Battlefield 2042

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

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  1. chalalot
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    this is so terrible, an expensive game but has a lot of bugs, and not have the feeling of true Battlefield
  2. Pieter1234
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    All I want is a finished game for once. I upgraded my hardware just for this game and am now so dissapointed I will never waste money on this franchise again.
  3. Ugly_Pups
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    How could such a thing have been done? How could such a thing have been done? Terrible part in every sense. It's impossible to play this piece of code normally. It's a pity for the money spent. I hope those who had a hand in making this game will never do it again.
  4. Abe69
    Nov 29, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Choppy. Needs ton of work. Feels like a CoD game.
    The sliding is completely trash. When you try sliding you only slide like an inch. Lololiki    … Expand
  5. CYNIC98
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    The worst Battlefield game I've ever played. Even Hardline was miles better than this. WTF happened DICE?
  6. aryan1382
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    this is not a game, this is an insult to battlefield fans who supported DICE and EA for years.
  7. cogitoergosam
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Un-playable and depressing. Others have already outlined all the missing features and issues with netcode, but the end result is that the game feels empty and unsatisfying. None of the rewarding aspects of previous games remain, the gunplay feels sluggish and slow, and progress is agonizingly slow and redundant (in terms of unlocks/mods).

    It feels like they're so light on actual    Un-playable and depressing. Others have already outlined all the missing features and issues with netcode, but the end result is that the game feels empty and unsatisfying. None of the rewarding aspects of previous games remain, the gunplay feels sluggish and slow, and progress is agonizingly slow and redundant (in terms of unlocks/mods).

    It feels like they're so light on actual unlockable content that they had to arbitrarily slow down progress to stretch it further, but I just can't muster enough interest to grind the same **** for every weapon when most of them are garbage anyway.

    This game has absolutely none of the spark that made previous games fun.    … Expand
  8. Maulcun
    Nov 29, 2021
    2
    I'm a huge fan of BF franchise, and I preordered the Ultimate Edition right when it was available. But I didn't think I would regret it. So huge disappointment.

    Something has shifted fundamentally in development, these games are completely under delivered on every time they release. The players are also partly to blame for the state of games. I don't know how many times I've seen people    I'm a huge fan of BF franchise, and I preordered the Ultimate Edition right when it was available. But I didn't think I would regret it. So huge disappointment.

    Something has shifted fundamentally in development, these games are completely under delivered on every time they release. The players are also partly to blame for the state of games. I don't know how many times I've seen people saying things like "of course the game is buggy and incomplete, it just released", or "in six months will be a good game".

    Dice has been doing this type of large scale games for years and for some reason instead of getting better they’re getting worse.

    This game doesn't have a scoreboard, no server list for all out warfare, no persistent lobbies, less game modes in comparison past games, no meaningful customization, no enjoyable progression, you can't select what squad you will join, you can't diving while swimming, no "medic nearby" indicator when you are downed, no spectator mode, no single-player campaign, very few weapons (Just 22 in total), the UI is absolutely horrible (We don't have any UI customization from the previous games), no voip or global chat, this game has one of the worst gunplay in modern gaming (terrible weapon accuracy/hit box isn't consistent and the bloom system is so much worse than in any bf that came before/uncontrollable), very few maps (Big maps with way too much space between points of interest and with no cover. Turns the game into a running simulator), downgraded destruction over it's predecessors, the physics are non-existent, and performance in general is trash (It’s so badly optimized that they couldn’t even create a trailer without frame drops).

    I could cite more things, but other people already have done it better than me.

    This game is an insult to video games and to the BF franchise. We deserve better. Don't buy It! Dont waste your money.    … Expand
  9. UnknownDeath
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Just utter trash. There are so many poor decisions that a 5 year old can comprehend. Check the subreddit r/battlefield2042 you will see the consensus. Only the fanboys really enjoy the game and I'm convinced that's due to the sunk cost fallacy. If you want to try it, get it through xbox game pass. You only get a 10 hour in game time access to 2042 but I doubt you will stick around past 5 hours.
  10. boznia
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graficamente el juego es pobre en todo sentido, tanto en su jugabilidad como en los diseños.
    hasta los mapas rematerizados son mas pobres que sus versiones anteriores. Desilucion total, Battlefield 3, 4, 1 y 5 tienen mas efectos explosivos que este.

