Battlefield 2042

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  1. Robert-Nakamura
    Nov 21, 2021
    1
    Story mode????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
  2. SlapDonuts
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Honestly, as a lifelong fan of the series, I knew it was going to be bad. You can just look at the specialist to figure that out. They want to make the Warzone money from selling skins, but here's the difference Warzone is a free game that makes money with microtransactions, BF2042 retails at $69.99. F**K EA!
  3. sanjayramzan
    Nov 21, 2021
    2
    Dice cannot release a finished game. This is the worst battlefield title in ages and the reviews really do speak for themselves. I wanted to like this game. I even tried to play after i read how bad the reviews were and i couldn't ignore the horrid things like:

    1. Final capture points on rooftops in breakthrough where the defenders can spawn in tanks and hovercraft 2. Terrible and    Dice cannot release a finished game. This is the worst battlefield title in ages and the reviews really do speak for themselves. I wanted to like this game. I even tried to play after i read how bad the reviews were and i couldn't ignore the horrid things like:

    1. Final capture points on rooftops in breakthrough where the defenders can spawn in tanks and hovercraft
    2. Terrible and downgraded class/weapons systems.
    3. Numerous bugs arising from being downed where you cant respawn and are stuck in a frustrating death loop.

    I tried to play through that. But the nail in the coffin is the fact that the game constantly crashes for me when my player's head detaches from the body and it crashes the movement or graphics or something, causing me to be booted back to the title screen.

    This game is cursed. Don't waste money on it. Play a different game. The biggest plus i can give is that it's encouraged me to look into previous BF titles and with how bad this game is, there'll be servers for them soon enough in abundance.    … Expand
  4. 4745674567
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Broken, buggy, hard crashes, this should NOT be the standard in 2021, not after disastrous lunches like Cyberpunk 2077. Selling a game and fixing it in within 12-18 months is not the way. Gamers should not tolerate this
  5. 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
  6. tkraw
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Want to know how bad this game is? I created an account just to say that. This is, without question, the most frustrating game I’ve ever played. It’s a disaster.… Expand
  7. loopba
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Game crashing, unable to join games. Graphics poorly optimized, with bad maps and reused textures. Poor hit detection, and overall class system makes no sense. Don’t buy.
  8. jaooheavy
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Killed the Battlefield game.

    The game is the same of Beta

    No weapons
    No Servers

    The hurricane is a joke.
  9. guccigang87
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    This game cant run properly even on RTX 3080/5900X combo, i fail to comprehend how much you need to fail as a developer to make this happen.

    Aside of optimization issues and so many bugs it has, battlefield lacks lots of content right now. Maps, vehicles, weapons and game mods... All lacking. DICE along with many other game developing companies should just drop this trend of    This game cant run properly even on RTX 3080/5900X combo, i fail to comprehend how much you need to fail as a developer to make this happen.

    Aside of optimization issues and so many bugs it has, battlefield lacks lots of content right now.
    Maps, vehicles, weapons and game mods... All lacking.

    DICE along with many other game developing companies should just drop this trend of releasing games before they are done to get some quick cash.

    The game is just not finished yet both in terms of optimization, bugs, balance and content and i believe it wont be for at least 6 months or maybe even more, just like every other battlefield game was before it.

    Seeing how the game industry is going nowadays, I will never ever preorder any game from now on.

    They just sell you half-baked, unfinished content with bugs, optimization and gameplay balance issues for full price then make you wait for months to get it fixed by patches, and what is even more annoying is that it is just became a new normal in the industry, doing this should actually be a crime...    … Expand
  10. FauxEden
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Garbage. Maps are garbage. The lack of guns are garbage. The sPeCiAlIsTs are garbage and don't belong. If you want to play this, I hope you like being spawn killed by armored balloons doing 200mph drifting for hours on end.

    I jest, I strongly recommend that you DO NOT buy this. It's barely a game at all The maps are so **** bad that on Breakthrough you spawn dead 90% of the time    Garbage. Maps are garbage. The lack of guns are garbage. The sPeCiAlIsTs are garbage and don't belong. If you want to play this, I hope you like being spawn killed by armored balloons doing 200mph drifting for hours on end.

