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  1. Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Don’t really know where to start. Everyone’s already said most of it. On console the aiming controls feel way off, the scaling of the game makes every one seem small and far away. Flight controls are clunky and slow. Guns and attachment variety leaves much to be desired.
  2. Nov 14, 2021
    8
    Too many bugs and a few missing features. I still dont understand the negative reviews, bc the gameplay itself is a blast
  3. Nov 14, 2021
    2
    You can tell the critics only gave their reviews so they can be invited for future EA/Dice events. This game is unfinished, runs like crap, maps are far too large and annoying to traverse. Guns have random and excessive bullet spread, so you can be shooting at somebody standing still and nothing will hit them. The only reason I didn't give this 0 stars is because of the wingsuit and theYou can tell the critics only gave their reviews so they can be invited for future EA/Dice events. This game is unfinished, runs like crap, maps are far too large and annoying to traverse. Guns have random and excessive bullet spread, so you can be shooting at somebody standing still and nothing will hit them. The only reason I didn't give this 0 stars is because of the wingsuit and the portal mode is ok. Expand
  4. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Been playing Battlefield since I was a little one back with BF1942. And this sure as heck is not a Battlefield game. The direction DICE took this game is so far from what Battlefield is that this game resembles CoD and Apex Legends more than it does BF. Maybe they are catering to a younger audience or something. Whatever the case the Battlefield franchise is for the worse with BF2042.Been playing Battlefield since I was a little one back with BF1942. And this sure as heck is not a Battlefield game. The direction DICE took this game is so far from what Battlefield is that this game resembles CoD and Apex Legends more than it does BF. Maybe they are catering to a younger audience or something. Whatever the case the Battlefield franchise is for the worse with BF2042.

    The maps are way, way too large for the player count. The increase in player count does not matter at all when the maps are absolutely enormous. There is little to no cover between objectives. Remember when you'd capture a point and head with your squad to another objective all stealthy like in the bushes or a trench? Yeah .. that does not exist in this game. At all. Due to the lack of any cover you pretty much spawn and die constantly.

    I could go on and on with a list like how there's currently no voice chat, the horrible specialist system, complete void of any squad based gameplay, the lack of weapons, vehicles being truly overpowered, etc., etc., but I will not as there are many other reviewers that have covered that. All I can say is, as I stated at the beginning, is this is not Battlefield. It may have the name, but it ain't the BF you know and love.
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  5. Nov 14, 2021
    9
    Does this game have issues? Yes. I’d like to see a normal scoreboard and I’m not a fan of the blooming I’m seeing with the guns at longer ranges. But, am I having a blast? Also yes. This game is tons of fun. The way I see it, they fix these issues (and others) and we will have a truly awesome game on our hands.
  6. Nov 14, 2021
    3
    This game went 10 steps back. Buildings and environments aren't as destructive. Graphics take ages to load in, something I would expect from 2010. Removal of the scoreboard is annoying, the end round dialog is so poorly done and just cringeworthy. Reviving is almost never an option. Most weapons and vehicles need a nerf or buff. The leveling system is a mess and the grind required for someThis game went 10 steps back. Buildings and environments aren't as destructive. Graphics take ages to load in, something I would expect from 2010. Removal of the scoreboard is annoying, the end round dialog is so poorly done and just cringeworthy. Reviving is almost never an option. Most weapons and vehicles need a nerf or buff. The leveling system is a mess and the grind required for some items are absolutely mind blowing. 20 knife kills in a single life? Get real. The devs said they cut the single player campaign to focus on the multiplayer and honestly this game feels so under developed. The most annoying issue so far is that the servers are constantly crashing and lag is in every game. I don't know why the devs decided to make their games this way. Everything that made Battlefield into the powerhouse that it was seems like it is missing. "It looks pretty but everything holding it together is just duck tape, zip ties, and last years dreams." Expand
  7. Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Wow this game sucks. I meet the recommened specs and still have 40fps, with the game stuttering every 10 seconds.

    It also doesn‘t feel like a real war. It glorifies violence. War in a collapsing world is portrayed as something cool.

    Refunded, might buy again in a sale in a few months. In it‘s current state it is just not worth it
  8. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Dreadful buggy mess. Probably be great in 12 months but right now it's embarrassingly bad.
  9. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Battlefield 2077 is the worst Battlefield I have seen so far even Hardline is a master piece compare to that game...

