Battlefield 2042

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  1. geme9999
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
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  2. Pupp3tCl0wn
    Nov 20, 2021
    6
    TL; DR:
    Is the game good? - Main mode no, but Portal is fun.
    Is it worth buying? - At full price, no, but at a discount, yes. The biggest problems? - Poor optimization, chaotic (in a negative sense) battles, unbalanced vehicles, very, very weak starting weapons, which actually discourages you from making progress. PROPER REVIEW: As a Battlefield veteran, preorder 2042 was obvious to    TL; DR:
    Is the game good? - Main mode no, but Portal is fun.
    Is it worth buying? - At full price, no, but at a discount, yes.
    The biggest problems? - Poor optimization, chaotic (in a negative sense) battles, unbalanced vehicles, very, very weak starting weapons, which actually discourages you from making progress.

    PROPER REVIEW:
    As a Battlefield veteran, preorder 2042 was obvious to me. I didn't get discouraged by the negative feedback - I liked the beta quite a bit, and the BF5 was also heavily criticized and in the end I had a great time. But 2042 is different. For the first time in my "career", when I entered the new version of BF, I felt completely lost. The maps are huge, but at the same time there is so much going on on them that you are constantly running from point to point, there is no time to rest. Operators are unintuitive, it's hard to tell from the start what each of them can actually do - you have to try them all to find one that suits your style. The starting weapons are terrible and at first you only have the scope / holo from the add-ons. This gives players with unlocked add-ons a significant advantage over you and it really discourages you from continuing to play if this is someone's first experience. And vehicles - they deal massive damage and you can do almost nothing to them. The stock rocket launcher is too weak - the three shots you have in reserve take 1/4 of the health of the stock hovercraft.

    On the other hand, Portal is very fun. Even excluding fully custom matches, you get something like "Battlefield Classics Remastered" in the package. The return to the classic maps and gameplay from BF1942 in the new graphics was great. I would even be inclined to say that if they released it as a separate game, it would have been more successful. And on smaller maps you can see a significant jump in performance - unfortunately, apparently the Frostbite engine cannot cope with SO large maps of the main mode.

    To sum up - at this point I am better off playing multiplayer Halo Infinite, but BF 2042 has potential. I'll probably come back to the game in a month and a half - around the beginning of next year - once the game gets a bit patched and maybe they'll fix the things that put me off.    … Expand
  3. Jakubeast
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    On day one of the launch I cant even make it to the main menu of the game let alone play it. Another cash grab/ well fix the bugs and issues later from EA. Boooooooooo you're terrible at your jobs
  4. Coolhohlinka47
    Nov 20, 2021
    2
    Когда я узнал, что новая батла наконец то будет в современном сеттинге, я ее очень сильно начал ждать.Но то что вышло - это разочарование.Оптимизация на пк хуже, чем у киберпанка.Попахивает колдой.128 игроков, но зачем, если они не набираются?Когда я узнал, что новая батла наконец то будет в современном сеттинге, я ее очень сильно начал ждать.Но то что вышло - это разочарование.Оптимизация на пк хуже, чем у киберпанка.Попахивает колдой.128 игроков, но зачем, если они не набираются?
  5. tacsquid
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    A sorry excuse for a BF game. Many beloved features like classes have been removed and on top of that it has a ton of bugs. Yet another AAA game disappointment. It's better than cyberpunk.. but not by much.
  6. Slippyworm
    Nov 20, 2021
    2
    1. Even with the latest generation hardware (3080, 11900k) the game stull runs poorly, I didn't expect a £3,500 PC to be running sub 60FPS at 1440p.
    2. As others have said no this and no that, weapons.. Classes.. Vehicles..
    3. Servers. 50 hours 'played', sub 5 hours in game. 4. Bloom, remove.. now. 5. Destruction. the 'breathtaking' level of destruction promised just simply isn't    1. Even with the latest generation hardware (3080, 11900k) the game stull runs poorly, I didn't expect a £3,500 PC to be running sub 60FPS at 1440p.
    2. As others have said no this and no that, weapons.. Classes.. Vehicles..
    3. Servers. 50 hours 'played', sub 5 hours in game.
    4. Bloom, remove.. now.
    5. Destruction. the 'breathtaking' level of destruction promised just simply isn't there? Infact there is pretty much zero destruction.
    6. Most dissapointing is the lack of any kind of acceptance from DICE of the failure. Pumping out patches that are removing things instead of fixing them doesn't count.

