Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 618 out of 4864
  2. Mixed: 242 out of 4864
  3. Negative: 4,004 out of 4864
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  1. Nokas_gr
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I playing Battlefield Franchise from BF2 to BFV... i AM BATTLEFIELD Fan and i will be real.

    Gameplay : 4/10

    Gunplay : the assault rifles have more recoil than smg's and you wait to see more damage.
    They are not.. the smgs is better on all ranges , the bullet speed is to low and in ranges it feels unrealistic, the guns fire on random spots , they have spread on bullets and it looks and feel awfull.
    The weapons need re-edit to be some balance
    SMGS fast bullets ,less damage , short range less recoil
    Rifles big damage , bigger recoil , steady damage on all ranges

    Helis - Jets - land vechicles

    They need buff on all damages and the land vechicles need nerf on life.

    A lot of bags on the gunfight.

    Graphics : 6/10
    The battlefield V have better graphics and perfomance.. this is the true..

    UI MENUS HUD 4/10
    The Ui is an nightmare !
    I can talk about it all day..
    The customization is too complicated , there is NO SCOREBOARD , NO STATS , NO real proggression or milestones to unlock something bigger , No ranking system.

    Servers : 5/10
    A lot of lags.. no high pings but lagging a lot of time

    Bags gliches 3/10
    the game is full of bags. i can talk about 15-30 bags.
    at 50 meters and more the players are look like 2D pICTURES , they are moving and the legs and the whole animation is steady.
    bags everywhere. bags on the servers.. when you play breakaway , sometime it throws you on a server in overtime period and it havent time and you waiting there for ever. you can't even deploy.

    Maps : 3/10
    Way to big , no cover , no nice places to fight , just a open map for tanks and snipers.
    the battlefield V-BF4-BF3 have way better maps.

    Contest - Weapons - customization 3/10

    7 maps only , only 22 weapons (only 3 assault rifles , its like a joke) , limites weapons everywhere (and portal) , limited customization everywhere and the skins is nothing... if you play ww3 you will understand this is nothing.

    Perfomance : 6/10
    it needs a lot of optimazation

    Teamplay - Chat - Voip 3/10

    No teamplay no voip.

    No classes just specialist
    No teamplay just random fights
    No close quarters fight just open world chaotic fighting
    No Scoreboard , No Stats , no balance. no contest Only 2 modes , awfull menus and ui , filters and matchmaking on portal (the servers close after the a day and you can't find the again to play. The weapons take no xp on portal , there is no progression on portal. Hazard zone is a joke... you never take the feeling of ''Victory'' ... you just drop , you take 2-3 kills and you are out. no big winner or stats or competition or something... The game is full of bags. The wrost battlefield game ever. overall is a 3/10 ... This game is unfinished , it feels like a beta or alpha. limited , bags , no content , no stability on servers and game, no motivation to play it for more than a week.    … Expand
  2. Momo57646
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Worst bf (fps) i have ever try. I have 400h on bfv and now i can continue on it because i have uninstall this game.

