Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 618 out of 4864
  2. Mixed: 242 out of 4864
  3. Negative: 4,004 out of 4864
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  1. Skabin
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Dissapoinment. Worse than previous battlefields. I Think the worst bf ever.
  2. Gunmars
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    Underwhelming. That is the word that best describes this game. Multitude of bugs are just the start, lack luster gunplay, forgettable operators and overall just a step back. Missing features that were in previous titles that are now "coming soon", they have picked the Bethesda method of game launch. Release it in a poor state and patch it up it something at least playable down the road.Underwhelming. That is the word that best describes this game. Multitude of bugs are just the start, lack luster gunplay, forgettable operators and overall just a step back. Missing features that were in previous titles that are now "coming soon", they have picked the Bethesda method of game launch. Release it in a poor state and patch it up it something at least playable down the road. But this isn't a DICE issue, many devs are rushing games to market, cutting content that was standard 5 years ago and overall releasing half assed games. Most new games are all hype, little soul.… Expand
  3. OddJob001
    Nov 14, 2021
    9
    Thoroughly enjoying this game. It reminds me of BF4, but with more action. Small fights throughout a hectic, chaotic 128 player massive Battle. Really enjoying the specialists and the different aspects they bring to the game. Tactical squad play with friends is fantastic. Needs some work on community servers, joining, squad grouping, scoreboards and some other stats.
  4. Mad0ne
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Havent signed in to metacritic for years... I'm making this effort now to give 0 for this game.
    Good lord!!! I'm already old and have played every battlefield game. I'm so old that i have played wolfenstein on floppy disks old...

    I havent seen worse game than this, industry standard features missing. This game feels like mobile game ported to pc and consoles.
  5. Cherkyliam
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The specialists are horrible characters not from any type of war
    The into animations to a match are the laziest cinematography I have ever witnessed
    The graphics look washed out and outdated The ui and menu interface is clunky and poorly designed The waves are not real in nosher canals The sound design is terrible apart from explosions they completely ruined bad company 2 mortar strike    The specialists are horrible characters not from any type of war
    The into animations to a match are the laziest cinematography I have ever witnessed
    The graphics look washed out and outdated
    The ui and menu interface is clunky and poorly designed
    The waves are not real in nosher canals
    The sound design is terrible apart from explosions they completely ruined bad company 2 mortar strike
    Loads of bad design choices for example looking out of a building they try and create the transition of looking from dark to light instead it just looks pathetic
    3rd person transitions are terrible Team work is not encouraged
    They cant even do a teach you how to play conquest video properly
    Views from vehicles have a washed out look like a smear instead of a window
    Falling from the sky is nothing how a dead body would fall
    Revive cam doesn't make sense
    Doesn't feel like a war
    Is not fun anymore    … Expand
  6. Notsky
    Nov 14, 2021
    6
    I see some genuine criticism in the ratings but I find alot of the complaints rather intesesting and uncalled for. I'll start with the one I feel the most indifferent with. (Just a FYI, I will not be mentioning glitches as EVERY battlefield title on release had plenty of problems, this is not a BF 2042 specific problem).

    Gun play. In comparison to BF3, BF4, and BF1 the TTK is relatively    I see some genuine criticism in the ratings but I find alot of the complaints rather intesesting and uncalled for. I'll start with the one I feel the most indifferent with. (Just a FYI, I will not be mentioning glitches as EVERY battlefield title on release had plenty of problems, this is not a BF 2042 specific problem).


    Gun play. In comparison to BF3, BF4, and BF1 the TTK is relatively similar yet different. With the lack of weapons you rarely get killed with anything other than the starting rifle as it works great in all situations. It's not like the other weapons are not good either, they just lack universal play. Map design. The maps lack vertically, which I would argue is what made games like BF4 special. The maps are all large with little exception making chaotic close quarter battles non-existentent. Graphics. I'm playing on PC with a 3070 and i9 11700k so it would be unfair to call the graphics good without mentioning this. Content. This easily spooks me the most. Alot of customization and content seems to be missing which could make this another No Man's Sky. Simple stuff such as the leaderboard is missing which is a literal core game feature. As mentioned before the gun category is lacking extremely. I can forgive this if every weapon is viable but that will have to wait until I unlock them all. Gun customization feels alright, no complaints. Thats raps up my negative thoughts on the game, here are some pros that I believe make it a 5-6 out of 10