    Overall the games poor, really poor.

    The only redeaming part of 2042 was the portal system, but DICE have removed any kind of experience from the gamemode blocking all progression instead of fixing it, killing it in it's tracks.

    I am dissapointed and my day is ruined.    … Expand
  7. BSDShoes
    Nov 20, 2021
    7
    Not as terrible as many are saying, it has a rocky launch just like every other Battlefield game since 1942. The audio is terrible but DICE will likely fix that, FPS performance is inconsistent between maps, it's terrible on Kaleidoscope but not bad on others.

    Good points are that it's easy to kill players, the controls are smooth and flexible, wide weapon and gear customization,    Not as terrible as many are saying, it has a rocky launch just like every other Battlefield game since 1942. The audio is terrible but DICE will likely fix that, FPS performance is inconsistent between maps, it's terrible on Kaleidoscope but not bad on others.

    Good points are that it's easy to kill players, the controls are smooth and flexible, wide weapon and gear customization, beautiful graphics.

    Bad stuff are: menus and we talked about this with BF1 and BFV, cheaters running amuck right now, game sometimes won't launch, terrible muffled and quiet audio (was fine in beta), some maps are TOO big and too hard on graphics performance, some keybinds are hardcoded to certain keys if you're left handed or like to use different keys, FOV configuration takes some figuring out.

    If you're on the fence, try it through Steam and refund it if you don't like it, or wait a few months for fixes and price drop.    … Expand
  8. Multality
    Nov 20, 2021
    9
    O jogo e bom, o problema e que ele esta mal polido, uso extremo da CPU esta dificultando os melhores PCs Gamers a manter 60 FPS. Tem bastante bugs e algumas coisas a arrumar. Mas o jogo tem um grafico lindo e e muito divertido. Com certeza vao arrumar com o tempo, mas essa pratica de lancarem jogos inacabados como esse tem que parar.
    Esse e um lancamento de nova geracao que vale muito a    O jogo e bom, o problema e que ele esta mal polido, uso extremo da CPU esta dificultando os melhores PCs Gamers a manter 60 FPS. Tem bastante bugs e algumas coisas a arrumar. Mas o jogo tem um grafico lindo e e muito divertido. Com certeza vao arrumar com o tempo, mas essa pratica de lancarem jogos inacabados como esse tem que parar.
    Esse e um lancamento de nova geracao que vale muito a pena jogar. 100.000 pessoas jogando na Steam com esses problemas para voces verem como o jogo e bom. Acho que tem muito mimimi de haters atoa. Enquanto tem gente no mimimi outros estao se divertindo.    … Expand
  9. w0dkaz
    Nov 20, 2021
    2
    Well, maybe its still beta maybe its new standard of games nowadays ( GTA Trilogy, CyberPunk 2077)Games works fine with i9-10850k 3080ti, 32GB stup but its feel strange to play. No killboard, why only 4 guns ? Looks like early stage of development
  10. nospam9000
    Nov 20, 2021
    1
    I loved every Battlefield so far, but this one is really bad. The maps feel empty and without any life. With 128 players there is just constant chaos and random death by overpowered Hovercrafts. How did they not see all the problems before Release...
  11. andrent
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    I cant even analise the game other problems because the game is to buggy... stuterings.. crashes.. bugs and bugs.. and im playing on a high end pc.. ZEROO
  12. RussianBear33
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    The worst part of all. Many problems and disadvantages of optimization. Full failure.
  13. panda_uk
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    I've played BF since BF 1942 and this is a disgusting abortion of a game. Runs badly on a 3080ti, I can barley see who I'm supposed to be shooting at. Feels like I'm either just running or dyeing. Classes are crap and pointless, no team play. This game is made by morons that only play Fortnite or COD.
  14. W4termel0n
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    A game that sucks so badly that you want to go to the trouble of creating an metacritic account to neglect it.

