Battlefield 2042

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  1. lothiavela
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    i usually never rate a game here but this time.....

    AVOID THIS GAME, everything is wrong with it. It will take so development to explain but this is not a battlefield.
  2. ToxicGent
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Technical: Menus are clunky, the game just won't launch sometimes, and constantly encountering lagging enemies that teleport. Casual hit registration, so don't expect the shots that land to hit.. Game: the maps are way too open and you'll get shot from the enemy spawn. The buildings don't seem to destroy as easily as past games which is disappointing. Playing on ea play pro because theTechnical: Menus are clunky, the game just won't launch sometimes, and constantly encountering lagging enemies that teleport. Casual hit registration, so don't expect the shots that land to hit.. Game: the maps are way too open and you'll get shot from the enemy spawn. The buildings don't seem to destroy as easily as past games which is disappointing. Playing on ea play pro because the game is definitely not worth that price tag. As a solo players, the experience is lacking alot. The early access release thing is also dumb. Not to mention the lack of a scoreboard or the little selection in guns.… Expand
  3. 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.
  4. DrD00m
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Yet another botched release of a so called Triple-A game. Bugs, glitches, terrible perfomance despite good hardware.
    I just hope people will begin to push back against this trend of companies, treating their customers as beta testers.
  5. jaff
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Absolutely bad.
    No server browser. No scoreboard.
    No classes.
    Weapons are bad, you just have like 2 guns that you use.
    I hate the new attachment system as well.
    The game is basically everything bad in one bundle.
    The time to kill is soooo bad.
    I pre-ordered the ultimate edition and I should've refunded it when I got the chance.
    0/10 would never recommend.
  6. therealstorey
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    Why is this called Battlefield? You've stripped away any identity it had, implemented it poorly and have alienated everyone in the process. Where do they come up with these ideas? We'll take the most popular games and just mimic what they are doing and then call it Battlefield? What a mess this is. Not to mention every recent Battlefield release went through most of these issues. They haveWhy is this called Battlefield? You've stripped away any identity it had, implemented it poorly and have alienated everyone in the process. Where do they come up with these ideas? We'll take the most popular games and just mimic what they are doing and then call it Battlefield? What a mess this is. Not to mention every recent Battlefield release went through most of these issues. They have a recipe for disaster and they keep using it.… Expand
  7. bartcbem
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Technical mess design by ignorant people who are so detached from BF community they forgot what this game is about. Absolute disgrace but sadly expected from today's AAA company.
  8. frcjasonc
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    terrible, shouldn't have been released.

    - Hazard zone was boring DURING the first match
    - Glitchy as hell
    - Sound is awful

    Avoid at all cost and get your money back they should know better than to release this hot mess
  9. crysthianlube
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Pior battlefield já lançado, gráficos horríveis, jogabilidade ruim, otimização péssima, enfim, isso não é um jogo é um lixo, to falando lixo pra ser educado.
  10. Imperius147
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    pro+
    + portal mode
    + graphic but ... cons- - graphic glitch - EA not learn form the past , Frostbite is s***t engine - bugs - no story campaign - no destructions - no classes - few weapon - no customization - no team switching - no squad switching - terrible sound - UI is horrific - no scoreboard - ingame weapon modulation is sniper camping fest - ground slide - the    pro+
    + portal mode
    + graphic but ...

    cons-
    - graphic glitch
    - EA not learn form the past , Frostbite is s***t engine
    - bugs
    - no story campaign
    - no destructions
    - no classes
    - few weapon
    - no customization
    - no team switching
    - no squad switching
    - terrible sound
    - UI is horrific
    - no scoreboard
    - ingame weapon modulation is sniper camping fest
    - ground slide
    - the same specialists on both sides

    This game is even worse than Sh****ield V.    … Expand
  11. GodsProxy
    Nov 14, 2021
    4
    Boring uninspired mess of a game. Visually stunning which is the only really good thing about the game. Audio is garbage, you cannot tell if the foot steps are five feet away of 50. An enemy tank can be right beside you and sound like its off in the distance.

    The maps are far too large and open. Trying to play on foot is aggravating, you just turn into vehicle fodder. Mechanically    Boring uninspired mess of a game. Visually stunning which is the only really good thing about the game. Audio is garbage, you cannot tell if the foot steps are five feet away of 50. An enemy tank can be right beside you and sound like its off in the distance.

    The maps are far too large and open. Trying to play on foot is aggravating, you just turn into vehicle fodder.

    Mechanically the gun play is in a terrible state with bullet bloom.