    Is the dev team just full of intern ? How can a such bad Game design and level design and UI was validated by the top management team ? How can this game get a 80 from the press on Metacritic ? Advice, do not buy the game right now make sure to buy something else for
    Battlefield 2077 is the worst Battlefield I have seen so far even Hardline is a master piece compare to that game...

    Is the dev team just full of intern ?
    How can a such bad Game design and level design and UI was validated by the top management team ?
    How can this game get a 80 from the press on Metacritic ?

    Advice, do not buy the game right now make sure to buy something else for Christmas. The game will be on sale in december because of the situation we have right now.
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  10. Nov 14, 2021
    2
    A massive disservice to the Battlefield franchise that was focused on cooperation. Certain new elements are cool and noteworthy, but as others on the internet have said, this reeks of a scrapped battle royale game.
  11. Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Game is not worth the money . Bugs on day one no variation of games. Crashes on my pc 2080 super i9900k. Fragrances horrible when working
  12. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Gun progression is not working! Specialist progression is not working!

    Hit registration sometimes does not even work for SOLO play! Loadouts get reset. No score screen. Flat boring maps. Control remapping does not work. Bullet spread does NOT follow gun aim during recoil, but rather it is random and comically extreme, with bullets going everywhere but where the gun is
    Gun progression is not working! Specialist progression is not working!

    Hit registration sometimes does not even work for SOLO play!

    Loadouts get reset.

    No score screen.

    Flat boring maps.

    Control remapping does not work.

    Bullet spread does NOT follow gun aim during recoil, but rather it is random and comically extreme, with bullets going everywhere but where the gun is actually pointed. Note that this is not a player aiming skill issue, the issue is that bullets are randomly shot off in directions other than where the gun is actually pointing, irrespective of how good your aim is. Although it is true that some deviation is expected, even for perfect aim in real life shooting, the amount of deviation in BF2042 bullet spread is comically extreme. You've heard of gun accuracy being measured in MOA or sub-MOA? BF2042 gives you gun accuracy in the tens of degrees!!! It is unusably broken to the point where player aim doesn't even factor into the equation.

    Lobby disbands after each match and goes back into searching for a lobby, so you don't get to play with the same people. Is this because EA cheaped out on server capacities and thus this gives everyone a fairer share of play vs waiting to play? As opposed to letting everyone play, with little waiting time, if they'd had enough servers with enough capacity?

    Getting spawned into the death animation is so much fun!

    Vehicles are being used to spawn trap kill, because of poor map design.

    No campaign, to focus on multiplayer and THIS is what we get!?!?!?

    Huge waste of money. Avoid at all costs.
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  13. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game is trash. Adding more and more people to this game seems to be a bad idea or maybe EA just doesn't know how to design and build this game. The maps are terrible with nowhere to hide, nothing to destroy. The battle is messed up and I never feel like shooting at people but to the air. My bullets are just disappearing due to the trash system, engine, and game server. The gameThis game is trash. Adding more and more people to this game seems to be a bad idea or maybe EA just doesn't know how to design and build this game. The maps are terrible with nowhere to hide, nothing to destroy. The battle is messed up and I never feel like shooting at people but to the air. My bullets are just disappearing due to the trash system, engine, and game server. The game experience is awful let alone hundreds of annoying bugs.
    My advice is, DO NOT BUY this trash at this moment and I'd rather play BF1
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  14. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    BF3 remains the last good BF release. Since its part of the Portal mode, its also the best part of this game, together with Bad Company 2, but the bad hit detection and overall technical state even destroy this experience. And not only is this a buggy mess, also the design choices are really bad. Specialist destroy the classic BF gameplay. DON'T BUY IT.
  15. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Honestly, game is still in beta. Should have never been released in this state.... Typical EA
  16. Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Technical: Menus are clunky, the game just won't launch sometimes, and constantly encountering lagging enemies that teleport. Casual hit registration, so don't expect the shots that land to hit.. Game: the maps are way too open and you'll get shot from the enemy spawn. The buildings don't seem to destroy as easily as past games which is disappointing. Playing on ea play pro because theTechnical: Menus are clunky, the game just won't launch sometimes, and constantly encountering lagging enemies that teleport. Casual hit registration, so don't expect the shots that land to hit.. Game: the maps are way too open and you'll get shot from the enemy spawn. The buildings don't seem to destroy as easily as past games which is disappointing. Playing on ea play pro because the game is definitely not worth that price tag. As a solo players, the experience is lacking alot. The early access release thing is also dumb. Not to mention the lack of a scoreboard or the little selection in guns. Expand
  17. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Just here to do my part for the gaming industry as a whole!

