Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

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  1. AlterTema
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Bad optimisation (one frame-rate on all settings), bad gunplay, and, also, there is very little content in the game. Because of the big maps, you run half a day to the desired point, die, and run again. If i want to play arma, i will play in arma. I very upset by the game, had high hopes for the people from dice, but got an unfinished game… refand
  2. Borshch5000
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Destructibility bad, sounds bad, but good graphics. This Battlefield is not Battlefield. This is CoD, and this is very bad. And also this game have censorship in chat. This is better than BF5, but worst than other parts
  3. mss433
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    I cant believe myself that I paid 100 bucks for this garbage.
    Halo Infinite plays trillion times better.
    OMG, I would not imagine that I would say that Halo plays better.
    give my money back
  4. ItsAlive
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Это просто жесть товарищи, они продают нам альфу по цене AAA-полностью готового проекта, в этой игре ужасно все, карты, оружие (которого 2.5 ствола) геймплэй какой-то пластилиновый. я еле-еле выдаржал 30+ часов попытался найти в ней хоть что-то хорошее но увы.
    P.S А ЗНАЕТЕ ЧТО САМОЕ КЛАССНОЕ ?! никаких рефандов :D так как 2 часа прошло то все, и простите меня каким бычим х-востом я должен    Это просто жесть товарищи, они продают нам альфу по цене AAA-полностью готового проекта, в этой игре ужасно все, карты, оружие (которого 2.5 ствола) геймплэй какой-то пластилиновый. я еле-еле выдаржал 30+ часов попытался найти в ней хоть что-то хорошее но увы.
    P.S А ЗНАЕТЕ ЧТО САМОЕ КЛАССНОЕ ?! никаких рефандов :D так как 2 часа прошло то все, и простите меня каким бычим х-востом я должен понять что-то в мультеплеерном шутане за 2 часа ? Отвратительное чувство. Это игра заслуживает - 0 (ноль), потомучто именно им и является. 7 кусков в ж0ny, чтоб я еще раз сделал предзаказ, никогда!.    … Expand
  5. iamagamerbro
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    2042 alienates part of Battlefields core player base. The inclusion of Portal doesn't go far enough to make up for their changes in fundamental gameplay. It's bad enough that it carries over into portal making it an unclean experience. Portal doesn't feel like battlefield either. It feels like I'm playing a different game that copied battlefields maps. The maps look great even though they2042 alienates part of Battlefields core player base. The inclusion of Portal doesn't go far enough to make up for their changes in fundamental gameplay. It's bad enough that it carries over into portal making it an unclean experience. Portal doesn't feel like battlefield either. It feels like I'm playing a different game that copied battlefields maps. The maps look great even though they aren't faithful recreations. It just doesn't play right.

    The battlefield series has always had this magical feeling of being a military sim and an arcade game in one making it easily accessible. You could jump on the game and act like a complete idiot and have a lot of fun or you could go sweaty, get your adrenaline pumped up, and compete for top spot while trying not to throw your keyboard through your monitor. Hell, you could even do both at the same time. However, the sim stuff was never **** with. It would draw you in and get your heart racing as you battled your way through the maps. Everything felt proper.

    As a competitive player the only thing that kept me playing was the need to get good enough to place in a decent position to be able to enjoy the game the way it was meant to be played because I was really bad at it when I started. While I don't mind people running around acting like idiots because I do it myself, I don't want to loose what has kept me drawn to battlefield for the last 15 years.

    With 2042 they threw the simulation and competition out the window. It's all play and little work. I can't take this factionless, classless, scoreboard less, stat less, XP exploitable, moon vehicle physics, 3rd person takedown piece of **** seriously. The realism is gone, The Competition is gone. It's 100% an arcade game with few military sim features now. They have changed the fundamentals of battlefield and screwed up features that have been in the ENTIRE battlefield series. The game is flat and extremely unrewarding for me and I feel like I was ripped off.    … Expand
  6. promsmemo
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    where is normal soldier?
    where is stationary weapons?
    where is commander?
    where is game?
    where is Battlefield™??

    I just want soldiers in the battlefield.
  7. SeniorSalami
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Absolute terrible game, here's just some of the issues..

    No VoIP No real scoreboard No leaning 22 guns total lol Plus system is clunky UI is clunky No all chat 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    Absolute terrible game, here's just some of the issues..

