Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

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  1. Juanjuanx2
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Completely missed the mark… went all COD and sold its soul to great a money grab EA dog S*** game. OTT UI that’s convoluted to accommodate a generation that has no knowledge of Battlefield games. BF204Sh*t is not a battlefield game. It is a overhyped product to generate profit. Third person takedowns, cod like sprinting… god damn specialists and the roles of medic, assault mean nothing.Completely missed the mark… went all COD and sold its soul to great a money grab EA dog S*** game. OTT UI that’s convoluted to accommodate a generation that has no knowledge of Battlefield games. BF204Sh*t is not a battlefield game. It is a overhyped product to generate profit. Third person takedowns, cod like sprinting… god damn specialists and the roles of medic, assault mean nothing. Come on. Who the hell thought this was a good idea, who sanctioned this. It’s a flop, it’s a disappointment and it’s a waste of money. Thanks for ruining an amazing franchise. Tw*ts.… Expand
  2. chtonien
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Блевотина, жаль деньги вернуть нельзя. Хватило сыграть одну катку, удаляю игру.
  3. EMORiiN
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    Biggest disappointment in gaming. Huge fan of all the battlefield games, they absolutely butchered everything that made the battlefield franchise great. Wouldn’t be surprised if 2042 lost support and the game dies in a couple months.
  4. simmeta
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Battlefield 2042 is a big disappointment for a long term Battlefield Veteran and Shooter Enthusiast. I plaid now more than 50 hours to make a good review. Let's put all bugs, glitches and balance problems aside and see what remains:

    Negative: - The killed the whole teamplay. I am not able to know who is medic, ammo guy etc. Squads are useless and only good as a spawn point. - They    Battlefield 2042 is a big disappointment for a long term Battlefield Veteran and Shooter Enthusiast. I plaid now more than 50 hours to make a good review. Let's put all bugs, glitches and balance problems aside and see what remains:

    Negative:

    - The killed the whole teamplay. I am not able to know who is medic, ammo guy etc. Squads are useless and only good as a spawn point.
    - They killed all options we need for a good gaming experience: Squad switch/create/lock, Scoreboard
    - Who the hell had the idea to NOT integrate a server browser? I dont want to play random maps. I want to join my favorite servers with my favorite map, friends and settings.
    - No more ingame chat for the whole server? Who smoked too much pot before doing this decision? Its a multiplayer game, i want to laugh and talk with my enemy players about funny situations in the chat!
    - Dice/EA decided to delete ALL strong features from the past, which we loved and hoped that they will enhance them instead of deleting them:
    --- no proper damage to buildings / no falling of buildings and leave a mess and add a "new area" for playing
    --- no commander mode (would be amazing especially the player increased to 128)
    --- the levelution was great in the past, it created a new level inside the level. Dice decided to skip that and insert some Tornado which is just annoying after a while
    --- Battlefield V had a great system to build sandbags, road blocks etc. It gave the game more depth and something to support ur team even you are not shooting. Guess what, its not there anymore....
    --- Dice decided to delete what makes Battlefield special (the classes), instead we have specialists and everyone can pick all items. That some good decision? Not!
    - Battlefield 2042 doesnt have a character. Its a mix of marketing ideas, stacked together and thrown at the gaming audience.
    - Bots: we dont need bots in a multiplayer game. If people want to play against bots, they can play training mode or a singleplayer game.
    - Hazard Zone: tried it once. Will never play it again.
    - Battlefield Portal is a good idea but as i expected, it will not work out well: most servers are crap with settings you dont want to play. Then the second issue is, that if you find a good server, the chance is high that its not there anymore next time you want to play it. Cause the server are shutting down if nobody is playing on it. So you can not have a dedicaded server in ur favorite list where mostly the same people are playing together. Portal is for some fun modes for in-between. But nothing serious in the long run
    - Did i say that they killed the whole team- and squadplay ? ....