    NO SCOREBOARD DEMONIC HITREG I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LIKES OF IN AN FPS LACKING CONTENT 4 AR'S AT LAUNCH COMPARED TO BF4'S 10? MAPS ARE WAY TOO BIG 128 PLAYERS IS A FAILED CONCEPT SPECIALISTS?? ALL OF THE MOVEMENT FEATURES STRIPPED FROM BFV MSSING QUALITY OF LIFE FEATURES FROM OTHER BF GAMES Ignore the
    Just here to do my part for the gaming industry as a whole!

    NO SCOREBOARD

    DEMONIC HITREG I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LIKES OF IN AN FPS

    LACKING CONTENT

    4 AR'S AT LAUNCH COMPARED TO BF4'S 10?

    MAPS ARE WAY TOO BIG

    128 PLAYERS IS A FAILED CONCEPT

    SPECIALISTS??

    ALL OF THE MOVEMENT FEATURES STRIPPED FROM BFV

    MSSING QUALITY OF LIFE FEATURES FROM OTHER BF GAMES

    Ignore the critic reviews, join the review bomb army!

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  18. Nov 14, 2021
    3
    Im going to make this a review without going on about how DICE, its support studios and EA are the worst. I have nothing against the people who have spent massive amounts of hours to make this game, I just want to give my opinion on the game.
    apologies if my sentences aren't perfect, English isn't my native language. :)
    first off, I've been a fan of this franchise since I was 7 years
    Im going to make this a review without going on about how DICE, its support studios and EA are the worst. I have nothing against the people who have spent massive amounts of hours to make this game, I just want to give my opinion on the game.
    apologies if my sentences aren't perfect, English isn't my native language. :)

    first off, I've been a fan of this franchise since I was 7 years old, I'm 23 now. I've like nearly every single release, except for maybe V (except for movement) and now most recently, 2042.

    I've loved how the franchise that I love have moved forward and the movement being less and less static, gunplay being more responsive. learning vouzoiu and zouzou on bf4 was a fun challenge too.
    anyway, my thoughts on 2042 (so far)

    I spent a good amount of time in the beta, that was supposedly a few months old, and according to lots of fans in the community it was all going to be fixed for release. didn't work out great, huh?
    the official release is on the 19th but EA and DICE are selling access to the game already. If you're willing to take my money (even more than standard price if youre not using EA Play) to play your product im going to judge it as if it was fully released.

    Beta was broken, but I managed to put in around 10-15 hours even with the poor performance and almost drowning in bugs.

    around comes "early access" that we're playing now, and credit where credit is due, many bugs have been fixed. elevators work, the sound is better, explosions looks a lot better, the UI isn't as ugly, but its just not enough.

    * lets start with specialists, while it's a nice idea and something I actually would really like. I miss not being able to play as my gender in bf4 and only being able to play as a male for example. the problem for me is that it's not done right here, at all. I think that for most people BF have been about being a soldier among other soldiers, working together to overcome the enemy.

    that's not the case in 2042, specialists are made out to almost be like superheroes and not needing anyone but themselves. They have too much character, they're good at everything and aren't restricted by class. I can be a medic Specialist with a healing pistol but also bring an RPG into the fight. there are no classes left.
    by doing this, I cant tell who's going to be able to give me heals or ammo when running up to them, this was easy in the previous titles, I knew instantly who was a medic or support in BF3 for example, a game that was released in 2011.

    * Teamwork.
    I don't know what to say, it feels like DICE just wanted to rid BF of its identity. there's next to no teamwork here. reviving is clunky, I dont know who's a support or a medic because there are no classes, I don't know if anyone is coming to revive me, healing and helping your team doesnt give nearly enough xp, so you're not really motivated to risk your life to rush to the other side to heal your teammates.

    *UI/UX/settings
    where to begin? what happened here? the UI is surprisingly bad. how did we go from BF3/4/1/V, to this? I get F2P vibes when looking at it, doesnt feel finished at all. there's no indicator in the UI for what firemode I'm on, I cant resize my map, I cant change opacity of the objectives on the map, some settings do not work (crosshairs) and some are just missing (direct x12)

    * Maps
    We got 7 base game maps in total for release, who are all big and focus a lot on vehichles. not one map or mode for the people that enjoy infantry over large scale battles. disappointing.
    I feel like the maps are okay, at best. they're too big imo, even for 128 players and there's not nearly enough spots to hide. you're always getting shot at. the flow isn't there.

