Battlefield 2042

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  1. tdebug
    Dec 3, 2021
    1
    No sure if those who play only multiplayer like it, given by reviews - not really. I equally enjoy single player games, so no single player campaign is a big, big minus. But even the multiplayer is not much fun at all. Even on ultra, graphics and details look maybe 15 years old. Not worth your money.
  2. DexEngineer
    Dec 1, 2021
    0
    No scoreboard. It hurts my feelings. Stupidly unbalanced maps. Quality of code and UI is below elementary school. Battlefield of bugs and errors. Hovercraft simulator. EA team please, leave. I WANT MY STORY BACK!
  3. Hackerbee
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    What happens when you take a console first approach to what has always been a PC First title? BF2042, that's what. fisher price dummied down console controls, simplified menus, simplified graphics compared to what would be expected from a cutting edge PC title. corny fortnight end game emotes & characters, console shooter class system. console kids with controllers & auto aim (and theyWhat happens when you take a console first approach to what has always been a PC First title? BF2042, that's what. fisher price dummied down console controls, simplified menus, simplified graphics compared to what would be expected from a cutting edge PC title. corny fortnight end game emotes & characters, console shooter class system. console kids with controllers & auto aim (and they still suck).

    Limited weapon selection,
    limited customizability,
    janky poor hit reg net code,
    headshots at range with the standard AR, not likely (especially compared to all other BF titles.)
    bullet sponge arcade garbage.
    no scoreboard? is this to offensive for people now? or is EA just trying to protect the cheaters again? no private server hosts,
    no stats page? EA Hiding cheating in their games again?
    no chat. janky animations,
    buggy intros,
    buggy vehicle spawns.
    No Team switching,
    No Squad Switching,
    no voice/squad chat?!!!
    No Single player,
    No Coop.
    The list goes on and on.

    If you told me back in Battlefield 2, 2142, BC, BC2, BF3, BF4, that Battlefield would die out I would have laughed at you, but this **** this just makes me sad. RIP Battlefield. I hope EA Goes under one day. they will soon get to add another dead developer/franchise to the long list of ones they have unceremoniously murdered. I mean lets be real here they already chased off most of the original talent from DICE already, they just need to retire the studio name at this point.    … Expand
  4. NoWanga
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Larger Maps - Who asked for this?
    120 Players - Again, who was this for?
    Operations - Copy Rainbow 6 Siege
    Movement - Copy Call of Duty
    Gunplay - Pfff, who cares!?!

    Utter Garbage.
  5. v364
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    Should of been called 20-42fps
    This is not battlefield its glitchfield.
    The Specialists are the worst part they are super cringe they tried to copy COD but it fell on its head.
    Then in patch #3 they literally broke the game cos the mouse no longer works.
    One good thing is you can play the old BF games now.
  6. No5k1ll
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Dieses Spiel ist neben New World der größte Software Katastrophe 2021, den ich für teuer Geld gekauft habe. EA und Dice, wie könnt ihr nur so ein Battlefield abliefern? Ich rate allen ganz dringend davon ab dieses Spiel in seinem derzeitigen Zustand zu kaufen.

    - Maps sind viel zu offen und Laufwege viel zu lang um nach mehreren Minuten laufen dann von einem OP Hovercraft oder nem Heli    Dieses Spiel ist neben New World der größte Software Katastrophe 2021, den ich für teuer Geld gekauft habe. EA und Dice, wie könnt ihr nur so ein Battlefield abliefern? Ich rate allen ganz dringend davon ab dieses Spiel in seinem derzeitigen Zustand zu kaufen.