    The new Portal mode is extremely fun. It's a shame they spent so much time adding all those weapons to side gamemodes and not the main game. Custom games is... custom games with little change. The map disasters are all fairly cool. I do wish they added more man made disasters instead of weather based disasters. I would love to see radiation, explosive, or fire change the objectives. Map design. Although the maps are mostly flat with no major vertical titles they are still designed fairly well. Feel free to disagree. Specialist. People hate the idea of Specialist yet complain when people don't play medic or anything else for that matter. Specialist allow players to "multi-class" and better support teams with bonuses or abilities. I dont mind it because they don't provide stupidly overpowered bonuses that can't be nerfed or changed. Once again, feel free to disagree. The vehicles are hit or miss. Maybe it's just me but tanks feel like they have ungodly amounts of armour compared to BF1/BF4. The hit boxes are TERRIBLE, rockets will hit yet not deal damage nor points. The crew positions are cool but not practical. In summery this is the average live service game from the new Era of "release then fix" games. The game is fun, but lacks personality and content. I would definitely hesitate to pay the full 60 let alone the 90 usd for the gold edition. I    … Expand
  7. SignalB
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    DICE PLS.

    This comment from reddit sums it up for me. "The game looks like it was developed during the last year. What exactly was so time consuming and difficult that they needed all these teams and time to create? Basic features and systems that were a staple are missing. Maps are limited, nothing special, too empty and soulless. There's no story, no overarching plot. Gun pool is    DICE PLS.

    This comment from reddit sums it up for me.

    "The game looks like it was developed during the last year. What exactly was so time consuming and difficult that they needed all these teams and time to create? Basic features and systems that were a staple are missing. Maps are limited, nothing special, too empty and soulless. There's no story, no overarching plot. Gun pool is laughable, even f2p games have more variety. Destruction is a major stepback, nothing impressive that screams next gen.

    What where they all doing all this time?"    … Expand
  8. GensokyoIsReal
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Don't listen to "critics", DON'T WASTE YOUR WALLET ON THIS.
    This game is a mockery of the Battlefield franchise. An usurper, a corpse-puppet controlled by developpers trying to revive its glory days while simultaniously having NO IDEA what made the franchise that great in the first place. You can tell this is the result of a piss poor new management at Dice/EA, arrival of new Devs that    Don't listen to "critics", DON'T WASTE YOUR WALLET ON THIS.
    This game is a mockery of the Battlefield franchise. An usurper, a corpse-puppet controlled by developpers trying to revive its glory days while simultaniously having NO IDEA what made the franchise that great in the first place. You can tell this is the result of a piss poor new management at Dice/EA, arrival of new Devs that have absolutely no clue what they're getting into and want to rebrand the franchise into some half assed garbage that no one asked for. I feel sorry for the 2000s Dice devs that are witnessing this.

