Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 4,004 out of 4864
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  1. HellaTactical
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    Only giving it a 2 because I'm still trying to like it, but it's so bad.... like I literally re-download bf4 so I could play a good battlefield game again. Changing the 2 to a 1 mid review because I'm just so severely disappointed with everything from game play to maps and graphics. They took everything away.

    Couple months later update, game still sucks.
  2. CutieMac
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    Broken, unfinished, an absolute disgrace to the battlefield series.

    Game developers such as DICE/EA need to be held legally accountable for the amount of money they charge for games that have not even been finished.
  3. DrunKingMasta
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Absolutely disgusting, its not even close to a battlefield, i don't even think its gonna be so bad, sad i spend 100$ on this, its a broken game, no battlefield mechanicks, long empty maps, stupid system with a specialists, portal very poor, hazard zone gonna die in 2 months, if i wanna play warzone i will go in warzone, but greedy Ea want to take some pie from Activision
  4. Dreedwe
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    Estou decepcionado!!! O jogo começa rodando bem sem lag, depois trava nas partes de tiroteio, com você morrendo para o inimigo as vezes a tela fica preta e não carrega mais nada. Outra o jogo trava e fecha sozinho ou volta para o menu. É inacreditável ver um jogo com esse preço, com qualidade tão baixa. É simplesmente jogar e se estressar. Pena que não posso mais devolver o jogo e ter meuEstou decepcionado!!! O jogo começa rodando bem sem lag, depois trava nas partes de tiroteio, com você morrendo para o inimigo as vezes a tela fica preta e não carrega mais nada. Outra o jogo trava e fecha sozinho ou volta para o menu. É inacreditável ver um jogo com esse preço, com qualidade tão baixa. É simplesmente jogar e se estressar. Pena que não posso mais devolver o jogo e ter meu dinheiro de volta.… Expand
  5. Hoptor
    Nov 25, 2021
    1
    Ist mein erstes Battlefield,habe mich schon sehr darauf gefreut aber mich hat das Spiel nur enttäuscht.
  6. n4cholibre
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    Honestly, its ridiculous what they've tried to pass off as Battlefield.

    In a nutshell, we're missing so much, and we're having a bad experience; -lack of content in the base game, -maps that are too big, -weapon 'bloom' that makes weapons useless, -poor hitmarker registration, -OP vehicles, -weird crashes, -sparsely populated maps with no cover, -lack of destroyable buildings,    Honestly, its ridiculous what they've tried to pass off as Battlefield.

    In a nutshell, we're missing so much, and we're having a bad experience;

    -lack of content in the base game,
    -maps that are too big,
    -weapon 'bloom' that makes weapons useless,
    -poor hitmarker registration,
    -OP vehicles,
    -weird crashes,
    -sparsely populated maps with no cover,
    -lack of destroyable buildings,
    -no proper scoreboard,
    -terrible UI,
    -terrible voice acting (I thought this was supposed to be a brutal and gritty take on the near future and climate crisis?)
    -long, unskippable intro and outros to every game
    -no server browser for 2042
    -stupid specialist system (just give us classes!)
    -no squad settings or ability to create new squads
    -no team swapping
    -terrible spawn points near locations that put you out in the open ready to be slammed by a hovercraft or some other OP vehicle
    -etc. etc.

    Its just not good and not worth preordering/buying right now. Maybe it'll get better in 4-6 months. I hope it does. But they have a long road ahead of them, and they're not getting a dime out of me until they deliver on what they promised.