    - Maps sind viel zu offen und Laufwege viel zu lang um nach mehreren Minuten laufen dann von einem OP Hovercraft oder nem Heli oder nem Camper kurz vor der Flagge weg geholt zu werden.
    - TTK ist zu hoch
    - Hitreg ist für die Tonne, von 100 Schüssen kommen vielleicht 50 an, gefühlt noch weniger.
    - Server Tickrate ist gefühlt nicht vorhanden
    - Performance ist unter aller Sau
    - kein Serverbrowser und keine privaten Server
    - es ist einfach nur frustrierend, der beste Modus ist Portal, denn dort kann man BF3 Conquest spielen, allerdings nur auf 2 Maps
    - das Intro und Outro jeder Runde ist absolut nervtötend, braucht kein Mensch und geht mir einfach nur auf den Sack

    Wie schon als erstes erwähnt, dieses Spiel ist eine Katastrophe    … Expand
  7. Jiggawatts
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    Sorry, I don't play Fortnite...........................................................
  8. GODBANKAI
    Dec 2, 2021
    3
    The level design is one of the worst in the series, specially on maps like Hourglass and Kaleidoscope for breakthrough. The lack of content is also noticeable, lack of guns, vehicle modifications, and the FREAKING SCOREBOARD. There are MOMENTS of fun to be had here, but as a person who loved BF3 and BF4, DICE really dropped the ball on this.
  9. ssgtfromtn
    Nov 21, 2021
    4
    The game has potential but was definitely rushed. There are numerous bugs and there isn't any optimization. Save your money and wait a year.
  10. renderz
    Nov 28, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This, by far, is the wort Battlefield ever released. There is no balance, the maps have too many pinch points and FFS, it's next to impossible to survive more than 5 minutes due to the number of ambush and camping positions. I would rather stable my sensitive areas than buy this piece of utter waste of code. DICE should just quit now.… Expand
  11. frenchyus
    Nov 19, 2021
    4
    As a long lasting BF fan who started playing with 1942 I feel this game is an unfinished product and should not have been released in its current state. Every aspect of the game feels rushed and unpolished from its UI, to gameplay mechanics not to mention deceiving performances on a last gen PC running an RTX 3080. After BFV, I sincerely hoped EA would have learned from its errors howeverAs a long lasting BF fan who started playing with 1942 I feel this game is an unfinished product and should not have been released in its current state. Every aspect of the game feels rushed and unpolished from its UI, to gameplay mechanics not to mention deceiving performances on a last gen PC running an RTX 3080. After BFV, I sincerely hoped EA would have learned from its errors however this game is in a worse state compared to it. It may just be the last BF game I ever play.… Expand
  12. GERULAS
    Jun 24, 2022
    0
    I'll put about as much effort into my review, as the devs put into this game.
  13. hermanvongerman
    Dec 2, 2021
    3
    I will give it a three because when I can load into a game and play an entire match, it is great fun; however, reloading every 15 minutes because of CTD's or not being able to join a game is infuriating. EA should be refunding anyone who purchased and played this rubbish in he first four weeks of release
  14. Snake-Plissken
    Nov 21, 2021
    2
    Une catastrophe. On irait plus vite à lister tout ce qui fonctionne que ce qui ne fonctionne pas dans ce jeu. Et je ne parle même pas des bugs qui sont le moindre des problèmes à l'heure actuelle. Le core design du jeu est une catastrophe et tout ce qui découle de certaines décisions ne font qu'empirer les choses : le 128 joueurs ne fonctionne pas, les maps gigantesques et vident neUne catastrophe. On irait plus vite à lister tout ce qui fonctionne que ce qui ne fonctionne pas dans ce jeu. Et je ne parle même pas des bugs qui sont le moindre des problèmes à l'heure actuelle. Le core design du jeu est une catastrophe et tout ce qui découle de certaines décisions ne font qu'empirer les choses : le 128 joueurs ne fonctionne pas, les maps gigantesques et vident ne fonctionnent pas, les performances sont horribles. Les spécialistes ne sont là que pour copier les Moba et autres Apex, R6 Siège et consort, leurs capacités ne sont pas équilibrées, le teamplay est encore plus inexistant qu'avant (on ne sait même pas ce qu'ont choisi comme capacité de support nos équipiers de la squad !!), l'individualisme est roi et chacun fait sa sauce dans son coin (quand il n'est pas en train de courir dans des décors vides pour chercher un truc à faire).