    No much positive to say, all the negative has already been said.    … Expand
  12. mrgucci
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    As a fan of the series since the first game, with thousands of hours in bf4/bf1/bfv, I have to say this release is a bad joke.

    Listing all issues with this game is a bit pointless, you can google them or go to reddit/watch some videos. If you feel adventerous, play the game yourself although i do not recommend it. Main issues are: Performance on a high end PC is just abysmal, low    As a fan of the series since the first game, with thousands of hours in bf4/bf1/bfv, I have to say this release is a bad joke.

    Listing all issues with this game is a bit pointless, you can google them or go to reddit/watch some videos. If you feel adventerous, play the game yourself although i do not recommend it. Main issues are:

    Performance on a high end PC is just abysmal, low average FPS with constant drops and stutters, so heavy on CPU usage it bottlenecks everything no matter what your specs are. Most of the video settings make no difference, DLSS doesnt really help.

    Map design for the most part is terrible, maps are large but empty so playing as 128 people is not really fun, there's little cover so infantry gameplay is next to non existent apart from the few buildings. And even these buildings feel empty and uninspiring. Also, shipping containers everywhere.

    Gunplay is just plain bad, artifically adding bloom to weapons make you shot people but not really hit them, even point blank. Vehicle controls and physics are clunky and pretty tilting. 22 weapons are only available to unlock, mod system is very flat and doesnt really allow for much. There's no teamplay cause everyone is a superhero specialist (looking exactly the same so it's hard to tell who's on your team and who isn't).

    UI and HUD has to be the worst I've seen in a long while, I'm sorry but whoever was the UI Designer either never played a game in his/her life (battlefield even more so) or its their first assignment in their career. In-game there's visual clutter everywhere.

    Server stability is a big issue, Portal has great potential but no dedicated servers or reasonable search/filter/favorites UI make it a terrible experience to use.

    Stay away from this game until its fixed, patched and improved. The price tag for it is just ridiculous in its current state.    … Expand
  13. supernovar
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    So Many issues, I am amazed how poor it has been and shocked how bad this game is. No score board, like 4 guns per class, lackluster specialist who remove the sense of true customization, bad servers, unresponsive controls, sometimes can't revive teammates for no reason at all, some of the worst gunplay in modern gaming. Very Disappointing, Why is AAA games so terrible these days.
    Little    So Many issues, I am amazed how poor it has been and shocked how bad this game is. No score board, like 4 guns per class, lackluster specialist who remove the sense of true customization, bad servers, unresponsive controls, sometimes can't revive teammates for no reason at all, some of the worst gunplay in modern gaming. Very Disappointing, Why is AAA games so terrible these days.
    Little effort and just seems to be a Money grab?    … Expand
  14. CallOfTheVoid88
    Nov 14, 2021
    5
    All we wanted was an updated battlefield 4 and they couldn't even give us that. No voip makes Hazard zone extremely frustrating.

    I believe this game will be good within a few updates but is it good now? not so much
  15. Pecone
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    Oh man, what a disaster! The game is full of game breaking bugs! The same bugs we reported during the beta(which was months old lol). Loadouts disappearing, attachment not working, shooting someone point blank with my full clip and doing no damage, falling through the world geometry, bad performance and low hardware utilization and many more.
    This is unacceptable and has to stop! I just    Oh man, what a disaster! The game is full of game breaking bugs! The same bugs we reported during the beta(which was months old lol). Loadouts disappearing, attachment not working, shooting someone point blank with my full clip and doing no damage, falling through the world geometry, bad performance and low hardware utilization and many more.
    This is unacceptable and has to stop! I just sign up for the Ea play for one month so I can try the game, but man, if you paid full price get your money back asap! This thing is a dumper fire.
    Oh, I forgot to mention server issues, so many server issues, unable to connect, unable to start a match. On top of that portal really looked promising, until EA and Dice decided to kill the xp in it, so now you don't get xp while playing portal and it is completely useless! You only have conquest and breakthrough, intel gathering whatever.... that's it! 7 naps and thrre modes. This should be $30 at best. Don't waste your time or money.    … Expand
  16. protocolUnknown
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    Very buggy game. private servers are a mess in setting up and joining. Lack of content and the game feels incomplete, definitely not worth full price and also not worth buying when it is so buggy like this.
  17. noxxid3
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    Battlefield 2042 or in other words "Call of Apex: 2042".
    The lead multiplayer designer is a fan of Apex and MW2019, and it really shows in the game design and gameplay elements.
    Armor? Why is this even in the main multiplayer matches, yeah it makes sense for a squad based escape from battle royal game type but not in core multiplayer. The animation is almost exactly like MW2019 if you    Battlefield 2042 or in other words "Call of Apex: 2042".
    The lead multiplayer designer is a fan of Apex and MW2019, and it really shows in the game design and gameplay elements.