    I jest, I strongly recommend that you DO NOT buy this. It's barely a game at all

    The maps are so **** bad that on Breakthrough you spawn dead 90% of the time because the spawns are literally 300 meters from any cover and everyone on the map can see you because of this. They're too big and too flat. Ironically the maps you get when you play against bots are about half the size of the official server maps and are 100% better. Still **** terrible because a graphics artist intern made them and not a map designer, but a little better.

    There is just no flow to the game. The audio is garbage. Especially the voice acting and the specialists. 30 of my clones running around in a post climate change world wrought with resource and land wars and they all have dumb ass quips like it's fun to them. The tone of the game is all over the place and it is grating as **** Their dumb ass quips still persist even if you turn off all dialogue volume.

    The game is just garbage, made by people who are DICE in name only (no, this isn't even hyperbole, nobody who made a BF game are on this team anymore, they all quit after BF5)

    I give it a 2/10 or 20% because at least it turns on (0 in reality because 449 people are lying)

    The only good thing about this game is that Crowbcat will have a lot of content to rip this trash heap apart. Looking forward to his videos on Cyberpunk, New World, COD and BF.
    AAA gaming is **** dire man. I can't even refund this piece of **** because I stupidly bought it on CDKeys

    It's not even just the worst Battlefield game ever made - it may actually be one of the worst games ever made. Sure, it works as intended most of the time, but the intended version is like trashcan with arms    … Expand
  11. Quemadicto
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    A Battlefield title that doesn't feel at all like battlefield, just another cod with bigger maps and vehicles
    pd: 22 guns at launch it's unacceptable
  12. agazoo
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Major Disappointment. I am not sure what this game is even is. It is not a Battlefield, that's for sure. Every mechanic is broken. Gun play is broken. Overall this is yet another arcade. I wish there was an option to refund.
  13. fateplus
    Nov 21, 2021
    5
    Edit 21 Nov: Progression for solo/co-op has been re-enabled, XP seems to have been reduced, which is frankly fine for me. AI feels slightly improved but still can be wonky at times.
    Score updated to reflect changes.
    I cannot and will not comment on the multiplayer aspects as that was not why I got BF2042. I simply wanted to screw around and have fun with my bro on co-op. Before the    Edit 21 Nov: Progression for solo/co-op has been re-enabled, XP seems to have been reduced, which is frankly fine for me. AI feels slightly improved but still can be wonky at times.
    Score updated to reflect changes.

    I cannot and will not comment on the multiplayer aspects as that was not why I got BF2042. I simply wanted to screw around and have fun with my bro on co-op.

    Before the game even officially launched, the progression for solo and coop matches are stripped away, leaving us with near-stock weapons with basic attachments. No news regarding reimplementation or anything, just a broken promise of "shared progression".

    We really don't care if there are players out there who think getting everything via bot farming on BF Portal makes them feel cool or something. It only makes them look like skill-less fools. But we do care if someone at DICE/EA decides that the solution should be that ALL solo and co-op matches, including official modes, should have progression stopped. It's an utter disgrace of a decision and shows absolutely zero thought at all.

