Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 618 out of 4864
  2. Mixed: 242 out of 4864
  3. Negative: 4,004 out of 4864
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  1. JohnnyZoo
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    Don’t spend your money for dat cr4p. Yo DICE better respect ur audience. I really love BF, but this one is really bad.
  2. Shufflepuck
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    Played BF since BF1942. This game is an utter disgrace and an EA cash grab. Played until lvl 50 just to try out the major unlocks and then uninstalled. The worst BF game by a long way. Its not just all the bugs, balancing, maps, total lack of content, the "Specialists" etc, which can all be patched (should not have to be for a AAA game?), its the underlying game which IMHO cannot be givenPlayed BF since BF1942. This game is an utter disgrace and an EA cash grab. Played until lvl 50 just to try out the major unlocks and then uninstalled. The worst BF game by a long way. Its not just all the bugs, balancing, maps, total lack of content, the "Specialists" etc, which can all be patched (should not have to be for a AAA game?), its the underlying game which IMHO cannot be given the No Mans Sky treatment because there is nothing worth saving. Reluctantly played my first game today with the patch 3 and found more bugs introduced and my performance dropped massively over pre-patch........I cannot recommend this game at all which is extremely disappointing after being a fan of the franchise since its inception.… Expand
  3. LGGODOY83
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    Jogo horrivel, mal otimizado, falhas absurdas de desenvolvimento, o mais impressionate é que a versão beta estava melhor que a versão final.

    É uma falta de vergonha na cara o que estão fazendo com a franquia BF.
  4. whlla
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    I've played through beta, pre-release and full. I cancelled my pre-order after the beta and got 1 month of EA pass to try. Even if you ignore ALL of the bugs, constant errors/crashes and the tragedy of specialist, it just isn't fun to me.

    There is no team or squad cooperation. The game design doesn't incentive that type of game play as previous battlefields have. The weapon selection is    I've played through beta, pre-release and full. I cancelled my pre-order after the beta and got 1 month of EA pass to try. Even if you ignore ALL of the bugs, constant errors/crashes and the tragedy of specialist, it just isn't fun to me.

    There is no team or squad cooperation. The game design doesn't incentive that type of game play as previous battlefields have. The weapon selection is terrible, new maps are some of the worst I've ever played, graphics are somehow worse than previous battlefield titles and there are only two game modes in all out warfare.

    I will say huge props to what Ripple Effect has done with Portal. It should really be expanded and is the only thing I would like to see carried over to future battlefields or other shooters. I've made some game modes and its fun just buggy + needs more maps and weapons per title. Unfortunately what makes portal great is all the content other than 2042 so 2042 is still a 0 for me.

    I keep going back trying to like the game, but after 30 minutes just find myself wondering why I'm still playing this half finished half assed game. Battlefield has always been my favorite shooter and I'm just sad that is no longer the case.    … Expand
  5. K444L
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    Poor map design.
    Poor hit detection.
    Poor destructions.
    Poor sound.
    Poor UI.
    Poor value.
    No classes.
    No campaign.
    Can't host servers.
    Can't all chat.
    Poor multiplayer.
    poor squads.
  6. Dcampbell
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    Absolutely disgusting that EA is allowed to release games in this condition year after year with no consequences. People buy the games so they keep making the money. Something needs to change in the gaming industry or we will be forced to swallow these half ass garbage games. There needs to be a lawsuit or something, these companies are putting out dispicable pieces of **** and laughingAbsolutely disgusting that EA is allowed to release games in this condition year after year with no consequences. People buy the games so they keep making the money. Something needs to change in the gaming industry or we will be forced to swallow these half ass garbage games. There needs to be a lawsuit or something, these companies are putting out dispicable pieces of **** and laughing their way to the bank. If i could give lower than a 0 i would. Soulless game with none of the normal Battlefield features. No new ones that are any good to justify not having the old ones. Trying to set the game up to be a cash grab instead of just making a good game. I hope something happens that forces EA to change their ways, because they are ruining gaming… Expand
  7. paxam
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    ok ill keep this short and simple. The game in itself is not fun, the specialists don't work for battlefield, the maps are too large and there is a lack of content.

    Honestly I expect bugs from a game at launch that's fine they can be fixed. the game itself cannot be fixed or should i say remade no matter how many patches they put out it would have to be built again from the ground up.    ok ill keep this short and simple. The game in itself is not fun, the specialists don't work for battlefield, the maps are too large and there is a lack of content.

