Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

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  1. Sooxzay
    Feb 6, 2022
    2
    This game is disgustingly bad. BF5 had its problems but with several updates and the pacific one they started to make things right. Suddenly.. support for BF5 ended when everyone began to be happy about it. For what you might ask? For Battlefield 2042..

    A game that crashes even more after every patch, a shooter game where shooting still doesnt work after months from release, full of    This game is disgustingly bad. BF5 had its problems but with several updates and the pacific one they started to make things right. Suddenly.. support for BF5 ended when everyone began to be happy about it. For what you might ask? For Battlefield 2042..

    A game that crashes even more after every patch, a shooter game where shooting still doesnt work after months from release, full of bugs, non intuitive UI, super bad performance, unbalanced gameplay, clown specialists that makes me feel like playing a comedy shooter when the exodus movie gave me the feeling this will be even more grittier than battlefield 1. Now that was a fukin lie.

    The missleading marketing was so good that so many people including myself ended up preordering the game.. This should be illegal and is similar worse like CP2077 when it released.

    - No scoreboard as we knew it
    - No Server Browser for AOW
    - No VOIP
    - Crossplay invite friends is buggy
    - U can only join a match with a maximum of 4 people (one squad)
    - 128 players are way to much
    - Way to huge maps that makes me feel playing a copy pasted far cry
    - Almost no cover and IF there is cover it can do electric dmg to you or even explode, like wtf?
    - No Squad play and almost no XP rewards for specific gameplay actions
    - No Content, no battlepass
    - Almost no destruction just scripted stuff like the rocket on orbital
    - No gritty atmosphere but fortnite style saturation
    - Most cringy voicelines ever with voice actors that doesnt even fit to the specialist
    - Netcode is a mess
    - Hitreg is a mess
    - Aim assist for console players is a mess
    - I could continue.. but I wont waste to much of my lifetime for this.

    Portal with restricted XP to 300 a minute and NO ribbons. You can gain 6K XP in 20 minutes while making 25-35K XP in 20 Minutes in a standard AOW round if you are good at battlefield. This is a joke. Who made such bad calculations? No one even plays portal anymore because of the restrictions.

    Hazard Zone.. well I dont even want to start here. There is literally no value in this mode. You try to extract and obtain coins you then can spend to play your loadout you can play in AOW anyway. Just to do THE EXACT SAME THING you did before being able to buy your loadout with coins. No other rewards nothing. This game mode is already dead like Firestorm 2.0 back in BF5. Wasted. They hyped this mode into oblivion. Holy moly..

    Content got delayed to "early" summer. Scoreboard got delayed from february to march. This is a joke. What the heck happened to DICE? This is not battlefield and this is no live service. This is a bad aprils fool joke.

    BUT: They were ahead of schedule.. KEKW!    … Expand
  2. JackD_
    Jan 9, 2022
    2
    I wonder how much money they got for the good reviews. This is still in alpha status. What a disaster...
  3. Dreamwalka
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Bad optimisation, **** gunplay, awful maps. you can still refunded the game after 10 hours of playing
  4. TheoML
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    List of some of the features that have been removed in this Battlefield.

    Core Features: No single-player story No standard server browser Fewer standardized game modes (Can't even play TDM or smaller scale modes without relying on community servers. Really?) Fewer base game maps than any other title (even including portal the map count is only 13) No persistent lobbies    List of some of the features that have been removed in this Battlefield.

    Core Features:

    No single-player story

    No standard server browser

    Fewer standardized game modes (Can't even play TDM or smaller scale modes without relying on community servers. Really?)

    Fewer base game maps than any other title (even including portal the map count is only 13)

    No persistent lobbies (seriously why do I have to matchmake after EVERY round?)

    Fewer in-game assignments (none outside of cosmetic unlocks)

    No class system

    Less character customization options (than BF5)

    No profile progress/stats page in the menu

    No battle log/stats tracker for other players

    No global leader boards

    No end of round assignment progress screen

    No dog tags (they still sort of exist I guess?)