    Aside from that, I've had fun with coop - no lies. AI on highest difficulty is satisfying to play against. It's not perfect but good enough. At least with Portal I can play the other BF teams, fully unlocked so there's some fun to be had there. My verdict -- co-op is fun, but if you're getting it for just that, then don't get it until they reinstate progression for solo and co-op. Or on a massive discount. This is my only purchase of an EA game at full price in 10 years... Trust EA to manage to mess up something as simple as this.    … Expand
  14. bestcotorro
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    I can use one word to describe this whole battlefield, DICE, EA and every other studio working on this the word is TRASH!!!
  15. onlycrit
    Nov 21, 2021
    2
    This is not battlefield, this is some weird amalgamation of call of duty and whatever sliding simulator is popular at the moment. As a battlefield addict since i was a kid playing 1942, I have to say this is the first battlefield game I might be skipping (beside hardline, we don't talk about that). I can put up with the bugs, lack of optimization on pc, cartoonish graphics, horrible ui,This is not battlefield, this is some weird amalgamation of call of duty and whatever sliding simulator is popular at the moment. As a battlefield addict since i was a kid playing 1942, I have to say this is the first battlefield game I might be skipping (beside hardline, we don't talk about that). I can put up with the bugs, lack of optimization on pc, cartoonish graphics, horrible ui, lack of guns and customization, the worst hit registration i have ever seen in a modern shooter, boring map design with mostly empty space, call of duty vanguard levels of destruction and just a general lack of attention to detail Battlefield is known for.
    However, these are the few things I cannot forgive:
    No persistent servers/match making - what the actual **** dice
    No scoreboard - easiest way to catch cheaters and of course to flex
    No way to switch squads - because being stuck on a squad full of snipers sitting on a hill is where it's at *sarcasm
    No classes - everyone is going to run "meta" specialists and team play has and will be non existent
    Not even a place to check your stats ffs...
    It's been clear Dice hasn't cared about its core fans for a while now but even BFV had a few things it did right. This just seems like a generic free to play game that wants to sell skins. As a proud battlefield fanboy, it's been a really sad day for me knowing that the franchise, as we know it, might be at an end. However, even after all these years, Battlefield 4 is still there to scratch my itch.
    Dice wishes it can make a game as good as that.    … Expand
  16. Jinx_Salem
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    All I can say is what the ****. EA and Dice can kiss the fattest part of my ass.
  17. d1on
    Nov 21, 2021
    8
    Much optimization potential, but nonetheless a fun casual shooter game. Gun play, maps and graphics are very good.

    However the UI/UX is a disaster. You can't just select and play TDM on the new BF42 maps, you have to scroll to the hidden server browser to find all the fun game modes and maps. Quick access is limited to the 128 player conquest on (way too) large maps. The default    Much optimization potential, but nonetheless a fun casual shooter game. Gun play, maps and graphics are very good.

    However the UI/UX is a disaster. You can't just select and play TDM on the new BF42 maps, you have to scroll to the hidden server browser to find all the fun game modes and maps. Quick access is limited to the 128 player conquest on (way too) large maps. The default settings of the game are bad as well, you definitely need to adjust many options for a good feeling. Scoreboard is bad. Even managing to join the squad of a friend is difficult.

    Therefore playing TDM, rush or small conquest on the new BF42 or even BF3 maps is awesome and really fun. TDM on Noshar Canals feels like back in the days when BF3 came out.

    I hope they fix these things mentioned above regarding the UI and game mode selection. Although more close quarter maps and game modes (like the BF3 CQ extension) would be awesome.    … Expand
  18. Majordity
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s unplayable the game is so unstable that I feel like a guy on shrooms running in slow motion. I have a high end pc that should handle this game no problem but it’s so unfinished that it can’t. I shouldn’t have to learn to code just to get stable frames.… Expand
  19. Kickardleo
    Nov 21, 2021
    1
    I bought the game thinking it would be as good as other Battlefield's but it's so laggy and has so many bugs that after ending the first game I decided to not make my eyes suffer and I will wait till they can fix even if it's just a little the fps and the lags, I can play on high on other Battlefield's but with this one I tried all minimun and medium and I have the exact same fps (35 max)I bought the game thinking it would be as good as other Battlefield's but it's so laggy and has so many bugs that after ending the first game I decided to not make my eyes suffer and I will wait till they can fix even if it's just a little the fps and the lags, I can play on high on other Battlefield's but with this one I tried all minimun and medium and I have the exact same fps (35 max) and I see people sliding intead of running and as if they can move from side to side, I think they should have waited a little more to release the game or work on the game because they already have time, they better go and fix everything or mostly if they don't want to be like Cyberpunk, a dead game… Expand
  20. Leinadnas
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Básicamente no hay juego.