    No VoIP
    No real scoreboard
    No leaning
    22 guns total lol
    Plus system is clunky
    UI is clunky
    No all chat
    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??)
    No enemy footsteps
    Enemies look the same as friendlies
    Have to opt out of revive every death, no idea who can actually revive me anyway
    Have to re-select spawn location every spawn
    Poor hardware optimization
    Cutscenes all over the place
    Stupid ass 'look at me' after a match
    Bullet spread / weapon inaccuracy outside of rock throwing range
    Lack of game modes
    No hardcore
    Cannot join, create, or lock a squad
    No military ranks associated with numerical ranks
    No resizable minimap
    Audio is poorly mixed
    The maps, while stunning from both a scale and visuals perspective, lack any real flow for infantry combat.
    No separate Heli & Jet controls.
    Horizontal pitch (or yaw) when set to mouse movement is inverted by design and cannot be inverted again like vertical pitch can. So your aircraft goes the other way than your mouse does.
    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.
    From what I can see, DLSS is not working properly or not making any difference
    Vehicle crosshairs are pixelated
    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
    Obnoxious voice overs, operators are incredibly vocal, every time you do an action they say a line.
    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. It covers the entire screen, it requires using the mouse to select the options, but not clicking on them for some reason, you have to depress Q. This needs to be redesigned into a friendlier and smaller semi-transparent wheel. Plus, it's not contextual at all and it doesn't seem to have an impact to other players, I requested ammo constantly and nobody even saw my request.
    Unnecessary changes to the aircraft flight characteristics from BF4 models
    On the spawn screen screen tanks/helis use the same icon, you simply cannot tell if that's a transport or attack heli that you are spawning into.
    When in tank, you don't have this little tank outline which tells you where the driver and gunner are looking at.
    No maps with water and thusly no boats.. despite there being a big ass boat on the loading screen.
    No stats page
    No commander
    No squad points for issuing orders or following them
    No HOTAS support
    No marksman headshot bonus for long range snipes
    Melee takedown animations have been gutted. All enemies are brought to a standing position before one specific kill is performed.
    Revive is glitched when downed teammate's head is too close to something.
    Cannot tell if there is room to enter a friendly vehicle without trying to get in it.
    Cannot dive underwater 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. Non-removable profanity filter Repairing vehicles does not give XP Faction locked weapons and gadgets in Portal No rule editor support for objective based game modes Grappling Hook is afraid of smoke Bullets are afraid of power lines Zoom issues with sniper scopes Inability to switch teams Vehicle entry and exit animations have been removed 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. Lack of destruction/levelution ADS required to change weapon fire mode Cannot move while prone and ADS Crossplay issues on Xbox 'Assist Counts as Kill' has been removed No fixed heavy weapons No zeroing sniper scopes, starting scope (not sure about the others) has no hash marks on reticle for references AA rocket damage appears inconsistent BF5 movement mechanics removed And BF42 Portal is not like old BF42 at all. Weapons missing, wrong weapons, not the same medkit, vehicles are different, no healing/ammo stations, can't repair plane at the airfield, vehicles have infinity ammo and they now shoot in a straight line (Simplified).    … Expand
  8. Hairy_Chewie
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    Really disappointed. Doesn't feel or play like battlefield to me. Missing basic functions and destruction feels underwhelming. Specialists are also a backwards step with the effective removal of classes, purely trying to cash in and copy COD.
  9. Overlord33
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    I am gonna be straight forward, this game sucks.
    I have been a huge fan of Battlefield games and I have enjoyed it a lot and I put thousands of hours in previous games.
    You thought they messed up in V? Nope if you are gonna compare 2042 with 5, oh boy! 5 is million times better. What's bad with this? Class doesn't matter. Scoreboard gone, UI **** and low effort i have ever seen, maps?    I am gonna be straight forward, this game sucks.
    I have been a huge fan of Battlefield games and I have enjoyed it a lot and I put thousands of hours in previous games.
    You thought they messed up in V? Nope if you are gonna compare 2042 with 5, oh boy! 5 is million times better. What's bad with this? Class doesn't matter. Scoreboard gone, UI **** and low effort i have ever seen, maps? Worst...you ask why? Empty maps with 4-5 buildings thousand steps apart and that's the map design for all of the maps and you know what even they are optimised extremely poorly and this games shows that there was lowest effort put in the map design, i wouldn't even call it a design a kid draws better maps with his toys then this AAA title. Gun play is not so bad but it doesn't feel like I am playing a bf game. Even when it gives 60 fps and that i on a lowest settings possible on GTX 1070 it feels clunky, game is not smooth at all, optimization is of the biggest issue with the game even if you ignore everything and I have not even touched the bugs part. See the thing is this game is never going to be fixed and it wasn't even intended to be good in the first place, from time to time all these greedy AAA game companies have been pushing thier games as aservice thing and don't value you or care about quality etc. Just do yourself a favour and don't buy these games. Look at what gaming industry has become man it sucks big time.    … Expand
  10. Chance327
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Graphics are awful. Gameplay is trash. Seriously, no campaign? I had high expectations but as with most other entertainment the past few years - utter disappointment.
  11. Sandman-mw3
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Three game modes, terrible ui and tons of glitches all for a low price of 90 dollars
  12. DrGreatJob
    Nov 16, 2021
    6
    Lot of people review bombing this because they're tremendous babies. This is exactly the same as every other Battlefield - broken, stupid, and a lot of fun.
  13. Jaytay
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Needs a score board, bad. Needs classes. The specialist thing is cod, rainbow6, and all the other new shooters. We came for battlefield, not cod. Tacky post game catch phrases, and you'll see dozens of the exact same characters fighting each other, can't tell who's who. The game is fun, it's looks amazing and seems to run well and will be better after some updates. But dammit, it sureNeeds a score board, bad. Needs classes. The specialist thing is cod, rainbow6, and all the other new shooters. We came for battlefield, not cod. Tacky post game catch phrases, and you'll see dozens of the exact same characters fighting each other, can't tell who's who. The game is fun, it's looks amazing and seems to run well and will be better after some updates. But dammit, it sure isn't battlefield. Feels like a sell out to gain the children and new comers who are used to this kind of character driven stuff. It really breaks the atmosphere and feel. Bf4, bf1, and bfv are a much better option and take themselves seriously. This is for kids. As a fan since bf2, I'm extremely disappointed and let down. On a positive note. The guns sound crunchy and sharp, the game is beautiful, the sound engine is fantastic (aside from positional ques ) this cold have been THE battlefield. But sadly it's not.… Expand
  14. Digao1982
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    CODfield 2042. Perdeu a essência do BF, parece um CODwarzone. Gastei 450 reais em um jogo todo quebrado.
  15. 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 ...
  16. NFarquhar
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    This game is mostly unplayable for me, I have a very high end system, and on medium it struggles to even get to 60 Fps, frame rate fluctuates massively between 26 and 60fps, it appears to be horribly optimized, and there is a massive CPU Bottleneck... I have a 16 Core Threadripper...... and the game has a 16% CPU utilizing, with a 20-30ms CPU latency... ridiculous.