    No custom emblems

    Fewer achievements

    No medals

    No swelling crescendo of dramatic music near the end of a match (obviously this is the most egregious of the list)

    Less destruction (only a small handful of destructible buildings on each map)

    No map altering levolution (There sort of is but the maps are so big, anything that changes doesn't really affect how you play)

    No cross-game profile screen (BF 4, HL, 1, and V were all linked by a menu if you owned them digitally, was a neat feature.)

    No spectator mode

    No permanent community servers (would be useful for clans and events)

    Infantry Gameplay:
    Fewer guns (even including all the portal guns, BF4 still had more at launch)
    Fewer infantry gadgets No manual leaning No diving while swimming No high wall vaulting No crouch sprinting No backwards prone No explosion knockback No rolling after falling from heights No ammo or health pickup off teammates No scope zeroing No thermal optics No indirect fire gadgets Less anti-tank launchers (Come on man only one?) No lock-on launchers (The M5 works with the SOFLAM but that requires 2 people) No AP mines/claymores No static weapon emplacements No fortification building No resupply stations No suppression mechanic (This one I don't mind but I'm including everything) Vehicles: Fewer vehicle types (and separate vehicle progression per faction even though they are functionally identical... why???) No naval vehicles (Except I guess the hovercraft technically) No vehicle gunner direction indicator No lock on direction indicator No vehicle enter/exit animations No tank turret decoupling (This was so great in BF4!) Less vehicle driver/pilot customization options No tank zoom customization options No tank gunner customization options No heli gunner secondary weapons No separate heli/fixed-wing controls No control input while looking behind/free looking in aircraft (BF1 and V pilots, this one is gonna absolutely suck for you guys) Scoring System No squad wipe scoring No player damage points No vehicle damage points No vehicle kill assist points No headshot bonus No long-range kill bonus No assist counts as kill bonus No squad objective play bonus Oversimplified teamplay scoring (i.e. healing a teammate always gives you +5xp rather than the amount of health you give) Squad and Teamwork No commander No special squad call-in abilities No squad field upgrades No in-game VOIP Fewer factions (with almost nothing to give the 2 factions any distinction) No cross-team chat No "create new squad" option No "promote to squad leader" option No clans No view of squadmates while in the spawn screen No "Medic incoming" indicator in downed state No rank names/icons, just a number. UI and Quality of Life Less control customization options Less UI customization options No HUD/icon opacity customization No HUD scaling customization options No gunsight reticle customization options No network performance graph No individual player scoreboard Less detail in the 'who killed you' screen No ultrawide monitor support Very poor friend joining system No console aim assist (big fat **** you to console players there, dice)    … Expand
  5. GalaxxyRanger
    Nov 21, 2021
    2
    El juego esta plagado de bugs, pesima calidad del audio, los vehiculos tienen un pésimo control.
  6. Mo0nc0w
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    Played two online matches and after the first few gunfights, I thought I had launched Call of Duty, I mean what the f... It was so fast I could barely see where the enemy was, everything about it feels so arcadey, this does not remind me of the battlefield we all know and love. I was very excited for this Battlefield as they were taking us back to its roots... I don't know what they triedPlayed two online matches and after the first few gunfights, I thought I had launched Call of Duty, I mean what the f... It was so fast I could barely see where the enemy was, everything about it feels so arcadey, this does not remind me of the battlefield we all know and love. I was very excited for this Battlefield as they were taking us back to its roots... I don't know what they tried to do with this game but it's a massive flop, please don't waste your money on this, at least not until they completely change the game, but seeing as its a "live service" aka "cash grab" I wouldn't hold my breath… Expand