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    Positive (reason i give 1 point for the score):

    - Awesome big maps. Gives you a great oldschool Battlefield atmosphere.
    - Graphics looks mostly amazing.
    - Good battle atmosphere. Thats what we love when it comes to Battlefield.    … Expand
  5. Comrade2k7
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Absolutely terrible. I have nothing good to say about this game. Awful gameplay
    Awful design
    Buggy
    Not a technical advance.
  6. Someone511
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is very good, but I hope to fix server problems quickly ,It is also worth trying because it still sticks to its origins… Expand
  7. Bushido95
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Скучно, банально, неинтересно это всё про 2042. Гейм дизайн невероятный кал.
  8. MrArmagheddon2
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    A perfect example of chasing trends and forgetting what makes something great in the first place. 2042 attempts to mix the sandbox style of combat of previous titles with aspects of free-to-play games and hero shooters like Fortnite and Apex. The result is a mess of ideas that fail to capture the immersion and atmosphere of past Battlefield titles, while also missing the mark on the socialA perfect example of chasing trends and forgetting what makes something great in the first place. 2042 attempts to mix the sandbox style of combat of previous titles with aspects of free-to-play games and hero shooters like Fortnite and Apex. The result is a mess of ideas that fail to capture the immersion and atmosphere of past Battlefield titles, while also missing the mark on the social aspect and competitive elements that make Apex and Fortnite enjoyable. Top that with a horde of bugs along with limited content and you have the conditions that make the game an extremely frustrating experience on all fronts.… Expand
  9. nurfedx
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Absolute dumpster fire and an Insult to every BF-Veteran. Even worse than BF5. DONT BUY!
  10. hex1c
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    - No classes
    - Wide open maps with no cover
    - Maps are too big and turns the game into a running simulator - No scoreboard - No changing squads - No changing teams - Awful hit registration - Awful random bullet deviation - Broken hover tank that can scale walls and harder to blow up than a tank. - Bug that won't allow you to re-deploy when you die. You have to leave the game. - Bug that    - No classes
    - Wide open maps with no cover
    - Maps are too big and turns the game into a running simulator
    - No scoreboard
    - No changing squads
    - No changing teams
    - Awful hit registration
    - Awful random bullet deviation
    - Broken hover tank that can scale walls and harder to blow up than a tank.
    - Bug that won't allow you to re-deploy when you die. You have to leave the game.
    - Bug that will show your team mates as enemies and they can knife you to death
    - Only 22 weapons, of which 2 are actually good.
    - Attachments unlocked that are cosmetic only.
    - Some attachments do the opposite of what the description gives.
    - XP disabled in custom portal games
    - Attachment progression disabled in AoW Solo / Squad matches.
    - Crashes and disconnects
    - Persistence data error that makes the game unplayable.
    - Only two modes on 7 maps for AoW that feels like you are playing wide open fields.
    - Control points in breakthrough mode on top of skyscrapers what can't be captured because there are 11 vehicles on top.
    - Hit registration, or lack there of. You will dump an entire clip into an enemies back to have them turn around and kill you.
    - You can get in a vehicle and shoot and kill yourself because the animation still has you outside of the vehicle.
    - Crap FPS on the highest end systems. Changing the settings makes virtually no difference.
    - No stats page
    - No server browser
    - Lobby disbands after every game, no carryover