    If it were at least lighter and didn't have fatal bugs, I'd give it a 5/10.
  15. ulangarn
    Nov 20, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yes, the game has many minor flaws, as they write below. They say there are no stats, there are no classes, there is no complete destructibility and blah, blah, blah... But do we always buy a batelfield for the sake of stats and classes?!
    No!
    No!
    And once again, no!
    Do you want all these strays?! Play CS-GO!!!
    Here is only action, only Hardcore!    … Expand
  16. Tracomaster
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Literally unplayable due to performance issues on a **** 1070.
    Next to all the missing and broken game stuff itself.
  17. Sim11sar
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    This is a really really bad game. I can't believe they actually released this and called it "A love letter to fans" this is a slap on the face to fans.

    - No Campaign and sold for $60 and $110 for the complete edition. - The worst HUD and user interface to date in any multiplayer video game. - Only 22 weapons in 2042. - Portal mode is worst than the original games. - Conquest is    This is a really really bad game. I can't believe they actually released this and called it "A love letter to fans" this is a slap on the face to fans.

    - No Campaign and sold for $60 and $110 for the complete edition.
    - The worst HUD and user interface to date in any multiplayer video game.
    - Only 22 weapons in 2042.
    - Portal mode is worst than the original games.
    - Conquest is empty due to the huge maps.
    - Downgraded destruction over it's predecessors.
    - Frame rate dips below 50fps on an RTX 3080 and an i9 10850k even on low settings.
    - The physics are non-existent.
    - Everyone looks the same in conquest since they decided to put operators in a battlefield game.
    - The graphics look worse than Battlefield 3 in most places.
    - Hit registry is garbage.
    - Hovercrafts are sh$t.
    - SMGs can shoot from longer range than sniper rifles.
    - Classes are meaningless.
    - I've had over 20 glitches in my first match, some of them are game breaking, you can't revive your teammates when they're even close to a wall or an object.
    - The two towers in breakthrough are a joke. People are camping near elevators and calling hovercrafts to barricade the entire tower.
    - The scopes design is the worst I've seen in any game.
    - No day 1 patch to fix any of the issues above...........................................

    This game is an insult to video games and to the Battlefield franchise. How can quality control allow this abomination to be released is beyond me. Don't buy it, doesn't deserve a 1/10.    … Expand
  18. Riot
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    This is what you get if:

    1. You try to copy Warzone 2. Only care about initial pre-order revenue 3. Put more money into marketing than development 4. Fail to retain your best employees and think that everyone is dispensible 5. Refuse to listen to and implement feedback from the player-base 6. As a company give bonuses based on financial figures instead of consumer satisfaction 7.    This is what you get if:

    1. You try to copy Warzone
    2. Only care about initial pre-order revenue
    3. Put more money into marketing than development
    4. Fail to retain your best employees and think that everyone is dispensible
    5. Refuse to listen to and implement feedback from the player-base
    6. As a company give bonuses based on financial figures instead of consumer satisfaction
    7. Have the nerve to blame it on the pandemic

    I would give this -10 if I could. Shame on you DICE for letting EA make you their b!&@h!    … Expand
  19. iHatezelda_
    Nov 20, 2021
    3
    No destruction whatsoever, no modes other than conquest and breakthrough in the 2042 game, bad PC performance,no typical classes. The game was built not as a BF game that's obvious but its bad even then.
  20. T3chnical
    Nov 20, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Missing Core Features
    > No standard server browser
    > Fewer standardized game modes
    > Fewer base game maps than any other title (even including portal the map count is only 13)
    > No persistent lobbies You have to matchmake after EVERY round
    > Fewer in-game assignments None outside of cosmetic unlocks
    > Less character customization options (than BF5)
    > No profile progress/stats page in the menu
    > No battle log/stats tracker for other players
    > No global leaderboards
    > No end of round assignment progress screen
    > No custom emblems
    > Fewer achievements
    > No medals
    > No swelling crescendo of dramatic music near the end of a match. Static Noise does not count
    > Less destruction
    > Only a small handful of destructible buildings on each map
    > No map altering levolution
    > No spectator mode
    > No permanent community servers (would be useful for clans and events)