    A TON of great features that have been part of this series for so long: gone.
    Terrible design for all of the new original 2042 maps, unnecessarely large, flat, no cover and empty battles. They look nothing like an actual battlefield, there's zero warfare/conflict look to them. it's all designed to be some kind of ultra realistic Valorant/Overwatch with some hints of Cyberpunk 2077 instead of god damn Battlefield, add to that the MAPS are absolute garbage even on their own and yeah. Complete failure. There's no destruction, you know, the one thing that Battlefield has been know to be excelling at for more than a decade at this point?
    The performances are absolutely horrible despite my computer being a monster, Portal is limited, lacks content, and overhaul very disappointing, animations are clunky and feel unfinished. The whole "boots on the ground" feel has disappeared, say hello to cringy quirky specialists instead of the class system that has forged Battlefield since its creation. Say goodbye to teamwork, good sound design, decent variety of weapons (22 at launch, really?) The UI design is the worst I've ever seen in a post 2010 game, THERE IS NO S C O R E B O A R D, NO STATS PAGES, NO SERVER BROWSER, NO CLASS SYSTEM, NO FACTION, YOU CAN'T KNOW HOW WELL YOU ARE DOING COMPARED TO OTHERS AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE SQUAD? HELLO?! What kind of sick joke this is? Keep in mind that this is only a SMALL FRACTION of what's missing in this abortion. The end of round screen is a complete joke, filled with "comical voicelines" and animations that make you want to rip your ears off and pierce your eyes from awkwardness. It's insane how infuriatingly bad this game is, especially after Battlefield V which despite not being a great game is absolutely better than this one, which says a lot. What has Dice gone into? What sort of quality degratation abyss have they fallen in? Have they signed some sort of contract to make the most anger induincg """battlefield"""" experience possible? This entire mess of a game looks and feels like it was released a year too early. A 3 years wait, endless talk about a bunch of studio working their asses off, about being supposedly "ahead of schedule", only for this joke of a result? The game is a buggy disaster, the hit registration is an absolute shore and I have counted dozens of situations where my bullets did not hit a thing. Even if the game had a proper developpement time, its foundation is already broken by their stupid "creative choices" such as their so called "specialist" that were obviously only created to appeal to Call Of Duty/BR fans, to try to "modernise" the franchise into something completely deplorable and cringy. I wouldn't even be surprised if this game was originally meant to be a BR judging by how coincidentally similar some design choices are here to these type of games. It also seems like Portal was specifically made for people not fan of BR.
    Speaking of Portal, apparently it took only a year to make?? Yeah I can f*****g tell with how janky it is, and how inferior the sound design of each recycled weapons of this gamemode is compared to masterpieces like BATTLEFIELD 3 or Bad Company 2. How the hell did a concept such as Portal take a year to make in a 3 YEARS of developpement game, when THIS gamemode is what has most of the content. Something tells me this was a last ditch effort to appeal to "oldschool fans" because you were too scared of people not liking the garbage new ideas you had for All Out War or other boring crap like Hazard Zone that everyone casted aside on Day 1, which you were right about. Well that effort did not pay off in the end since even Portal becomes quickly boring thanks to the limitation you implemented to the rules editor and feel like a downgrade to the games it's referencing. Even in an unverse where Portal is good, it's FAR from the content of a full game.
    Nothing is cohesive, the games feels weak and unprepared, nothing feels polished, I've never felt bored this quickly by a Battlefield game, it was hollow and lifeless.
    Thank you EA, and thank you Dice for proving how plugged your ears are concering what the community enjoys and wants. You miserably failed on the one game that was supposed to bring back Battlefield into the spotlight.

    G o o d J o b !    … Expand
  9. FooFighter_V
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Created a Metacritic account for the first time just to post this.

    If you, like me, are a long time Battlefield fan and looking for a solid new entry to the series you will be incredibly frustrated and disappointed with this game. All the annoying launch bugs aside, which will be patched out over the next few months, the foundational problem with this entry is that it's core design    Created a Metacritic account for the first time just to post this.

    If you, like me, are a long time Battlefield fan and looking for a solid new entry to the series you will be incredibly frustrated and disappointed with this game. All the annoying launch bugs aside, which will be patched out over the next few months, the foundational problem with this entry is that it's core design decisions across all aspects of the game are bad. It's obvious the designers were tasked with trying to recreate and capitalize on the designs making the Fortnight, Apex and COD Warzone companies a lot of money but are not even able to do that. This is not Battlefield.    … Expand
  10. Sogio
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    I made an account on this web-site just to review this game, been gaming for 25 years and never wrote a review. But since I've been playing Battlefield since 1942 I felt it was time to speak up.
    You've slowly but surely gutted every battlefield since Battlefield 3, you release them half baked then 12 months down the line decide to improve it.
    I won't lie this game will likely be good in    I made an account on this web-site just to review this game, been gaming for 25 years and never wrote a review. But since I've been playing Battlefield since 1942 I felt it was time to speak up.
    You've slowly but surely gutted every battlefield since Battlefield 3, you release them half baked then 12 months down the line decide to improve it.
    I won't lie this game will likely be good in 6-12 months time, but at this moment in time it's a shambles, you cannot honestly tell me no one stopped you before release and said "This isn't a good idea, it isn't battlefield".