    - No distinctions between factions except the glow stick colors. Soldiers around the world wear glow sticks to make themselves unseen to the enemy. Sometimes you see the Betty White specialist kill the other Betty White specialist who is then revived by the Betty White specialist.
    - When you spawn in you are forced into an animation of chambering a round that you can't avoid. If you spawn near an enemy, you are dead.
    - Not nearly enough destruction.
    - Can't change the scale of the UI, or the zoom of the minimap.
    - No all chat
    - No bullet damage on hit, this goes for vehicle hits too.
    - Finding yourself on the map or the mini-map can be... challenging.
    - You can't dive under water but...
    - You can fall through the map
    - Portal
    - No single player campaign that was left out to focus on the multiplayer.
    - No spectator mode
    - No community servers
    - No test range
    - No 3d spotting
    - No contextual leaning
    - No crouch sprinting
    - No scope zeroing
    - No tiered or paused reloads
    - No melee weapon choices
    - No thermal optics in the future
    - No Claymores
    - No first person takedowns which are different based on positioning.
    - No naval vehicles
    - No gunner direction indicator - No TV missles - No vehicle kill assists. Do 95% of the damage... Well, too bad. - No in-game VOIP at launch - No static weapon emplacements - No infantry focus maps. You will get farmed by vehicles. - UI sucks ass.    … Expand
  11. gothburz
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    There is nothing Battlefield about this title. It’s a failed attempt to jump on the CoD Warzone/Operator, Apex One, and Fortnite bandwagon. Do yourself a favor and read all the missing features on Reddit before deciding to buy. DICE is a joke now, instead of implementing core features we love about battlefield they decided to focus on cheesy specialists and out of place voice lines.There is nothing Battlefield about this title. It’s a failed attempt to jump on the CoD Warzone/Operator, Apex One, and Fortnite bandwagon. Do yourself a favor and read all the missing features on Reddit before deciding to buy. DICE is a joke now, instead of implementing core features we love about battlefield they decided to focus on cheesy specialists and out of place voice lines. Battlefield is DEAD!… Expand
  12. Zekis
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Its like it went backwards. BF3 and BF4 was better 10 times. Basic EA money hoarding
  13. Wharris1985
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    Game is really bad right now. You can empty entire magazines into people from point blank range and not hit a single shot. Same player will turn around and kill you with one shot. The only gun other than a sniper rifle that is reliable is the pp25. There is no scoreboard? From what I read it's to prevent people from getting their feelings hurt? I thought battlefield was a COMPETITIVEGame is really bad right now. You can empty entire magazines into people from point blank range and not hit a single shot. Same player will turn around and kill you with one shot. The only gun other than a sniper rifle that is reliable is the pp25. There is no scoreboard? From what I read it's to prevent people from getting their feelings hurt? I thought battlefield was a COMPETITIVE SHOOTER. Im. Not playing battlefield when I dont know my kd ratio or deaths from kills. The sound is horrible. I don't know how many times I've been killed by a tank that magically appears behind me. I say magically becUze they mKe zero noise. I guess they are stealth tanks? The scoreboard thing is what I hate the most. It's such a stupid reason to not give people the ability to see stats.… Expand
  14. Teemomere1234
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    沒看過這麼糟糕的優化
    3080ti開2K還會掉FPS到6X
    放棄了戰地5就為了做出這坨狗屎
    槍械打擊感還輸同個月出的先鋒
  15. lrg4you
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Its just a dissapointment, what a shame ,what a shame, i never believed that i returned to Battlefield 4, back when devs KNOW how to develope a game, this game is unfinished,full of bugs, and simply those Dice stupid dev wont just listen to players.
  16. Fourzero
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    What an embarrasment. Awful performance, even on high end systems.