    Armor? Why is this even in the main multiplayer matches, yeah it makes sense for a squad based escape from battle royal game type but not in core multiplayer. The animation is almost exactly like MW2019 if you choose to use that as you gadget slot.

    Medical pen, this is literally taken from CoD/Apex, it removes the focus of team play and relaying on team mates. Why carry a medical crate when you can self heal in a middle of a fire fight. This game completely incentives lone wolf behavior. Never in a game before have i felt so alone on the field even with 128 players.

    Classes: This is basically gone from the game besides portal. And portal is basically there so you can farm XP, not sure how DICE didnt see that coming but they didnt. (or they turned a blind eye towards QA like they usually do).

    The way the game makes it self feel like a hero shooter. You pick a specialist, you have one gadget and you run around aimlessly. You can choose a squad, you cant kick people from a squad but you can move to a random squad. Doesnt make sense. Now im so used to running a repair tool and rocket launcher that you cant even do that. Now i choose angel due to his ability to revive people with armor (which armor being very annoying to fight against), and the ability to call in supply drops. This right here, i can just sit in one spot with a sniper rifle get armor and be able to with stand a full mag dump from an enemy while using a stinger to take out air craft. This here is a huge issue. EVERYONE RUNS STINGERS because of the "no class" restrictions on weapons.

    You're constantly getting locked on by everything in the game from ground to air to nades. Frag nades damage tanks and armor (why? I dont know and its stupid). Half the time you dont know when a pilot pops flares and it takes longer to even re-lock onto them.

    Netcode is worse than BF4's launch, at least the hit reg in that game was miles ahead of this one.
    Bullet bloom, you cant hit **** and it comes down to RNG
    Mouse controls are inputted with controller so you have to change controller controls in order to get rid of mouse acceleration.

    UI is horrible, they said that was being addressed, they lied. World icons are at 100% opacity enemies can hide behind that. Mini map scale is small as hell on ultrawide and you cant change the size of it. Crosshair and hitmarker colors do not change and is bugged. You cant tell if a rocket is incoming or you're just being constantly locked. Half the time the kill cam doesnt work

    No scoreboards, no voice chat, no all chat.
    You go through 15 different type of visual's before getting into a actual match to play and thats with even getting off the transport which is bugged.

    Map design is horrible, you can take a jet and ram into an entire crowd of enemies on orbital.
    Hovercraft are tanks that can spiderman up a skyscrapper.
    DICE doesnt listen to QA

    The game is about monetization of skins and specialists. Season 1 is delayed and you're stuck with 22 weapons and cant mix and match from era's. (Season 1 is delayed prob due to the huge backlash of issues so they have to fix that).

    You go through 4 suppressors in order to unlock the muzzle brake.
    Half the time you dont know if a rocket is incoming in the air.
    The game itself is a toxic ceastpool of its own demise

    This needed a longer time despite being worked on by 4 DIFFERENT STUDIOS.
    TTK is a mess due to armor, you can take one full mag dump into someone without killing them and thats if you hit them due to bulletspread/bloom.

    Wait for it to be on sale as i can see the game getting a 50% off in a month or two.    … Expand
  18. Leksrock
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Ужасная оптимизация, ужасный звук, стрельба как из бревна, техника без физики, карты как из последних ассасинс кридов, которые не облететь даже за час, зато 128 игроков.
    Абсолютно не советую брать это, даже ради режима "портал". Лучше поиграть в старые части имхо, эспешелли в бф1 и бф3    Ужасная оптимизация, ужасный звук, стрельба как из бревна, техника без физики, карты как из последних ассасинс кридов, которые не облететь даже за час, зато 128 игроков.
    Абсолютно не советую брать это, даже ради режима "портал". Лучше поиграть в старые части имхо, эспешелли в бф1 и бф3
  19. YungStevie
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    Just make battlefield 3 with upgraded graphics.

    Why u always try sell cod/tarkov/fortnite/apex to battlefield fans?
  20. Timmay
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Got a "more-than-decent" computersetup. Can't even push it past 35 FPS. It worked for a couple of hours @ 60fps-isch at the launch. Now it just crashes.

