Battlefield 2042

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2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 618 out of 4864
  2. Mixed: 242 out of 4864
  3. Negative: 4,004 out of 4864
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  1. mintlo
    Dec 3, 2021
    1
    The worst Battlefield game I have ever played. Not even close to ready for release.
  2. SuperSonicBoom
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    We lose the campaign, okay, but with 3 years of development with 4 studios working on you would think the game would be good, WRONG!!! Battlefield 5 was considered the low point in the series, now Battlefield 2042 has set the bar even lower.
  3. NathanScmidt000
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    For the first two hours I had fun. At hour 15 I'm ready to put the game down and chock Battlefield 2042 up to another game that burned me. The gunplay is terrible opting for a more spray and pray mentality, and there are already a ton of balance issues. The netcode problem from BF4 is back in force. The game feels more like Battlefront than Battlefield. There are maybe two decent maps thatFor the first two hours I had fun. At hour 15 I'm ready to put the game down and chock Battlefield 2042 up to another game that burned me. The gunplay is terrible opting for a more spray and pray mentality, and there are already a ton of balance issues. The netcode problem from BF4 is back in force. The game feels more like Battlefront than Battlefield. There are maybe two decent maps that offer infantry enough cover to run the miles it takes to get to an objective, and vehicles are wildly overpowered with infantry not having enough options to deal with them. The UI is possibly the most terrible thing I've seen in a while, and the spawn system on the overhead map is so cramped that it makes it difficult to spawn on the correct squad mate or spawn beacon if they are too close to an objective. PTFO and teamwork is a thing of the past thanks to the specialist system. The audio is so bad that you can't really hear which direction footsteps are coming from, or a hovercraft or rover sneaking up behind you. All of this on top of the all the massive technical issues plaguing the game is unacceptable. If I could get a refund I would.… Expand
  4. LonerStoner
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Devs need to stop putting out unfinished and broken garbage. The rubber banding, glitching, and crashing is a damned shame. $70 for this? Not a chance. Thanks for the 10 hour trial so I could verify that it was indeed still trash after that abysmal beta. There is potential here, but that isn't how a release should be. Make it worth the consumer's time and money BEFORE releasing it.
  5. tdebug
    Dec 3, 2021
    1
    No sure if those who play only multiplayer like it, given by reviews - not really. I equally enjoy single player games, so no single player campaign is a big, big minus. But even the multiplayer is not much fun at all. Even on ultra, graphics and details look maybe 15 years old. Not worth your money.
  6. JohnnyBNL
    Dec 19, 2021
    1
    Hey EA Board of Directors, shame on you! Yes I'm talking to you; Andrew Wilson, Heidi Ueberroth, Luis A. Ubiñas, Richard A. Simonson, Talbott Roche, Jeffrey T. Huber, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Leonard S. Coleman, Kofi Bruce. Shame on all of you! How dare you deceive Battlefield fans like this. I'm sure the share holders will be happy but know that if you keep going at this rate it will kill theHey EA Board of Directors, shame on you! Yes I'm talking to you; Andrew Wilson, Heidi Ueberroth, Luis A. Ubiñas, Richard A. Simonson, Talbott Roche, Jeffrey T. Huber, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Leonard S. Coleman, Kofi Bruce. Shame on all of you! How dare you deceive Battlefield fans like this. I'm sure the share holders will be happy but know that if you keep going at this rate it will kill the Battlefield franchise.… Expand
  7. 200ft
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Broken lifeless game turned into apex legends. So many bugs and lag. This is a disgrace to the bf franchise
  8. SirVault
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Definitely lots of potential in this game. Lots of minor issues and bugs, but I can see this becoming a decent game in 6 months to year.
  9. Atyne
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Battlefield is officially dead. Probably the worst game launch I've ever seen. The problem is, even if there were no technical issues, the game is still a piece of garbage. I liked the satisfying gunplay in the beta and they took away basically the only thing that was good. The last hope is Portal. There is some potential but right now, it's not worth it.
  10. renderz
    Nov 28, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This, by far, is the wort Battlefield ever released. There is no balance, the maps have too many pinch points and FFS, it's next to impossible to survive more than 5 minutes due to the number of ambush and camping positions. I would rather stable my sensitive areas than buy this piece of utter waste of code. DICE should just quit now.… Expand
  11. Luhgnut
    Dec 11, 2021
    1
    I'm a Battlefield Veteran. Since Battlefield 1942. I have all expansions. Original CD's. My point being, I play and love Battlefield, with thousands of hours in each title.
    With that being said..... I fell asleep playing today. I wasn't tired, just fell asleep.
    I found myself not really getting excited about relaxing after work and playing. It's boring. - It's like watching TV.    I'm a Battlefield Veteran. Since Battlefield 1942. I have all expansions. Original CD's. My point being, I play and love Battlefield, with thousands of hours in each title.
    With that being said..... I fell asleep playing today. I wasn't tired, just fell asleep.
    I found myself not really getting excited about relaxing after work and playing.
    It's boring. - It's like watching TV. Mindless. Nothing you do matters. Nothing. So take a nap. You'll feel better knowing your money was wasted. - I honestly can't think of a single positive quality to this game. - Remember JointOperations? The old NovaLogic Game? Maps were about the same size, with 150 Players..... And that was in 2004!!!    … Expand
  12. xema25
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Take cool features from previous games: scoreboard, ping system, classes, good balance gpu/cpu performance, content and game modes, voice chat…. Shake it a bit release it too soon and you’ll get:

