Battlefield 2042

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  1. Ragtown
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    underwhelming and uninspired. not sure if it's because of the turnover rate at DICE or mismanagement but this just isn't a good game.
  2. mrgucci
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    As a fan of the series since the first game, with thousands of hours in bf4/bf1/bfv, I have to say this release is a bad joke.

    Listing all issues with this game is a bit pointless, you can google them or go to reddit/watch some videos. If you feel adventerous, play the game yourself although i do not recommend it. Main issues are: Performance on a high end PC is just abysmal, low    As a fan of the series since the first game, with thousands of hours in bf4/bf1/bfv, I have to say this release is a bad joke.

    Listing all issues with this game is a bit pointless, you can google them or go to reddit/watch some videos. If you feel adventerous, play the game yourself although i do not recommend it. Main issues are:

    Performance on a high end PC is just abysmal, low average FPS with constant drops and stutters, so heavy on CPU usage it bottlenecks everything no matter what your specs are. Most of the video settings make no difference, DLSS doesnt really help.

    Map design for the most part is terrible, maps are large but empty so playing as 128 people is not really fun, there's little cover so infantry gameplay is next to non existent apart from the few buildings. And even these buildings feel empty and uninspiring. Also, shipping containers everywhere.

    Gunplay is just plain bad, artifically adding bloom to weapons make you shot people but not really hit them, even point blank. Vehicle controls and physics are clunky and pretty tilting. 22 weapons are only available to unlock, mod system is very flat and doesnt really allow for much. There's no teamplay cause everyone is a superhero specialist (looking exactly the same so it's hard to tell who's on your team and who isn't).

    UI and HUD has to be the worst I've seen in a long while, I'm sorry but whoever was the UI Designer either never played a game in his/her life (battlefield even more so) or its their first assignment in their career. In-game there's visual clutter everywhere.

    Server stability is a big issue, Portal has great potential but no dedicated servers or reasonable search/filter/favorites UI make it a terrible experience to use.

    Stay away from this game until its fixed, patched and improved. The price tag for it is just ridiculous in its current state.    … Expand
  3. Daviaz12
    Nov 18, 2021
    3
    BF2042 base game is death on arrival only fanboys and fortnite/apex will like it.

    Specialists destroy all sense of realism they are just the most soul-less generic action movie character possible, half of them are just garbage and the rest are OP, main game is just a Clone war. Hazard Zone death on arrival boring and incentive to replay, you should just have copied Apex here and do    BF2042 base game is death on arrival only fanboys and fortnite/apex will like it.

    Specialists destroy all sense of realism they are just the most soul-less generic action movie character possible, half of them are just garbage and the rest are OP, main game is just a Clone war.

    Hazard Zone death on arrival boring and incentive to replay, you should just have copied Apex here and do BR 3, squads of 3 and a ring, here specialists make all the sense of the world.

    Portal is the only good thing (that's why I'm giving a 3, 23% of Portal and 10% for the maps except Hourglass that is complete crap)

    Portal is great we can at least have the option to remove freaking specialists, but it needs more content, more weapons, things to unlock. dedicated servers, the game is full of idiots farming XP (like that ever cared in a BF game) the few good servers are hard to get in cause the game just have a hard time letting you get inside a game.

    Other aspects:

    Sound is a sad disappointment, clear downgrade from previous titles.
    Playing with friends is almost impossible.
    Can't switch to an specific squad.
    No scoreboard
    No spectator mode
    Full screen map is pretty much useless at this point is missing so many information
    HUD in vehicle is useless missing missile projection ect
    No general chat
    Outros are just cringe stupid pure garbage
    In Hourglass and possibly other maps crashing a JET to a building do absolutely nothing
    Did you guys even test this game?