    Low fps ( 2070 oc strix, 8600k ) i am on 30/40 fps , 20 when many player on screen Lag!! The servers lag and the net code is completly shiited
  3. Smokeyfal
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    I would rather play bf5, played about 8 hours so far. Only 3 pistols wtf dice. Do yourself a favor and wait for a sale. 2 game modes conquest and breakthrough get old after awhile.
  4. D0V3R
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Horrible. Crappy. Buggy. Underwhelming. Un polished. Feature deprived. Rushed. No passion
  5. FeedUClips
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    This is not Battlefield. It's a strange adaptation of BF mixed with Fortnite, Apex, and COD with a thick layer of woke political correctness layered on top. Portal is decent but lacking and there's not enough to save it. There's a recipe for success (take BF4, enhance the graphics, make the levels larger, and add a few quality of life improvements) and DICE disposed of it properly.This is not Battlefield. It's a strange adaptation of BF mixed with Fortnite, Apex, and COD with a thick layer of woke political correctness layered on top. Portal is decent but lacking and there's not enough to save it. There's a recipe for success (take BF4, enhance the graphics, make the levels larger, and add a few quality of life improvements) and DICE disposed of it properly. Instead, they decided to concoct a new recipe of pure cringe. I simply feel bad that I bought this game and thus supported another lazy attempt of a cash grab as ultimately the responsibility lies with the consumer not the corporation. We speak with our money, so don't buy it.… Expand
  6. OrangyOtaku
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Great concept, poorly executed! Performance issues, server issues, and bugs are all over the place. Not fun to play before these issues are fixed.
  7. southinthemouth
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    I typically don’t pre-order games, I took a chance on this game and promptly refunded after the first playtest. I wound up playing the early access through game pass and the game is insultingly rough — anyone who paid 90$+ to be a part of this should ask for a refund. I have leveled to about 30 and found unsatisfying gameplay loops, nothing to grind for, horrifically embarrassingI typically don’t pre-order games, I took a chance on this game and promptly refunded after the first playtest. I wound up playing the early access through game pass and the game is insultingly rough — anyone who paid 90$+ to be a part of this should ask for a refund. I have leveled to about 30 and found unsatisfying gameplay loops, nothing to grind for, horrifically embarrassing specialist design (end of round quips), worst gunplay in the franchise (and genre, due to bloom and highly random horizontal recoil), and generally garbage performance on a high end rig (5950x and 3090). While Portal is the highlight of the game, it’s mostly plagued by xp/badge farm servers. Hazard Zone is a joke, I don’t think anyone will ever play this mode without serious overhaul or addition of content. The map design on conquest/breakthrough favors vehicle play to the point where you have to cheese the two good guns in the game to have any fun or hop in a vehicle.

    There is an overwhelmingly negative response to this game on almost every media outlet — anything positive is likely due to a reviewer tied to EA/Dice. Sadly there are very few positives about this game other than generally it’s a battlefield game and yeah large-scale combat is generally fun, but overall the experience is bad.

    I would strongly recommend people not buy this game and opt for the game pass/ea play if they want to try it.    … Expand
  8. Crazygrogger91
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    COD but with more players and crappier graphics. It’s a rushed game that feels nothing like battlefield. The game is completely broken and lacks fluidity.
  9. M4rximax
    Nov 15, 2021
    4
    Visually it’s great, but the game elements feel thrown together which results in a spotty experience. In addition, so many basic mechanics and game modes were not included. Portal is a fun excursion, but takes time away from leveling up my 2042 guns.
  10. Krazzydude1
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Don't buy this product. Its unfinished should have been delayed. It's missing so many features that make a battlefield game also it's so poorly optimized for PC it's sometimes unplayable
  11. ProCasual
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    2 points because the core gameplay is fun, but it's definitely not a battlefield game. However, it could still be a 8 or 9 as a non-battlefield game labelled as one, but it's completely busted. It's sad, it has such potential to be extremely fun, even with specialists and other non-battlefield elements.

    Unfortunately it's completely broken, both in terms of intentional design decisions    2 points because the core gameplay is fun, but it's definitely not a battlefield game. However, it could still be a 8 or 9 as a non-battlefield game labelled as one, but it's completely busted. It's sad, it has such potential to be extremely fun, even with specialists and other non-battlefield elements.

    Unfortunately it's completely broken, both in terms of intentional design decisions (no scoreboard, no control of teams or squads, no voice chat, no cross-team chat, terrible menu UI, cringy voice lines, etc.) and in terms of unintentional bugs (smgs more accurate than rifles, glitchy rubberbandy character movement that feels like first person mods for third person games, can't revive players sometimes, can't join multiplayer due to 'persistence error', etc etc).

    Regardless of what anyone else tells you:
    1) this game is absolute rubbish and not fit for purpose, do NOT buy it and if you've preordered, refund
    2) this game could be really fun & an 8/10 in six months or a year with major fixes and changes, keep an eye out    … Expand
  12. StoneFoxAU
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    All the building blocks of a decent game but none of the polish.
    I rate the game poorly because they have added or changed features that nobody asked for. These features somehoe passed the design phase.
    Other reasons include poor performance, lazy map design and tremendously bad hit registry. This game at times is a laggy mess I'll admit when it works it feels good but 60% of the time    All the building blocks of a decent game but none of the polish.
    I rate the game poorly because they have added or changed features that nobody asked for. These features somehoe passed the design phase.

