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  1. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Like many others, made an account just to give this game a thumbs down. Feels nothing like a battlefield game. It has a quarter of the weapons battlefield 4 had (probably locked more guns behind the season pass), the gunplay is soooo bad. The speed of the players is ridiculous, any shred of realism is long gone. I've already made the mistake and bought this game. I advise you stay away.Like many others, made an account just to give this game a thumbs down. Feels nothing like a battlefield game. It has a quarter of the weapons battlefield 4 had (probably locked more guns behind the season pass), the gunplay is soooo bad. The speed of the players is ridiculous, any shred of realism is long gone. I've already made the mistake and bought this game. I advise you stay away. The only thing this game made me do is want to reinstall bf4.

    Also, 79 critic score? My god. It is clear that you can't stay in the game reviewing business if you don't suck up to the big publishers and give out extremely high, undeserved scores. You people disgust me.
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  2. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Over the top gameplay. Every second something weird can happen. Its not special anymore.

    - Giving everybody cheats. - Bad gunplay. Just count the amount of bullets it takes for a content creator to kill someone. Then imagine your accuracy sucks big time comparing to them. - No scoreboard - No joining squad - No teamplay - No server browser - Not enough destruction - Specialist
    Over the top gameplay. Every second something weird can happen. Its not special anymore.

    - Giving everybody cheats.
    - Bad gunplay. Just count the amount of bullets it takes for a content creator to kill someone. Then imagine your accuracy sucks big time comparing to them.
    - No scoreboard
    - No joining squad
    - No teamplay
    - No server browser
    - Not enough destruction
    - Specialist suck. Classes could be deleted to make it even more easier.
    - Feels so clunky, fps, stuttering and so on
    - Portal looks like it has a lot of potential, but how will i find the matches with gameplay i like. Don't wanna jump 5 times to get a new rocket etc.
    - Cant communicate with eachother
    - No team switching. Its my time and if i like attacking. I wanna be able yo do so. And not get stuck in defending in the spare time that i have.
    - Rejoining server the whole time. Long wait times. Not the case in portals old classic gamemodes
    - Maps feel empty, long walks. Die and walk again
    - Customization feels / is buggy
    - Hide against a wall / rock and your char starts shaking. Really annoying. Alt+f4 sounds like a great solution to get rid of it. Better then move and get shot.
    - Both teams look the same, except for the colloured spot above the char
    - Feels like something else as battlefield.

    But maybe I"m getting old. And cant understand it anymore. Its not my type of game at the moment. And maybe they should give it another name then battlefield. Because it feels like i have been lied to. And seeing the other comments there are a lot more people that feel that way.
    Hopefully they can fix a lot of stuff and maybe i can sometimes enjoy this non-battlefield game so now and then. Its not all bad, but its not battlefield as i know it.
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  3. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Battlefield for the Fortnite generation.
    Title screen, pick a game, load screen with specialist, load screen with helicopter on aircraft carrier, load screen back to specialist, load screen with still of map, load screen of squads specialists, game entry animation with specialists, play game, game ends, more specialist animations, back to title screen repeat. Let us play back to back
    Battlefield for the Fortnite generation.
    Title screen, pick a game, load screen with specialist, load screen with helicopter on aircraft carrier, load screen back to specialist, load screen with still of map, load screen of squads specialists, game entry animation with specialists, play game, game ends, more specialist animations, back to title screen repeat. Let us play back to back games!
    No server browser either so you join games half way through or with high ping.
    No point counter, you cant see the damage you are inflicting especially worse on vehicles!
    No scoreboard, can't tell when and with what I'm doing well. Makes me feel useless out there.
    Zero cohesion between squad mates and team. This is a result of zero communication and no class system.
    Weapon bloom, random bullet vectors so you don't always hit your target...
    Huge player count with almost zero understanding on how this effects gameplay of their modes and maps. Too few capture points especially on Breakthrough. Yet to see an attacking team win this mode.
    22 guns in total with attachments that make little difference. Lucky to find 1 gun that suits your play style, unfortunately I didn't.
    Maps look amazing, only reason this isn't a 0 from me.
    Specialists are cringe worthy.
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  4. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    I have not much to add to the amount of criticism that's already written. Everything and more of it is true. This should never have been released in its current state. It's too late for me, but hopefully someone else will see this: Do not buy this game in its current state! If you still can, rerquest a refund. It looks gorgeous, yes, but the gameplay is really bad in its current state. ItsI have not much to add to the amount of criticism that's already written. Everything and more of it is true. This should never have been released in its current state. It's too late for me, but hopefully someone else will see this: Do not buy this game in its current state! If you still can, rerquest a refund. It looks gorgeous, yes, but the gameplay is really bad in its current state. Its only saving grace is Portal, and even there the issues from the main game are present. It's great to see the old classics remastered in the new engine and everything looks gorgeous again, but only pretty does not make a game good. Expand
  5. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Nothing to do with a Battlefield game… Junkfoodgame :-/
    Just a fps horror with good hardware.
    at the moment unplayable
  6. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    My main complaint about optimization is that it is not here. I have a computer above the minimum system requirements, but there are constant freezes and statters. 60 fps is not stable. I liked the game, there are no quibbles about it, but the technical component is disgusting. Please do not write system requirements if they are not true.
  7. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    I'll be honest, I was so hyped for this game. This is what led to such disappointment..