    No scoreboard, a ping system that doesnt work right and misses many features (like telling your squad mate that you are going to revive him), random classes, high-end cpus being a bottleneck, 2    Take cool features from previous games: scoreboard, ping system, classes, good balance gpu/cpu performance, content and game modes, voice chat…. Shake it a bit release it too soon and you’ll get:

    No scoreboard, a ping system that doesnt work right and misses many features (like telling your squad mate that you are going to revive him), random classes, high-end cpus being a bottleneck, 2 game modes that we don’t like and Portal that is a **** filled with “the rest”, no voice chat (lol seriously Dice?) And everything for 89,90 euros. I was an idiot paying that much money… don’t be an idiot like me please.    … Expand
  13. zombox5000
    Dec 21, 2021
    1
    Absolute tragedy how badly they have ruined Battlefield. The guns feel bad, the "classes" are stupid, the map design is pathetic. Will never buy a DICE game again.
  14. aln666
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    No scoreboards.
    No classes.
    No destruction.
    No servers.
    No stats.
    No chat.

    This has nothing to do with Battlefield.
  15. Steyraus
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Another day another broken buggy game from a billion dollar corperation...Maybe if they spent more time coding and bug testing than virtue signalling on Twitter and arguing politics they might are at least a functioning product.
  16. Layho
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    After 5 hours of playing : Ridiculous bugs, limited Operators - limited and less weapons than Battlefield 4 or 1 - No scoreboard - 30 to Maximum 50 frame rate with Geforce 2060 RTX graphics card - Visual effects and textures are not Belong to a AAA game. .
  17. Maxime307
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    This Battlefield is the biggest let down. Is it so bad ! Unrecognizeable has a BF game. It’s not what i was expecting. Gunplay is broken, lag is everywhere, can’t even play with my wife ( errors ) . No reason to play had a squad. Maps are pretty but lack anything enjoyable. To big for nothing. You don’t know how much damage you do. No body repair or heals. No specialists. It’s justThis Battlefield is the biggest let down. Is it so bad ! Unrecognizeable has a BF game. It’s not what i was expecting. Gunplay is broken, lag is everywhere, can’t even play with my wife ( errors ) . No reason to play had a squad. Maps are pretty but lack anything enjoyable. To big for nothing. You don’t know how much damage you do. No body repair or heals. No specialists. It’s just garbage.… Expand
  18. huszarka
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    The worst Battlefield. I cannot imagine, how they put this game on the market with these content and with those big bugs... Why cannot big companies learn from other big companies` failure????
  19. EasternUNO
    Feb 14, 2022
    1
    There are some very annoying things which make the game not that enjoyable like previous Battlefield V...

    1) Class system is totally broken. For example if I switch class to medic during the game I do not have ability to heal friendly players! In Battlefield V there were no problems with switching classes 2) In 80% of cases I am getting killed by tanks or other armored vehicles or    There are some very annoying things which make the game not that enjoyable like previous Battlefield V...