    Thats when I can    This game is mostly unplayable for me, I have a very high end system, and on medium it struggles to even get to 60 Fps, frame rate fluctuates massively between 26 and 60fps, it appears to be horribly optimized, and there is a massive CPU Bottleneck... I have a 16 Core Threadripper...... and the game has a 16% CPU utilizing, with a 20-30ms CPU latency... ridiculous.

    Thats when I can actually play it, many times, I experience extreme graphics glitches that make the game unplayable, bright white screens with glowing lights, missing textures... its a mess

    There are also animation bugs and a variety of other bugs.

    I have been playing multiple other games, and they all run flawlessly on High Settings, at 165fps at 1440p. this game runs like Garbage!!!

    I'm sick of this push an unfinished game out, and patch it later attitude.    … Expand
  17. cmarron31
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    The main game itself is a 1/10. I gave the game a 4/10 because of Portal.

    Also, this game is absolute proof that positive critic reviews are mostly purchased by large developers (surprise surprise). Issues: Maps are way too big with no detail, definitely rushed. There are vast tracts of land with zero detail, cover, anything. Just CLEARLY unfinished work. Destruction is a major    The main game itself is a 1/10. I gave the game a 4/10 because of Portal.

    Also, this game is absolute proof that positive critic reviews are mostly purchased by large developers (surprise surprise).

    Issues:

    Maps are way too big with no detail, definitely rushed. There are vast tracts of land with zero detail, cover, anything. Just CLEARLY unfinished work.
    Destruction is a major downgrade, EA flat out lied on this one.
    Graphics are a big step back.
    The UI is an embarrassment.
    A college team of interns could have crafted a better UX.
    No VoIP
    No Scoreboard
    No "All" Chat
    The 2042 voice lines are so cringe I mute the game sometimes.
    Performance is mediocre on my high end PC
    The specialist system is disgusting and ruins the flow of the game. No need for teamwork/collaboration anymore. It's just a free for all where no one knows what to do, leading to horribly unbalanced matches.
    No squad switching. So if you're alone in a squad with no one to spawn on to, you're beat.
    Endless glitches and bugs that require restarting the game.
    The gameplay itself is average. Specialists really degrade the experience. Why wouldn't you just play COD at this point? (Which is a stable game on a great engine BTW)

    Portal is pretty fun if you happen to find a good server with settings/weapons/class system from the older games. No surprise, all of that still works really well, and is a breath of fresh air. Literally the only thing remotely redeeming about this game. Really hoping that this part of the game can thrive because there's truly nothing else like it on the market.