    Missing from Infantry Gameplay
    > Fewer guns Even including all the portal guns, BF4 still had more at launch
    > Fewer infantry gadgets
    > No manual leaning
    > No diving while swimming
    > No high wall vaulting
    > No crouch sprinting
    > No backwards prone
    > No explosion knockback
    > No rolling after falling from heights
    > No ammo or health pickup off teammates
    > No scope zeroing
    > No thermal optics
    > No indirect fire gadgets
    > Less anti-tank launchers
    > No lock-on launchers The M5 works with the SOFLAM but that requires 2 people
    > No AP mines/claymores
    > No static weapon emplacements
    > No fortification building
    > No resupply stations
    > No suppression mechanic This one I don't mind but it was a staple and now it is gone

    Missing from Vehicles
    > Fewer vehicle types Separate vehicle progression per faction even though they are functionally identical.
    > No naval vehicles Except I guess the hovercraft technically
    > No vehicle gunner direction indicator
    > No lock on direction indicator
    > No vehicle enter/exit animations
    > No tank turret decoupling This was in BF4
    > Less vehicle driver/pilot customization options > No tank zoom customization options > No tank gunner customization options > No helicopter gunner secondary weapons > No separate helicopter/fixed-wing controls > No control input while looking behind/free looking in aircraft Missing from Scoring System > No squad wipe scoring > No player damage points > No vehicle damage points > No vehicle kill assist points > No headshot bonus > No long-range kill bonus > No assist counts as kill bonus > No squad objective play bonus > Oversimplified teamplay scoring (i.e. healing a teammate always gives you +5xp rather than the amount of health you give) > Squad and Teamwork > No commander > No special squad call-in abilities > No squad field upgrades > No in-game VOIP > Fewer factions (with almost nothing to give the 2 factions any distinction) > No cross-team chat > No "create new squad" option > No clans > No view of squadmates while in the spawn screen > No "Medic incoming" indicator in downed state > No rank names/icons, just a number. Missing from UI and Quality of Life > Less control customization options > Less UI customization options > No HUD/icon opacity customization > No HUD scaling customization options > No gunsight reticle customization options > No network performance graph > No individual player scoreboard > Less detail in the 'who killed you' screen > No ultra wide monitor support. Cannot move UI elements to suit screen size > Very poor friend joining system BROKEN > 45 tick rate servers > Rubberbanding > Deploy bugs, revive bugs. Downed state bug that prevents you from being revived if you clip through anything. There times where you have no countdown and cannot respawn > Janky animations > Performance is horrible on PC. Unplayable framerates from what looks like CPU bottlenecking > Unlock three different silencers for the same weapon that have no effect on the stats of the weapon > Exact same attachment on two different guns having an opposite effect > Hovercrafts are able to scale vertical surfaces, as well as fly in the right circumstances. > In rare cases, a player will become unable to damage enemies. This player will also lose their nameplate, causing them to appear as hostile to allies. This is fixed by dying and respawning. > Broken Bullet Registration > Broken Bullet Spread > Broken Weapon Balance > Broken Vehicle Balance Do not buy this game    … Expand
  21. ghanasis
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Way too many bugs in the game. Is this the **** you sacrificed BF5 for??? Seriously??? I can't move my crosshair vertically in the game once, and some others like can't change the lens. In addition, did the designers even play their game?? Did they ever try to run without any vehicle in such a big map? People keep wasting time running between objections just because you guys didn't putWay too many bugs in the game. Is this the **** you sacrificed BF5 for??? Seriously??? I can't move my crosshair vertically in the game once, and some others like can't change the lens. In addition, did the designers even play their game?? Did they ever try to run without any vehicle in such a big map? People keep wasting time running between objections just because you guys didn't put enough vehicles in the game!… Expand
  22. EAzY_OH
    Nov 20, 2021
    9
    Have hard barely any issues compared to everyone else. The game runs great, the shooting feels good and the new operators are a great edition!
  23. muyfresco
    Nov 20, 2021
    1
    He probado el juego unas 5 horas... pensaba que iba a ser un bf4 pero esta muy lejos.... no entiendo porque nos dan menos, mucho, mucho menos.... me ha dolido de forma especial la destrucion, las clases, servers, scoreboards..... y los VEHICULOS.... Una pena k el espiritu de esta saga se prostituya de esta forma... no pienso comprarlo
  24. BIgmangamer
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Don't waste your money. They had their blindfolds on the 3 years they spent making this "game". Thanks for killing a franchise millions of us loved for two decades.
  25. JuanSW
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Bugged AF
    No scoreboards.
    No servers.