    in between the game crashes, server errors, and gameplay bugs and glitches, i managed to get a few rounds in to get a feel for it. I don't know. to me, it doesn't feel like a battlefield should AT ALL. Nothing about it feels right. First off (and this is a major pet peeve) there's no campaign.
    I'll be honest, I was so hyped for this game. This is what led to such disappointment..

    in between the game crashes, server errors, and gameplay bugs and glitches, i managed to get a few rounds in to get a feel for it.

    I don't know. to me, it doesn't feel like a battlefield should AT ALL. Nothing about it feels right.

    First off (and this is a major pet peeve) there's no campaign.

    You bring IRISH back, a major character in the series, as a "specialist" and that's it? lame.

    BF has CLASSES, not specialists....This isn't COD.

    Where's all the shouting and talking amongst the players characters when they're getting shot or spotting an enemy?

    Where is the voice chat? i wanna talk to my squad!

    Why can't I chat to the enemy team?

    WHY IS THERE NO SCOREBOARD? if you're so worried about feelings being hurt, offer some commendation system at the end of each round.

    Don't even get me started on the customisation menu. like what is even that?

    my weapons don't even unlock 9 times out of 10 I have to physically exit the game and sign back in for them to appear... and even then.. there is so few weapons to choose from. I've kinda just stuck with one kit the whole time because none of the unlocks jump out at me as being worth it.

    There's nothing in your store, shouldn't that have been made ready prior to launch?

    The list goes on and on........

    DICE you should have looked at bf4, gone off everything that game has and just beefed it up and you would have had your self a perfect love child. what ever you think 2042 is.... it is not. All the promises you made and have fallen through with, your director should have run for president.

    In summary: All I can say is, I'm grateful for EA play PRO at this point. I spent $20 and 30+ hours of game time to give it a red hot go, but It saved me wasting $150 on an ultimate edition that would have given me instant buyers remorse and ULTIMATELY refunded :(

    I hope you can rectify all these issues in the future. Because you have a lot of frustrated fans.

    2/10 because it has so much potential, but sadly, as of this date. It is very much wasted.
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  8. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    EA/Dice Have ripped the heart and soul out of this franchise and given us a version of battlefield that is unrecognisable.

    BF2042 tries hard to please everyone and compleatly fails. It feels like a fusion of Cod , Apex , Hardline & Battlefield, The combination just does not work. I played both the Pc version and Xbox One X Version both for 10 hours and found it played far better on
    EA/Dice Have ripped the heart and soul out of this franchise and given us a version of battlefield that is unrecognisable.

    BF2042 tries hard to please everyone and compleatly fails. It feels like a fusion of Cod , Apex , Hardline & Battlefield, The combination just does not work.

    I played both the Pc version and Xbox One X Version both for 10 hours and found it played far better on the Xbox One limited to 64 players.

    Portal I found good but limited. only 2 maps each on BF3 , BFBC2 & BF1942
    first BF title im not going to buy for a while or if ever.

    Dice scrapped adding a single player campaign so they could have more time to deliver a solid multiplayer experince which they've sadly failed on.