  7. SoulessSenpaii
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    Locked in about 10 hours of play in early access.
    Game is a broken mess with no clear identity, tries to play with new trends just to attract new people but leaves the veteran players to a "demo" of past games, with that said, Portal is a great addition but it's not enough to waste $60-$110 and just stick into one game mode.. It's just not worth it.
    Hazard Zone is hot trash, that is all.    Locked in about 10 hours of play in early access.
    Game is a broken mess with no clear identity, tries to play with new trends just to attract new people but leaves the veteran players to a "demo" of past games, with that said, Portal is a great addition but it's not enough to waste $60-$110 and just stick into one game mode.. It's just not worth it.
    Hazard Zone is hot trash, that is all.
    Like I said before, the game lost all it's identity, it shouldn't even be called "Battlefield" anymore.
    Besides that the myriad of things EA DICE has decided to cut from the game it's just foolish and laziness at it's highest.
    I cannot and will not support this game anymore, not in the state it is right now.
    And for those who just say "Just wait 6-12 months and it'll be fine and dandy" it's not a good enough excuse, game should've been delayed 6-12 months if that would've made it better.
    You screwed over your community, and nothing will redeem you.    … Expand
  8. hazhc99
    Nov 20, 2021
    2
    Disappointing, out of touch, unfinished, flawed and lazy. EA and dice have turned their backs on the franchise in this half baked, soon to be micro transaction laden, mess of a game.
  9. Nest20
    Nov 27, 2021
    2
    EA decided to release an unfinished game... AGAIN. The second i saw the operator system and classes being deleted i already knew this is going to turn out bad. EA has forgotten what what battlefield makes battlefield. Maps are too big (even for 128 players) so there's not a lot of actiion compared to other games, too many open spaces, bloom fire system which makes gunfights RNG based,EA decided to release an unfinished game... AGAIN. The second i saw the operator system and classes being deleted i already knew this is going to turn out bad. EA has forgotten what what battlefield makes battlefield. Maps are too big (even for 128 players) so there's not a lot of actiion compared to other games, too many open spaces, bloom fire system which makes gunfights RNG based, destruction of surroundings is poor, leaderboard doesn't make any sense now, BF V ttk and of course a lot of bugs.
    I have to say that graphics and models look good + sound design is great.
    When it comes to portal and hazard zone, I'm not really interested in them.    … Expand
  10. TxSCORPIONxT
    Jan 26, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After 130hr. of gameplay, my verdict is:
    This is the worst Battlefield of its history    … Expand
  11. RNGenius
    Dec 7, 2021
    2
    This game has nothing to do with the battlefield I once loved. Playing together with more than 4 people doesn't work. The destruction is a joke compared to previous titles. The UI is one of the worst UI's I've seen in a long time. The operators are something nobody ask for and are only in the game because EA wants to sell some sweet, sweet skins. Don't buy this mess.
  12. aSK4ALL
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    Listen. This is not the worst game ever. But it's just... so... mediocre. "But if you say that it's mediocre, why did you give it 2 out of 10?". Well... BECAUSE NO F#####G PC CAN RUN IT, I'M SERIOUS. RTX 2060, I5-7400, AND IT RUNS SO BAD. MY BUDDY'S GOT A 3080 AND HE CAN'T RUN THIS GAME SMOOTHLY, WHAT THE HELL, DICE?!