    Not really worth to buy gold when you cant even play it.
  21. 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
  22. sniperwarvx
    Nov 19, 2021
    4
    Disappointing game in 2021...problems
    gun Play
    Drive Vehicles
    low fps
    weopon Physics and bullet
    bad servers
    many bags...
  23. Tdarkbey51
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Ea play I played with incredibly bad I can last 1 hour a lousy game I do not recommend
  24. Sermax13
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    Очень много непонятных решений.
    - Странный паттерн автоматического оружия. ПП справляются со стрельбой на средних дистанциях лучше чем штурмовые винтовки.
    - Некоторые выстрелы просто не регистрируются - Интерфейс загораживает обзор и мешает обнаружению противников. При этом настройки интерфейса отстутствуют. - Техника неубиваема. Теперь вертолёту достаточно покинуть зону наведения и    Очень много непонятных решений.
    - Странный паттерн автоматического оружия. ПП справляются со стрельбой на средних дистанциях лучше чем штурмовые винтовки.
    - Некоторые выстрелы просто не регистрируются
    - Интерфейс загораживает обзор и мешает обнаружению противников. При этом настройки интерфейса отстутствуют.
    - Техника неубиваема. Теперь вертолёту достаточно покинуть зону наведения и повисеть в воздухе, чтобы восстановить хп
    - Ремонтные наборы никому теперь не нужны
    - Низкий урон от снарядов РПГ
    - Фризы на серверах
    - Большие и пустные открытые пространства на картах. Игрок со штурмовой винтовкой не видит смысла перемещаться по карте без техники.

    И многие другие проблеммы из-за которых часто приходилось применять клавиши Alt+F4 для прекращения игры    … Expand
  25. 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
  26. D4vid
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Full of bug and full of stupid content. Two incomplete games in a row now. Ridiculous
  27. DeltaBridge
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    I really wanted to see bf2042 succeeded. Not only as a fan of bf since bf3, but after so many years of horse sh** activitionblizzard has dumped into the industry, I wanted to breathe some bloody fresh air. But you know the drill. This is ea, after all, and what you expect is what you get.
    There’re many compare this one to cyberpunk 2077. Well, it’s partially true in a certain degree. But    I really wanted to see bf2042 succeeded. Not only as a fan of bf since bf3, but after so many years of horse sh** activitionblizzard has dumped into the industry, I wanted to breathe some bloody fresh air. But you know the drill. This is ea, after all, and what you expect is what you get.
    There’re many compare this one to cyberpunk 2077. Well, it’s partially true in a certain degree. But witnessing a hero’s fallen is nothing like seeing an old villain slowly revealing his true nature and becoming the way you always know him for.
    So all in all, this is bf2042 and it’s a buggy mess at this point. I wouldn’t recommend anyone to buy this game. There’re so many meaningful things you can do with you precious 120 bucks. We’re long enough suffering through this terrible lockdown. Having a nice Christmas dinner with your family and loved ones, going somewhere, saving up for your graduate school. Basically anything is better than wasting it for ea. Thanks for your time reading and have a wonderful holiday season.    … Expand
  28. TLOU2ISGARBAGE
    Nov 15, 2021
    4
    I don't understand what I am playing. The maps feel like you asset dumped generic buildings in place, slapped a few capture points crazy distances apart, all in the name of "128 players". It's obvious that they had to take from somewhere to shove 128 players in there, so everything suffers. 42ms ping and it takes 3 seconds to get out of a vehicle, but because you thought your commandI don't understand what I am playing. The maps feel like you asset dumped generic buildings in place, slapped a few capture points crazy distances apart, all in the name of "128 players". It's obvious that they had to take from somewhere to shove 128 players in there, so everything suffers. 42ms ping and it takes 3 seconds to get out of a vehicle, but because you thought your command didn't register you hit it again only to climb back in the moment you're out.

    Gunplay feels wonky as well, the M5A3 jumps straight up in the air after the second shot like someone is trying to wrestle it out of your hands. The whole thing is just really bad and really disappointing after the trailer. Oh, good luck getting frames over 70, regardless of rig. Vehicles are so scarce, if you don't get one at beginning of round, you'll wait around at the spawn screen hoping you can get 1 of the tanks throughout the game, completely frustrated. This was released way too early and it will take months to have a properly functioning Battlefield. Shame on you for releasing in this state.

    +1 for riding a tornado in a Tul-Tuk though, that's fun, that brings the score up from a 3/10 to a 4/10.    … Expand
  29. Jakub_Cichy
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    **** That's how I rate this game after using 10 free hours from EA Play. Play Vanguard is the only right shooter
  30. RBRYoryibzs
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    once again Ea Games and Dice lied, many bugs and many technical problems, take away the total lack of balance in the game and equipment totally weak or too strong
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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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