    Honestly I expect bugs from a game at launch that's fine they can be fixed.
    the game itself cannot be fixed or should i say remade no matter how many patches they put out it would have to be built again from the ground up. its just hands down not a good game at its core (cant fix what is already broken)    … Expand
  8. Fuge03
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    Truly saddening to see a product this lazily put together be released. Battlefield just hasn't been the same since bf1.
  9. Lgbtsuck
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    **** this game. .
  10. Blaze748
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    This game is absolutely terrible, every experience good experience I have had with Battlefield has been lost and I have requested a refund. The critics have clearly been paid, something needs to change within the industry.
  11. FNPS90
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    With my core i9 CPU and my RTX 2080 super this game still runs like ass. This unacceptable for a first person shooter or any game for that matter.
  12. youngerman
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    Напишу на русском.
    Я, как фанат батлы со времен 3 части могу заявить с полной уверенностью, что это одна из худших частей батлы за все времена. И тут дело далеко не в механике стрельбы или лагахбагах (Хотя это тоже формирует мнение об игре), дайсы всегда в течение следующих 6 месяцев, с момента релиза, допиливали всё до играбильной кондиции.
    Самая основная проблема - это геймдизайн,    Напишу на русском.
    Я, как фанат батлы со времен 3 части могу заявить с полной уверенностью, что это одна из худших частей батлы за все времена. И тут дело далеко не в механике стрельбы или лагахбагах (Хотя это тоже формирует мнение об игре), дайсы всегда в течение следующих 6 месяцев, с момента релиза, допиливали всё до играбильной кондиции.
    Самая основная проблема - это геймдизайн, полное непонимание "из-за чего фанаты любят батлу", и манипуляция чувствами старичков, и ужимание интересов "большинства" в угоду "меньшинства". Я понимаю, тренды сейчас влияют на многое, и да, мы смирились с обилием женских персонажей в предыдущей части, но 2042 стала апогеем наплевательского отношения к истинным фанатам серии. И в том числе убивающая всё повестка навязывания терпимости к лгбт (я ничего против лгбт не имею, но пожалуйста, я не лезу к вам - вы не лезьте ко мне).
    Структура и архитектура карт была построена под один режим хазард зон (который был введен в игру из-за тех же трендов), никакущее разнообразие оружия, отсутствие классовости, отсутствие адекватной сетки статистики игроков (Которая меня, рукожопа, мотивировала играть лучше).
    По моему скромному мнению, эта игра получилась тяп-ляп. Строили её люди с полным непониманием основ ааа и без упора на опыт прошлых игр серии (никакой работы над ошибками). Ну и собственно вот что получается, когда в создании игры на первом месте стоит прибыль. Покупать? - пока рано, слишком много багов. Стерпится? - со временем да. Виновники? - менеджмент, отталкивающийся исключительно от трендов и собственных хотелок взять какие-то фичи из других игр.    … Expand
  13. EANiXs
    Dec 5, 2021
    0
    It has nothing to do with an Battlefield anymore. Just search on YouTube for “Battlefield 2042 Angry Rant” from the AngryJoeShow. He tells you everything you need to know!
  14. kerimov05
    Dec 5, 2021
    0
    spawned, died. spawned, shot in the back, died. spawned, you run a kilometer to the point, died. GREAT!
  15. Dragon4War
    Dec 5, 2021
    0
    Unfinished game, filled with bugs, and no content. Its not worth it, the previous battlefields where better in every sense
  16. ffiks
    Dec 5, 2021
    0
    A game marked by greed and a political agenda. An empty shell of a battlefield game without a soul made for the most casual of casual players.
  17. BlisteR77
    Dec 6, 2021
    0
    Absolute trash, and an embarrassment to be named Battlefield. This iteration is 50 steps backwards from BFV/BF1 in gameplay, movement, maps and of course performance. Get your refund, if you still can.
    Also, have a go a these Critic scores verses User scores - who is telling the truth (No credibility Critics)
    EA/DICE are thieves for charging anything for this so called AAA title.
  18. eights8888
    Dec 6, 2021
    0
    Constant and non-stop crashing. PC is fine have zero issues with other titles. Only this rubbish game.
  19. HawkeyePC
    Dec 6, 2021
    0
    A Tone deaf game from a Tone Deaf profit driven company. This game launched in such a horrible unpolished state that the best way I would describe it is, A Dumpster fire within a landfill fire, that was started by a oil train derailing into.

    At best I would have called this game a Early Access Beta game. NOT a finished and polished game like what they advertised. At launch, monster tier    A Tone deaf game from a Tone Deaf profit driven company. This game launched in such a horrible unpolished state that the best way I would describe it is, A Dumpster fire within a landfill fire, that was started by a oil train derailing into.

    At best I would have called this game a Early Access Beta game. NOT a finished and polished game like what they advertised. At launch, monster tier computers struggle to run this game due to how poorly optimized it is. The netcode is sketchy at best. Shots will fail to hit where they should have hit, and weapon balance was a grotesque afterthought and its very much so clear they did not do any kind of internal testing to make sure all of this was working before they slopped this onto our plate.

    The game suffers from a bland identity crisis. that has stripped much of the battlefield experience from the game. The operators have annoying quips, and feels like their pulled from a fortnite experience rather than a battlefield franchise. most of the maps don't have any of that dystopian feeling they promised us in trailers, and their idea of a disaster is a tornado that is laughably underpowered and is used as a cheap thrill. Gone are the days where skyscrapers collapsed behemoths roamed and crashed into the battlefield or buildings fell apart in any meaningful way.