    Oh, and BFV is better. In every way.
  13. jimipuffit
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    First off I have a question for the critics; EGM, COGconnected, Jeuxvideo.com, Digital Trends, ect. How much did EA pay you to leave these 90+ scores for this game? I think I played a different game then them.

    The first day you couldn't even play 2042 online unless you did their half baked portal mode. Getting in and out of vehicles is bugs all the time. There's a bug that you cant    First off I have a question for the critics; EGM, COGconnected, Jeuxvideo.com, Digital Trends, ect. How much did EA pay you to leave these 90+ scores for this game? I think I played a different game then them.

    The first day you couldn't even play 2042 online unless you did their half baked portal mode.
    Getting in and out of vehicles is bugs all the time.
    There's a bug that you cant use your weapons after getting out of a vehicle.
    The only hero that is half interesting, the wingsuit chick, is bugged half the time and you cant steer, and when you can the gliding is really hard to control and feels bad.
    Vehicles are super bouncy in a bad way. Driving a four wheeler and tapping a wall sends you into a spiral of 360s.
    Hovercraft drives up walls.
    You can spawn vehicles on top of buildings to make them unattackable
    Most of the heroes are boring and cut and pasted from other games IE R6 Siege.
    The 64v64 sounds cool but when playing the barren giant maps it feels like a half full bf4 server.
    The maps are super uninspired and boring.
    I've been killed by invisible enemies (bug from Battlefield 5)
    Hazard Zone....lol.
    Can't text chat with the enemy.
    No voice chat.
    Really disappointing amount of weapons in the game. Dice claimed there was over 70 but omitted that 50 of them are in the Portal game mode.
    Weapon customization is boring and lackluster.
    The specialist system almost sounds cool but it doesn't work well for a Battlefield game.
    The microstuttering.
    The running in place.
    Changing mods on your + system is counter intuitive and confusing.
    The bots look cooler than all of the specialists.
    Bots laser beam you half the time.
    Where is the damn scoreboard?

    It really hurts to say this...

    This is the worst Battlefield game I've ever played. Dice and EA continue to show that they do not care what the players want from their games. All we wanted was Battlefield 4.5, not this broken mess that takes like 5% from every other popular game and mashes it together in a way that doesn't work. I thought I would learn from getting burnt by Dice with Battlefield 5 but I wanted this game to be good.

    All of us were just literally robbed by Dice and EA.    … Expand
  14. Fleshharrower
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    Maybe someday this will be a good game but for now it's pretty much my least favorite of all the Battlefield games. The game simply isn't any fun to play, the shooting sucks with a ridiculously slow TTK in most engagements with most weapon and the maps are horrendous - there is no real strategy to capping flags now, just zerg rush them. Also, god help you if you don't get in a vehicleMaybe someday this will be a good game but for now it's pretty much my least favorite of all the Battlefield games. The game simply isn't any fun to play, the shooting sucks with a ridiculously slow TTK in most engagements with most weapon and the maps are horrendous - there is no real strategy to capping flags now, just zerg rush them. Also, god help you if you don't get in a vehicle since you will be running forever only to miss the flag cap and then have to start running all over again. In addition, the game needs a bunch more polish, balancing, and overall tuning.

    Honestly I think the biggest problem is EA's dogmatic insistence on sticking with the Frostbite engine which keeps the company from hiring quality people and studios to help them finish their games. If the company switched to Unreal then they'd easily be able to find experienced developers whenever they needed them. The only developers with Frostbite experience either work at EA or did at one point in the past.

