Battlefield 2042

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  1. OCELOT69350
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game is just a terrible joke. They should be ashamed to release it in its state. Battlefield franchise is officially dead
  2. Terdle
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Paid extra to play early on broken servers with an unfinished game, and to wait an extra week for a day 1 patch. Last time i pre-ordered an EA/Dice game. Utter pile of ****
  3. Tr3vor696
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Not a battlefield game gunplay is awful so many glitches and its so hard to run with decent frames
  4. Bea124
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    After the letdown from battlefield V and shutting down their live service (instead of fixing the game) they were so proud to announce 4 studios working on battlefield 2042.
    With a bittersweet taste in my mouth I left the game in hope to one day return to the beloved franchise I've recently discovered. Waited 3 years and Much to my surprise the very last chance they had to keep their fans    After the letdown from battlefield V and shutting down their live service (instead of fixing the game) they were so proud to announce 4 studios working on battlefield 2042.
    With a bittersweet taste in my mouth I left the game in hope to one day return to the beloved franchise I've recently discovered. Waited 3 years and Much to my surprise the very last chance they had to keep their fans went down the drain...

    Playing the beta, I did not feel that "battlefield" feeling with teamplay and the atmosphere that I felt with Battlefield 1 had. Even if I tried to like Battlefield V it also lacked the atmosphere, even if teamplay at least were there. I thought, maybe it's just in my head.
    Head back to Bf 1 and I felt the Battlefield feeling from the first game when I started the game.
    But then I thought I would give the full game chance.

    If I'm not even talking about the performance with max 60 fps with a Rtx 3080 and all the bugs, this is not battlefield.

    - No one has a certain role, that I think battlefield must have
    - Too large maps, too open or both, and what's up with all the containers?? Is containers the best copy paste this game could offer for every map?
    - No Scoreboard
    - Too many loading screens
    - Bullets don't hit after 30 meters
    - UI is **** needs a total remake from the ground up
    - TTK is waaaay to low and can't hit enemy's because of this and infinite tactical sprint.
    - No nearby medics, people bleed out and waste tickets.
    - No teamplay, every man for himself
    - Doesn't look better than previous titles graphical wise    … Expand
  5. stevedorgel
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Something went horribly wrong with this game’s development. It feels like it was thrown together in 9 months instead of years. So many bad game design decisions, lack of content, tons of technical issues. Absolute disaster.
  6. Baur_
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game missed the mark on nearly everything. DMR's have terrible accuracy and every gunfight is RNG since there is so much bloom on weapons. Vehicles are ridiculously overpowered in this game. Lag is very bad, performance is very bad, not a lot of weapons. Nothing to strive for really besides skins which no one cares about. Overall, the game feels uninspired.
  7. ColinH117
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game is hilariously unfinished.

    Terrible hit detection, game breaking bugs, bad maps, awful UI, cringe-inducing operator quips, no campaign, no real progression/rewards, etc etc. It feels seriously hollow with barely anything to do, hence why there's going to be a season pass with awful and probably extremely overpriced microtransactions (thanks Fortnite). It's also pretty clear    This game is hilariously unfinished.

    Terrible hit detection, game breaking bugs, bad maps, awful UI, cringe-inducing operator quips, no campaign, no real progression/rewards, etc etc. It feels seriously hollow with barely anything to do, hence why there's going to be a season pass with awful and probably extremely overpriced microtransactions (thanks Fortnite). It's also pretty clear that they wanted this to be a battle royale entry too. Random operators, skins, obviously season pass, armor plates (these are criminally overpowered), absurdly large maps (Hourglass is run through the desert simulator), odd animations when you're downed, no scoreboard, no server browser, no map choosing, throwing you out of the lobby after every game, etc.

    Weapons also have bloom which is the strangest thing I think they could have chosen for an FPS. For a game like Fortnite or any third person entry, that is somewhat understandable, but an FPS like Battlefield should not have RNG gunfights.

    If you are considering buying this game, do not. It is soulless and hollow and I would imagine is going to be dead in about a month. The season pass is being added in 2022 and by then I don't think they'll be able to get the original player numbers back.

    If I could get a refund I would. Hats off to you DICE and EA, this game is barely even in a beta state.    … Expand
  8. vidyagamenjoyr
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    Battlefield 2042 is yet another addition to the franchise that releases unfinished. Rather this time EA and Ripple Effect (a horrible name for a studio) went above and beyond to see how far they can push it.

    They removed stuff that was deemed great in previous installments, like the more realistic movement animations from BFV eg. wall vaulting, cover leaning, prone positions. An    Battlefield 2042 is yet another addition to the franchise that releases unfinished. Rather this time EA and Ripple Effect (a horrible name for a studio) went above and beyond to see how far they can push it.

    They removed stuff that was deemed great in previous installments, like the more realistic movement animations from BFV eg. wall vaulting, cover leaning, prone positions. An essential part of the entire identity of Battlefield called destruction (yeah, remember that?). Adding to this, the positional audio is completely cocked, the performance is less than ideal on a high-end system (5950X, 32GB, RTX 3080) and even all else aside, this game keeps crashing every single match I get to join if the servers are stable enough to let me connect.