    Overall, just really sad to see how far this franchise has plummeted in the past few years. And we thought BFV was bad.

    Don't buy it. Wait.

    Update: Updating the score to a 2/10. The nostalgia wears off quick after a couple days of portal. The voice lines, aesthetic, and UI of this game are honestly unsalvageable. I'll just play cod and I can't believe I'd ever say that.    … Expand
  18. SuperMoritz1
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Absolute and utter disappointed. Performance is very poor even with a 3080ti and an intel core i7. Feels very far from a Battlefield game. I would have much orefered a Bf4 remake.
  19. martinbrown131
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    totally trush and EA havn't complete it yet! we are not fool EA. There are so many bug in there and 3080+5800X can't even stable on 60 FPS at high setting.
  20. FilipeTheKid
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Cópia barata de Call of Duty Modern Warfare com Rainbow Six Siege. Todo lagado e bugado. Não parece Battlefield. Joguei 10 minutos e já percebi que não presta. Fã de Battlefield desde o 2, não consigo enxergar isso como algo que preste. Talvez o Portal preste. Nota 0.
  21. terrywhitaker20
    Nov 16, 2021
    10
    Hands down better than bfv! A few bugs but portal and hazard zone makes it worth the buy!
  22. theaoneone
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Hot garbage. might as well rename it to call of duty, it is not even battlefield anymore.
  23. JohnWalt
    Nov 16, 2021
    10
    que des gens pas objectifs y'a juste a voir les commentaires c'est chaud. sur pc y'a 3 bug a tout peter faut pas abuser c'est pas parce que tu vois pas ton ratio que c'est un mauvais jeux parce que tu rages de pas pouvoir trash les gens qui font moins bien que toi bref
  24. troolerxd
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    rough game. Im playing it on a 1070ti and it really drags. Boring plot, boring maps, boring weapons and customization. Optimize it better please, and listen to the community.
  25. 99styler99
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    They said that this would be the come back of the bf sereis.
    They also said that the version that we played on the open beta was months old, so the version that I'm currently playing still months old? To be honest I'd give this not a 3, but since they promised so much and accomplished so little im giving a big 0.
    They just needed to make something similar to bad company2, bf3 or 4. But    They said that this would be the come back of the bf sereis.
    They also said that the version that we played on the open beta was months old, so the version that I'm currently playing still months old? To be honest I'd give this not a 3, but since they promised so much and accomplished so little im giving a big 0.

    They just needed to make something similar to bad company2, bf3 or 4. But no, let's copy modern warfare mechanics (not saying that it's a bad thing to copy, it just don't fit the game).

    Sincerely, it looks like EA/DICE managed to make a new cyberpunk, making an amazing trailer, and showing a **** interface.    … Expand
  26. vidyagamenjoyr
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    Battlefield 2042 is yet another addition to the franchise that releases unfinished. Rather this time EA and Ripple Effect (a horrible name for a studio) went above and beyond to see how far they can push it.

    They removed stuff that was deemed great in previous installments, like the more realistic movement animations from BFV eg. wall vaulting, cover leaning, prone positions. An    Battlefield 2042 is yet another addition to the franchise that releases unfinished. Rather this time EA and Ripple Effect (a horrible name for a studio) went above and beyond to see how far they can push it.

    They removed stuff that was deemed great in previous installments, like the more realistic movement animations from BFV eg. wall vaulting, cover leaning, prone positions. An essential part of the entire identity of Battlefield called destruction (yeah, remember that?). Adding to this, the positional audio is completely cocked, the performance is less than ideal on a high-end system (5950X, 32GB, RTX 3080) and even all else aside, this game keeps crashing every single match I get to join if the servers are stable enough to let me connect.

    EDIT 17th November: I have a hypothesis that this game is somehow coded in a manner that it's very sensitive to hardware instabilities, and I think that my ram was a contributing factor because the cpu couldn't keep up at 1:1 ratio as ryzen likes it. Reduced memory speed and no crashes since. Mind you this hasn't happened in other games.

