Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 4,004 out of 4864
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  1. sirius25260
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Le potentiel pour un bon jeu était présent, il s'appelait BFV. Il suffisait de mettre des skins modernes à ce jeu, y ajouter quelques features et voila. Pas vouloir réinventer ce qui faisait Battlefield.
  2. KentasLT
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Refunded after playing beta and all bad reviews. Looks like garbage game and in beta it was terrible.
  3. laptchik
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Tons of bugs, disconnects, and laggs. Horrible vehicle physics, and destruction worse than in BF4, and nothing more...
  4. Jentev
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    Games is unfinished in every aspect. Buggy, terrible fps, laggy, lacking the most basic features. This is unacceptable for an expensive triple A game
  5. TRiiLL
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    After playing for 5 hours, I couldn't help but wonder if Battlefield was always this terrible. I went back to Battlefield 1, and the answer was clearly no. So many features were removed from the game for absolutely no reason (spotting, scoreboard, team and squad switching, etc..). Not to mention the overwhelming number of glitches and bugs. I had to reset my game after every match to enterAfter playing for 5 hours, I couldn't help but wonder if Battlefield was always this terrible. I went back to Battlefield 1, and the answer was clearly no. So many features were removed from the game for absolutely no reason (spotting, scoreboard, team and squad switching, etc..). Not to mention the overwhelming number of glitches and bugs. I had to reset my game after every match to enter a new server! Terrible map design that makes it compulsory to use a vehicle or a sniper due to vast spaces. I end up running 70% of the game and then dying because I can't tell where I am being shot from. The concept of "all-out warfare" was executed poorly. I don't want a game where there are too many players concentrated around a few objectives. The only good thing I can mention is that I was blessed with the opportunity to try the game for 10 hours before buying through the Xbox Game Pass for PC. Refrain from wasting your money on this piece of unfinished garbage.… Expand
  6. Akme_au
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Not a real BF, is missing all the heart and soul, feels more like a monster of combined dead parts that no one asked for, and lacks any of the passion that previous iterations had poured into them. RIP Battlefield, from 1942/Desert Combat/BF2, to this mockery of a FPS that can’t do anything right, and won’t give the fans any of what they need.
  7. Metaaussie2
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Game is riddled with game breaking bugs and poor gameplay design. Maps are the worst the series has ever seen. Gun selection is woeful and gunplay is a travesty. Vehicles handle the worst in the series. Hit reef is utterly broken. Half the time you try to spawn it disable the ui so you have to restart. Specialists are an unbalanced nightmare. The ui is nigh unusable on consoles and is anGame is riddled with game breaking bugs and poor gameplay design. Maps are the worst the series has ever seen. Gun selection is woeful and gunplay is a travesty. Vehicles handle the worst in the series. Hit reef is utterly broken. Half the time you try to spawn it disable the ui so you have to restart. Specialists are an unbalanced nightmare. The ui is nigh unusable on consoles and is an absolute ****fight to navigate through at the best of times. Stay away from this travesty and just wait for halo or play cod. They might actually be worth the time… Expand
  8. bishnold
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    After the launch of BFV I was resolved not to buy another BF game at release. Instead I got a 10h trial with the Xbox Game Pass to check it out and boy am I glad I did. I am pretty sure they were developing some battle royale monstrosity and changed their mind mid development, leaving 2042 with a confused design that feels crudely mashed together. There is a lack of harmony betweenAfter the launch of BFV I was resolved not to buy another BF game at release. Instead I got a 10h trial with the Xbox Game Pass to check it out and boy am I glad I did. I am pretty sure they were developing some battle royale monstrosity and changed their mind mid development, leaving 2042 with a confused design that feels crudely mashed together. There is a lack of harmony between practically every element of the game. Before you even get into a match you are left frustrated by the atrocious menus which feel like they were designed for mobile or consoles.