    DICE just copy and paste BF3/BF4 with new graphics, weapons and vehicles, nobody asked for specialists.    … Expand
  4. russian_pueblo
    Nov 27, 2021
    3
    Trash game, the last EA game I will ever purchase. This is more of a mix of COD and APEX with a sprinkle of Battlefield. Don't buy this game wait for sale it's coming fast like all the rest of EA games.
  5. Pecone
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    Oh man, what a disaster! The game is full of game breaking bugs! The same bugs we reported during the beta(which was months old lol). Loadouts disappearing, attachment not working, shooting someone point blank with my full clip and doing no damage, falling through the world geometry, bad performance and low hardware utilization and many more.
    This is unacceptable and has to stop! I just    Oh man, what a disaster! The game is full of game breaking bugs! The same bugs we reported during the beta(which was months old lol). Loadouts disappearing, attachment not working, shooting someone point blank with my full clip and doing no damage, falling through the world geometry, bad performance and low hardware utilization and many more.
    This is unacceptable and has to stop! I just sign up for the Ea play for one month so I can try the game, but man, if you paid full price get your money back asap! This thing is a dumper fire.
    Oh, I forgot to mention server issues, so many server issues, unable to connect, unable to start a match. On top of that portal really looked promising, until EA and Dice decided to kill the xp in it, so now you don't get xp while playing portal and it is completely useless! You only have conquest and breakthrough, intel gathering whatever.... that's it! 7 naps and thrre modes. This should be $30 at best. Don't waste your time or money.    … Expand
  6. Killking241
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    unfinished and missing half the game they romoved the campaign just to remvoe half the multiplayer play bf4 or 3 at least there complete if you wanna have any fun other then that there is no point to play this game.
  7. noxxid3
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    Battlefield 2042 or in other words "Call of Apex: 2042".
    The lead multiplayer designer is a fan of Apex and MW2019, and it really shows in the game design and gameplay elements.
    Armor? Why is this even in the main multiplayer matches, yeah it makes sense for a squad based escape from battle royal game type but not in core multiplayer. The animation is almost exactly like MW2019 if you    Battlefield 2042 or in other words "Call of Apex: 2042".
    The lead multiplayer designer is a fan of Apex and MW2019, and it really shows in the game design and gameplay elements.

    Armor? Why is this even in the main multiplayer matches, yeah it makes sense for a squad based escape from battle royal game type but not in core multiplayer. The animation is almost exactly like MW2019 if you choose to use that as you gadget slot.

    Medical pen, this is literally taken from CoD/Apex, it removes the focus of team play and relaying on team mates. Why carry a medical crate when you can self heal in a middle of a fire fight. This game completely incentives lone wolf behavior. Never in a game before have i felt so alone on the field even with 128 players.

    Classes: This is basically gone from the game besides portal. And portal is basically there so you can farm XP, not sure how DICE didnt see that coming but they didnt. (or they turned a blind eye towards QA like they usually do).

    The way the game makes it self feel like a hero shooter. You pick a specialist, you have one gadget and you run around aimlessly. You can choose a squad, you cant kick people from a squad but you can move to a random squad. Doesnt make sense. Now im so used to running a repair tool and rocket launcher that you cant even do that. Now i choose angel due to his ability to revive people with armor (which armor being very annoying to fight against), and the ability to call in supply drops. This right here, i can just sit in one spot with a sniper rifle get armor and be able to with stand a full mag dump from an enemy while using a stinger to take out air craft. This here is a huge issue. EVERYONE RUNS STINGERS because of the "no class" restrictions on weapons.

    You're constantly getting locked on by everything in the game from ground to air to nades. Frag nades damage tanks and armor (why? I dont know and its stupid). Half the time you dont know when a pilot pops flares and it takes longer to even re-lock onto them.

    Netcode is worse than BF4's launch, at least the hit reg in that game was miles ahead of this one.
    Bullet bloom, you cant hit **** and it comes down to RNG
    Mouse controls are inputted with controller so you have to change controller controls in order to get rid of mouse acceleration.

    UI is horrible, they said that was being addressed, they lied. World icons are at 100% opacity enemies can hide behind that. Mini map scale is small as hell on ultrawide and you cant change the size of it. Crosshair and hitmarker colors do not change and is bugged. You cant tell if a rocket is incoming or you're just being constantly locked. Half the time the kill cam doesnt work

    No scoreboards, no voice chat, no all chat.
    You go through 15 different type of visual's before getting into a actual match to play and thats with even getting off the transport which is bugged.

    Map design is horrible, you can take a jet and ram into an entire crowd of enemies on orbital.
    Hovercraft are tanks that can spiderman up a skyscrapper.
    DICE doesnt listen to QA

    The game is about monetization of skins and specialists. Season 1 is delayed and you're stuck with 22 weapons and cant mix and match from era's. (Season 1 is delayed prob due to the huge backlash of issues so they have to fix that).

    You go through 4 suppressors in order to unlock the muzzle brake.
    Half the time you dont know if a rocket is incoming in the air.
    The game itself is a toxic ceastpool of its own demise

    This needed a longer time despite being worked on by 4 DIFFERENT STUDIOS.
    TTK is a mess due to armor, you can take one full mag dump into someone without killing them and thats if you hit them due to bulletspread/bloom.