    You've gutted a perfectly good game that you fixed for 3 years (Battlefield V) and basically hit the reset button. How can you be so dumb and blind?
    I hope you lose profits and people refund fast, I hope it hurts your shareholders.

    Shambles of a company/developer now.    … Expand
  11. Flo134
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
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  12. jared030858
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The gaming industry needs regulation. There needs to be penalty for software developers who release stuff like this. This is not Battlefield. I don't know how this got past the first pass on design. How someone said hey lets not offer a different product anymore, let's mimic call of duty despite the fact people buy Battlefield to play....Battlefield.
  13. Legendary_D17
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This has nothing to do with Battlefield.

    No scoreboards.
    No classes.
    No destruction.
    No servers.
    No stats.
    No chat.
    The weapons omg. There are literally only 4 ARs. Wtf is this?
    It tries to be a mix of Warzone, Fortnite, R6 Siege, Apex and so on.

    The cringe after game lines.

    This is an unfinished, unpolished and broken game.
    Do not buy this until everything is fixed!
  14. EmeraldArcher
    Nov 14, 2021
    10
    Awesome game. Buggy at release, but it will be fixed later I have no doubts. Having a blast rn, plus portal is really refreshing. Hazard Zone is more competitive, but can be fun too
  15. hungphan1305
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    This game has some good aspects, however this company ruined it with stupid decisions.

    No Scoreboard, no stats, no server browser, no voice chat, no text chat with enemy team, lobby disband, no variety of guns and skins, UI sucks, sound and audio sucks,…..

    Dice has many studio helped in this game for a few years and this is what customer receive ?
  16. Korvis
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    A scrapped class system and hero style 'Specialist' spitting egotistic cringe lines of dialog at the end of every match as they pose for you. This is what Battlefield has devolved to. What happened to you DICE? Your studio used to be amazing!
  17. Stebbzor
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    You said this game was a love letter from you to us. This feels more like a spit in the face. This game doesn't have the same gritty feeling as all your other battlefield games have, hell I even installed Battlefield V yesterday just to see if I was being dramatic, and just playing the basic intro in Battlefield V got me 50 x more hyped for Battlefield V than 2042. Map doesn't becomeYou said this game was a love letter from you to us. This feels more like a spit in the face. This game doesn't have the same gritty feeling as all your other battlefield games have, hell I even installed Battlefield V yesterday just to see if I was being dramatic, and just playing the basic intro in Battlefield V got me 50 x more hyped for Battlefield V than 2042. Map doesn't become destroyed after a while of playing, it stays clean, you can choose between a couple of middle aged specialists instead of actual soldiers, which is dumb, half the players look the same and there's 128 of us.

    The maps have barely any hiding spots, they're massive and open, and those maps that do have houses that you can enter are literally a copy paste of the same house scattered, most of the times it's even just a container that you can enter. There's not any levelution which is what made the other Battlefield games feel epic. Playing this game feels more like I'm playing Call of Duty on the same engine used in Battlefield 2, with basic destruction added to only those walls that have a concrete material on it.

    There's a serious lack of weapons to choose from straight from launch, it's seriously disappointing and it kills any drive to play the game.

    Audio quality, it honestly feels like the whole game was designed by a team that has never worked or played Battlefield before. Usually the audio quality, music, explosions, gun sounds and ambient sound has been very epic, like in Battlefield V. But this game is a serious let down when it comes to audio quality.

    Menu feels very annoying to use, it's finnicky and looks like it was designed for an iPad. The audio when you hover over menu options is irritating as hell, for the first couple of hours I thought it was an audio bug but no the sound is just like that apparantly, ear raping.

    I've put 31 hours into the game cause I desperately want to believe there is a hot patch coming to fix all the endless amounts of inbalance and bugs in this game, but I don't feel like that's going to happen anytime soon and I honestly wish I could just get my money back at this point. What you'll end up experiencing when playing this game is spawning in, getting spotted within the first second, getting ran over by a hovercraft that is indestructible somehow yet everyone has one. You'll get to level 20 after 20 hours of gameplay and unlock that gun you've wanted and then realize it's utter **** and you might as well just use an SMG cause you can kill anyone from anywhere across the map with that.