    Lo más gracioso que EA dijo que no iba incluir una campaña para centrarse en el multiplayer y solo sacan 7 mapas y un tornado? enserio? mejor digan q no tienen tiempo y hubieran dado mas contenido al 5 mientras trabajaban bien el 2042.    … Expand
  11. luckydog32
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    They have stripped everything that made battlefield, battlefield. And expanded out the maps into barren empty fields with no cover. You will spawn constantly and get shot from a kilometer away both because the spawn system sucks and because the maps are devoid of anything that can be considered cover. Unless you like to play vehicles prepared to be farmed harder than a losing team in MW2.
  12. fleshyvessel
    Nov 29, 2021
    3
    Everything in this game is a mess. A broken hollow shell of a game. Even the menus are atrocious. DICE has officially delivered the worst Battlefield title to date. A huge shame after the glorious Battlefield 1.
  13. PfunkNH
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Worst battlefield to date.

    Just play world war 3 in march its going to be free and its already better than bf2042. As someone who has played every single battlefield apon release I can assure you this is just a warzone clone.
  14. Erectus-Maximus
    Nov 29, 2021
    1
    Merci dice pour de m'avoir fait payer 70€ pour être un de vos beta testeur. J'ai acheté ce jeu pour jouer avec mes amis et Ho surprise impossible de jouer à plus de 4 dans un groupe pour des maps prévues pour 128 joueurs c'est finement pensé. Parlons des maps beaucoup trop grandes même pour 128 joueurs où au final seulement 30% de la Map est optimisé et la destruction des décors elle estMerci dice pour de m'avoir fait payer 70€ pour être un de vos beta testeur. J'ai acheté ce jeu pour jouer avec mes amis et Ho surprise impossible de jouer à plus de 4 dans un groupe pour des maps prévues pour 128 joueurs c'est finement pensé. Parlons des maps beaucoup trop grandes même pour 128 joueurs où au final seulement 30% de la Map est optimisé et la destruction des décors elle est où ?. Sans parler des chutes de framerates qui tuerait ma grand mère épileptique, du manque de scoreboard , des classes fourre tout qui sont casualisé à l'extrême il faudrait pas que le jeu soit trop compliqué non plus..du manque de punch des armes et de leurs bruit de pétard quand on tire avec. Toutes les armes disponible sur le mode portal, votre mode de branleur "allez y la communauté créez le contenu pour nous" alors qu'il y a trop peu d'armes dans les modes Warfare et Hazard zone qui se passent en 2042 donc mettre les armes d'avant ça serait logique.surrout que très peu d'armes sont vraiment équilibré et que du coup tout le monde joue avec les 3 même armes.
    Bref la liste est longue.
    Vous êtes la honte de l'univers vidéo ludique là où Activision représente la luxure avec ses histoires de harcèlement ,vous représentez l'avarice et la fainéantise. Vous contribuez à la mort progressive de l'industrie du jeux vidéo    … Expand
  15. darkerdark
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Pas de campagne solo, Battlefield 2042 est buggé de partout et très mal optimisé une honte !!!!!
  16. assandro500
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    JOGO BAGACEIRA, FEIO PRA CARAMBA, ISSO NÃO É BATTLEFILED, ISSO É UMA VERGONHA !
  17. KMM1
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    This game is pure trash. Needs at least 2 full years of work, and I don't think even that could save it. Unimaginably stupid designs and decisions, this game really makes me feel violent rage.
  18. behegyo784
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    It depends on where you place your evaluation criteria, but if you evaluate the game as a battlefield, the score is definitely zero.
  19. SenmiMsS
    Nov 29, 2021
    1
    Ok, this is just a disaster. I used my free 10h to try this game. I knew reviews were terrible, but i wanted to witness it with my own eyes, and HOLY S***. Unbalanced, buggy and boring are the words that i can think of playing this game. On my very first map, very first few minutes of gameplay i experienced around 6 bugs that actually interrupted my gameplay. Sniper scope that does notOk, this is just a disaster. I used my free 10h to try this game. I knew reviews were terrible, but i wanted to witness it with my own eyes, and HOLY S***. Unbalanced, buggy and boring are the words that i can think of playing this game. On my very first map, very first few minutes of gameplay i experienced around 6 bugs that actually interrupted my gameplay. Sniper scope that does not zoom in (I had to take it off and back on few times every few minutes to fix zooming). AA missiles that circles around planes and Heli but never hitting them. Falling under the map. Shooting enemies in torso and head FOR NO RESULT AT ALL. Like they are not there, just tu turn around and kill me. I didn't believed game was so bad from reviews but after playing myself... I understand those negative reviews.… Expand
  20. Jerad_2142
    Nov 29, 2021
    9
    Quite enjoying it so far, put a lot of hours into it so far.
    Laptop Specs are 3080 Mobile, i9-11900K, 64GB Ram, 2 2TB SSD Raid.
    My complains are as follows: *On ultra I get about 60-80 FPS, on the lowest setting seems to only get about 10-20 fps better. *Maps are way larger which is cool, but it can also lead to the player being in the middle of nowhere all by oneself. *Weapon    Quite enjoying it so far, put a lot of hours into it so far.
    Laptop Specs are 3080 Mobile, i9-11900K, 64GB Ram, 2 2TB SSD Raid.