    This game is a honest disappointment. It is fun. and so long as your okay with the above issues it is worth a buy. but if you are a die hard battlefield veteran. you will be sorely disappointed. EA has chosen profit over giving us an amazing experience again.    … Expand
  20. godzflash61
    Dec 6, 2021
    0
    terrible game because it was guided by terrible EA and misguided game devs or incompetent, this is atrocious
  21. traxim
    Dec 6, 2021
    0
    Worst Battlefield Game ever. Sound, Animation & Gameplay are worst. And the "Operator" ruined the game, no class system anymore. BF try to be like COD but its worst then CoD! After the first trailer i was so hyped for this game and when i look now...iam going back to BF V with better sound, animation and gameplay. Battlefield Franchise die...all former developers leave DICE >> Google That..
  22. Lubrifiax
    Dec 6, 2021
    0
    Bring back bf3..... Remove all the cringe please!!
    What the hell didn't you understand since your last 4 games? Each time you do worse and worse.
    Hoooooow? Just hoooooow!!!? FPS are the easiest type of game to do! How can you **** it up every damn Time! Throw your cashgrab team away and give us the game we deserve !
  23. sarmanc
    Dec 7, 2021
    0
    Dont waste your money...it´s not BF (well, stopped being since "BF5"). I don´t know why they did that "thing" so bad, probably they are trying to end a franchise and the company is "testing" at what speed they can do it. They got it this time.
  24. dbdb17
    Dec 7, 2021
    0
    Mayyyyyyybe if you haven't used up your $1 promotional first month of gamepass give this game a try.
  25. gungei
    Dec 7, 2021
    0
    Do you want to know how about this game?
    give you a suggest , don't buy it.2021/12/08 (ASIA area).
    Please go to buy halo. lol
  26. Dethstarr
    Dec 7, 2021
    0
    Utter garbage - Refunded. Looks like a cartoon and doesn't feel like a Battlefield game.
    STILL didn't bring back player owned servers and communities. Feels like a solo game with bots and you have virtually no chance of playing with friends consistently or building any sort of community.
    Even basic systems are broken. Unlocking weapons is terrible and uninteresting. There are really 2    Utter garbage - Refunded. Looks like a cartoon and doesn't feel like a Battlefield game.
    STILL didn't bring back player owned servers and communities. Feels like a solo game with bots and you have virtually no chance of playing with friends consistently or building any sort of community.
    Even basic systems are broken.
    Unlocking weapons is terrible and uninteresting. There are really 2 weapons that matter anyway. Was one of the most fun aspects of previous BF games. Getting drip fed progression.
    No scoreboard - Just feels really pathetic and pointless.
    Gameplay and weapons feel extremely unresponsive and unreally. The same is true of vehicles.
    The weird physics defying ways some vehicles move.
    Crashes
    Spamming vehicles.
    Awful maps. Lots of empty spaces. They made the maps bigger which should have been nice. But not when the maps are bad and looked empty.
    Which developers worked on this? BF1 was great if they had sorted out the massive hacking.
    BFV was ruined at launch because of the hacking. But it was better than this.
    This franchise is dead. EA seem incapable of launching a decent product.
    Connectivity is a joke.
    Not enough servers.
    Total lack of community.
    Population has already, very reasonably crashed to 50% before I refunded.
    Hit boxes are off    … Expand
  27. kazex90
    Dec 8, 2021
    0
    Not at all the battlefield we remember. More like COD/fortnite/r6 on large maps with 128 players.
    The game feels really unpolished and rushed.
    There are: No scoreboards No classes No destruction No servers No stats No chat No VoIP No Campaign No epic Battlefield soundtrack (But the music represent the general feel of bf2042 *broken*) Cringy showoff of map at start, cringy    Not at all the battlefield we remember. More like COD/fortnite/r6 on large maps with 128 players.
    The game feels really unpolished and rushed.

    There are:
    No scoreboards
    No classes
    No destruction
    No servers
    No stats
    No chat
    No VoIP
    No Campaign
    No epic Battlefield soundtrack (But the music represent the general feel of bf2042 *broken*)

    Cringy showoff of map at start, cringy end-scene with "top players", cringy end-scene of squad with stats that make no sense.

    Find something else to spend your money on. Maybe Farming Simulator 22 ?    … Expand
  28. Kompete
    Dec 9, 2021
    0
    A beta game with too many technical issues, that should never have been released. So far removed from the battlefield franchise, why did they try to copy Fortnite and other kiddies games!

    I hope they fired the people that signed off on this design and its release.

    Luckily I got my refund back within 48 hours after launch. If you are a hardcore battlefield player DO NOT BUY
  29. maddin1901
    Dec 9, 2021
    0
    Garbage. Maps are garbage. The lack of guns are garbage. The sPeCiAlIsTs are garbage and don't belong. If you want to play this, I hope you like being spawn killed by armored balloons doing 200mph drifting for hours on end.

    Get bf4
  30. Matt_KY
    Dec 9, 2021
    0
    This game should never have been a Battlefield title. They removed classes and added things nobody asked for like robot dogs and sentry guns. I’m afraid this is the end for the Battlefield series.
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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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