    I don't know how to express my anger towards Dice for this let down of a game, I hope they actually put their whole team into fixing this mess and release a patch within the month. Cause this game is far from a love letter to us Battlefield fans.    … Expand
  18. FinnF22
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    They 100% planned to make a BR and changed course during the development. So many things point at this.

    Huge maps (too big for normal BF gameplay, even for 128 players) Armor plates Cannot switch/create squads Silly long timing when you're downed with no visibility for medics, because initially it should be only your BR squad that can revive you The + system for weapons,    They 100% planned to make a BR and changed course during the development. So many things point at this.

    Huge maps (too big for normal BF gameplay, even for 128 players)

    Armor plates

    Cannot switch/create squads

    Silly long timing when you're downed with no visibility for medics, because initially it should be only your BR squad that can revive you

    The + system for weapons, instead of ground loot attachments

    No server browser, because you don't need one in BR

    Lack of game modes

    No hardcore

    No propper factions

    No scoreboard

    No campaign

    One specialist that has a gadget to change loadouts

    https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qtmndr/this_game_was_planned_to_be_a_br_and_they_changed/    … Expand
  19. Ligh420
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Beta was better than the full release, lies, lies and lies. Nothing much to say. Waiting for improvements.
  20. LobsterMan43
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game was clearly not ready to be launched. Missing features, server errors, bad optimization (especially on PC) etc etc etc. Seems like DICE straight up doesn’t care about the Battlefield IP or it’s community. It’s track record with their previous games doesn’t give this user a lot of hope for post launch 2042 support or content.

    For anyone reading this, DONT BUY IT right now.    This game was clearly not ready to be launched. Missing features, server errors, bad optimization (especially on PC) etc etc etc. Seems like DICE straight up doesn’t care about the Battlefield IP or it’s community. It’s track record with their previous games doesn’t give this user a lot of hope for post launch 2042 support or content.

    For anyone reading this, DONT BUY IT right now. Wait until spring or summer of 2022 and see if DICE does anything productive with the game. In the meantime, play the other battlefields or find another FPS made by devs that gives a crap about their player base.    … Expand
  21. Wizlon67
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Played the technical playtest, forums full of same issues as now, response from EA/DICE "Don't worry this is an old build and wait until the Beta to see the "real" game... Pre ordered the Ultimate Edition on the strength of their assurances, dumb I know but I'm usually the glass half full type.

    Played the beta, forums full of same issues as now, response from EA/DICE "Don't worry this    Played the technical playtest, forums full of same issues as now, response from EA/DICE "Don't worry this is an old build and wait until the Beta to see the "real" game... Pre ordered the Ultimate Edition on the strength of their assurances, dumb I know but I'm usually the glass half full type.

    Played the beta, forums full of same issues as now, response from EA/DICE "Don't worry this is an old build and wait until the Early Access to see the "real" game... Lost a little faith over this, started to remember earlier EA/DICE responses to community concerns, false promises etc. Cancelled my pre order.

    Played/ing Early Access... Whole weekend free, no connection issues. Played total 6 hours, more than 4 times that on the forums and social media just looking to see if EA/DICE have anything constructive to say...

    Looking forward to going to work tomorrow.

    I refunded my Ultimate Edition Pre-order after the Beta, no regrets. Having Origin Play anyway meant I got to give it a chance, so far I am extremely disappointed, this is making BFV look good!

    I'll keep an eye out for patches and updates, but for now it's just using up valuable SSD space.

    Quite happy playing BF4 and BF1 tonight, less hackers than usual.    … Expand
  22. zoltanownsyou
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    There's not enough space here to put how terrible and unplayable this game is.

    This isn't a battlefield game. This is a warzone/fortnite hybrid and it's straight trash. The huge, huge, huge maps of vast nothingness between objective points. 22 guns in total. Lol. No voice chat? Are you serious? Indie games that take 1 month to create have voice chat. Armor platings?? That's LITERALLY    There's not enough space here to put how terrible and unplayable this game is.

    This isn't a battlefield game. This is a warzone/fortnite hybrid and it's straight trash.