    Wait for it to be on sale as i can see the game getting a 50% off in a month or two.    … Expand
  8. Sin000721
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    3/10.
    Game is in early beta state.
    And ... the biggest problem is tat every single map is "Hamada" ... Big, emty, boring...
  9. YungStevie
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    Just make battlefield 3 with upgraded graphics.

    Why u always try sell cod/tarkov/fortnite/apex to battlefield fans?
  10. DCS431516526
    Nov 19, 2021
    3
    The game needs work.

    Portal is the only good thing it has.

    It is not worth $60/70.

    Do not buy now.
  11. chankills
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    The only thing about this game that is battlefield is the name. No classes, no vehicle customization, no destruction, are just some of the core elements they have removed from the the game. Its a game that doesnt feel like it has a soul. The "specialists" that replaced classes feel so mismatched, some are completely useless while other have wall hacks. The gun game is horrible, randomThe only thing about this game that is battlefield is the name. No classes, no vehicle customization, no destruction, are just some of the core elements they have removed from the the game. Its a game that doesnt feel like it has a soul. The "specialists" that replaced classes feel so mismatched, some are completely useless while other have wall hacks. The gun game is horrible, random weapon spread makes it so that you are not accurate at all at range. The game feels extremely unfinished, paired with just bad game design makes this game just not that much fun to play. Portal is cool, but ultimately is lackluter. Do not recommend.… Expand
  12. KaneEdition
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    Guys, it's some strange different game but NOT Battlefield.

    Just give us a graphic update for Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4. And it would be perfect.
  13. spriddleriddle
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    One of the worst Battlefield of all time. The Game has no soul, no passion, no real core. It feels like a copy of many games mixed together. It feels like some kind of mobile version. This is so sad to see Battlefield go down the drain this hard. This is so sad..... so disappointed....
  14. JTonicOA
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    This game is simply frustrating.

    The absurd map design makes 'running around' to be most of your gameplay time. Most of the time I just 'redeployed'; I mean I killed myself and respawned as I didn't want to run for another several minutes hoping to find an enemy. The animation is horrendous. Who bloody designed to running animation? The way my character wiggles the gun whilst running    This game is simply frustrating.

    The absurd map design makes 'running around' to be most of your gameplay time. Most of the time I just 'redeployed'; I mean I killed myself and respawned as I didn't want to run for another several minutes hoping to find an enemy.

    The animation is horrendous. Who bloody designed to running animation? The way my character wiggles the gun whilst running looks so unnatural and 'programmed'. For a moment I thought my character was trying to do the good old shuffling dance or something.

    The shooting mechanism is an absolute disaster. To describe it simply, imagine that instead of random boxes for loots, like those you would get from micro-transaction lunacy, there is an element of randomness in the bullets. Aiming hardly matters as the bullet spread is chaotic and absurd. This problem is exacerbated with the first problem mentioned: the map design. Such a massive but empty map design makes most of the gunfights to be long-ranged, nevertheless the chaotic bullet spread accompanied with crazy recoil makes these long-ranged gunfights to be an absolute nightmare.

    Moreover, I was surprised by the number of weapons available in the game. I thought I was playing a beta again.

    And the new specialist system....Right, this could be a personal preference, but I simply cannot comprehend why this system was implemented for a BF game. I thought this game was supposed to be the developers going back to the root, getting back the original identity of the BF franchise. However, what we have is a poor example of overwatch and apex wannabe. Furthermore, if you were going to use such system, at least make them feel special and fun. I really don't understand the point of this specialist system.

    I could go on for hours: scoreboard, servers, destruction and so on. In fact, it would be much easier to list the points this game did well. Which, I conjecture, would be a very short concise list.

    It is such a shame how 'selling unfinished mediocre product' is becoming a trend in the gaming industry.    … Expand
  15. DaXtra
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    I really love Battlefield but this game is just a joke. I tried to like it. I really tried but I cant.

    It feels so unsatisfying to do anything in the game. 128 Players, how can you turn around the game as single squad? - only 22 weapons - sound is really bad. I play hunt showdown (10 times better sound) - people just dont die. Too much hp - maps are too big and empty and ugly.    I really love Battlefield but this game is just a joke. I tried to like it. I really tried but I cant.

    It feels so unsatisfying to do anything in the game. 128 Players, how can you turn around the game as single squad?