    The game doesn't even have a scoreboard. Can't chat with the enemy. No interesting unlocks for the vehicles. No Thermal, APS, TV Missile, ECM - all gone. We have downgraded from BF4. Tanks have input lag in first person but if you zoom in it goes away. Of course they will never fix that. Jets are useless. Sundance is    What an embarrasment. Awful performance, even on high end systems.

    The game doesn't even have a scoreboard. Can't chat with the enemy. No interesting unlocks for the vehicles. No Thermal, APS, TV Missile, ECM - all gone. We have downgraded from BF4. Tanks have input lag in first person but if you zoom in it goes away. Of course they will never fix that.

    Jets are useless. Sundance is overpowered and the only operator worth using because you can fly for a very long time. The map design is atrociously bad. Open, flat maps with barely any cover - a running simulator. Gunplay is very bad - the bullets don't go where you are aiming at and the hitreg is pathetic. The gunplay in the beta was enjoyable but now it's broken. The sound in this game is also not doing it for me, something is missing. The game looks very bad on low on some maps.

    Overall very disappointed. The game added nothing new that is worth mentioning but we lost a million features. The game is trying to be Apex Legends, Call of Duty, Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch and a bit of Battlefield - all at the same time. Jack of all trades - master of none.

    Would not recommend. Save your money and revisit in 6++++ months, but even then, don't expect anything because the core of this game is rotten and they'll never commit to fixing that or admit that they should've delayed the game for 1 more year.    … Expand
  17. AustinS
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    First but not most importantly, an insane number of bugs, it's become completely common for me that anything I interact with in the game may or may not work the way it did the last time I used it this alone wouldn't be enough for me to leave a bad review, but it is enough for me to say wait 8 months to a year before intending to buy.
    SI've put nearly 50 hours in already trying to love this    First but not most importantly, an insane number of bugs, it's become completely common for me that anything I interact with in the game may or may not work the way it did the last time I used it this alone wouldn't be enough for me to leave a bad review, but it is enough for me to say wait 8 months to a year before intending to buy.
    SI've put nearly 50 hours in already trying to love this game, but trying has made me downright depressed with the franchise I loved.
    Secondly and most importantly. The design decisions feel like some suits told a bunch of programmers to just include all the features of all the hot games right now.
    The specialist system is terrible. The removal of the ubiquitous class system is a travesty and removes one of the core ingredients of every battlefield game ingredients of every battlefield game. Making it so that anyone can equip any combination of weapons and equipment devalues squad planning and gameplay and promotes individual action over team action. The eight giddy happy-go-lucky personality characters removes from the epic feeling of a living breathing battlefield and turns everything you do into a silly joke. "I destroyed 16 vehicles that match? teehee dont be mad you just wish you were as good as me!"
    I miss the voice lines that sounded like actual war cries from a war zone. They also removed almost every feature that made battlefield an easy to navigate fun game that supported all types of people. Sure it has portal which is the only cool decision they made. But that doesn't account for how they've killed the actual feel of the franchise.
    This game has so many issues both in design and execution I could ramble on for hours.
    Move the specialist to hazard zone where they belong and make perfect sense but give us back our standard soldiers with minimal customization and light to moderate personality give us back classes so there are pros and cons to your decisions and you have to try to work with your team. We all had grown to love the rock paper scissors of different classes and different vehicles now everything just feels like a homogeneous hodgepodge of mediocrity.    … Expand
  18. Zeercos
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Horrible, the worst battlefield i've ever played... so much regretions
    The sound, graphics, gameplay, battlefield identity, specialist... all is very bad.
  19. Alekmosq1995
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    The servers is so bad, we has lag, high ping and you lost package its imposible to play
  20. matrixxd
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Tone-deaf developers, this will be the last Battlefield game I ever purchase. At least Activision listens to their consumer base
  21. MalechiE
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    i don't know how this is back to the roots from Battlefield.... This is call of duty
  22. k3dv
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    This game is a huge disappointment.

    No classes
    No scoreboard
    No "all" chat
    Weapon selection isn't good
    Empty feeling maps