    I had 35+ hours on steam and managed to refund it anyway thanks to steams T&Cs on unreleased games. I didn't come to this conclusion lightly; I really tried to give it a chance. But like their 'day 1 patch' that they released today, its underwhelming and frankly disappointing. Avoid.    … Expand
  7. ClementElement
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    I've been from technical test to final game, i stop playing after 3 hours for the final game, dev giving excuse of months old build, yet final game also not completed. I played BF2, BF2142, BC2, BF4, BF1, BFV, non of it giving me bad expectation, only this BF2042 giving me bad expectation, very bad performance, lack of content, lack of UI visual, lack of basic feature, lack of BF1 immerseI've been from technical test to final game, i stop playing after 3 hours for the final game, dev giving excuse of months old build, yet final game also not completed. I played BF2, BF2142, BC2, BF4, BF1, BFV, non of it giving me bad expectation, only this BF2042 giving me bad expectation, very bad performance, lack of content, lack of UI visual, lack of basic feature, lack of BF1 immerse feeling, lack of BFV movements. They just waste years to scrap and create an non battlefield game. Watch how Halo did? they gave us free near polished game yet calling it beta, 2042 such a shame to a AAA title.… Expand
  8. Fresh833
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    Missing a whole load of features from previous titles, this game has cemented the fact that dice and EA no longer care about their loyal fans. After toting the fact that dice was trying to return to what made battlefield great, what we actually got was a a game unlike any battlefield ever. I'm convinced this is not a battlefield game. Not even worth buying once the million bugs are fixed.
  9. KillerMarmoset
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    A supreme disappointment. After spending $110(refunded thankfully) on the ultimate edition, I feel robbed. This game is bare bones, unfinished, and just a chore to play. The hit registration is abysmal, bullet spread is broken, servers barely stay up, maps are empty and barren the specialist classes make no sense to travel across each and every faction/country. Why are the RussianA supreme disappointment. After spending $110(refunded thankfully) on the ultimate edition, I feel robbed. This game is bare bones, unfinished, and just a chore to play. The hit registration is abysmal, bullet spread is broken, servers barely stay up, maps are empty and barren the specialist classes make no sense to travel across each and every faction/country. Why are the Russian specialists the same as the American ones?
    Weapon choice is disappointing, and overall, the game just seems like a large scale call of duty clone. Which is sad.    … Expand
  10. AmonoxNeo
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Verstehe nicht warum per Zufall entschieden wird ob man ein Schuss triff oder nicht. Das sogenannte Blooming ist so ein nutzloses Feature und soll Schlechte Spieler nicht ganz so dumm dastehen lassen aber gute Spiel werden einfach dadurch benachteiligt. Es gibt noch viele andere Kritik Punkte aber das könnt ihr euch ja selber auf GameStar.de mal durchlesen.
    Meine Empfehlung lasst die    Verstehe nicht warum per Zufall entschieden wird ob man ein Schuss triff oder nicht. Das sogenannte Blooming ist so ein nutzloses Feature und soll Schlechte Spieler nicht ganz so dumm dastehen lassen aber gute Spiel werden einfach dadurch benachteiligt. Es gibt noch viele andere Kritik Punkte aber das könnt ihr euch ja selber auf GameStar.de mal durchlesen.
    Meine Empfehlung lasst die Finger von dem Spiel bzw kauft es euch wenn es im Angebot ist für 30€.    … Expand
  11. nickfoles
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Anyone giving this game a rating for portal is being very disingenuous. Ratings for Portal belong on the games that 2042 copy and pasted from, not on 2042.

    As for 2042, at this point, don't buy this game. There are 5 major reasons, in my opinion, why a fan of Battlefield should not buy this game: 1) Hero characters instead of classes. Yes, Sundance's wingsuit is fun, and I'm glad    Anyone giving this game a rating for portal is being very disingenuous. Ratings for Portal belong on the games that 2042 copy and pasted from, not on 2042.

    As for 2042, at this point, don't buy this game. There are 5 major reasons, in my opinion, why a fan of Battlefield should not buy this game:

    1) Hero characters instead of classes.

    Yes, Sundance's wingsuit is fun, and I'm glad it's in the game. But the classes were what made Battlefield its own game, and not CoD. You play CoD for the mindless zerg-strat shoot em up matches, but Battlefield was always supposed to be about rewarding the strategy. Players who focused on a support role in the past would be amply rewarded, even though they didn't necessarily engage in much gunplay. That type of gameplay is what Battlefield has always been - until 2042.

    2) Gunplay issues.

    There have been tweets from devs about gunplay being fixed in the future, but we have absolutely no specifics as to what they plan on changing, or when they plan to make the changes. Some guns have virtually no bloom and virtually no recoil, while other guns are shooting all over the place. Gun fights right now are mostly about just getting lucky. A reticle on an enemy is no guarantee, even on the first shot.

    3) Maps are awkwardly large.

    The maps are clearly sized for a battle royale, where you can land, maybe engage in some combat, but then have some downtime before engaging with enemies who landed in other areas. This is where Sundance shines with the wingsuit. It's lots of running and lots of downtime. You could run for 5+ minutes in all of these maps and not even be close to another character. Some may see that as a positive, but I see that as a negative. In my opinion, shooters - whether strategy based or not - are still about conflicts. Having maps that are too large takes the conflict out of a game about war.

    4) Vehicles are way too heavily overturned.

    The hovercrafts are hilarious to drive, and guaranteed death if you run into one in the wild. Rockets are terrible, so infantry just have to hope their teammates are able to win aerial combat, which is a real struggle if the pilot is on PC due to the controls. So if you are a PC player who wants to play this game, make sure you remap to something more comfortable.

    5) Lack of transparency.

    The Day 1 patch was what many people looked to for some fixes to the gunplay, vehicles, or other random, gamebreaking bugs. A few bugs were fixed, but the gunplay, vehicles, and virtually every other random, gamebreaking bug remained in the game. There is no word as to what will be fixed in the next patch, or if any fixes may come sooner than expected, and we don't know what Dice is focused on fixing. Without knowing that they're focusing on the major issues in this game, there's no reason to actually buy this game.