    Other reasons include poor performance, lazy map design and tremendously bad hit registry.
    This game at times is a laggy mess I'll admit when it works it feels good but 60% of the time the bullets don't register or people lag out.
    The vehicles and vehicle balancing are a whole other issue that I don't want to get into suffice to say EA should be aware of what went wrong.
    Glitches are not few and far between sadly, falling through the map, guns refusing to fire, players being invulnerable and going on killing sprees the list goes on.

    Let's talk about the operators and the lackluster content in the game on launch.
    It's actually sad that ea and dice believe they can get away with the huge price tag this game has when it's 1. Not a complete or properly functioning product and 2. Has such a lack of content and to be honest the map design is pretty lazy. In their videos they talk about how they had to re-asses the way they designed their maps to increase performance and game flow for their "larger" conquest mode.
    Now while the maps may be slightly larger they feel empty and the gameplay really reflects it.

    Specialists should only exist in hazard zone they are a waste in regular gameplay.
    Hazard zone itself was a throw away mode to draw players. It's lazy boring and lackluster. Imagine using the exact same maps from the regular mode, same weapons, same operators and the concept of the mode is such a waste of time to play.
    Hazard zone is a poorly designed battle Royale mode instead of a risk it all exhilarating solo or squad based mode.
    The feeling of loss in hazard zone is non existent considering you get everything for free and there's no need to pay for other equipment.
    It feels like a very lazy tarkov and I think I speak for the community when I say we feel cheated by this lazy attempt at a tarkov esq game mode. If your going to make a tarkov esq mode please atleast look at what makes tarkov so exhilarating and so fun to play, there's a grind, missions, you have to find and craft loot and you well and truly lose everything when you die it's not an optional rule to the game it's the core concept.
    Basically you made a lazy attempt at a title that should have been ground breaking but instead was a waste of $100 and everyone's time. It has potential and if given the proper care by the developers it can be a long lasting game with a vibrant community for each mode. But as we have seen time and time again it's unlikely to happen. Please fix the game poll the community and let us decide what we want from the product don't assume you know what we want. Not worth it in the current state but hopefully in a month or so they will have implemented the appropriate changes.
    Thanks for listening to my ted talk.    … Expand
  13. Way2Valhalla
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Bug, bug and bug. Some details of the maps looks like a trash. The operator system is useless. Giant maps where the infantry is suffering. This is not a BF game....thats a joke!
  14. Kingloliking
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Trash game.
    IT shouldn't be realesed.
    Optimalization suck.
    Totalny worth 5$.
  15. KaylePrecision
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    I've been playing 2042 since the open.
    However, there are so many problems, and the promises made by the company are blocked right away, giving users a strange experience of taking back what they gave them.

    I don't understand.
    Why can't I just do this...
    I don't understand why you can't make it like this when you think it's really normal and you just have to reflect what users want.
  16. Brunno537
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    CASH GRABBER ! im a fan of the franchise since BF 2142 and played all of them. It hurts to say this but bf died and its not coming back. All of the good things that made bf a good game were removed and ignored in this bf2042. It looks like an unfinished game and made on a hurry to look like fortnite or COD warzone. The game does not have the bf feeling and was made with the intention ofCASH GRABBER ! im a fan of the franchise since BF 2142 and played all of them. It hurts to say this but bf died and its not coming back. All of the good things that made bf a good game were removed and ignored in this bf2042. It looks like an unfinished game and made on a hurry to look like fortnite or COD warzone. The game does not have the bf feeling and was made with the intention of making money on the core design.

    We hardcore fans of the franchise have to accept that EA killed BF and BF its not coming back

    List of Current Grievances

    Let me start by saying that I so desperately wanted to love this game. I have been playing Battlefield since 2142 and it is by far my favorite franchise. Below is a list (in no particular order) of broken promises and removed or stepped on features that, if any one of which on their own was missing, broken, or intentionally removed, I could live with. When taken in as a whole, however, it just... I don't know... this doesn't feel like Battlefield.
    **GENERAL**