    1) Class system is totally broken. For example if I switch class to medic during the game I do not have ability to heal friendly players! In Battlefield V there were no problems with switching classes

    2) In 80% of cases I am getting killed by tanks or other armored vehicles or snipers.

    3) Every time I switch on the game I am experiencing massive stuttering during first minute of gameplay making the game unplayable. I have $4000 modern PC.

    4) Respawn is also **** up. When I respawn, the next second I often get killed by enemy which is nearby. The only thing I appreciate about respawn is that it's faster than in Battlefield V.

    5) When the game is over you cannot see any scoreboard. It just not there...

    6) There are characters and weapons from Battlefield 3, 1942 and bad company 2. Why?

    7) Overall the way how you want to edit your classes, join the games is stupid and not that nice. If there would be simple list of game modes, e.g. :Team Deathmatch, Rush, Breaktrough etc. it would be much more nicer instead of weird rectangles named all-out warfare, hazard zone and portal. It does not make any sense for players.

    8) No campaign!!!

    In conclusion, if DICE or whoever is responsible for this game will take care of it, remove the bugs and update the game - more maps, bug fixes, fix issues with classes, I will be considering to install this game, but it's such a garbage I had to uninstall it.    … Expand
  20. colonelramirez
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    The game feel like mix of Apex and CoD experiment in BF world. I don't get in, I feel nothing playing this game. I wish I feel good like always playing BF games, but not with this, this part.

    Many glitches, animations, sometimes broken physics. One time you can shoot, other times your hand fly around in front of you, and you can't shoot your weapon. Audio broken sometime work, sometimes    The game feel like mix of Apex and CoD experiment in BF world. I don't get in, I feel nothing playing this game. I wish I feel good like always playing BF games, but not with this, this part.

    Many glitches, animations, sometimes broken physics. One time you can shoot, other times your hand fly around in front of you, and you can't shoot your weapon. Audio broken sometime work, sometimes not. Many things need to be fixed. UI is bad, I can't watch that color, make me depressed. It's barren.

    Maybe in looooong future after many, many fixes, patches, and revamp some gameplay and other things. Will be worth to try. Must be also then cheaper or in game pass.    … Expand
  21. sundaymovie
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    The game isn't immersive at all. The objectives and dots above players pull me right out of the game. I am shooting at just under dots instead of looking for character models to shoot at. Why. Cover up good graphics with HUD dots. What a waste. Also there aren't team fractions everyone is the same characters on both side of the game. This game has turned so weird.
  22. Grum84
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    Очень разачерован исполнение и качеством игры. Отвратительное отношение к паклонекам игры.
  23. hunn3r
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    1/10 Only because when you start it it actually starts. But the fun ends there.

    First you get yourself into a horrendous User interface which was created with no UX designer in sight. You get 3 tiles and a bland and unintuitive game menü with inconsistent options all around. After this you finally get to the game, which is bland, boring fast paced arcade shooter with no resembelance    1/10 Only because when you start it it actually starts. But the fun ends there.

    First you get yourself into a horrendous User interface which was created with no UX designer in sight. You get 3 tiles and a bland and unintuitive game menü with inconsistent options all around.

    After this you finally get to the game, which is bland, boring fast paced arcade shooter with no resembelance what a Battlefield game should be. The gameplay just like the worst Call of Duties, theres literally no teamplay, the specialist system has no place in a Battlefield game.
    Best of all. Everybody looks the same. You can't tell friend from foe, but don't worry. Half of the time, when you open fire, the enemy didn't get hit anyways. The netcode and the hitregistration is awful to the point where you can finish a clip to an enemy who walks away with 100HP.

    Let's also talk about how unoptimized this game is. Literally runs like crap on configs which should pull 140+ fps. I'm talking pulling 50-70frames instead of 140+. Oh, you want to tune your settings to get this joke of a game run better? Good luck with that. Between Ultra and Low settings, you'll gain around 8-15fps tops. DLSS also not working. How nice.

    EA and DICE has a tendency to abandon unsuccesful projects, so if you don't like to gamble wait around 4-6months and if the problems seems to be fixed get it on a sale.
    Until then, go play a game which actually was finished development before publishing.