    - only 22 weapons
    - sound is really bad. I play hunt showdown (10 times better sound)
    - people just dont die. Too much hp
    - maps are too big and empty and ugly. Copy pasted staff, everywhere.
    - The game looks soooo bad. Its 2021 almost 2022. We have next gen consoles. Do something. Bf1 looks better.
    - Buggy mess still. But a lot better than the beta
    - Performance is not great, probably cuz of the 128 players.
    - I need a proper reward system
    - Specialists... I just want russia vs usa, china vs usa, Europe armie? vs usa or other mixes. Dont need that weird looking heros
    - Third person Kills, crying for help etc. It just looks bad. Animation quality is just a joke.

    - Most important part, I like battlefield, I have fun with battlefield, I had no fun with this game. I dont even know if u can save this game.

    I wont buy it. There is one more hope, halo infinite maybe    … Expand
  16. iHatezelda_
    Nov 20, 2021
    3
    No destruction whatsoever, no modes other than conquest and breakthrough in the 2042 game, bad PC performance,no typical classes. The game was built not as a BF game that's obvious but its bad even then.
  17. ogmudbone44
    Nov 22, 2021
    3
    I’m just horribly disappointed by this game.

    Even after DICE and EA announced that this game was “months” ahead of schedule, to the surprise of no one, DICE has released yet another game in a broken state, but bugs and glitches aren’t the only issues with this game. This game is hardly Battlefield. The immersion is gone, the teamplay is gone, the map design is horrible, the player count    I’m just horribly disappointed by this game.

    Even after DICE and EA announced that this game was “months” ahead of schedule, to the surprise of no one, DICE has released yet another game in a broken state, but bugs and glitches aren’t the only issues with this game.

    This game is hardly Battlefield. The immersion is gone, the teamplay is gone, the map design is horrible, the player count is overinflated to the point where you hardly have a clue what the hell is even going on.

    There are no classes, there’s no scoreboard, no all chat, the controls are stiff, there’s a weird anti aliasing filter, lighting is off, you can’t tell who’s who, this whole game is just a mess. 2042 needs to take the Halo Infinite route and sit in the incubator for maybe another 6-8 months.    … Expand
  18. Mooseman13
    Nov 21, 2021
    3
    What exactly were four studios doing for the past three years? No campaign? Only 7 maps in the core experience? (The rest are just remakes in Portal which is dead right now because they disabled XP.) Only 22 weapons? Only four assault rifles? Only two LMGs?! Some of the maps are also horribly designed. Especially Kaleidoscope which has these stupid golden colored gazebo things on one ofWhat exactly were four studios doing for the past three years? No campaign? Only 7 maps in the core experience? (The rest are just remakes in Portal which is dead right now because they disabled XP.) Only 22 weapons? Only four assault rifles? Only two LMGs?! Some of the maps are also horribly designed. Especially Kaleidoscope which has these stupid golden colored gazebo things on one of the points that people can get on top of and they're indestructible and you can't shoot through them even though there's holes! So if the helicopter guys aren't doing their job then the enemy team can easily capture the point that way. This is the most unfinished, broken, and unbalanced Battlefield game I've ever played… Expand
  19. MPGSpotter
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    Pretty much all concerns everyone had were true: the specialist system makes no sense and defeats any cohesion that may have existed, making every single soldier on the battlefield play and build their class solely for themselves. The UI is absolutely atrocious and doesn't build on any UI customization from the previous games, from the awful tiny minimap to flag markers not disappearingPretty much all concerns everyone had were true: the specialist system makes no sense and defeats any cohesion that may have existed, making every single soldier on the battlefield play and build their class solely for themselves. The UI is absolutely atrocious and doesn't build on any UI customization from the previous games, from the awful tiny minimap to flag markers not disappearing while aiming and covering up enemies to the fact that the only way to identify enemies is by a color of a dot over their head, which leads to laughable situations where players run past their enemies thinking they're friends, and a remarkable amount of friendly fire. The gameplay is stiff and controls unresponsive, the gunplay is awful and the (admittedly, not all will agree) terrible weapon accuracy/bloom system is so much worse than in any game before. Graphically impressive, but ruined by vaseline TAA you can't turn off, and terrible framerate on a 9900k + 3080ti. The sound design is very good, but once again marred by some of the worst directional sound I've heard in a videogame, with a range of bugs from hearing footsteps of someone 300 meters away like they're directly behind you to not hearing tank cannon shots right next to you. Increase in player counts is a great idea in theory, but ruined by both the developers (completely unfitting map design) and the players themselves (the match turns into two blobs of 64 players running between capture points, with the only gunfights really happening when they meet or when helicopters come into play). Adding AI to multiplayer matches is an absolutely baffling idea, and the half-braindead artificial teammates make each match look even more like a bunch of headless chickens running around an open field. Map design, while absolutely gorgeous to look at, is atrocious for gameplay, with huge open areas where infantry is practically useless, while snipers and vehicles have a field day. Portal as it is is woefully lacking in content (much like the rest of the game), and the server browser won't even tell you the rules of any of the bazillion servers beyond tags like "custom points" or "changed movement". Protagonist specialists don't shut up, other specialists scream from both sides of the trenches in all kinds of languages throwing me off. The guns are laughably low quality, from attachments misaligned with the gun itself to 7.62 firearms using 5.56 suppressors to animations being incorrect for the specific firearm (see the bolt on the ACR during firing or the preparation/initial spawn animation on the AK74U), DESPITE BEING CORRECT IN THE PREVIOUS GAMES. I downloaded it genuinely hoping it'd be great despite the terrible beta and baffling design decisions, but I just couldn't bring myself to like it. Maybe in a year or so when portal receives enough content and the game goes 50% off I'll give it another shot, as I really want to like this game. The whole experience feels like it was build from scratch by someone who was described what Battlefield should feel like, but all they played is other popular modern shooters. Very glad my favorite Battlefield 4 servers are still full to tide me over until this game gets good, if it ever gets to that point.… Expand
  20. AForceOne
    Nov 18, 2021
    3
    No scoreboard no player ping status like was in in bf3
    Cant change and manage the squads
    Poor and feustrating weapon attachement menu To big maps, must walk and walk miles Few landmarks, cover. The round start intro is **** and unnecessary and I have not anough time to change loadout No server browser Only CQ and Breaktrough game modes Only 128 player matches No 64, 48, 32 player options    No scoreboard no player ping status like was in in bf3
    Cant change and manage the squads
    Poor and feustrating weapon attachement menu
    To big maps, must walk and walk miles
    Few landmarks, cover.
    The round start intro is **** and unnecessary and I have not anough time to change loadout
    No server browser
    Only CQ and Breaktrough game modes
    Only 128 player matches
    No 64, 48, 32 player options
    Laggy servers
    Very few weapons
    No hardcore option
    Poor sound