    Voice actor's lines are more appropriate for other games
  26. Cocolocomoco
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    This really doesn't feel like a Battlefield game, it feels like a hodgepodge of other games like Warzone, Fortnite and Apex. EA/DICE failed to include scoreboards, player stat profiles, server selections and chat. Also somewhat buggy, granted games at launch and bugs go hand and hand, but not being able to revive other player is a big issue.
  27. Multitude
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Best BF in a long time. Don't listen to the Boomers, who still cry after their BF4 times
  28. hazhc99
    Nov 20, 2021
    2
    Disappointing, out of touch, unfinished, flawed and lazy. EA and dice have turned their backs on the franchise in this half baked, soon to be micro transaction laden, mess of a game.
  29. gantproduction
    Nov 20, 2021
    1
    Why not buy BF2042
    1. - There is no normal optimization - 1070, Ryzen 5 3600, FPS: low-medium settings on BF2042 maps (128 players) - 40-65 frames (sometimes there are drawdowns up to 40)
    In Battlefield Portal, the fps situation is better: low-medium settings on BF3 maps (64 players) - 70-85 FPS 2. - Terrible shooting - this random scatter... You shoot at the enemy and observe such a    Why not buy BF2042
    1. - There is no normal optimization - 1070, Ryzen 5 3600, FPS: low-medium settings on BF2042 maps (128 players) - 40-65 frames (sometimes there are drawdowns up to 40)
    In Battlefield Portal, the fps situation is better: low-medium settings on BF3 maps (64 players) - 70-85 FPS
    2. - Terrible shooting - this random scatter... You shoot at the enemy and observe such a picture: one bullet flies into a tree, another into the sky, but the tenth still wanted to hit the enemy, but in the end - you're lying dead... Bravo... dice ... (in bf5 and in bf4 I clamp perfectly, but bf2042 is not about that)
    3. - Bug after bug - then the tank is firmly stuck in the texture, then you shoot at an invulnerable sniper who hid in the bushes, and apparently the registration of a hit in the new bf decided to rest and not count the damage on it... bottom line - you're in a coffin ...
    4. - Servers are unstable, etc....
    What the ***, DICE and EA?
    I played this miracle for 32 hours, and since I can't get the money back, I will sometimes play only in BF Portal on the maps bf3, bc2 and 1942, the rest is slop from the developers who threw the players to eat... You can endlessly talk about the problem with this battle...
    And so the conclusion is: do not buy BF2042 until it has been repaired, and if there is a discount, it is only then we can think about buying this "masterpiece" and the reason for Battlefield Portal (portal plays well, fans experience the nostalgia - might stop by, but not true :))
    Perhaps only the portal will save Battlefield 2042 from a major failure, and then if it is supported by content, well, we'll see. Good luck to everyone.    … Expand
  30. Wojtaszko1234
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
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    music - 0
    graphics - 0
    physics - 0
    social functions - 0
    optimization - 0
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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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