    * Plus system is clunky dog ****
    * UI is clunky dog **** wrapped in cat **** Might be the least intuitive I've ever seen
    * No Campaign
    * Lack of game modes
    * No hardcore
    * No military ranks associated with numerical ranks
    * Audio is poorly mixed
    * The maps, while stunning from both a scale and visuals perspective, lack any real flow for infantry combat.
    * Non-removable profanity filter
    * Lack of promised destruction/levelution
    * Faction locked weapons and gadgets in Portal
    * No rule editor support for objective based game modes
    * No server browser outside of Portal
    * No private/rented servers
    * Doesn't just roll into the next map after a game in AoW, back to matchmaking peasant
    * Cannot join friends already in a match (pretty sure I could do this in beta??)
    * Cutscenes all over the place
    * Cringe 'look at me' after a match
    * Cannot customize loadouts before joining a game.
    * Cannot select loadout or operator before joining a server which, in certain situations, spawn you directly into the game with whatever you had last game. This happens when joining a fresh breakthrough game, mostly.
    * BFV and Battlefront 2 were gutted to make this **** lol
    * No mouse and keyboard support for console
    * Options and description for kill sounds changed from beta. During beta it showed you would be able to choose between BF2042 and BF1 kill sounds. This same option now only lets you choose between BF2042 sounds or no sounds.
    * No Practice/Test Range
    **IN GAME**

    * Zoom issues with sniper scopes
    * No zeroing sniper scopes, starting scope (not sure about the others) has no hash marks on reticle for references
    * Biggest maps we've ever seen, highest scope magnification is 10x
    * No holding shift/stick click to steady a sniper shot
    * No leaning
    * 22 guns total lol
    * No ‘All’ chat
    * Enemies look the same as friendlies
    * Bullet spread / weapon inaccuracy outside of rock throwing range
    * Have to opt out of revive every death, no idea who can actually revive me anyway
    * Have to re-select spawn location every spawn
    * No resizable minimap
    * Cannot move while prone and ADS
    * Damage dealt numbers, e.g. "VEHICLE HIT 28" after hitting a tank with a rocket, have been removed. This applies to both infantry and vehicles.
    * Weapons can't have different sets of attachments in different loadout presets. Meaning if you want to have a suppressor on the **one** semi-auto pistol in the game for one preset, you can't have it *without* a suppressor in your other presets.
    * No fixed heavy weapons * AA rocket damage appears inconsistent * BF5 movement mechanics removed * Obnoxious voice overs, operators are incredibly vocal, every time you do an action they say a line. * Melee takedown animations have been gutted. All enemies are brought to a standing position before one specific kill is performed. * Cannot dive underwater * UI elements do not have transparency element and distant 2D/3D map markers and UI elements do not fade out by distance and cannot be scaled up or down * Good luck finding your marker on the map **TEAMPLAY/SCORING** * No VoIP * No real scoreboard * No stats page * No commander * Cannot join, create, or lock a squad * Cannot switch teams * Repairing vehicles does not give XP * No squad points for issuing orders or following them * No marksman headshot bonus for long range snipes * 'Assist Counts as Kill' has been removed * No vehicle kill assists * Spotting system is contextual and misses a lot of the time. For example, if you press Q over an enemy tank it doesn't always spot it, but places a go-to marker on that area. * The team/squad order menu (or whatever it's called) is a pile of garbage. back    … Expand
  17. G-Man804
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    I could write an essay, but I'll keep this short...this isn't battlefield. This is some Call Of Duty Rainbow Apex BS. EA & DICE sold out and betrayed their true fanbase.
  18. blksheep
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Like many others, made an account just to give this game a thumbs down. Feels nothing like a battlefield game. It has a quarter of the weapons battlefield 4 had (probably locked more guns behind the season pass), the gunplay is soooo bad. The speed of the players is ridiculous, any shred of realism is long gone. I've already made the mistake and bought this game. I advise you stay away.Like many others, made an account just to give this game a thumbs down. Feels nothing like a battlefield game. It has a quarter of the weapons battlefield 4 had (probably locked more guns behind the season pass), the gunplay is soooo bad. The speed of the players is ridiculous, any shred of realism is long gone. I've already made the mistake and bought this game. I advise you stay away. The only thing this game made me do is want to reinstall bf4.