    THIS GAMES NEEDS AT LEAST 4 MONTHS OF DEV TIME.

    tldr: It runs crap, its boring and bland, its buggy and probably the live service will be terminated.

    If you bought it, try for a refund, if you didin't buy it, dont't even think about it.

    /I played around 30 hours my experiences and toughts about the game are my own/    … Expand
  24. Kai82
    Jan 9, 2022
    1
    I see it again as my duty to warn you. The game was released in a state were it was clearly unfinished. I think it would have taken an additional year of development to fix the issues if not more. Again a clear case of release a broken game and fix it later mentality. To clarify this: We are talking about serious issues and not trivial things. There are serious problems like connectivityI see it again as my duty to warn you. The game was released in a state were it was clearly unfinished. I think it would have taken an additional year of development to fix the issues if not more. Again a clear case of release a broken game and fix it later mentality. To clarify this: We are talking about serious issues and not trivial things. There are serious problems like connectivity errors, barely / poorly working controls, crashes, lag and a lot of graphical glitches. I would avoid this game entirely. It is not worth your time and money. Overall this should be in the worst games list of the year 2021 and I barely can give a 1/10.… Expand
  25. mike01o2
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Completely lacks the vision, character or immersion of bf 1/2/3. Empty and lifeless maps, shallow progression, and embarrassing hero characters that try to rip off games like Fortnite and Apex. It feels like a cheap knock off. Please sell this IP to someone that respects and enjoys this series. Also no scoreboard or voip or commander. Teamplay and squadplay is non-existent. On theCompletely lacks the vision, character or immersion of bf 1/2/3. Empty and lifeless maps, shallow progression, and embarrassing hero characters that try to rip off games like Fortnite and Apex. It feels like a cheap knock off. Please sell this IP to someone that respects and enjoys this series. Also no scoreboard or voip or commander. Teamplay and squadplay is non-existent. On the technical side, its completely unoptimized.… Expand
  26. dsayshi257
    Nov 22, 2021
    1
    Buggy mess of a game, lacking features, modes, guns, pretty much a step down from every previous game in every sense.
  27. OOa007
    Nov 22, 2021
    1
    First off ALL BATTLEFIELD game suck compared to WHAT the original accomplished Battlefield 1942 and all this cheap greedy company can do it mimic it with hollow rip offs. Hell even if they did a pure remake it would be better than 2042 but nope!!! Tell me which game offered LAND AIR AND SEA!!! As for BF2042 and all EA DICE games they take away what makes it great and replaces it withFirst off ALL BATTLEFIELD game suck compared to WHAT the original accomplished Battlefield 1942 and all this cheap greedy company can do it mimic it with hollow rip offs. Hell even if they did a pure remake it would be better than 2042 but nope!!! Tell me which game offered LAND AIR AND SEA!!! As for BF2042 and all EA DICE games they take away what makes it great and replaces it with useless junk (ooh tornado) they take away what gives the game replayability !!!! I dont have time to get into all the other problems this game has but PLEASE dont but for at least a year… Expand
  28. Hoerli
    Nov 21, 2021
    1
    The graphics and the basic idea are quite good.
    But essential things are missing, like a scoreboard, a chat that works for everyone and not just for the team, many more weapons, and so on.
    It is also technically still broken in many corners and it jerks even on fast computers. Paying money for it is almost a rip-off. This gender nonsense in the German language I also do not want to    The graphics and the basic idea are quite good.
    But essential things are missing, like a scoreboard, a chat that works for everyone and not just for the team, many more weapons, and so on.
    It is also technically still broken in many corners and it jerks even on fast computers.
    Paying money for it is almost a rip-off.

    This gender nonsense in the German language I also do not want to see.
    Such a crap is not supported.

    The mindset of "we don't need hate in video games and everything that triggers that has to be banned" just doesn't work in a shooter.    … Expand
  29. zerobane
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Like a worse version of COD; and that is saying a lot.

    No idea what they were going for; the only saving thing is the custom modes where you can play the old BF maps.
  30. BossmanPL
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    The worst bf game in bf game series. As a bf fan, I am really disappointed.
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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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