    The only reason I have given this game a 3/10, which I already think is quite generous is, because I love this franchise. After missing out on the previous two games by my own accord I'd like to be back, believe that they're gonna actually deliver on their promise that this game is made for the community, and not a lie.    … Expand
  27. ketchii
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Pretty much all concerns everyone had were true: the specialist system makes no sense and defeats any cohesion that may have existed, making every single soldier on the battlefield play and build their class solely for themselves. The UI is absolutely atrocious and doesn't build on any UI customization from the previous games, from the awful tiny minimap to flag markers not disappearingPretty much all concerns everyone had were true: the specialist system makes no sense and defeats any cohesion that may have existed, making every single soldier on the battlefield play and build their class solely for themselves. The UI is absolutely atrocious and doesn't build on any UI customization from the previous games, from the awful tiny minimap to flag markers not disappearing while aiming and covering up enemies to the fact that the only way to identify enemies is by a color of a dot over their head, which leads to laughable situations where players run past their enemies thinking they're friends, and a remarkable amount of friendly fire. The gameplay is stiff and controls unresponsive, the gunplay is awful and the (admittedly, not all will agree) terrible weapon accuracy/bloom system is so much worse than in any game before. Graphically impressive, but ruined by vaseline TAA you can't turn off, and terrible framerate on a 9900k + 3080ti. The sound design is very good, but once again marred by some of the worst directional sound I've heard in a videogame, with a range of bugs from hearing footsteps of someone 300 meters away like they're directly behind you to not hearing tank cannon shots right next to you. Increase in player counts is a great idea in theory, but ruined by both the developers (completely unfitting map design) and the players themselves (the match turns into two blobs of 64 players running between capture points, with the only gunfights really happening when they meet or when helicopters come into play). Adding AI to multiplayer matches is an absolutely baffling idea, and the half-braindead artificial teammates make each match look even more like a bunch of headless chickens running around an open field. Map design, while absolutely gorgeous to look at, is atrocious for gameplay, with huge open areas where infantry is practically useless, while snipers and vehicles have a field day. Portal as it is is woefully lacking in content (much like the rest of the game), and the server browser won't even tell you the rules of any of the bazillion servers beyond tags like "custom points" or "changed movement". Protagonist specialists don't shut up, other specialists scream from both sides of the trenches in all kinds of languages throwing me off. The guns are laughably low quality, from attachments misaligned with the gun itself to 7.62 firearms using 5.56 suppressors to animations being incorrect for the specific firearm (see the bolt on the ACR during firing or the preparation/initial spawn animation on the AK74U), DESPITE BEING CORRECT IN THE PREVIOUS GAMES. I downloaded it genuinely hoping it'd be great despite the terrible beta and baffling design decisions, but I just couldn't bring myself to like it.… Expand
  28. Eyresey
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Not even as good as BF4, not even close.

    I have paid £100 to play this game early and it really shouldn't even be out of alpha yet, its buggy, the servers crash every game, I have loaded into 12 games and can't deploy. The guns are quite limited but I quite like this and for the sake of buying the ultimate edition, I got about 5 garbage skins that look very similar to the standard skin    Not even as good as BF4, not even close.

    I have paid £100 to play this game early and it really shouldn't even be out of alpha yet, its buggy, the servers crash every game, I have loaded into 12 games and can't deploy. The guns are quite limited but I quite like this and for the sake of buying the ultimate edition, I got about 5 garbage skins that look very similar to the standard skin of each character, the only good one is the tier 1 and anyone can unlock that. Kills don't register, the vehicles are unbalanced, there are a million glitches, I can't even check the scoreboard because its none exsistent. They are talking about a day one patch which makes me even more annoyed that I paid extra money to play it early as I am not getting the full experience, not to mention that there are only 2 game modes to play.    … Expand
  29. dl_mj12
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Despite how its advertised, this is NOT a game for Battlefield fans. The "love letter" to fans is more like a slap in the face. The game has no soul and has dropped most of its key pillars and lot of its features. Very basic features from previous are no longer present. Not including voice comms in 2021? It has the worst UI I've seen in 30 years of gaming. I'm terribly disappointed. IDespite how its advertised, this is NOT a game for Battlefield fans. The "love letter" to fans is more like a slap in the face. The game has no soul and has dropped most of its key pillars and lot of its features. Very basic features from previous are no longer present. Not including voice comms in 2021? It has the worst UI I've seen in 30 years of gaming. I'm terribly disappointed. I cannot overstate how embarrassed I would be if I worked for DICE and contributed to this mess. Well done champs, this is a huge step backwards for the series. One seriously disappointed fan.… Expand
  30. Titoos
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    0 it's a joke like this game. If you want to simplify things too much, you'll burn your wings. That will teach you not to listen to the community. I'm not going to explain why I put 0, there are already 5000 explanations and bugs on the net. Pitiful.
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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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