankings
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Feb 15, 2022All 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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Dec 23, 2021The 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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Dec 16, 2021Despite 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.