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. Fas38_gg
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    This game is a piece of sheet. I have never seen such a disgusting attitude to your audience
  2. Tdarkbey51
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Ea play I played with incredibly bad I can last 1 hour a lousy game I do not recommend
  3. rud0y
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    thx ripple effect for bf portal
    please do the next part BF, please!
    bf 2042 full sh1t
  4. Phalanx39
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Unfinished mess, with tons of bad choices made in order to make money, as well as an incredible amount of missing features and lack of content
  5. IL-YA
    Jun 1, 2022
    0
    This game is the most stinky pile of sh*t I've had the displeasure of playing. The devs should be ashamed and EA deserves all the hate it gets. They keep getting away with scamming people, charging 60$ or more for early access and don't care about the consumer's experience .Vote with your money, don't buy this game.
  6. unknowndef
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Кусок говна которая требует минимум rtx3080 для нормальной игры которые стоят как автомобиль
  7. Cocolocomoco
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    This really doesn't feel like a Battlefield game, it feels like a hodgepodge of other games like Warzone, Fortnite and Apex. EA/DICE failed to include scoreboards, player stat profiles, server selections and chat. Also somewhat buggy, granted games at launch and bugs go hand and hand, but not being able to revive other player is a big issue.
  8. yekva
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Do not buy this
    ERROR pops up whenever you enter the game on PS5
    This game is destroying your PS5

    Goodwill advice
  9. FrankMario
    Jun 7, 2022
    0
    Season 1 is not even close to 1/10th content of what we got in BF3 ou BF4...

    I'm mad, after Command and Conquer we all can say : they killed another loved IP i have no hope for the future...

    PLEASE do not buy it, may be just try some old battelfields (3/4/5) they are infinitely better.
  10. Amraz
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Worst Battlefield ever made. Only 2 good point i see : crossplay/crossprogression and 128 players.
    The rest ? 10 steps back on all aspect on the game.

    Huge huge shame for Dice and EA. 5 teams on this game. 3 development years (or more) for this crap ?
  11. TKCrits
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    I can not recommend the game in its current state and neither for medium or minimum spec hardware. Especially at this price point.

    My specs: Nvidia Gefore 2060, 16GB Memory, M.2 SSD, 9th Gen Intel i7. Played on High and Low settings @ 1080P. Issues: - Constant rubber banding (similar to lag/latency) even with a ping of 4ms. Mostly happen on certain maps and when there is a lot going    I can not recommend the game in its current state and neither for medium or minimum spec hardware. Especially at this price point.

    My specs: Nvidia Gefore 2060, 16GB Memory, M.2 SSD, 9th Gen Intel i7. Played on High and Low settings @ 1080P.

    Issues:
    - Constant rubber banding (similar to lag/latency) even with a ping of 4ms. Mostly happen on certain maps and when there is a lot going on. Due to this, you experience poor hit reg. For example, shooting someone 3 times in the chest with a shotgun from 5 meters and only the last shot counts. Other examples include teleporting through walls or on top of objects. Flying a Helicopter, teleporting through the air and into buildings.
    - Poorly optimized. Similar framerate on low and high settings. Maybe a 5-10fps difference.
    - No Squad management in-game, can't switch between squads for example. Can't even see members of other squads.
    - No scoreboard.
    - No classes (There will be "meta" loadout and specialist combinations that everyone will use).
    - Un-populated Portal, Breakthrough and Hazard Zone servers. This might be a region issue, as the matchmaking seems to only match on low latency.
    - Dice said if matchmaking fails to find a match, it will start a game with bots. I have yet to see this happen.
    - Can't host portal servers (Global quota reached error)
    - No dedicated / self-managed servers.
    - User interface can be counterintuitive and confusing in certain areas.
    - Numerous balancing issues. For example helicopter AA rocket lock-on jets, you need to be extremely close. Yet infantry AA seems to have a much further range.
    The PP-29 is the most powerful short to medium range weapon. The Assualt rifles don’t compete against it very well. The AK has extreme recoil to the point where it is very underpowered medium range.
    - Hovercraft is the most meta thing in the game. Oblivious to rocket fire and tank shells.
    - It feels like the maps don’t encourage tactical gameplay very much. In comparison to Battlefield 3 maps for example.
    - Most buggy and glitchy Battlefield I have ever played.

    Personal Background:
    Started playing competitively during the Bad Company 2 years and continued throughout Battlefield 3 until the launch of BF4. Took part in many tournaments and competitions. Was looking forward to a good comeback to those modern/future eras, with good tactical gameplay and map layouts.

    Conclusion:
    Overall the game can be fun to play at times (when it works as expected). There are some good innovations and some not so great/confusing. And I can imagine a much better experience on a high-end machine, running a 3080 or 2080 graphics card. There is a lot of potential with Portal, but that feels wasted without dedicated self-managed servers and the inability to host due to "Global quota reached" errors.

    Recommend waiting a while until the game is out of "early access" and also having a high enough spec-ed machine before buying.    … Expand
  12. Goony
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Why is it that Game Developers make their Game exactly the way the Customers don't want them to be these days..