    My complains are as follows:
    *On ultra I get about 60-80 FPS, on the lowest setting seems to only get about 10-20 fps better.
    *Maps are way larger which is cool, but it can also lead to the player being in the middle of nowhere all by oneself.
    *Weapon sandbox could use more weapons.
    *Servers sometimes take a while to get games started (maybe 5-10 minutes).    … Expand
  21. xeqt3r
    Nov 29, 2021
    6
    Hm, EA.... Dice....
    I think EA is the biggest part of this whole release. The game shouldn't have been released this year. But I think EA just wants to grab the Christmas business. They only look for the money. Please do not pre order products of this publisher. That makes no sense. There are many problemes. Mostly performence issues. But i have to say, that i dont have that many bugs and    Hm, EA.... Dice....
    I think EA is the biggest part of this whole release. The game shouldn't have been released this year. But I think EA just wants to grab the Christmas business. They only look for the money. Please do not pre order products of this publisher. That makes no sense. There are many problemes. Mostly performence issues. But i have to say, that i dont have that many bugs and problems everyone says.
    I don't want to defend them, the game isn't finished yet. Some approaches are really well solved and it makes fun to play the game. But DICE has to fix the major problems really fast. Otherwise it ends like battlefield 5. That would be a real shame, because it has good approaches. Pleas DICE - fix the Game. Bring back the good old Battlefield feeling we all had back in the day.    … Expand
  22. Gor80hd
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Я играл в бету, меня укачивало. Играл в финальный билд, меня вырвало. Честно, это нельзя назвать даже бетой игры, даже игрой то толком нельзя назвать. Если такие проекты выходят в 21 году, то что нас ждет в 22?!
  23. BF2042SUCKS
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    Did your mom tell you that wingsuit flying should not be landing by face?
    Did your mom tell you that hovercraft should not be flying?
    Did your mom tell you that buildings are made from concrete?
    Did your mom tell you that people should not be moving parallelly?
    Did your mom tell you that you should use your brain when you are working?

    Eat your **** and go see a doctor
  24. Rabagast_
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    This game has lost its identity and can not be fixed by a simple patch.

    -No squad system, almost Impossible to play with friends and not possible to create squads. -No class system, and consequently lack of teamplay -No destruction -Too big and empty maps/ bad level design -No scoreboard /stats -No dedicated servers /server browser -No team switching -Lack of gun customisation I did not    This game has lost its identity and can not be fixed by a simple patch.