    On a perdu 3/4 des fonctions de qualité de vie des précédents 7-8 jeux qui s'étalent sur plus de 10 ans. Comment est-ce possible que tout ce qui a été réclamé ces dernières années soit passé à la trappe sans se dire que les joueurs s'en rendraient compte ? Comment est-ce possible de sortir un jeu dans cet état ? Chaque jeu c'est de pire en pire, que se passe-t-il au niveau du management ? Comment les décisions sont prises ? Le jeu ressemble à un patchwork d'idées jetées au hasard, rien n'a de sens. Le marketing et l'intro du jeu tendent à installer une ambiance qui n'est nulle part dans le jeu (les lignes de dialogues des personnages c'est une horreur absolue de kikoolol cringe à souhait).

    La seule chose un peu positive dans ce jeu c'est Portal, et encore... Entre le fait que les dev n'avaient pas prévus les centaines de fermes à XP à la sortie du jeu, l'absence d'une quelconque curation qui rend la navigation dans les serveurs totalement hasardeuse, la suppression des titres et description pour tenter d'endiguer le farm à XP, l'impossibilité de noter ou de donner des tags à une expérience, réduit grandement l'intérêt du mode. Il faut s'inscrire ou suivre des communautés ailleurs sur le net pour espérer avoir une sélection dans tout ce foutoir et espérer ensuite le trouver via la recherche, ce qui est quasiment impossible puisque qu'aucun titre n'apparaît !

    Ce jeu est une honte absolue.    … Expand
  15. EasternUNO
    Feb 14, 2022
    1
    There are some very annoying things which make the game not that enjoyable like previous Battlefield V...

    1) Class system is totally broken. For example if I switch class to medic during the game I do not have ability to heal friendly players! In Battlefield V there were no problems with switching classes 2) In 80% of cases I am getting killed by tanks or other armored vehicles or    There are some very annoying things which make the game not that enjoyable like previous Battlefield V...

    1) Class system is totally broken. For example if I switch class to medic during the game I do not have ability to heal friendly players! In Battlefield V there were no problems with switching classes

    2) In 80% of cases I am getting killed by tanks or other armored vehicles or snipers.

    3) Every time I switch on the game I am experiencing massive stuttering during first minute of gameplay making the game unplayable. I have $4000 modern PC.

    4) Respawn is also **** up. When I respawn, the next second I often get killed by enemy which is nearby. The only thing I appreciate about respawn is that it's faster than in Battlefield V.

    5) When the game is over you cannot see any scoreboard. It just not there...

    6) There are characters and weapons from Battlefield 3, 1942 and bad company 2. Why?

    7) Overall the way how you want to edit your classes, join the games is stupid and not that nice. If there would be simple list of game modes, e.g. :Team Deathmatch, Rush, Breaktrough etc. it would be much more nicer instead of weird rectangles named all-out warfare, hazard zone and portal. It does not make any sense for players.

    8) No campaign!!!

    In conclusion, if DICE or whoever is responsible for this game will take care of it, remove the bugs and update the game - more maps, bug fixes, fix issues with classes, I will be considering to install this game, but it's such a garbage I had to uninstall it.    … Expand
  16. ilya_gg
    Feb 6, 2022
    0
    Dice you're doing everything wrong. How could you go down like this with such potential and such a fan base?
  17. hunn3r
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    1/10 Only because when you start it it actually starts. But the fun ends there.

    First you get yourself into a horrendous User interface which was created with no UX designer in sight. You get 3 tiles and a bland and unintuitive game menü with inconsistent options all around. After this you finally get to the game, which is bland, boring fast paced arcade shooter with no resembelance    1/10 Only because when you start it it actually starts. But the fun ends there.

    First you get yourself into a horrendous User interface which was created with no UX designer in sight. You get 3 tiles and a bland and unintuitive game menü with inconsistent options all around.

    After this you finally get to the game, which is bland, boring fast paced arcade shooter with no resembelance what a Battlefield game should be. The gameplay just like the worst Call of Duties, theres literally no teamplay, the specialist system has no place in a Battlefield game.
    Best of all. Everybody looks the same. You can't tell friend from foe, but don't worry. Half of the time, when you open fire, the enemy didn't get hit anyways. The netcode and the hitregistration is awful to the point where you can finish a clip to an enemy who walks away with 100HP.