    3 modos:
    1 correr-matar-morir-repetir
    2 Battleroyale pero no lo llamamos asi
    3 modo personalizable, pero que cerramos para que no subas de nivel rápido...


    Lo peor es que lo que vimos en la beta es básicamente lo que es el juego de 60€. Yo lo he devuelto y no recomiendo su compra.
  21. ThePeoplesVoice
    Nov 21, 2021
    7
    Finally a battlefield worth playing again. After several years they’re finally heading in the right direction again. Besides the main game, battlefield portal is amazing. It brings back some good old memories. Defiantly having fun with the boys and girls again. The one thing I really miss is content, especially from a game that was so long in development.
  22. k0mrade
    Nov 21, 2021
    1
    please dont make mistake of buying this crap. DICE hit the bottom with this one, this game has nothing to do with BF legacy. Been playing each game in franchise since Bad Company, however looks like it will be the first one to skip.
  23. mLgz0rn
    Nov 21, 2021
    2
    Bug filled, Unfinished, Soulless, Cringe
    Do not buy Battlefield 2042.
    4 game studios has supposedly worked on this for 3 years, and yet it seems like they only started this year (Anthem 2.0?). Even the versioning of the patch tells us all how far they are with the game. v0.2.1, that's a long way to a v1.0 release. EA and DICE decided not to listen to their Game Changers, who were    Bug filled, Unfinished, Soulless, Cringe
    Do not buy Battlefield 2042.

    4 game studios has supposedly worked on this for 3 years, and yet it seems like they only started this year (Anthem 2.0?).
    Even the versioning of the patch tells us all how far they are with the game.
    v0.2.1, that's a long way to a v1.0 release.

    EA and DICE decided not to listen to their Game Changers, who were trying to bring us the best battlefield yet, with all the features we wished for.
    I mean, just go read this by a former EA Game Changer https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qwfoof/a_battlefield_2042_steam_review/

    EA and DICE decided to lie to us promising features that are not there.
    You can really tell that most of the original DICE developers left this sinking ship after BFV.
    The dev's left don't care about us, they made the game how they think it should be and did not listen to the community at all, like they said they did.

    The open beta really did show us what state the game was is, actually it's way worse, at least in the beta you could still shoot people beyond 30 meters without your bullets going all over the place.

    Portal is the only good thing here, but it's locked from XP and weapon progression, and the sad thing is that the weapons and vehicles are just reskins of the 2042 ones, except the 1942 ones (I think?)

    The amount of removed or missing stuff is insane.
    There is what, 22 weapons total? that's with portal, and you can only progress the 2042 weapons.

    Just to name a few things.

    - No scoreboard
    - No Private squad
    - No Switch squad (only to a random new one)
    - No All chat
    - No next gen destruction and levelution (destruction seemed better in 1942 xD)
    - Revive/downed bug where you can't get up so you have to quit the current game
    - The maps are boring and too open
    - The worst audio ever
    - Cringe end screens when the game is over
    - SBMM kinda style where you get kicked out to the lobby after a game
    - You can't join your friends if they are mid game.
    - You can't rejoin your friends if you get dropped from the server
    - Everything that has something to do with community is just gone.
    - 4 man squads instead of 5
    - Too few vehicles when match starts, so those who do not get into one has to run for 10 minutes on most maps, just to end up getting shot by a helicopter.

    For a full list of everything go look at this reddit post, it's insane ****

    I'm sad to see battlefield going this way.
    But we can thank the money hungry EA for this and the DICE developer team who has no soul left.
    They do not care about us the community, they only care about themselfs and how much money they can make before they need to piss out a bug filled unfinished soul less new game.    … Expand
  24. xJordy
    Nov 21, 2021
    1
    The games a complete dumpster fire, don't buy this trash. Lacking in any substance, optimisation and detail, what the game brings to the table is lackluster and just unacceptable. Missing most key components of what a makes a battlefield game fun and unique. DoA.
  25. KillerUnleashed
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    This type of effort is what is going to cause the next video game crash. If you pay into this and come up with excuses your part of the problem. Stop buying unfinished games and maybe, MAYBE, they'll stop releasing them like this.
  26. LeManne
    Nov 21, 2021
    4
    A depressing "Return to Form."