    The sounds awful on both platforms
    serious lack of weapons and attachments
    poor performance on Pc
    no keyboard and mouse support on Xbox
    no VOIP
    no scoreboard
    bugs galore
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  9. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Not only is the game immensely broken right now but the game itself is just bad. After your 3rd try you’ll usually get into a match... but the servers are broken so be prepared to lag 80% of the match. Even if it were to work properly the way they designed this game is absolutely embarrassing. Every map is terrible. They are all insanely open with nothing on them. Want to run to anotherNot only is the game immensely broken right now but the game itself is just bad. After your 3rd try you’ll usually get into a match... but the servers are broken so be prepared to lag 80% of the match. Even if it were to work properly the way they designed this game is absolutely embarrassing. Every map is terrible. They are all insanely open with nothing on them. Want to run to another area to fight people? Run 10 minutes. The guns don’t do anything at a range either so what’s the point of the maps being so open? And chances are, your not going to make it to that next area, because vehicles are more op then they’ve ever been in battlefield. Right as you spawn, chances are there’s a helicopter above you and 2 hovercrafts and a tank around you. You’ll spawn in the open and just die. You have no chance as a foot soldier. Even if you do carry a rocket it takes 5 to take anything down, more than you have. And you’ll just die in one shot by any vehicle so your going to die several times trying to take one down. And if you do, congrats, there’s still 3 more around you that you have no chance against. The games also lacking so much content compared to every other battlefield ever. Not very many guns and you unlock all of them by just simply leveling up instead of leveling up the class or anything interesting. There’s also specialists that should never be in games but are especially badly made in this. There’s so much more to say is bad including the graphics if you care about that. Basically the game is incredibly bad. And they won’t let me get a refund! It’s a joke. Expand
  10. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Honestly, this was a bigger letdown for me than Cyberpunk. At least I wasn't invested in that IP beforehand. It feels like EA is done with battlefield. Using checkers on a chess board isn't the same as chess. And using COD/R6/Apex mechanics on a battlefield map doesn't make it a battlefield game. We don't play this game for the aesthetics, we play it for the GAME. EA has somehow missed theHonestly, this was a bigger letdown for me than Cyberpunk. At least I wasn't invested in that IP beforehand. It feels like EA is done with battlefield. Using checkers on a chess board isn't the same as chess. And using COD/R6/Apex mechanics on a battlefield map doesn't make it a battlefield game. We don't play this game for the aesthetics, we play it for the GAME. EA has somehow missed the reason why battlefield fans are battlefield fans and not COD fans. THEY'RE DIFFERENT GAMES. If I wanted to play COD, R6, Apex, etc. I would be playing those games instead. Specialists are the stupidest, most derivative, and most boring option they could have gone with. They ruin the game, as it's no longer a battlefield title without clear cut classes and class roles. The last thing battlefield needs is less team players. Gone are the days of squad synergy and team play. You want ammo, health, or reps? Too bad, you better bring your own damn kit. Because no one will be healing or resupplying you. They even removed quick chat options to request supplies, which I would be more sad about if the specialist system didn't already make it impossible to figure out who can actually supply you or heal you. Also now I can be a self reviving sniper with near unlimited ammo resupply, so screw balance I guess. Generally, the game is alright. Nothing special, and I would certainly rather play BF4 or 5. If they remove the specialists from conquest mode, the game would go up to a six or seven in my opinion. But right now I can't rate it any higher than a two since it absolutely and completely fails at even being something close to resembling a battlefield game.

    It's crazy to me how hard they marketed this game towards die-hard battlefield fans and community members, and then immediately turned around and released some weird Frankenstein of a game meant to appeal to everyone EXCEPT battlefield fans. The only kind of Battlefield players who would enjoy this game are the ones who don't help their team, and treat every game as if it was a solo deathmatch. Coincidentally these are the players that the community hates the most. Prior to the release of 2042, they just ran off to a different game. But EA has basically just given battlefield to them with this release. So, will you enjoy this game? Well. It depends. Do you like battlefield? If so this game probably isn't for you. Did you try battlefield years ago but just couldn't get into it? Then this is the one for you. EA has specifically made this game for people who were turned off by the Battlefield parts of battlefield.
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  11. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Zero teamwork or squad play, gunplay feels cartoony, horrible visibility, awful UI, does not feel like Battlefield at all. EA forgot about their fanbase and catered to Call of Duty fans instead.
  12. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Battlefield used to be a sandbox of roles you could play in the battle. Why they decided to become more like CoD is beyond me.
  13. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    The gameplay is really slow in compare to previous titles. Its missing its previous dynamic.
  14. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Not even as good as BF4, not even close.

    I have paid £100 to play this game early and it really shouldn't even be out of alpha yet, its buggy, the servers crash every game, I have loaded into 12 games and can't deploy. The guns are quite limited but I quite like this and for the sake of buying the ultimate edition, I got about 5 garbage skins that look very similar to the standard skin
    Not even as good as BF4, not even close.