    The huge, huge, huge maps of vast nothingness between objective points.

    22 guns in total. Lol.

    No voice chat? Are you serious? Indie games that take 1 month to create have voice chat.

    Armor platings?? That's LITERALLY from warzone. And it's infuriating to lose a gunfight to a player who has armor.... game breaking.

    The game looks like plastic on 1440p and I get 50 frames with an RTX 2080. The sound in this game literally equalizes all sound into one volume. Footsteps as loud as tanks. It looks and sounds worse than a early 2000s FPS title.

    The physics in this game make no sense. The bullet registrstion and bullet spread will make you physically sick.

    DICE has betrayed fans of this once militaristic FPS franchise which is now a child's game with operstors who have quirky one-liners and goofy outfits. All of this betrayl just to sell skins. Is this the definition of "selling out"?

    There is literally no scoreboard in this game. You cannot see hiw many kills everyone has. This is unacceptable.

    There is no progression system aside from a number that keeps rising. There are no "military ranks". There is no way to check your stats or progression.

    There are TWO GAMEMODES. LOL. Are you serious? And there are 7 maps. And not every map is compatible with each gamemode. So you will literally play 3 GIGANTIC maps over and over.

    When you hit a vehicle with a rocket it says "part disabled: 10 points". TELL ME HOW MUCH DAMAGE I DID TO THE VEHICLE FFS.

    There are robot dog AI that will laser you from 500 meters out. They are very common.

    I don't think I've seen a building collapse in this game, for two reasons: #1 tgere are like 6 buildings on every map, the rest is just empty space. #2 I'm pretty sure the skyscrapers are indestructible.

    The game automatically takes you to the menu after the match. You cannot play the same lobby twice. You cannot join or create a squad. That's right, I'm not making that up.

    This game has THE WORSE and MODT UNINTUITIVE UI screen to ever plague a video game.

    I'm just getting depressed listing this stuff. In summary, this isn't a battlefield game. What a shame they did this    … Expand
  23. Tymerias
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    They told us once, they are ahead of schedule....
    This game in the actual state is absolutely trash.
    Bugs, no balance and ugly hipster specialists
  24. kimy02
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Can't even leave a squad, gunplay and perfomance are atrocious, movement is clunky
  25. Sprinkles
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    So 3hrs into BF2042 and I cant recommend it at all.
    No team play at all, there's no scoreboard, you cant switch squads, specialists feel out of place, maps are barren and poorly designed, there's a huge lack of game modes (only 2) no Rush or infantry maps, there's only 22 guns (should be around 80) and there's no role restriction to guns either.
    It was clearly designed to be a BR, end    So 3hrs into BF2042 and I cant recommend it at all.
    No team play at all, there's no scoreboard, you cant switch squads, specialists feel out of place, maps are barren and poorly designed, there's a huge lack of game modes (only 2) no Rush or infantry maps, there's only 22 guns (should be around 80) and there's no role restriction to guns either.
    It was clearly designed to be a BR, end game animations, weird game intro, BR map design, abilities and specialists all scream BR.
    Pretty disappointed & glad there's a free trail so I didn't waste my money. Highly recommend against playing this until they sort the game out, but imo that's not going to happen anytime soon as so much if fundamentally wrong they would need to rework from the ground up.    … Expand
  26. toorney18
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Game is a mess, is this a preview of battlefield mobile because that's what it feels like.
  27. Neven101
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    -Guy who made whole UI needs to be fired, like how the f that actually passed testing?
    -Its obvious lot of quality people left DICE after BF1/BF5,this just feels like some chinese wannabe copy of Battlefield that tries to be AGAIN something else like cod and apex.
    -Map design is terrible,everything is just so souless, like the maps are designed for battleroyale not conquest. -destruction    -Guy who made whole UI needs to be fired, like how the f that actually passed testing?
    -Its obvious lot of quality people left DICE after BF1/BF5,this just feels like some chinese wannabe copy of Battlefield that tries to be AGAIN something else like cod and apex.
    -Map design is terrible,everything is just so souless, like the maps are designed for battleroyale not conquest.
    -destruction is worst in series    … Expand
  28. ciganyone
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Kinda shocked how bad this game is . There was time for developing, but still a horrible expereience. Low FPS, unlocking weapon attachments in Portal currently not possible, so i am forced to play their main game mode with 128 players but still empty maps and running 2 min just to get killed by a vehicle .
    Everything gets touched by EA is dead .
  29. makneybl
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Это ужас, говорить что игры должна была выйти через пол год даже не буду, оптимизации нет, баг на баге, лаг на лаге. Всё господа, шутеры мертвы, те, кто их делает бездарны, это не профессионалы, а лгуны чистой воды, не тратьте свои деньги, не поддерживайте.Это ужас, говорить что игры должна была выйти через пол год даже не буду, оптимизации нет, баг на баге, лаг на лаге. Всё господа, шутеры мертвы, те, кто их делает бездарны, это не профессионалы, а лгуны чистой воды, не тратьте свои деньги, не поддерживайте.
  30. SwiftyDigitz
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    First off let me preface this review with I'm a HUGE BF fan and have been playing them pretty steadily since BC2. TLDR This game is a disappointment in its current state and is extremely lackluster and you should NOT purchase it until DICE/EA follow through with their promise. More in-depth with what I didn't like below. Bottom line DO NOT BUY UNLESS THERE'S A SALE OR SOMETHING it's a $40First off let me preface this review with I'm a HUGE BF fan and have been playing them pretty steadily since BC2. TLDR This game is a disappointment in its current state and is extremely lackluster and you should NOT purchase it until DICE/EA follow through with their promise. More in-depth with what I didn't like below. Bottom line DO NOT BUY UNLESS THERE'S A SALE OR SOMETHING it's a $40 game at best in its current state