    * Performance
    Shockingly poor across most, if not all platforms. Im on PC so that's what ill be focusing since I cant speak for my friends on the console side.
    lowering the presets to low doesnt seem to do much, or anything at all. I dropped my settings from high, to everything low on 1080p on my mid-spec system, I messed around in the config file and gained around 15-20FPS total. going from 25FPS avg, to around 45-50avg. When its not chugging along at under 60, its stuttering, slowing down, or teleporting me back and forth. Other games doesnt teleport me, using fiber with 100/100 uncapped.

    * Misc/QoL
    Spread/bloom. - random bullet deviation.
    Mouse Input not consistent
    No server browser for main game
    lobby disbands after every match
    no squad management - cant join/create/leave/lock during games
    no scoreboard
    no all chat - let me choose if i want to see or hide the chat like in previous titles.
    gun customization UI messy
    Soundscape completely broken
    UI/UX customization severely lacking
    Spawns broken
    Specialists - theyre not faction specific.
    No Incentive for teamplay
    lackling destruction

    I had more to say but im at the limit. thank you for taking your time to read about my thoughts on the game. :) please dont harass devs :)
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  19. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    A big disappointment. The game seems aimless, and lacking so much of what makes battlefield…battlefield. It would appear as though they saw what Modern Warfare did and wanted a piece of that pie. But they did shamelessly and with no finesse. Bad optimizations and poor designs can be fixed. But the fundamentals of the game are wrong. If they claim to not know it, they’re either lying orA big disappointment. The game seems aimless, and lacking so much of what makes battlefield…battlefield. It would appear as though they saw what Modern Warfare did and wanted a piece of that pie. But they did shamelessly and with no finesse. Bad optimizations and poor designs can be fixed. But the fundamentals of the game are wrong. If they claim to not know it, they’re either lying or they’re idiots. It’s not battlefield - it’s a poor attempt at a money grab. This is becoming quite the pattern. I would sincerely hope everyone thinks twice before giving these companies anymore of the money you work hard for. Expand
  20. Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Battlefield 2042 feels and plays like a free-to-play game from 2016, I can't believe that I miss playing Battlefield V. The specialist system is one of the worst ideas ever (which has obviously been created to sell cosmetics in the long run), and the interface is one of the most counter-intuitive ones I've ever seen, I still don't fully understand how you customise your guns in the menu, IBattlefield 2042 feels and plays like a free-to-play game from 2016, I can't believe that I miss playing Battlefield V. The specialist system is one of the worst ideas ever (which has obviously been created to sell cosmetics in the long run), and the interface is one of the most counter-intuitive ones I've ever seen, I still don't fully understand how you customise your guns in the menu, I just use the plus-system when I spawn. It's frustrating to see that after 3 years this is what they came up with, 22 weapons (including sidearms). It's so annoying to see how they just ruin franchises like that, it would have been so easy to please the majority of players (old and new).... BUT NOOOOOOOO they had to release this **** of a game.
    And don't get me started on how they just removed all-chat, the scoreboard, KD .... just so that NOBODY gets offended, 'cause we wouldn't want that!!!!! OH no!! better get the scoreboard out of the game so that new players don't cry when they see that they aren't on top of the Leaderboard (off they aren't! They just started playing the game! make them WANT TO be on the top of their game...). And for all-chat, I guess the Developers got called **** too many times on it so they decided to leave it out.
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  21. Nov 14, 2021
    8
    The game is really fun, I played almost 15 hours in the first weekend between pc and Xbox SX, it needs some fixes but it will be a solid multiplayer. The potential is big
  22. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The game is terrible. Refunded after 1 hour of gameplay. This is nothing not a Battlefield game, it's Warzone/Apex/Fortnite clone. The game was clearly meant to be a Battle Royale and they changed those plans last minute.
  23. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    So sad that my most loved shooter as been released in suck an unplayable state.
    Performance is so bad, nothing to grind for. This is not my Battlefield.
  24. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This is the worst game ive ever played. The movement is awkward, there's almost no weapons, you cant play a dedicated class, the time to kill is almost a full mag, rockets don't do anything to vehicles, all the attachments have the exact same changes to the weapon i.e all grips have the stat changes, the servers lag, the maps are awful, hits don't register..... i could go on. just don'tThis is the worst game ive ever played. The movement is awkward, there's almost no weapons, you cant play a dedicated class, the time to kill is almost a full mag, rockets don't do anything to vehicles, all the attachments have the exact same changes to the weapon i.e all grips have the stat changes, the servers lag, the maps are awful, hits don't register..... i could go on. just don't buy it. its an early access at best. the game has ZERO identity. Expand
  25. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    i've been a day 1 fan since 1942 and loved BF3 the most so far. I was super excited about portal and the modern setting but boy oh boy... i don't want to make this too long but the major things are not even tiny glitches etc. but the main features are broken.