    -No squad system, almost Impossible to play with friends and not possible to create squads.
    -No class system, and consequently lack of teamplay
    -No destruction
    -Too big and empty maps/ bad level design
    -No scoreboard /stats
    -No dedicated servers /server browser
    -No team switching
    -Lack of gun customisation

    I did not care about the bugs in the beginning, as a veteran I know by experience every BF game need a few weeks to be fixed, but this release has many game reking bugs and should have been delay a few months.. Its an unfinished product. It is Just and empty shell of a Battlefield game, and Portal mode does not completely save it...because of the lack of core functionality I just listed..and much more
    -    … Expand
  25. FelipePP
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    Jogo medíocre REPLETO de bugs que atrapalham e te impossibilitam de jogar. Um monte de mecânicas idiotas do COD e um monte de especialistas infantis falando frases adolescentes ao final da partida. Essa franquia cada vez se torna mais LIXO.
  26. ChilledTony
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    Absolute disgrace made by DICE/EA (eternal shame on you) with all of the bugs, lags, glitches..., overall game perfomance and mechanics: poor grafics, big empty maps, primitive UI, tons of what was removed or downgraded from previous BF games. This game is not made by the old team of old school developers. I'm sure that this "crap" was made by crooked hands of developers from theAbsolute disgrace made by DICE/EA (eternal shame on you) with all of the bugs, lags, glitches..., overall game perfomance and mechanics: poor grafics, big empty maps, primitive UI, tons of what was removed or downgraded from previous BF games. This game is not made by the old team of old school developers. I'm sure that this "crap" was made by crooked hands of developers from the generation of snowflakes.… Expand
  27. hell_o
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    Everything is bad in this game. I don't even know where to start: from the technical part, from the game design/level design/sound design, balance, UI?.. everything is bad.

    An example from the technical part. I reinstalled the operating system and was unable to start the BF2042. I was getting an error related to visual studio. Even after manually installing the x64 and x86 packages,    Everything is bad in this game. I don't even know where to start: from the technical part, from the game design/level design/sound design, balance, UI?.. everything is bad.

    An example from the technical part.
    I reinstalled the operating system and was unable to start the BF2042. I was getting an error related to visual studio. Even after manually installing the x64 and x86 packages, the problem was not resolved. The problem was solved only after installing and running BFV.
    Several times after launching, I was getting the death screen. And no, I have no system or hardware problems. I have a brand new i9 12900K, 32GB 5200Mhz DDR5, RTX 2080ti, Windows 10 x64.
    In the middle of a match, the game crashed with a DirectX error. I reinstalled the video drivers, manually installed the latest DirectX package from the Microsoft site - it didn't help.

    I am using the "ADS Field of View" setting and when I use the sniper scope, the zoom stops working, and to fix this I have to change the scope and back on the fly.
    The animations of shooting, running, reloading BROKEN. At the moment of running, the animation breaks and the model simply slides over the surface.
    Hitboxes work oddly. In fact, there are only two hitboxes: head and body, and they are poorly made: the hitboxes are larger than the model itself. The damage in the arm and stomach/chest is almost the same.
    It often happens that these hitboxes do not work at all: you can shred your opponent with bullets, but the expected result will not be achieved.
    Vehicles can ride on walls. When jets crash into buildings (for example, on the hourglass map), nothing happens.
    Flight transport controls are broken. The controls are poorly configured, and if the behavior of ground vehicles is perceived as + - normal, then the behavior of the flight transport is simply disgusting.
    And if we have already started talking about tanks: why, for example, the speed of a tank turret when turning from the first and third person is different (mouse control)? it looks terrible.
    When I try to create my server in Portal, the ping is ~200. #TF?