    The settings menus are disorganized and hard to read.
    The multiplayer menus are devoid of functionality.
    There is no server browser, only matchmaking. The ONLY option you get is the gamemode, and those are distinctly lacking compared to previous games.
    You can't choose what region to play in or an acceptable ping.
    You can't choose what map you want to play on—you get thrown into a random map and can end up playing the same map several times before you get what you want.
    There are only two main gamemodes.
    When the round ends you get booted to the main menu, but not before the game forces you to wait through multiple post-match filler screens and cheesy Overwatch "hero" style one liners.
    There is no classic scoreboard so you can't see ping, K/D, classes, number of players, etc.
    You can't change teams.
    You can't join, create, lock or kick from squads.
    You can't chat to the other team and the chat box is so tiny your messages get hidden.
    The specialist/class system is nonsensical and has no rock/paper/scissor style tradeoffs with their weapons/equipment.
    There are very few guns and hardly any equipment to choose from.
    Specialists have absurdly broken special abilities like the wingsuit that can cover huge distances or the gizmo for hacking aircraft.
    Despite the maps being gigantic the guns have absurd random spread that makes medium to long distance engagements a diceroll.
    There is no xp incentive given for teamwork as in previous games.
    Range of movement is a downgrade from BFV with multiple features like crouch-running missing.
    Despite the lacklustre graphics the performance is ABYSMAL, even on new high end hardware on low settings.
    Rough releases are common for BF games but this is something else—I don't believe it is salvageable with the effort Dice are likely to invest in it. It COULD be fixed, but it is not likely to be.
    Avoid like the plague.    … Expand
  9. BlueGravity
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    game is lacking campaign, there are many bugs, high ttk, horrible bloom ( they took the easy way out and didn’t just balance the weapons), horrible performance on pc, horrible UI, controls are confusing, big voidless maps, 22 guns, doesn’t feel like battlefield.
  10. Averuch
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Why write 1050 ti in minimum if it is not capable of 60 fps 1080p low. Here minimum 3060 is the very thing. **** from dice.
  11. Cucaman
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    First, the game is broken! So many technical issues that I couldn't count. Second, this game have no soul. Doesn't feel like battlefield. Just hated it all, and I'm a big fan from the franchise, played all the other games. Portal mode is the best of the game.
  12. Salah1
    Nov 15, 2021
    10
    This game is truly impressive ! I spent hours playing it with friends with endless fun and high level of details and realism
  13. JohnDynePlayer
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Mais um game da franquia que é lançado incompleto em todos os aspectos.
    Tiros não acertam o alvo,
    Troca de equipamento com problema,
    FPS dropando a cada começo de partida consecutivamente,
    "300" modos de jogo dentro de um só e nenhum realmente acabado.
  14. MrCusNT
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    How can they release a game that looks worse, plays worse, more buggy, less destruction, less content and less of battlefields core gameplay features?
  15. TheeKevinaTor
    Nov 15, 2021
    8
    It's a good game don't listen to the hate. They are feeding off each other. Give the game a chance it reminds me of the launch of bf4 ya its rough but it's still worth playing and it will only improve from here. Pretty much every where has a refund policy so try the game and if you hate it refund it but I urge you to give it a chance don't let the hate train shut down another good gameIt's a good game don't listen to the hate. They are feeding off each other. Give the game a chance it reminds me of the launch of bf4 ya its rough but it's still worth playing and it will only improve from here. Pretty much every where has a refund policy so try the game and if you hate it refund it but I urge you to give it a chance don't let the hate train shut down another good game maybe even a great game in the making.… Expand
  16. lm98
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Such a shame, list of things below:

    No scoreboard...? infantry play is trash not enough guns servers are trash destruction is non-existent strange bullet behaviour thing is trash the voice acting is trash classes are gone, a staple of battlefield the menus are just horrific, I don't know who designed such a bad user experience maps are massive, too large all I end up doing is    Such a shame, list of things below:

    No scoreboard...?
    infantry play is trash
    not enough guns
    servers are trash
    destruction is non-existent
    strange bullet behaviour thing is trash
    the voice acting is trash
    classes are gone, a staple of battlefield
    the menus are just horrific, I don't know who designed such a bad user experience
    maps are massive, too large all I end up doing is running around from point to point

    I could go on. Portal redeems it slightly but it is still buggy.