    Let's also talk about how unoptimized this game is. Literally runs like crap on configs which should pull 140+ fps. I'm talking pulling 50-70frames instead of 140+. Oh, you want to tune your settings to get this joke of a game run better? Good luck with that. Between Ultra and Low settings, you'll gain around 8-15fps tops. DLSS also not working. How nice.

    EA and DICE has a tendency to abandon unsuccesful projects, so if you don't like to gamble wait around 4-6months and if the problems seems to be fixed get it on a sale.
    Until then, go play a game which actually was finished development before publishing.

    THIS GAMES NEEDS AT LEAST 4 MONTHS OF DEV TIME.

    tldr: It runs crap, its boring and bland, its buggy and probably the live service will be terminated.

    If you bought it, try for a refund, if you didin't buy it, dont't even think about it.

    /I played around 30 hours my experiences and toughts about the game are my own/    … Expand
  18. Kai82
    Jan 9, 2022
    1
    I see it again as my duty to warn you. The game was released in a state were it was clearly unfinished. I think it would have taken an additional year of development to fix the issues if not more. Again a clear case of release a broken game and fix it later mentality. To clarify this: We are talking about serious issues and not trivial things. There are serious problems like connectivityI see it again as my duty to warn you. The game was released in a state were it was clearly unfinished. I think it would have taken an additional year of development to fix the issues if not more. Again a clear case of release a broken game and fix it later mentality. To clarify this: We are talking about serious issues and not trivial things. There are serious problems like connectivity errors, barely / poorly working controls, crashes, lag and a lot of graphical glitches. I would avoid this game entirely. It is not worth your time and money. Overall this should be in the worst games list of the year 2021 and I barely can give a 1/10.… Expand
  19. eeyk
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Awfull game, no scorebord, less destruction this game is a downgrade and waay to arcade. The fly gimmic is annoying and take away all the fun. The weather effects are cool but who cares if the game sucks. There are less weapons no voice chat. The game is a dead soul.
  20. Zalabar22
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    To be honest, it's not as bad as some people make it out to be. I've played around 30 hours, mostly with friends on Portal and with Bots, but I've had a fun time overall and feel like I've gotten my money worth so to speak. I do feel like it launched early, and I've experienced the same bugs and crashes everyone else has, but the game is playable and has enough content to at least be aTo be honest, it's not as bad as some people make it out to be. I've played around 30 hours, mostly with friends on Portal and with Bots, but I've had a fun time overall and feel like I've gotten my money worth so to speak. I do feel like it launched early, and I've experienced the same bugs and crashes everyone else has, but the game is playable and has enough content to at least be a 4-6/10. Again, I know it's not perfect. Here's hoping they support the game instead of dropping it from the initial release stink.

    Update November 2022: The game is in a much better place now. I've easily put over 100 hours into the game since launch and believe 2042 is closer to what it should have been at launch. They've added tons of new items in game, new maps, season passes, new operatives, weapons, equipment, and rebalanced the classes for a more authentic Battlefield feeling. I'd highly recommend giving the game another go.

    Edit to the edit: 330 hours of gameplay and it's by far one of my favorites. Pick it up for $20 and enjoy a great game.    … Expand
  21. imthatoneguy
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    The gunplay is just so soggy. Everything about the Aesthetic and marketing screams "arcade shooter" but then even by battlefield standards everything is slow and muddy. 2042 is like the damp potato chip of Battlefield games.
  22. lrg4you
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Its just a dissapointment, what a shame ,what a shame, i never believed that i returned to Battlefield 4, back when devs KNOW how to develope a game, this game is unfinished,full of bugs, and simply those Dice stupid dev wont just listen to players.
  23. lardinis
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Buy the game in pre reserve and so far I still haven't been able to play encrivel that seems like I've done everything and the soldier keeps spinning without stopping , I play only bugs , I play rubbish
  24. Armegedon
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
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  25. TheNoobPolice
    Jan 9, 2022
    0
    This game offers absolutely nothing to core FPS players who played infantry only, objective-based tactical modes in the past, like Domination, Frontlines, or even a proper TDM mode.