    Now for game design.
    It seems to me that abandoning classes was a mistake. I think that the distribution of roles on the battlefield was (and is) one of the key elements of the Battlefield series, and it is also a hallmark of the Battlefield series. It was a deviation into tactics, and not into a senseless war of headless chickens, which BF2042 is now, unfortunately.
    The developers were even too lazy to assign specialists specifically to Russians and Americans. Russians and Americans have the same specialists. This is perceived, to put it mildly, strange.
    And in order to somehow navigate this madness, the developers were forced to attach red and green markers to the model. Imagine that the army of country N decided to attach markers to its soldiers to make it easier for the enemy to trace them on the battlefield. It's nonsense.
    Now specialists.
    These are not military specialists, they are clowns. They look awful and pretentious, talk and behave like 16-year-olds who have not known life, children!
    For example, a "Sundance". Even the name of this "military specialist" is already causing mixed feelings. What is this nose piercing? what are these pretentious hairstyles? where have you seen such a military specialist? She also has a tattoo on her face. Oh, God!
    She's a third-wave feminist! She is NOT a military specialist!

    The balance is terrible and completely broken.
    SMGs and marksman rifles are fully dominant. Vehicles, especially hovercraft, this is a legal cheat - very fast, very "fat", can ride on walls.

    Level design.
    All BF2042 maps are flat, empty fields, diluted in places with buildings. It's just horrible!
    If you've bought this **** and you've never played the previous Battlefield, compare the BF2042 and BF3 / Bad Company / 1942 maps in Portal mode, where the latest level designers didn't give a f##k.
    Sound design.
    The sound from the shooting is mediocre. The sound from indoor and outdoor shooting is NO different, only a small echo is added.
    The positioning of the sound is broken, it is difficult to understand exactly where the enemy is from the approaching steps. For example, if you are on the second floor and the enemy is on the floor below, you will hear him as if he is on your floor. The main soundtrack is disgusting! Just compare it to BF3/4 or others Battlefield games.

    UI.
    Acid, retinal-burning colors; no score table; You cannot scale the map to spawn correctly.

    Summing up.
    The EA looked at the success of Warzone and decided to make their own in order to bite off part of the audience from Kotick, thereby ### their own audience.
    Apparently, the Battlefield developers do not understand (or pretend not to understand) that if a player wants to play the Warzone, he will go to play the Warzone, not the pathetic copy of it, which is BF2042 today.
    Redo, DICE, or whatever is left of you.

    DO NOT BUY THIS!    … Expand
  28. LeXXXa
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    Worst balance I've ever seen.
    Worst progression I've ever seen.
    Hectic, meaningless gameplay, with broken mechanics and bugs.

    If you want to play it a bit - buy the subscription, but not the game.
  29. Vlassisd
    Nov 28, 2021
    1
    I'm a massive Battlefield fun and played all of the previous games. This one is by far the worst Battlefield ever made. Not much more to say
  30. StonesAway
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    Lots of problems for an AAA game. This game was rushed into release. What a shame :(
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  1. Positive: 29 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 74
  3. Negative: 11 out of 74
  1. Trusted Reviews
    Feb 15, 2022
    70
    All in all, Battlefield 2042 has been a real labour of love for me. The initial launch was remarkably underbaked, but I can’t deny the enjoyment that comes from firing a rocket launcher into a tornado. This may not be the best FPS multiplayer game available, and there are still plenty of issues that need ironing out, but there are occasionally some thrilling moments that you won’t be able to experience in the likes of Call of Duty or Fortinte. It remains frustrating having to pay full price for a multiplayer game, but if you’re already a fan of the franchise and don’t mind missing out on the campaign, you’ll likely enjoy yourself here. The nostalgic aspect of Portal mode will also draw fans in, and of course, the 4K graphics make it very pretty game, even if it has its cracks.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Dec 23, 2021
    40
    The weakest first-person shooter in the history of DICE. Even, by some miracle, the studio manages to fix the most glaring mistakes and reanimate the abysmal netcode, this game will not become Battlefield at its core.
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  3. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Dec 16, 2021
    65
    Despite the promising Portal mode, Battlefield 2042, which uses players as a tester, still gives the impression of an incomplete game with its errors and important problems.
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