    I have paid £100 to play this game early and it really shouldn't even be out of alpha yet, its buggy, the servers crash every game, I have loaded into 12 games and can't deploy. The guns are quite limited but I quite like this and for the sake of buying the ultimate edition, I got about 5 garbage skins that look very similar to the standard skin of each character, the only good one is the tier 1 and anyone can unlock that. Kills don't register, the vehicles are unbalanced, there are a million glitches, I can't even check the scoreboard because its none exsistent. They are talking about a day one patch which makes me even more annoyed that I paid extra money to play it early as I am not getting the full experience, not to mention that there are only 2 game modes to play.
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  15. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    rough game. Im playing it on a 1070ti and it really drags. Boring plot, boring maps, boring weapons and customization. Optimize it better please, and listen to the community.
  16. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Needs a score board, bad. Needs classes. The specialist thing is cod, rainbow6, and all the other new shooters. We came for battlefield, not cod. Tacky post game catch phrases, and you'll see dozens of the exact same characters fighting each other, can't tell who's who. The game is fun, it's looks amazing and seems to run well and will be better after some updates. But dammit, it sureNeeds a score board, bad. Needs classes. The specialist thing is cod, rainbow6, and all the other new shooters. We came for battlefield, not cod. Tacky post game catch phrases, and you'll see dozens of the exact same characters fighting each other, can't tell who's who. The game is fun, it's looks amazing and seems to run well and will be better after some updates. But dammit, it sure isn't battlefield. Feels like a sell out to gain the children and new comers who are used to this kind of character driven stuff. It really breaks the atmosphere and feel. Bf4, bf1, and bfv are a much better option and take themselves seriously. This is for kids. As a fan since bf2, I'm extremely disappointed and let down. On a positive note. The guns sound crunchy and sharp, the game is beautiful, the sound engine is fantastic (aside from positional ques ) this cold have been THE battlefield. But sadly it's not. Expand
  17. Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Three game modes, terrible ui and tons of glitches all for a low price of 90 dollars
  18. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    Completely unfinished product. A shame ...
    You can still refund on Playstore ! i bought my game in august ( Preco ) and played 6 hours but the Sony hotline refund me without questions
  19. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    sorry but this game is not a battlefield !

    Game with a lot of problem :

    No scoreboard - No stats
    Full bug
    Bad optimisation
    no destruction
    Map very to big, you spend your time running

    This game is not finish, years of development for that? Go search another work, **** developper

    I'm back on battlefield V
  20. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    A lot of bugs! It is impossible to play this game! Some types of techniques are inbalanced! The maps are dull and not interesting! Graphics of the 2010 games! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING FOR 3 YEARS??!!!
  21. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    A slap in the face. This game blows. Hazard zone has been down. Portal is a buggy mess. Bloom is uncontrollable. Devs have their heads up their asses and want to argue with customers on social media. Fps problems. New drivers dont fix a thing. Unenjoyable, uninspired, garbage.
  22. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    This is a failed attempt at a flavour of the month pandering to the masses with an established IP tagged on the front to tap into an already existing playerbase.

    There is zero innovation or creativity in BF2042 and it shows - blatant copied elements from other games, lack of design focus and a complete backtrack from what a battlefield title should be. I've played every Battlefield
    This is a failed attempt at a flavour of the month pandering to the masses with an established IP tagged on the front to tap into an already existing playerbase.

    There is zero innovation or creativity in BF2042 and it shows - blatant copied elements from other games, lack of design focus and a complete backtrack from what a battlefield title should be.

    I've played every Battlefield game to date and enjoyed every one of them except Hardline. This will be the first Battlefield game I refuse to purchase.

    There are always issues with BF titles - netcode, hit reg, server stability, missing features and bumpy launches plagued by bugs. The difference here? Previous titles had solid gameplay, solid design from the ground up & really fun core game experience. It was literally worth waiting for a polished title.

    With BF2042? This game is not salvageable. It will take a year to polish and even then you will be left with a bland, soul-less design mess lacking any credible gun play or gameplay.

    The only saving grace this game could have had was the addition of Portal which I assume is the love letter to Battlefield fans. Unfortunately with it's lackluster launch features and general lack of options, configuration & content it merely gives you a glimpse into how bad "BF2042 all out war" actually is, that it can't even compete with a 10+ year old game. All the while fracturing the community between 3 game modes no one really asked for.