    Unpolished and unfinished. Tons of performance issues. Don't buy, not yet at least.
  23. Wirewisk
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    Poorly designed maps with random cables throughout the land since in 20 years we will be zip lining to everything. Tornado's rip through the map I'd guess about 85% of the time, supposedly because the cows don't stop farting in the next 20 years. Can't leave your assigned squad I don't think, I haven't found a way. Less destructible maps than BF4 which speaking of BF4, I'm trying toPoorly designed maps with random cables throughout the land since in 20 years we will be zip lining to everything. Tornado's rip through the map I'd guess about 85% of the time, supposedly because the cows don't stop farting in the next 20 years. Can't leave your assigned squad I don't think, I haven't found a way. Less destructible maps than BF4 which speaking of BF4, I'm trying to figure out why we don't all just go back to that. It's a far superior game. Let's all just log back into BF4.… Expand
  24. Borisvy
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    O jogo está uma bela de uma porcaria. Joguei todos os Battlefields e esse foi sem duvida, de longe o pior. Jogo totalmente desbalanceado, todos os veículos são extremamente fortes, não tem como um soldado bater contra mas nem a pau. O personagens não tomam tiro. Voce atira de lmg,, mais de 50 tiros e nenhum pega no inimigo, todos os tiros atravessam. A otimização do jogo está outraO jogo está uma bela de uma porcaria. Joguei todos os Battlefields e esse foi sem duvida, de longe o pior. Jogo totalmente desbalanceado, todos os veículos são extremamente fortes, não tem como um soldado bater contra mas nem a pau. O personagens não tomam tiro. Voce atira de lmg,, mais de 50 tiros e nenhum pega no inimigo, todos os tiros atravessam. A otimização do jogo está outra porcaria, tem um pc muito bom, com peças atuais e o jogo esta rodando com quedas frequentes de frame, principalmente em momentos em que estou atirando. A bazuca do jogo kkkkkkkkkk essa ai nem tenho o que falar. Acho que seu pegar a pistola, da mais dano que essa porra. Que jogo horrivel cara. Já estava imaginando algo assim quando vi o tamanho do jogo. bfv pesando mais de 100gb e sem dlc nenhuma. Jogabilidade muito boa, jogos até que balanceados e da gosto jogar, a movimentação do personagem não parece um pastel ambulante. Ai esse bf ai com 45gb kkkkkkkkkkk com os modos e mapas dos bf antigos no portal. Os cara meio que cagaram muito. Deviam ter prorrogado mais o jogo e refazer essa bagaça do zero. Quem ta começando a jogar. 5 ARMAS, 5, CINCOOOOO meu deus do ceu 300 conto pra isso????????? Nunca mais me atrevo a comprar um jogo da EA na pré-venda. Se tiver reembolso, farei com todo prazer… Expand
  25. SilverOrlov
    Nov 19, 2021
    4
    (+) Amazing graphics and interesting weather mechanics.
    (-) There is a customization of weapons, but too stripped down, and some things differ only in appearance/skin... ...bugs... weapon balance - zero(it can shoot chaotic everywhere in an aiming zone/) ...HUGE maps. VERY HUGE maps. It was extremely unnecessary.
  26. BuriedBacon
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    What a pure joke. Non binary characters with cartoon-like apperance, cringe lanes after and in the game itself, only a few weapons, no scoreboards, buggy af scopes and attachments to the weapons, unbalanced weapons af (Bizon-like SMG, you know what I mean) laggy servers, no chat. Pure joke and clown-fest once again fresh outta EA factory.
  27. PrimeGlaz
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    Save your money and get a different game. I got this with my new GPU and still feel ripped off. Its the traditional EA release so of course its buggy. DON'T PLAY THIS GAME
  28. limpchrisdude
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    They should have delayed for another 9 months. This is an example of AAA games is all about money. Only company I trust in 2021 is FromSoft for making complete games. It's a shame what video game industry has become. It's all about money. Quick money. No heart, no soul.
  29. SoulessSenpaii
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    Locked in about 10 hours of play in early access.
    Game is a broken mess with no clear identity, tries to play with new trends just to attract new people but leaves the veteran players to a "demo" of past games, with that said, Portal is a great addition but it's not enough to waste $60-$110 and just stick into one game mode.. It's just not worth it.
    Hazard Zone is hot trash, that is all.    Locked in about 10 hours of play in early access.
    Game is a broken mess with no clear identity, tries to play with new trends just to attract new people but leaves the veteran players to a "demo" of past games, with that said, Portal is a great addition but it's not enough to waste $60-$110 and just stick into one game mode.. It's just not worth it.
    Hazard Zone is hot trash, that is all.
    Like I said before, the game lost all it's identity, it shouldn't even be called "Battlefield" anymore.
    Besides that the myriad of things EA DICE has decided to cut from the game it's just foolish and laziness at it's highest.
    I cannot and will not support this game anymore, not in the state it is right now.
    And for those who just say "Just wait 6-12 months and it'll be fine and dandy" it's not a good enough excuse, game should've been delayed 6-12 months if that would've made it better.
    You screwed over your community, and nothing will redeem you.    … Expand
  30. WinnerChicDinne
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Bad Bad bad. Not stable. Bad graphic. Bad Sound. High PC GPU and CPU requirement. Glitches, soooo many glitches. The dev needs to fix this game, it is not a AAA game at the current stage!!! Not even a good and enjoyable game at this stage.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 74 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  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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