    Lots of work needed.    … Expand
  17. Surg3on
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    If you want to just jump on and shoot some things there are better games out there. If you want to play with friends in a squad based shooter this game will fight you every step of the way. Everything about this game is rushed.
  18. narvakka
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    battlefield is no more.
    It used to be a team focused game where any individual could make a difference.
    Now it's just...a mess, with no scoreboard.
  19. TheKosst
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    If you want to buy this game - wait few months until they fix EVERYTHING. Tons of bugs, small amount of weapons. Only 1 game mode is good - its Portal, but im not sure, that you want to pay about 50$ for this mode only.
  20. thatchrisguy122
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    I'm trying really hard to enjoy this game because I'm a huge fan of battlefield but it feels like the staff at dice were replaced by kindergarteners. Going from BFV to 2042 feels like moving MILES in the wrong direction. They took away so many features that give the game depth it almost feels like a mobile game on a larger scale.

    A lot of other user reviews hit the nail on the head    I'm trying really hard to enjoy this game because I'm a huge fan of battlefield but it feels like the staff at dice were replaced by kindergarteners. Going from BFV to 2042 feels like moving MILES in the wrong direction. They took away so many features that give the game depth it almost feels like a mobile game on a larger scale.

    A lot of other user reviews hit the nail on the head for the list of features that are either missing or messed up so I don't even feel like I need to list them. Just know that they are accurate lol.

    I've had a few fun rounds if I stick to sniping or using vehicles to get kills so i'll give it a 2 but this game needs a TON of work.

    It's also insanely upsetting to see the critic reviews giving this game high marks. Companies paying reviewers for high marks just to get sales makes me want to throw up. I know its just the way things work these days but if they give up on this game and don't fix the issues I'll never buy another BF.    … Expand
  21. Player848
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    Оценка относительна… потому.. оцениваю «делами» - «Что можно сделать плохо»:

    Battlefield 3 early access – странное расположение и движения рук. VS Battlefield 2042 early access: Если по мелочи: - можно смотреть сквозь стены и за* карту, если лечь под переделённым углом и смотреть в угол стены. - если ноги упираются в стену персонаж начнёт «экстравагантно» (xxx) махать рукой    Оценка относительна… потому.. оцениваю «делами» - «Что можно сделать плохо»:

    Battlefield 3 early access – странное расположение и движения рук.

    VS

    Battlefield 2042 early access:

    Если по мелочи:
    - можно смотреть сквозь стены и за* карту, если лечь под переделённым углом и смотреть в угол стены.
    - если ноги упираются в стену персонаж начнёт «экстравагантно» (xxx) махать рукой вверх-вниз.
    - визуальная подсветка противника НЕ возможна или возможна но только в технике за «ОТДЕЛЬНОГО пассажира» или после 50 лвл… разработчики.. вы издеваетесь? battlefield bad company 2 – подсветка противника возможна СРАЗУ с уровня «0».

    Если серьезный глюк:

    - Пуля летит чётко в голову модели противника. Трассер входит в голову – через 0,5 секунд – противник, как стоял, так и стоит, но ещё через ещё 0,5 секунд – противник уже в 10 метрах от трассера… и так очень часто (постоянно).
    - При этом снайпер не может подсветить противника вплоть до 50 лвл… и в чём смысл игры за снайпера? Чем он по вашему отличается от штурмовика с той же винтовкой…
    - Сервера Компьютеров + Консоли = ад для Компьютера. Автоматическая коррекция попадания это легальное читерство. Настолько реалистичное управление снайперской винтовки у Компьютера: вы НЕ попадете в цель. Зато (штурмовик) автоматчик с XBOX легко за 3 выстрела вас заметит и попадёт чётко в голову, почти с другого конца карты.