    Also, 79 critic score? My god. It is clear that you can't stay in the game reviewing business if you don't suck up to the big publishers and give out extremely high, undeserved scores. You people disgust me.    … Expand
  19. DoyeonK
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Too many bugs, ruined balace, bad server. Not worth money. Not worth Battlefield. It feels like cheap rip off game.
  20. Spaced7
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Battlefield for the Fortnite generation.
    Title screen, pick a game, load screen with specialist, load screen with helicopter on aircraft carrier, load screen back to specialist, load screen with still of map, load screen of squads specialists, game entry animation with specialists, play game, game ends, more specialist animations, back to title screen repeat. Let us play back to back    Battlefield for the Fortnite generation.
    Title screen, pick a game, load screen with specialist, load screen with helicopter on aircraft carrier, load screen back to specialist, load screen with still of map, load screen of squads specialists, game entry animation with specialists, play game, game ends, more specialist animations, back to title screen repeat. Let us play back to back games!
    No server browser either so you join games half way through or with high ping.
    No point counter, you cant see the damage you are inflicting especially worse on vehicles!
    No scoreboard, can't tell when and with what I'm doing well. Makes me feel useless out there.
    Zero cohesion between squad mates and team. This is a result of zero communication and no class system.
    Weapon bloom, random bullet vectors so you don't always hit your target...
    Huge player count with almost zero understanding on how this effects gameplay of their modes and maps. Too few capture points especially on Breakthrough. Yet to see an attacking team win this mode.
    22 guns in total with attachments that make little difference. Lucky to find 1 gun that suits your play style, unfortunately I didn't.
    Maps look amazing, only reason this isn't a 0 from me.
    Specialists are cringe worthy.    … Expand
  21. CptTreebeard
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    No destruction, no squad or team play, no scoreboard, no team communication, literally no way to organize as a team, limit on friends and party size even though lobbies are 128 players (mostly bots), the weapons are much much worse than bf1 weapons (world war 1). This is the worst battlefield game ever made, and it’s astounding that any QA team might have seen and approved this. There areNo destruction, no squad or team play, no scoreboard, no team communication, literally no way to organize as a team, limit on friends and party size even though lobbies are 128 players (mostly bots), the weapons are much much worse than bf1 weapons (world war 1). This is the worst battlefield game ever made, and it’s astounding that any QA team might have seen and approved this. There are about 20 guns overall, through all classes, and the attachments for them in some cases so the opposite of what they’re supposed to. Do not spend money on this game.… Expand
  22. CapitalistCow
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Honestly, this was a bigger letdown for me than Cyberpunk. At least I wasn't invested in that IP beforehand. It feels like EA is done with battlefield. Using checkers on a chess board isn't the same as chess. And using COD/R6/Apex mechanics on a battlefield map doesn't make it a battlefield game. We don't play this game for the aesthetics, we play it for the GAME. EA has somehow missed theHonestly, this was a bigger letdown for me than Cyberpunk. At least I wasn't invested in that IP beforehand. It feels like EA is done with battlefield. Using checkers on a chess board isn't the same as chess. And using COD/R6/Apex mechanics on a battlefield map doesn't make it a battlefield game. We don't play this game for the aesthetics, we play it for the GAME. EA has somehow missed the reason why battlefield fans are battlefield fans and not COD fans. THEY'RE DIFFERENT GAMES. If I wanted to play COD, R6, Apex, etc. I would be playing those games instead. Specialists are the stupidest, most derivative, and most boring option they could have gone with. They ruin the game, as it's no longer a battlefield title without clear cut classes and class roles. The last thing battlefield needs is less team players. Gone are the days of squad synergy and team play. You want ammo, health, or reps? Too bad, you better bring your own damn kit. Because no one will be healing or resupplying you. They even removed quick chat options to request supplies, which I would be more sad about if the specialist system didn't already make it impossible to figure out who can actually supply you or heal you. Also now I can be a self reviving sniper with near unlimited ammo resupply, so screw balance I guess. Generally, the game is alright. Nothing special, and I would certainly rather play BF4 or 5. If they remove the specialists from conquest mode, the game would go up to a six or seven in my opinion. But right now I can't rate it any higher than a two since it absolutely and completely fails at even being something close to resembling a battlefield game.