    You are forced to play silly massive player count modes against overpowered vehicles to unlock anything in the game. Literally, there are no infantry modes that are part of the main game experience. In a    This game offers absolutely nothing to core FPS players who played infantry only, objective-based tactical modes in the past, like Domination, Frontlines, or even a proper TDM mode.

    You are forced to play silly massive player count modes against overpowered vehicles to unlock anything in the game. Literally, there are no infantry modes that are part of the main game experience. In a game where the vast majority of players are infantry.

    The gameplay can summarised as a "run for 5 minutes trying to find an enemy and then get blown up by a helicopter" constantly looping subroutine.

    The game has a lot of bugs not relevant to the design. I like bloom gunplay in general when it's done right like BF3, but in this game it's sabotaged by hitbox and server hit registration issues. I wouldn't trust DICE to have the subtlety to understand the right feedback from the community regarding what are bugs and what are design issues.

    The worst-in-industry UI, huge gamut of missing features/modes and appalling performance of the game are all absolutely unforgivable.

    EA, please bin this franchise, and spend a minimum of 5 years dissolving DICE and rebuilding a new dev team sorting the wheat from the chaff internally to arrive at a level of quality we saw in titles like BF3 for their time in some new and exciting IP's. There are no shortcuts to this I'm afraid - you really are at the lowest all time low I have seen and I have been playing your games since the mid 80's.    … Expand
  26. Anthonyp
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    Terrible Lag. Terrible Hit Registration. Pathetic amount of weapons available. Maps are poorly designed. No classes. Specialists such. This is not battlefield
  27. KillerUnleashed
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    This type of effort is what is going to cause the next video game crash. If you pay into this and come up with excuses your part of the problem. Stop buying unfinished games and maybe, MAYBE, they'll stop releasing them like this.
  28. Reph3at
    Dec 1, 2021
    3
    Everything good comes to an end and, sadly, what we're witnessing is the end of Battlefield. Not only as our beloved franchise but, I'm afraid, as a title. Remember Medal of Honor? EA basically deleted it after Warfighter's fiasco. I had really high hopes for this game, I've been playing Battlefield since BF3 came out, so it's 10 years now. I really loved 3 and 4 and Hardline to someEverything good comes to an end and, sadly, what we're witnessing is the end of Battlefield. Not only as our beloved franchise but, I'm afraid, as a title. Remember Medal of Honor? EA basically deleted it after Warfighter's fiasco. I had really high hopes for this game, I've been playing Battlefield since BF3 came out, so it's 10 years now. I really loved 3 and 4 and Hardline to some extent. The problems began with Battlefield V - it was ruined by poor marketing and political correctness, and when one year after it's release it finally started to play well, EA decided to drop it's support. This time, EA deceived us with marketing referring to previous installments in the series (the trailer that was released in June had parts of Battlefield 3, BFBC2 and other community favorite moments/footages). The game that has been released is far from how it was being teased. Map design is poor - that's a result of bumping player count to 128. The maps lack details that were present in previous games. There is barely any destruction. As for the specialists, while I can live with them, cringy lines playing after every game are just too much to handle. There are just 22 weapons in the game, this is nothing when compared to Battlefield 4 which had over 70 of them. As others pointed out, we lost lots of basic features (which DICE now calls legacy features lmao). And finally, we come to the technical aspect. The game is far from being finished. Hitreg is terrible, UI is a joke - sometimes I don't even know whether a toggle is enabled or disabled. To me, this is an unfinished mess, which started as a battle royale game but then it was (poorly) remade into a Battlefield game. The only positive thing about this game is that thanks to it's disastrous launch, Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 3 servers (the ones with DLC too!) are populated again so I can play quality titles instead of this crap.… Expand
  29. Alin03
    Jan 11, 2022
    0
    Garbage ! Pls fix the game !!!!!

    This is just a lame money grab . 100e for ultimate variant what a joke
  30. AlphasOP88
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    Unfinished game, do not recommend buying, lots of gameplay issues, not sure why they would release the game in this state.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 74 Critic Reviews

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  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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