    + battlefield portal.
    +/- физика игры: оно запускается (за это +1)    … Expand
  22. xcrime
    Nov 15, 2021
    10
    Best shooter. I waited for him after the fourth part and finally waited. no part came out without technical problems. In a couple of years, she will be brought into an ideal state. I expected a much worse state of the game at the start. I played 24 hours in one weekend. And I can't stop.
  23. Lark1n
    Nov 15, 2021
    10
    This game is not so bad to deserve such a low rating. Yes startup problems are bad, but not 2 points
  24. Kekich_g
    Nov 15, 2021
    10
    This game is so enjoyable to play and I don't care what others saying about it lol
  25. Alnag
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Terrible, just terrible. This game has no soul. No fun. It is just a poor attempt to grab consumer money and provide nothing in return. What a shame for Battlefield franchise. I mean how is this even possible to release in such a sorry state? Nothing works. No concept. And this in turn creates disfunctional game experience.
  26. Abr1koZ
    Nov 15, 2021
    7
    Есть много багов к сожалению , система выбора оперативников и снаряжения сыровата . Будем ждать релиза и первых обновлений .
  27. Hell_d
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    DICE lost 90% of original Stockholm team.
    +
    EA brought DICE new cheap student Developers. = Battlefield 2042 that absolutely feels like students summer project/try to copy BF on Unity engine. "new" DICE cheap team failed miserably. - UI is horrible - "Heroes" / Specialists concept was absolutely not needed for BF. EA just copy-pasting CoD for nothing good. - Gunplay is a mess,    DICE lost 90% of original Stockholm team.
    +
    EA brought DICE new cheap student Developers.

    = Battlefield 2042 that absolutely feels like students summer project/try to copy BF on Unity engine.

    "new" DICE cheap team failed miserably.
    - UI is horrible
    - "Heroes" / Specialists concept was absolutely not needed for BF. EA just copy-pasting CoD for nothing good.
    - Gunplay is a mess, hit- detection not working - "blood" splash on enemy character is clearly visible but damage not counted.
    - Maps are awful. No gameflow whatsoever. Flags are placed just randomly, with no concept in mind. Some maps are absolutely flat.
    - Jets and Heli are now having absolutely "new" controls and feels very sluggish, slow and underpowered.
    - just 22 guns overall.
    - NO SCOREBOARD!?!?? in game

    Every working part of prev. Battlefields starting from BF2, is missing in Battlefield 2042. Even little things like scaling minimap, or adjusting opacity of UI ingame. New DICE screwed up even switches in settings Enabled/Disabled frustrating and you can't say which is on or off now...
    Buy yourself EAplay basic, get 10hrs trial - and see yourself, you'll not want to buy this game.    … Expand
  28. Unk1nD
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Ну вот и всё, похоже это последний гвоздь в крышку гроба для серии battlefield. Отвратильеный и дегенеративный продукт. Единственный луч света в этой помойке это режим портал. По сути еа и дайс говорят нам, мол ебитесь как хотите, ибо у нас творческая импотенция и сделать мы нормально ничего не можем. Основной мультиплеер это ультра параша во всех аспектах, про хазард зону и говоритьНу вот и всё, похоже это последний гвоздь в крышку гроба для серии battlefield. Отвратильеный и дегенеративный продукт. Единственный луч света в этой помойке это режим портал. По сути еа и дайс говорят нам, мол ебитесь как хотите, ибо у нас творческая импотенция и сделать мы нормально ничего не можем. Основной мультиплеер это ультра параша во всех аспектах, про хазард зону и говорить нечего, это просто рудимент. Вообще не покупайте этот мусор.… Expand
  29. kulfon997
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    gfx looks like from 2006, everything is mess. game looks like unfinished, indie project from kickstarter. worst bf ever, i swear.
  30. TheSWEEPER
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Game is in a complete disarray and is embarrassingly bad A list of issues with Battlefield 2042 and what needs to be changed / fixed.