    If you're going to remove dozens of features from your game franchise, and take out the single player to focus on multiplayer, you really have to hit a homerun. Falling back on the typical "Battlefield launches are always buggy!" doesn't work when a lot of the issues revolve around major game design decisions that cannot be patched out.

    With all of the negative parts out of the way, I'll end this with two ways to have fun in this game:

    1) Run with a full squad. The gunplay doesn't matter if it's 2v1, 3v1, or 4v1. You can overcome the horrible aiming systems, and terrible hit registration by multiplying the number of people shooting at the enemy.

    2) Use Sundance, and use SMGs. SMGs are currently broken, and the wingsuit is really fun. I wish it were a perk to use on a normal battlefield class instead of a hero character, but if EA just wants to make another version of CoD, at least they got one single thing working well. Collapse    … Expand
  12. BADDIGGER
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Apexfield of Duty! The pursuit of fashion trends has turned the game into an unfinished garbage dump. It's a mixture of **** with **** give it back to us BF!!!!
  13. nichtmehrsov
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    This game is an absolute disappointment.

    The true spirit of battlefield died in this game. No chat, No Scoreboard, almost no weapons (4 ARs?), Overpowered Vehicles, Hovercrafts that run over and kill infantery with ease. Spawns are bad so you can get literally spawn camped - this has never happened in a battlefield. The game is lagging on no matter what gaming rig. The maps are    This game is an absolute disappointment.

    The true spirit of battlefield died in this game.
    No chat, No Scoreboard, almost no weapons (4 ARs?), Overpowered Vehicles, Hovercrafts that run over and kill infantery with ease.

    Spawns are bad so you can get literally spawn camped - this has never happened in a battlefield.
    The game is lagging on no matter what gaming rig.

    The maps are so void of detail, it hurts.

    This game is the worst Battlefield entry ever    … Expand
  14. Rabotic
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Last Battlefield for me. This release is more broken than Cyberpunk 2077. For 100 $ Gold edition you got nothing. A lot of bugs and bad performance. Maybe you can get it for 10$ in 1 year and everything is fixed.
  15. racku
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    What a load of poo this game is, the only thing worth playing is the portal part with classic preset but with limited amount of maps it's gonna get boring soon, Specialists?! What was wrong with traditional class system, what was wrong with being able to have 5 man squad, why no commander? no all chat?
    No scoreboard? No map zoom!? UI is clumsy af ,and good luck getting all of your friends    What a load of poo this game is, the only thing worth playing is the portal part with classic preset but with limited amount of maps it's gonna get boring soon, Specialists?! What was wrong with traditional class system, what was wrong with being able to have 5 man squad, why no commander? no all chat?
    No scoreboard? No map zoom!? UI is clumsy af ,and good luck getting all of your friends on the same server    … Expand
  16. punkypie
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    To those who bought this - ask for a refund.

    It`s so bad that it makes me want to play Battlefield 2 instead, a game 20years older.

    Even with a half-decent rig and 100mbps internet connection, the game lags, twitches and struggles.

    10 hours of freeplay? I already wasted 1.5hrs, will not waste any more.
  17. Killingtyme50
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    The amount of missing features and bugs are staggering. Map design is poor with no cover, no flow and little meaningful destruction. Do not buy.
  18. Cerwantes
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Bad grafiks, bad Performance, high price, too much players (128) and only 25 guns. The worst battlefield all time
  19. Berserker8888
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    For now and if the dev don't do anything it s really Bad no sensation no score and poor optimized...
    So sad..
  20. Omar_Indeed
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    What an embarrassing mess. The developers had ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD to make a game without crazy glitches, graphical errors, good gameplay. What they delivered is on par with some third-rate game studio‘s debut effort in ALPHA stage. Utterly ridiculous, and no fun to play.
  21. ShifterPro
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    1 for the work, they ve lot of times to make a great BF, but it was a dream, the concept of this game is idiot because they don t make campaign because they know who are good in mutligameplay, but not this time mate, 2 modes in mutli Rush AND CONQUEST !! Seriously !!
    Ok 128people fighting but lot of vehicles they break the games and more. This game is not finish and they missed the    1 for the work, they ve lot of times to make a great BF, but it was a dream, the concept of this game is idiot because they don t make campaign because they know who are good in mutligameplay, but not this time mate, 2 modes in mutli Rush AND CONQUEST !! Seriously !!
    Ok 128people fighting but lot of vehicles they break the games and more. This game is not finish and they missed the multigameplay too many hovercraft which are like chars    … Expand
  22. Qutek21
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 'Battlefield 6' Will Be "A Love Letter To Fans", Says EA.......NOT.