    It's crazy to me how hard they marketed this game towards die-hard battlefield fans and community members, and then immediately turned around and released some weird Frankenstein of a game meant to appeal to everyone EXCEPT battlefield fans. The only kind of Battlefield players who would enjoy this game are the ones who don't help their team, and treat every game as if it was a solo deathmatch. Coincidentally these are the players that the community hates the most. Prior to the release of 2042, they just ran off to a different game. But EA has basically just given battlefield to them with this release. So, will you enjoy this game? Well. It depends. Do you like battlefield? If so this game probably isn't for you. Did you try battlefield years ago but just couldn't get into it? Then this is the one for you. EA has specifically made this game for people who were turned off by the Battlefield parts of battlefield.    … Expand
  23. Legend27
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Everything is an absolute mess.
    I can't believe they tried to push this as next generational warfare. It's a broken, half cut battlefield game. This was not made with true battlefield fans at heart.
    You can't tell who's a medic, you can't see the scoreboard, guns are broken, hit boxes are broken, buildings don't destruct like they promised. Shocking. Refunded the ultimate edition on ps5.    Everything is an absolute mess.
    I can't believe they tried to push this as next generational warfare. It's a broken, half cut battlefield game. This was not made with true battlefield fans at heart.
    You can't tell who's a medic, you can't see the scoreboard, guns are broken, hit boxes are broken, buildings don't destruct like they promised. Shocking. Refunded the ultimate edition on ps5.
    You had the opportunity to create a masterpiece, this is a big F U to true battlefield fans.    … Expand
  24. bbarnes767
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Zero teamwork or squad play, gunplay feels cartoony, horrible visibility, awful UI, does not feel like Battlefield at all. EA forgot about their fanbase and catered to Call of Duty fans instead.
  25. hafeez1
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    EA has been trying to overthrow Activision for years and have finally decided if you cant beat them join them. They literally copied everything about Cod, from the Armor plates, specialist(operators), and the sliding around. Why does it seem EA always has some kind of agenda where money comes before the players experience.
    Portal is not in the game because they care about us, it's there    EA has been trying to overthrow Activision for years and have finally decided if you cant beat them join them. They literally copied everything about Cod, from the Armor plates, specialist(operators), and the sliding around. Why does it seem EA always has some kind of agenda where money comes before the players experience.
    Portal is not in the game because they care about us, it's there to keep the longtime Battlefield fans distracted while they change what makes Battlefield unique with this Cod hybrid.    … Expand
  26. Erikction
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Battlefield is not what it used to be.

    Removing parts of the game that were perfect the way they were?
    Overal bad performance etc.

    The foundaton is there, just fixit!
  27. holandaj
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    This game is the compilation of every mistake dice have done with battlefield.
  28. BattlefieldFan
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Never ever in my life I've placed a single review for anything....until now.

    They did it, they've made THE BATTLEFIELD without the battlefield. This is the most disappointing game I have ever played, my beloved studio DICE, so proclaimed as player-oriented and community-driven (Even under the EA's influence), were always trying to deliver a good product even with forced revenue    Never ever in my life I've placed a single review for anything....until now.

    They did it, they've made THE BATTLEFIELD without the battlefield.

    This is the most disappointing game I have ever played, my beloved studio DICE, so proclaimed as player-oriented and community-driven (Even under the EA's influence), were always trying to deliver a good product even with forced revenue boosted elements: Premium Packs in Battlefield 4, loot boxes in Battlefront, skins and boosters In Battlefield V but never it was such a delusional and disconnected from the community...This is a general review and I will not go specifically on each missing or slaughtered feature/game element

    - Empty promises
    - No balance
    - Lying about the game concept and future plans
    - Uncooked and unfinished with hundreds of bugs and performance issues
    - Empty lifeless maps with 0 creativity and level design
    - Re-used assets and complete lack of content at the start because battle passes, of course, lets increase grind so players will stay longer in the game until we have a chance to rush our production team and release a whole new batch of untested and unbalanced weapons, attachments, characters and vehicles.

    And as a dessert, SPECIALISTS, of course since they like money and since creativity is now officially dead, they prefer to copy a popular concept that ruins the essence of the series without a reason! I am not against making money on the additional concept but give us the base game and then do whatever you want for a chashgrab from the new audience and current players, what we received is a spit in the face and that famous "South Park" We Are Sorry....
    P.S. There is no recovery, this game will improve most of the issues with gameplay and balance in the next couple of years but it will never become a BATTLEFIELD

    I lost my last hope in the gamedev, my hopes and dreams are dying with this game and the fall of the DICE.    … Expand
  29. SweetRoundPotat
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Need a High-end PC to play? why? can't you guys see that GPU price is on the moon for the last 1 year!! also optimized is worst ...
  30. Sardonicus
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    The woker EA/DICE got, the more broken Battlefield became.

    RIP Battlefield!
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    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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