    It is a CodField but I want to play Battlefield.


    The good things:

    Portal mode, old maps
    The new characters and abilitys
    Graphics, lights, effects awesome    … Expand
  21. VFE
    Nov 17, 2021
    3
    no no and no. gunfight, mouvements, level design, game modes, graphics, destructions, servers are bad
    i think the worst think for me is the general atmosphere because the few musics are awful, sounds and voices are just average. maps are big but quite empty. We are very very far from the incredible atmosphere of Battlefield 1 and even BF5.
    There is no immersion and not enough intensity    no no and no. gunfight, mouvements, level design, game modes, graphics, destructions, servers are bad
    i think the worst think for me is the general atmosphere because the few musics are awful, sounds and voices are just average. maps are big but quite empty. We are very very far from the incredible atmosphere of Battlefield 1 and even BF5.
    There is no immersion and not enough intensity in BF2042. And Portal brings nothing special
    It is a huge deception. I tried it with Game Pass and it is already uninstalled    … Expand
  22. Krzytok
    Nov 25, 2021
    3
    Maps feel so empty between the points, no tdm in fps game is very very bad, vechicles are overpowered a lot matched to that big big flat empty spaces where infantry have absolute zero chance to defend is very wrong. Shooting On controller feels like hammering down the nail using a screwdriver ,one of the worst controlls i have ever experienced in the games .. 3out of 10 skipping the bugs
  23. Pourya-abz
    Nov 23, 2021
    3
    in first i thinking they are just kidding, but after a wile just realized no. this game is real mess
  24. MetacriticOnur
    Nov 24, 2021
    3
    bad
    [ bad ]

    adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
    not good in any manner or degree.
  25. Ass_hoho
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    unfinished game，worst bf ever.ridiculous gun play experience, empty map.Only 22 weapon at launch.
  26. WeessLR
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    Joguei as 10 horas disponibilizadas pela EA, e bom, consegui me divertir bastante nessas 10 horas, mas eu quero dizer que o jogo não vale o preço que está sendo vendido, o som do jogo é muito computadorizado, diferente do BF3 onde dava para saber qual arma atirava mesmo em meio a diferentes tipos de som, não da pra ver o KD, não da pra escolher o pelotão, o jogo praticamente não temJoguei as 10 horas disponibilizadas pela EA, e bom, consegui me divertir bastante nessas 10 horas, mas eu quero dizer que o jogo não vale o preço que está sendo vendido, o som do jogo é muito computadorizado, diferente do BF3 onde dava para saber qual arma atirava mesmo em meio a diferentes tipos de som, não da pra ver o KD, não da pra escolher o pelotão, o jogo praticamente não tem nenhuma destruição, não da pra ver os status da partida, tem pouquissimas armas. Enfim, o jogo tem uma premissa ótima, creio que com o tempo a DICE vai consertar todos esses problemas, mas meu conselho hoje é : Não compre, aguarde mais alguns meses !… Expand
  27. deax
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    Otimização horrorosa, jogo sem alma, extremamente superficial, sem modo campanha, sem quase nada que faz Battlefield ser Battlefield. Várias mecânicas ou aspectos dos jogos anteriores foram simplesmente arrancadas do 2042 e substituídas por NADA. MUITAS coisas faltando.
    Os mapas são enormes e lindos, mas vazios e entediantes depois da primeira vez que você joga neles. armas ruins, e    Otimização horrorosa, jogo sem alma, extremamente superficial, sem modo campanha, sem quase nada que faz Battlefield ser Battlefield. Várias mecânicas ou aspectos dos jogos anteriores foram simplesmente arrancadas do 2042 e substituídas por NADA. MUITAS coisas faltando.
    Os mapas são enormes e lindos, mas vazios e entediantes depois da primeira vez que você joga neles. armas ruins, e principalmente, CHEIO DE BUGS.
    Esse jogo tá uma porcaria    … Expand
  28. eefernet
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    This game needs another 9 months of development. The 2042 base game only has 22 weapons. Performance is terrible (i have a 5950x and a rtx 3080 paired with 64 gigs of ram) and was sticking around 40 -50 fps. Hazard zone is like the developers took all of the trending things about battle royale and shoved it into a game mode. There are only two game modes in the base game (what happened toThis game needs another 9 months of development. The 2042 base game only has 22 weapons. Performance is terrible (i have a 5950x and a rtx 3080 paired with 64 gigs of ram) and was sticking around 40 -50 fps. Hazard zone is like the developers took all of the trending things about battle royale and shoved it into a game mode. There are only two game modes in the base game (what happened to grand operations?) breakthrough and conquest. I understand that there is portal and hazard zone, but even with those extra game modes the game feels empty. The UI is terrible, and the plus system where you can change attachments on your weapon on the "fly" feels like they thought it looked cool and shoved it in the game. Personally, i think its trash. Specialists, lack of weapon customization, empty and boring maps, graphics that look slightly worse than battlefield V, this game is a mess.

    things that are broken
    -the new filler ai (running into walls, crashing into random things, aiming into the sky)
    -connection to servers (usual battlefield launch)
    -audio sounds like im in a fish bowl
    -the t menu in portal mode is completely broken (only way to customize your gun)
    -performance and frame rate issues, random crashes (i feel like the beta performed better)
    -hit reg
    -some sights on the guns are completely off
    -muzzle flash on guns is so bright i cannot see what im shooting at.
    -NO SCORE BOARD?????????????
    -cannot chat with other team, its just my team, squad and that is it.
    - tanks and vics are way too strong, and also have an issue with sights that are not lined up
    - netcode issues (using zip lines is a great way to test this)    … Expand
  29. KiefChris
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    Basically have turned a good war game series into a reskin of Modern Warfare but it with way less guns and maps and no voice chat or in game chat?

    If you're looking for a game to fuel the void that's been left by battlefield 4 or 3, well I'm sorry to say this will not fill it. Probably make the void worse since when you play it you realise the Battlefield genre we once knew is dead...    Basically have turned a good war game series into a reskin of Modern Warfare but it with way less guns and maps and no voice chat or in game chat?

    If you're looking for a game to fuel the void that's been left by battlefield 4 or 3, well I'm sorry to say this will not fill it. Probably make the void worse since when you play it you realise the Battlefield genre we once knew is dead... R.I.P Dice & Battlefield series 1992 - 2013.    … Expand
  30. punished_xuxo
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    Things we lost in BF2042

    Scoreboard
    CLASSES
    All chat
    A server browser for the main modes
    KD
    A stat page
    more than 100fps
    Teamswitching
    Squad switching that isnt random
    Persistent community servers
    UI info like damage done to infantry/vehicles
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#2 Most Discussed PC Game of 2021

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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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