    Must be a kind of new Art among the Dev Community
  13. kaloczikvn
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game is not battlefield, far from it. I only have like ~30 fps so it is currently unplayable as well.
  14. nurfedx
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Absolute dumpster fire and an Insult to every BF-Veteran. Even worse than BF5. DONT BUY!
  15. 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
  16. m46
    Dec 5, 2021
    0
    The game is bad and undercooked. it will maybe be a good game in 6-12 months.
  17. aeromax
    Mar 27, 2022
    0
    I have no idea how they made such a bad /buggy/ generic game. Hot garbage, waste of time.
  18. Gregtami
    Feb 11, 2023
    0
    Yet another garbage FPS from worst company in gaming. F**k EA. No I don’t care that game is „better, now after updates”. Releasing **** unfinished, broken, undercooked and buggy product is something I will never be okay with. F**k EA and Dice.
  19. UnknownDeath
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Just utter trash. There are so many poor decisions that a 5 year old can comprehend. Check the subreddit r/battlefield2042 you will see the consensus. Only the fanboys really enjoy the game and I'm convinced that's due to the sunk cost fallacy. If you want to try it, get it through xbox game pass. You only get a 10 hour in game time access to 2042 but I doubt you will stick around past 5 hours.
  20. Motte
    Dec 1, 2021
    0
    even if you dont care about the buggs bad performance etc. this game got no visions it feels like this game is only build for selling microtransactions, pls do not buy this
  21. Pure8591
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    This is not battlefield, this is call of duty. Gone are things like destruction, scoreboards, teamplay, a real chat function and classes. Swapped out for stupid operators with dumb voice acting, lone wolfs able to camp in places constantly now everyone can have anything. The lack of content for an expensive game this this is a complete insult. Stick with battlefield 4
  22. Dudinkalv
    Dec 14, 2021
    0
    Probably the biggest disappointment so far when it comes to BF-games. It's not just the bugs, but it's a bad game at the core which won't get fixed with any patches whatsoever. Save your money, DICE doesn't deserve it if they resort to making cheap chinese knock-off feeling games of their own franchise.
  23. crabmaster
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    yikes yikes yikes

    get your refunds now while you can, because this bag of **** ain't getting any better
  24. PfunkNH
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Worst battlefield to date.

    Just play world war 3 in march its going to be free and its already better than bf2042. As someone who has played every single battlefield apon release I can assure you this is just a warzone clone.
  25. propetya
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The worst "BF game" I've seen .
    DICE and EA.
    You really do everything you can to kill the FPS game.
    Shame
  26. Rufasa
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    This game is just EA trying to copy Activision CoD and Apex Legends. They're goal is to get the money that young kids carelessly throw at games. It is absolutely rotten behaviour by EA.
  27. OnlyTheTruth
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The worst battlefield i have ever played.

    Completely stripped of all emotion and features to make room for a notyet implemented heavy monetization system. This game is barebones to the maximum with only 22 guns in the main mode and 7 maps. The maps might be big, but they are empty as **** and not fun to fight on as infantry. Since all teamplay features have been removed anyways, even    The worst battlefield i have ever played.

    Completely stripped of all emotion and features to make room for a notyet implemented heavy monetization system. This game is barebones to the maximum with only 22 guns in the main mode and 7 maps. The maps might be big, but they are empty as **** and not fun to fight on as infantry. Since all teamplay features have been removed anyways, even specialist follow the design philosophy of solo play. All of them are selfish as **** and there is little incentive to be a team player with the lack of rewards for actually helping other players.
    Vehicles are both **** to control and hilariously busted. Why does a ****ty hoverboat out of rubber take 5 antitank rounds to destroy, when it can move at mach 5 while ignoring gravity (see a video of it climbing buildings in hourglass). All vehicles regen health passively, there is pretty much no risk of dying if you have higher IQ than room temperature.

    Hazard zone is just a barebones spin on battle royale. Expect it to be dead quicker than BFV firestorm. Portal is cool, but the laggy ass movement of 2042 exists in portal aswell. The guns also suffer from the same random inaccuracy as the base version guns. With only 2 maps of each respective omage game. It's really not enough to save the package.

    The game runs like absolute dog**** even on a 3080 / r5 5600x setup. It's buggy, laggy and the hitreg is busted.

    SKIP THIS GAME. Maybe buy it in 2 years if it's playable, but so many core features are either missing or fundamentally ****ed up. I doubt Dice will ever be able to make this game actually decent, like they eventually managed with BFV. BFV might not be perfect, but it still miles ahead of this soulless ****heap of a game.    … Expand
  28. okaybruv111
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    Its like they removed everything that was good from previous titles, made some ridiculus aircrafts and they removed all sorts of stats.

    performance is trash

    asking price for this is insane

    Play Halo Infinite, its free and a lot better.
  29. D4vid
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Full of bug and full of stupid content. Two incomplete games in a row now. Ridiculous
  30. tacsquid
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    A sorry excuse for a BF game. Many beloved features like classes have been removed and on top of that it has a ton of bugs. Yet another AAA game disappointment. It's better than cyberpunk.. but not by much.
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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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