    Don’t waste your money on this.    … Expand
  23. txponto
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    If you're a fan of BC2, you will not be a fan of this garbage can. How does it look and perform WORSE than game released in 2010??? Unreal.
  24. Ralla
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    These days games are just a scam, a big promise a lot of hype accumulate, thank god we had the beta i didnt buy the game, only paid 15 dollar with EA pro game is not worth just go on reddit and see the clips... maybe in 2 years it will be worth?
  25. samuelschoon
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Battlefield 2042? more like this game is bad for you!

    I feel like I don't even need to put anything here, everyone knows how bad this game is. it's just sad
  26. Aquw
    Feb 25, 2022
    1
    Such a bad game, full of bugs bad maps stupid hero system . What a waste of money
  27. Buffalobriin
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    If this were a repeat of the absolute failure to launch that BFV had been it would be twice the game it is now. The only positive note I can really share is that the games graphics are nice. Everything else is an absolutely half baked, poorly implemented experience that almost feels like a money grab, despite knowing seeing just how much money was wasted on development. The gun play is aIf this were a repeat of the absolute failure to launch that BFV had been it would be twice the game it is now. The only positive note I can really share is that the games graphics are nice. Everything else is an absolutely half baked, poorly implemented experience that almost feels like a money grab, despite knowing seeing just how much money was wasted on development. The gun play is a horrific experience, that feels like an rng gamble for hit registration. User interface is disgusting and almost unreadable. The levels themselves are the largest we’ve seen yet, and even with twice the player count are barren masses of land with few points of action. The game is missing nearly all of the features that have classically made Battlefield what it is, destruction, class defined load out, TEAM PLAY!
    Vehicles absolutely dominate the game, with almost no meaningful way to defend or oppose them.
    I honestly cannot believe that this project was approved for publication. Do not listen to the YouTuber’s and game journalist’s who have clearly been paid to endorse this game. It’s not worth the purchase, and in its current state wouldn’t be worthy of a $30 price of admission.    … Expand
  28. shoxpox
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Can’t believe it has gotten to this point. This is the most watered down Battlefield to date. This game is missing so many battlefield features that I don’t even know where to begin. The game doesn’t perform well, lacks content, and includes several eye-opening bugs and glitches. You don’t release a game in this state. I paid $100 for what? Please go online and look for the list of bugsCan’t believe it has gotten to this point. This is the most watered down Battlefield to date. This game is missing so many battlefield features that I don’t even know where to begin. The game doesn’t perform well, lacks content, and includes several eye-opening bugs and glitches. You don’t release a game in this state. I paid $100 for what? Please go online and look for the list of bugs along with the list of features stripped from this game. The tornadoes are so unnecessary and they should’ve spent the time and effort in other areas. I don’t usually leave reviews and I didn’t even have my own metacritic account until now. I am just so disappointed in this franchise that ive been following from the start (BF1942).… Expand
  29. DooM3000
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    O jogo acabou com sua identidade ao tentar copiar COD.
    Sistema de classes foi dizimado assim como muitos equipamentos referente a suas classes.
    Não ha variedades de veiculos. Não ha variedades de armas/acessórios. Armas completamente desbalanceada. Skins extramatente fracas e horrorosas. Dublagem/roteiro ridículo! Parecem que estavam fazendo para um publico da disney. Sistemas    O jogo acabou com sua identidade ao tentar copiar COD.
    Sistema de classes foi dizimado assim como muitos equipamentos referente a suas classes.
    Não ha variedades de veiculos.
    Não ha variedades de armas/acessórios.
    Armas completamente desbalanceada.
    Skins extramatente fracas e horrorosas.
    Dublagem/roteiro ridículo! Parecem que estavam fazendo para um publico da disney.
    Sistemas básicos como : Placar, chat geral, voip squad, estatisticas e hit marck simplismente não exite.
    Torreta e o Ranger quebram a dinamica do jogo (Range muito longo, tem muito dano e são muito resistentes) simplismente não da pra conquistar uma base sozinho.
    Mapas são gigantes e vazio! NÃO TEM LUGAR PRA VC SE ABRIGAR E DAR O TIRO. O map é um campo aberto e não há lugar para se proteger de um sniper ou DMR.
    Mapas quase nada é destrutivo, e a maioria dos levolution são muito fracos.
    Muito map mal otimisado, game é muito pesado.
    Não tem modos básido de jogos como: TDM,Papture the flag,Rush, etc..
    Não tem servidores privados.

    Em fim EA e a DICE se perderam. Essa série vai ter o mesmo destino de Medal of Honor.    … Expand
  30. Rymarii
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Enttäuschend :/
    Schlechte und sehr weitläufiges Maps
    Lieblose Menüführung
    Liebloses personalisiern von Klassen
    Kein Reiz zum Leveln
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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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