    UE4 is basically whipping it's ass with Frostbite in terms of overall graphics fidelity, FPS optimization, and stability. EA needs to stop throwing good money after bad and flush that antiquated Frostbite engine, especially given that the best Frostbite developers left EA with Patrick Soderlund years ago.    … Expand
  15. Coolhohlinka47
    Nov 20, 2021
    2
    Когда я узнал, что новая батла наконец то будет в современном сеттинге, я ее очень сильно начал ждать.Но то что вышло - это разочарование.Оптимизация на пк хуже, чем у киберпанка.Попахивает колдой.128 игроков, но зачем, если они не набираются?Когда я узнал, что новая батла наконец то будет в современном сеттинге, я ее очень сильно начал ждать.Но то что вышло - это разочарование.Оптимизация на пк хуже, чем у киберпанка.Попахивает колдой.128 игроков, но зачем, если они не набираются?
  16. DerEinheimische
    Nov 18, 2021
    2
    Well theres nothing to say. Isnt even worth to talk about it. Dont understand how this game was able to realse.
  17. MJ1988
    Nov 13, 2021
    2
    My expectations where high for this one, but a big disappointment after all. I feel like I'm gonna be bored very quick with this BF release. The portal mode can be a fun experience but I dont like the idea of generation mixed combat. The new scoreboard is absolutly a huge letdown...just like hazard zone and the green/orange UI. Gonna be playing the halo infinite this holydays, becauseMy expectations where high for this one, but a big disappointment after all. I feel like I'm gonna be bored very quick with this BF release. The portal mode can be a fun experience but I dont like the idea of generation mixed combat. The new scoreboard is absolutly a huge letdown...just like hazard zone and the green/orange UI. Gonna be playing the halo infinite this holydays, because COD&BF are just not it.… Expand
  18. joe656x
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Battlefield 2042 is a game that I want to like. However, I’ve played it over and over again and it just is not fun for me. I tried to think of the primary reason why the game was not fun. I’m sure there’s many reasons but the primary reason for me was that it lacks an incentive for players to work together. Kind of defeats the purpose of having teams of 64 people if none of them have toBattlefield 2042 is a game that I want to like. However, I’ve played it over and over again and it just is not fun for me. I tried to think of the primary reason why the game was not fun. I’m sure there’s many reasons but the primary reason for me was that it lacks an incentive for players to work together. Kind of defeats the purpose of having teams of 64 people if none of them have to work together. Feels like a COD game. The audio is also horrible on this game.… Expand
  19. VitalRockOil
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    While one farting peach comes in like a nightingale and bleaches an Electronic Arts point, users note:
    - bugs
    - poor performance - lack of destructibility - oddities with hit detection - crappy weapon balance (PP hits further and more accurately than assault rifles) - terrible map design with the need to run half a kilometer to the point every time after death - a small number of    While one farting peach comes in like a nightingale and bleaches an Electronic Arts point, users note:
    - bugs
    - poor performance
    - lack of destructibility
    - oddities with hit detection
    - crappy weapon balance (PP hits further and more accurately than assault rifles)
    - terrible map design with the need to run half a kilometer to the point every time after death
    - a small number of weapons (4 assault rifles, 3 sniper rifles and hi)
    - no voice chat
    - lack of custom servers
    - - MONSTROUS sound design (farting music at the beginning of the match and backing up at the final stage; it is impossible to focus on the sound, the game swallows many sounds of shots and footsteps)

    Did the developers even play what they did?
    TERRIBLE MENU.

    As for the advantages - here you can play remakes of maps from the old Battlefield with old weapons with old rules.

    Hazard Zone mode is such a thing.    … Expand
  20. 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.
  21. Appurujakku
    Nov 13, 2021
    2
    Совсем не весело, два мейн режима (захват и раш) слишком мясные, в 128 тел играть на большинстве карт слишком сложно тк нет баланса карт. Кастомки хорошие и по сути тот же браузер сервов из бф3-4, но апнутый за счет модов, но за матчи в них не дают опыта вообще, от чего играть в них пропадает желание. Если хочешь опыт то иди в 2 мейн режима мяса, в которых мне например совсем не интересно.Совсем не весело, два мейн режима (захват и раш) слишком мясные, в 128 тел играть на большинстве карт слишком сложно тк нет баланса карт. Кастомки хорошие и по сути тот же браузер сервов из бф3-4, но апнутый за счет модов, но за матчи в них не дают опыта вообще, от чего играть в них пропадает желание. Если хочешь опыт то иди в 2 мейн режима мяса, в которых мне например совсем не интересно. Ганплей в целом неплохой хотя бы.… Expand
  22. Denu187
    Nov 24, 2021
    2
    I've played battlefield games right since battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142, these games even over 10 years ago feel massively better then this garbage. The maps are rediculously scaled far to big for the player model, ridded with bugs. The maps with the sky scrapers look rediculously bad, like huge boxes with a texture slapped on it. The aiming system is also veryI've played battlefield games right since battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142, these games even over 10 years ago feel massively better then this garbage. The maps are rediculously scaled far to big for the player model, ridded with bugs. The maps with the sky scrapers look rediculously bad, like huge boxes with a texture slapped on it. The aiming system is also very sluggish too on console.… Expand
  23. warlock2k
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Low fps, no hit reg, quite a boring hazard zone, huge empty maps, too basic weapon customization, most of the attachments are about the same
  24. Boo2Bit
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Pour le moment c'est pas top (PS5).
    Le mode all out a 128 joueurs c'est tellement le bordel qu'on peut organisé aucunes stratégies en team de 4.
    Pour les mouvements , ils ont abandonnés la visée en angle et a couvert pour nous pondre un ultra sprint et une glissade a la warzone. Les bruitages sont mal spACialisé et les sons sont étouffés. La destruction est moins mis en avant que dans les    Pour le moment c'est pas top (PS5).
    Le mode all out a 128 joueurs c'est tellement le bordel qu'on peut organisé aucunes stratégies en team de 4.
    Pour les mouvements , ils ont abandonnés la visée en angle et a couvert pour nous pondre un ultra sprint et une glissade a la warzone.
    Les bruitages sont mal spACialisé et les sons sont étouffés.
    La destruction est moins mis en avant que dans les autres.
    Les spécialistes tue le teamplay.
    Bref le jeu ce fortnitise , ce warzonise a en perdre sont âme.
    Heureusement il y as portal et extraction qui sont convaincant mais comme le jeux n'est pas fini autant aller sur Bf1/BF5 qui maintenant sont top et sans la commu warzone dessus....