    Overall- Overall the game is buggy and severely lacking in the content department (I think there's something like 22 guns total in the game!?) on top of that there's barely any unlocks for vehicle upgrades weapon attachments that sort of thing and you already know it's just so they can sell it to you in some battle pass or something because I mean come on its EA. On top of the extremely lackluster amount of content is also the issue of the bugs revive bugs and other performance issues plague the game and while its pretty typical for a battlefield game to have these issues at launch the game is significantly better performance-wise at launch than BF3 or BF4 was, that being said this game also got delayed a month so they could "deliver us a finished product" only for the month delay in release to pass just for them to give us this steaming pile of garbage.

    Multiplayer- in addition to what I mentioned above about the lack of weapons/ content and the performance issues the removal of the class systems (which is a core part of BF) the game feels really wonky and just not right or fun, that being said I do like the specialist and I don't think they need to be removed but they definitely need to tie the specialist and the respective weapon types to their classes like in old battlefield because it just makes sense for both balancing purposes and streamlining the game. The lack of the class system feels even worse as well due to the lack of content but long gone are the days of grinding for cool things like the mortar emplacement for the support class like in BF3 which honestly feels really bad because it was something to look forward to and also something that really gave that class an identity. The bottom line is no classes feel really bad and there's an easy fix DICE/EA just needs to listen to fans for a change.

    Hazard Zone- Oh boy where to start with this one. Okay, so first glances and first playthroughs it's really fun but at the end of the day, it plays it way too safe and doesn't really have any replayability. You basically spawn in and extract drives for dark market currency to then better loadout for the next round? it's a fun game mode for sure but at the end of the day, it doesn't have anything to keep people returning. They really need to add some like really bad-ass Hazard Zone exclusive cosmetics or something that can be purchased with dark market currency to keep people playing it because as of right now Hazard Zone inst going to make it past the release and it's going to die out pretty quickly (along with the rest of the game if they don't pull it together).

    Battlefield Portal - This is probably the only saving grace of this game because you can essentially go in with the tools they've given you and make the game not suck.

    Final Thoughts- Overall I'm really disappointed with the game and genuinely shocked by how bad this game is and how a AAA studio could put out a product like this but then again it is EA and they put out games like Anthem and Battlefront 2 so, as a hardcore BF3 and BF4 guy I really thought this was our chance at something great, and not to my surprise DICE/EA fail to deliver once again. ive requested a refund because I'm tired of paying $60+ for half-finished AAA titles.    … Expand
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  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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