    - hit detection/ bullet spread is ridiculous... absolutely no fun at all - maps - what a unimaginative and plain mess... every
    i've been a day 1 fan since 1942 and loved BF3 the most so far. I was super excited about portal and the modern setting but boy oh boy... i don't want to make this too long but the major things are not even tiny glitches etc. but the main features are broken.

    - hit detection/ bullet spread is ridiculous... absolutely no fun at all
    - maps - what a unimaginative and plain mess... every building is empty and sterile - so are 80% of the maps open areas

    those are the two things that break it for me.
    Portal is a tiny bit "less bad" than the 2042 but it's still far from being good.

    I have hopes for patches but i fear that the game will be dead by then...
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  26. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
  27. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    They should of remastered battlefield 3 or 4 and just skip this garbage. Thats it.. needs so much more improvements
  28. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Unplayable bugs, I’ve seen alpha games made by indie companies with better optimization, weapon balancing and less bugs. The only people that are saying it’s a good game in its current state are ones desperate for a good shooter. Worst optimized battlefield game to date my 3 year old CPU is bottlenecking on the lowest settings.
  29. Nov 14, 2021
    0
    After the letdown from battlefield V and shutting down their live service (instead of fixing the game) they were so proud to announce 4 studios working on battlefield 2042.
    With a bittersweet taste in my mouth I left the game in hope to one day return to the beloved franchise I've recently discovered. Waited 3 years and Much to my surprise the very last chance they had to keep their fans
    After the letdown from battlefield V and shutting down their live service (instead of fixing the game) they were so proud to announce 4 studios working on battlefield 2042.
    With a bittersweet taste in my mouth I left the game in hope to one day return to the beloved franchise I've recently discovered. Waited 3 years and Much to my surprise the very last chance they had to keep their fans went down the drain...

    Playing the beta, I did not feel that "battlefield" feeling with teamplay and the atmosphere that I felt with Battlefield 1 had. Even if I tried to like Battlefield V it also lacked the atmosphere, even if teamplay at least were there. I thought, maybe it's just in my head.
    Head back to Bf 1 and I felt the Battlefield feeling from the first game when I started the game.
    But then I thought I would give the full game chance.

    If I'm not even talking about the performance with max 60 fps with a Rtx 3080 and all the bugs, this is not battlefield.

    - No one has a certain role, that I think battlefield must have
    - Too large maps, too open or both, and what's up with all the containers?? Is containers the best copy paste this game could offer for every map?
    - No Scoreboard
    - Too many loading screens
    - Bullets don't hit after 30 meters
    - UI is **** needs a total remake from the ground up
    - TTK is waaaay to low and can't hit enemy's because of this and infinite tactical sprint.
    - No nearby medics, people bleed out and waste tickets.
    - No teamplay, every man for himself
    - Doesn't look better than previous titles graphical wise
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  30. Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Dont know where to start, Like the game has so many basic features completely removed. All they had to do was copy/paste Bf5 gunplay and movement system in a modern setting and we could've had the best battlefield to come out, But no DICE wants to fix whats not broken by removing class system which is what makes battlefield what it is. What battlefield 5 died for? this game? Thats totallyDont know where to start, Like the game has so many basic features completely removed. All they had to do was copy/paste Bf5 gunplay and movement system in a modern setting and we could've had the best battlefield to come out, But no DICE wants to fix whats not broken by removing class system which is what makes battlefield what it is. What battlefield 5 died for? this game? Thats totally **** up, and I dont care if the game is gonna be playable in 6 months or a year and by fixed I mean add basic features like a proper score board. I'm just gonna end it here cause theres no way i can mention all the problems here. Expand
Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 74 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 74
  2. Negative: 11 out of 74
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.