    L    … Expand
  25. JeefBerky
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    I don't know how they could drop the ball so hard on this game. All people have wanted is another battlefield like BF4 and they blew it. No one asked for specialist. No one wanted to be able to be recon/sniper and still have access to any other classes weapons. Defeats the whole purpose.

    It somehow looks worse than BF1 which came out in 2016 yet perfomance wise on pc, it's awful. The    I don't know how they could drop the ball so hard on this game. All people have wanted is another battlefield like BF4 and they blew it. No one asked for specialist. No one wanted to be able to be recon/sniper and still have access to any other classes weapons. Defeats the whole purpose.

    It somehow looks worse than BF1 which came out in 2016 yet perfomance wise on pc, it's awful. The sound design is poor. Explosions sound good, but that's it. Weapons don't feel "punchy" Like in previous titles.

    Played Hazard zone once and died within the first minute to a team that spawned up a hill with snipers. Poorly designed and the fact it was loosely compared to Escape from Tarkov is laughable.

    Vehicles are enjoyable and I think the hud when in first person is very nice. I give it a 2 because Portal is not awful.    … Expand
  26. GruduAlmighty
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    it's not bad FPS... But this is not an good battlefield.
    -no class
    -no destruction (i prefer destruction in gun fight at tornad, tempest...)
    -no teamplay
    -skin skin skin and skin... where is army vs army?
    -bug bug bug bug bug, game is not finished.

    Again: next patch, this game can be good fps... But NEVER this **** can be a good battlefield.
  27. Theprobe94
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Unfortunately Battlefield 2042 has become just like Call of Duty. What a waste of my money.
  28. supremeskoda
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Played every bf from bf 1942 and so on this one has the least real BF in it. It is battle royale game really mixed with giant conquest match with big maps that are walking simulator while you wait to get hovercraft which is godmode vehicle to ruin noobs that only learn to walk.
    Destroyed the real bf soul with this empty game. At least I managed to refund it.
  29. Makky-
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Terrible performance, lot of bugs, 0 optimization for PC, servers instability! That and more only on Battlefield 2042! :D
    Serious guys dont buy this game, its a complete garbage at this stage of the game!
  30. GeorgesTheGreat
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Terrible Battlefield game, they removed almost everything that made the licence great. There's now no classes and teamplay, terrible artistic direction and sound work (no ambiance in this BF), weird gunplay etc. All of that for 128 players on hollow and insipid maps that are too big to feel 128 players and let's not forget the non binaries specialists to copy COD Warzone. The optimisationTerrible Battlefield game, they removed almost everything that made the licence great. There's now no classes and teamplay, terrible artistic direction and sound work (no ambiance in this BF), weird gunplay etc. All of that for 128 players on hollow and insipid maps that are too big to feel 128 players and let's not forget the non binaries specialists to copy COD Warzone. The optimisation is also not good, which is surprising considering how ugly and empty the maps are.… 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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