    **1) No Scoreboard** - No scoreboard means you can't tell who's hacking, can't tell if the teams are balanced, can't see how many bots there are in your lobby, can't see everyone's ranks/levels, can't see everyone's stats and comparing yourself and your    Game is in a complete disarray and is embarrassingly bad A list of issues with Battlefield 2042 and what needs to be changed / fixed.

    **1) No Scoreboard** - No scoreboard means you can't tell who's hacking, can't tell if the teams are balanced, can't see how many bots there are in your lobby, can't see everyone's ranks/levels, can't see everyone's stats and comparing yourself and your squad to everyone else, can't see latency of everyone in the match, can't see overall score, and can't see how many different classes are being played. The players have everything to lose when there is no scoreboard, yet EA/DICE have everything to gain. If you care about your community and respect us as dedicated fans of this series, you will bring back at least this one feature.

    **2) No scoring system** - We've had a scoring system in Battlefield for many years now, yet such a system does not exist in BF2042. Shooting at enemy players does not rack up any score points, throwing ammo/meds or doing repairs doesn't rack up score points. Capturing objectives, playing as a squad, marking objectives, spotting enemies, etc, all of these do not rack up any score. All we get now is a basic XP system that cannot be shown or displayed to anyone. You cannot compare your score with people on your own team, let alone the enemy team. The removal of the scoring system plus the removal of the scoreboard both contribute to the lack of competitiveness that the franchise has been known for. Remember the days where you were at the top of the scoreboard with 0 kills but the most revives/heals? Say goodbye to that.

    **3) No stats page** - So we have no scoreboard, no scoring system, and also...no stats page. We cannot even see our own progression and stats in the game. Remember the Battlelog days where we can see so many detailed stats and also compare with other users? Well we hit rock bottom.

    **4) No server browser** - When you thought it couldn't get even worse, it just did. BF2042 has no server browser, you matchmake like you do in Call of Duty. We cannot manually select/search for games, we have to just use the matchmaking system that does the search for us. This is taking power away from players for no good reason. This opens the door for SBMM/EOMM becoming a thing which is a major red flag. It gets worse.

    **5) Players do not carry over to next match, lobby disbands** - Out of all the things EA/DICE could take from Modern Warfare, they took one of the worst things ever introduced, which was lobby disbandment. When a match is over, everyone is thrown back to the main menu, you get no chance to rematch the players you just played with. The older CoD and BF games all kept the same players for the next map, meaning you could play with the same players match after match. You cannot do that anymore as the system now forces everyone to disband immediately after the post-match screen. Needless to say, but this kills what little sense of community this game had left. Well done.

    **6) No real class system** - People confuse this issue with the specialist system when these are two separate issues. You can have specialists while also having a class system. The issue with BF2042 is that every specialist can use every weapon, every grenade/gadget, and every tool, with the only difference being the skin of your specialist and their special gadget/ability. Having no class system means it will be much harder to balance out your weapons, because now every single AR has to compete with every SMG, which has to compete with every LMG, which has to compete with every Sniper/Shotgun, and so on. The lack of class system means that a stricter meta will form compared to previous BF games where you still had more diversity of weapon and gadget use because you had to sacrifice something if you wanted something else. For example, in BC2/BF3/BF4, if you are running an AR, you can't use an RPG, if you wanted one, you had to sacrifice the other. This is called balance because you are balancing out who gets what. All a class system is is a package of things you get. DICE could have easily made specialists be a part of a class or "package", so certain specialists within a certain class can only use certain weapons and gadgets/utility. This would have been the correct way to go for BF2042 and a fair compromise.

    There’s more tho, heaps more, I am limited by the word count    … Expand
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Metascore
68

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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