    At the current state of this game I wouldn't pick it up half price over xmas and I wouldn't be surprised if it took the Firestorm route and was dead in a year.
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  23. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    From playing this game since early launch I can tell this that in general gun play is fine at best. Sniper drop off range is ridiculous, I honestly feel like I'm playing Ghost Recon Wildlands. Assault rifles shoot plastic bbs and not actual bullets and considering how overpowered SMG's are it's not even worth picking up an assault rifle.
    Tanks- What can I say, they are way too powerful
    From playing this game since early launch I can tell this that in general gun play is fine at best. Sniper drop off range is ridiculous, I honestly feel like I'm playing Ghost Recon Wildlands. Assault rifles shoot plastic bbs and not actual bullets and considering how overpowered SMG's are it's not even worth picking up an assault rifle.
    Tanks- What can I say, they are way too powerful against infantry and considering that rocket launcher does only 20hp of damage to a tank you need 2 people to shoot it with 5 rockets for it to die which is ridiculous.
    Helicopters - Let's start with little bird and how overpowered it still is, 32mm gun is accurate but deals a ton of damage, rocket pods can destroy entire squads if shot accurately. In general they need to be nerfed in some way to make them not as powerful as they are now. Attack Helis are okay but 2nd pilot seat gun is way too OP for what it is, 3-5 well placed shots and players just die no matter what.
    There is a lot of issues I could name from rubber banding to ridiculous hit boxes, from shots not registering or me dying when I'm behind a corner.

    Conclusion - So far the game is honestly not worth buying and EA overhyped this game way too much for what it is, Lack of guns, classes, game modes/maps, vehicles makes this game kind of a biggest disappointment in Battlefield history. I would say stay away from this game for at least another few months until so called game developer named EA fix their issues and hopefully make this game how it was meant to be.
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  24. Mcw
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    No es un mal juego siendo objetivos, pero no es lo que esperas de un battlefield, faltan muchas cosas como modos de juego o armas. Simplemente nacer y morir todo el rato
  25. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    So... I preordered the Ultimate Edition right when it was available to do so. Hudge BF fan, so that was for me a no brainer. BF4 is my favourite one, so playing the beta was like having your childhood favourite meal prepared by your grandmother. It was a beta, so I thought: ok, some things need to be polished off, a couple more maps and we are good to go... then the 12th was finally there,So... I preordered the Ultimate Edition right when it was available to do so. Hudge BF fan, so that was for me a no brainer. BF4 is my favourite one, so playing the beta was like having your childhood favourite meal prepared by your grandmother. It was a beta, so I thought: ok, some things need to be polished off, a couple more maps and we are good to go... then the 12th was finally there, had some beers ready, all friends from BF4 on Discord, what could go wrong? Error messages, connection problems... ok things like that can happen. We had it in the past... potato servers, too many players? I don't know. And kind of I was prepared for that. Next day - finally we can play... and from that place, for me that game started to be a bigger and bigger disappointment day after day. First £20 for a digital artbook and a skin that you can only use on one character?! But ok, maybe I missed the fact it is for only one character, I would never look at the artbook anyway - that's on me. I wanted to support my favourite title, paid the £100 - let's move on... but the rest! No way the product they delivered is worth any of the money they want for any of the game editions... that game looks just 1/4 finished for me, it's a slap in the face from EA. Lags, you cant revive teammates sometimes, unbalanced, what kind of scoreboard is that? Maps are way too big if you don't want to use vehicles, so you spend minutes to get somewhere only to find out there is already a team of tanks waiting for you. And so much more.... and on top of that - cheaters from day one. I would be more happy to get a remastered BF4 than this :( Before you buy, try the 10h you get free in the pass, just to be sure you like it, I didn't... luckily I was able to get a refund today without any issues. I will monitor what's going on with the game and probably buy again when it's worth buying... Expand
  26. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    Bad optimization (50-60fps on low with 3070), ARs getting nerfed into the ground, smgs meant to be CQC only becoming the main range/meta weapon, changing things in the game that people liked without any notice, releasing the game unfinished.

    Seems to be a standard 2021 video game release.
  27. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    Haha "Battlefield". Fix this sht. Give us back classes and get rid of the specialists.
  28. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    I mean WTF you doing DICE?bad than any battlefield before! No scoreboards. No destruction(WTF)
  29. Nov 18, 2021
    2
    No scoreboards.
    Crash and crash... bugs and bugs.
    Portal with xp limited.
    Few weapons.
    No selection of servers.
    R$ 330 (US$ 79) for that???

    And in Hazard Zone mode, that didn't win me over!
    Do you have to wait for the constellations to line up to play with your friends?
    Game development is not complete!
  30. Nov 17, 2021
    2
    It’s buggy it’s laggy it’s crushing at the beginning of the match or at the end. Just imagine you sitting in Apache helicopter thinking you whoop their asses and bam! You see your desktop and this game cost you 109,99€. Decide for your self. The quality of product very bad, but if you like bf franchise then you’ll probably close your eyes on this.
Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 74 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 74
  2. Negative: 11 out of 74
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.