    If this is the direction EA/DICE wants to take with their new games, they probably should have created a new IP for it. I'm all for experimenting with gameplay elements, but if you slap the Battlefield name on the product, you should probably make sure the game plays like and builds off of previous titles in the series. Playing this game is a test of    A depressing "Return to Form."

    If this is the direction EA/DICE wants to take with their new games, they probably should have created a new IP for it. I'm all for experimenting with gameplay elements, but if you slap the Battlefield name on the product, you should probably make sure the game plays like and builds off of previous titles in the series.

    Playing this game is a test of your patience. It's difficult to forget all the positive gameplay additions and features from past games that have just been discarded in this entry.

    Why does the movement feel floaty? DICE created amazing movement systems in both Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V.

    Why can't you create/change squads mid match? This has been present in all recent entries up to this point. I doubt DICE ever got player feedback that having the freedom to pick their squads in a game was a negative feature.

    Why remove the class system? Did players lament that having clear roles to promote teamwork was frustrating?

    Why remove the server browser? Did players despise being able to pick the maps they wanted to play with servers that had decent connection speeds? I really don't think so.

    It's just baffling how many beloved and popular gameplay systems and elements were removed in this title. It's even more confusing when EA/DICE promotes this game as a "love-letter" to fans.

    A main selling point of this game was the fact that servers can now have up to 128 players. Now, this sounds cool in practice: more players means more Battlefield fun, right? The thing is, after coming from previous titles, I really don't see a difference here in the battles that play out. I remember playing on the Arctic map with a friend recently when I was asked the question "Does this feel like there's 128 people playing with us right now?"

    It didn't.

    It felt the same as before. What WAS noticeable was the performance issues that were no doubt present due to the increased player count.

    The reason for this game existing in this state is just really odd when you think about it. Battlefield fans are pretty vocal about what they like in a Battlefield game; it really shouldn't have been hard for EA/DICE to deliver a real fan-favorite game here. Instead, it seems like another case of trend-chasing lead by upper management.

    If you want to make a good Battlefield game, take what people like about Battlefield and refine it. It really should be just that simple.    … Expand
  27. Szetv1
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Bad concept, too few tanks, lack of variety of weapons and under optimized graphics performance.
  28. Trix122
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Game is trash, worse BF ever and most likely lowest quality to budget ratio game of the past 10 years.

    Full of bugs, lack of content, quality is low and optimization is horrendous... Good luck playing it without a 3080.

    Shame on EA and Dice on doing something so bad.
  29. Avant20
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    an intern made the ui that how **** the ui is. its litterly battlefield 20-42 fps. 22 **** guns ? and Dice what the **** where you thinking with the specialists???????????????????? I want to play battlefield not ****g apex legends
  30. ShtillD
    Nov 21, 2021
    3
    Poor optimization and a ton of bugs;
    The basic mechanics of the game do not work (for example, the guidance of anti-aircraft missiles);
    It was possible to worsen the fast commands that work perfectly in BF4, a lag menu was made from the rose of choice; WTF cannot join an already running match; In the tradition of the new BF, the worst level design you can come up with; For fans of    Poor optimization and a ton of bugs;
    The basic mechanics of the game do not work (for example, the guidance of anti-aircraft missiles);
    It was possible to worsen the fast commands that work perfectly in BF4, a lag menu was made from the rose of choice;
    WTF cannot join an already running match;
    In the tradition of the new BF, the worst level design you can come up with;
    For fans of foot battles in the corridors and rooms, there is less space here than in any other part of the BF.
    The points of appearance were placed above the brains dumber than those who came up with maps;
    The new hazardzon mode is good, but raw, and maps were made for it;
    There is potential in the game, it is interesting to play together with the squad;
    I do not advise buying until 2023-24, and then you can still see.    … Expand
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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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