    EDIT 17th November: I have a hypothesis that this game is somehow coded in a manner that it's very sensitive to hardware instabilities, and I think that my ram was a contributing factor because the cpu couldn't keep up at 1:1 ratio as ryzen likes it. Reduced memory speed and no crashes since. Mind you this hasn't happened in other games.

    The only reason I have given this game a 3/10, which I already think is quite generous is, because I love this franchise. After missing out on the previous two games by my own accord I'd like to be back, believe that they're gonna actually deliver on their promise that this game is made for the community, and not a lie.    … Expand
  9. Swirre
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    What the f*ck have you've done Dice this isn't Battlefield anymore... It's a mix of Ghost Recon, Watch Dogs and Cod. That true BF-feeling isn't there anymore. Pls refund all players and go back to the drawingboard and give us a true BF-game not this **** mix of all other shootergames but Battlefield...Give me back that lovely battleog from BF3/BF4, give us pc-players a own game not thisWhat the f*ck have you've done Dice this isn't Battlefield anymore... It's a mix of Ghost Recon, Watch Dogs and Cod. That true BF-feeling isn't there anymore. Pls refund all players and go back to the drawingboard and give us a true BF-game not this **** mix of all other shootergames but Battlefield...Give me back that lovely battleog from BF3/BF4, give us pc-players a own game not this **** with all these **** menus, pls scrap this crossplay and give us dedicated servers. And the specialist **** is so crappy why even have it when all specialist can use all weapons/equipments that beautiful sqaud/class system from bf3/4 is what we want..And pls fire all people you've recruited from blizzard who wants to cod-dify BF...… Expand
  10. Jasmith
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    An out of touch battlefield game by people who have never played one. This feels like a last second thrown together mess that misses many key features from past games. Features like the improved movement mechanics from battlefield V have since been downgraded or outright removed for no explanation and have been replaced with floaty fast arcady movements that are blatantly trying to rip offAn out of touch battlefield game by people who have never played one. This feels like a last second thrown together mess that misses many key features from past games. Features like the improved movement mechanics from battlefield V have since been downgraded or outright removed for no explanation and have been replaced with floaty fast arcady movements that are blatantly trying to rip off call of duty. Guns handle poorly and gunfights past 25m are next to impossible. Given that the maps are incredibly giant, flat, boring open spaces with no cover, expect many boring pointless gunfights with inaccurate weapons. Speaking of maps, maps are hugs empty arenas with next to no cover so vehicles can decimate you with little to no effort…. That’s if you can get ahold of a vehicle given that there’s 64 players per team and maybe 6 vehicles if you’re lucky. Destruction, a major component to what makes battlefield great, is next to nothing on the new maps. You can blow out walls here or there but that basically it. If you were looking for destruction like past battlefield games prepare to be disappointed. The only decent destruction comes from the classic maps in the new portal mode. There’s a new mode called hazard zone but it’s a soulless copy of other games that do it better and was clearly just created to salvage what was left of the br game they were clearly making this game to be. The only redeeming mode is portal, which gives players the tools to create their own battlefield experiences with assets from previous games. It genuinely is a fantastic mode that brings back so classic favorites. Overall I’m disappointed with this game, it’s lacking feature list that’s been improved upon up until this point has been scrapped for a more arcady monetize-able experience. DICE has a long way to go in bringing features back to make this feel like a battlefield game again, but until then I recommend passing and waiting a few months to see how they support the game. But given their past record of giving up and moving on, I wouldn’t hold my breath for those required changes to actually come.… Expand
  11. stebbi
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The game that was advertised as Battlefield ended up being anything but Battlefield. With a bunch of bugs, disgusting level design and non-working game mechanics.
  12. HeyImLea
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    Im going to make this a review without going on about how DICE, its support studios and EA are the worst. I have nothing against the people who have spent massive amounts of hours to make this game, I just want to give my opinion on the game.
    apologies if my sentences aren't perfect, English isn't my native language. :)
    first off, I've been a fan of this franchise since I was 7 years    Im going to make this a review without going on about how DICE, its support studios and EA are the worst. I have nothing against the people who have spent massive amounts of hours to make this game, I just want to give my opinion on the game.
    apologies if my sentences aren't perfect, English isn't my native language. :)

    first off, I've been a fan of this franchise since I was 7 years old, I'm 23 now. I've like nearly every single release, except for maybe V (except for movement) and now most recently, 2042.

    I've loved how the franchise that I love have moved forward and the movement being less and less static, gunplay being more responsive. learning vouzoiu and zouzou on bf4 was a fun challenge too.
    anyway, my thoughts on 2042 (so far)

    I spent a good amount of time in the beta, that was supposedly a few months old, and according to lots of fans in the community it was all going to be fixed for release. didn't work out great, huh?
    the official release is on the 19th but EA and DICE are selling access to the game already. If you're willing to take my money (even more than standard price if youre not using EA Play) to play your product im going to judge it as if it was fully released.

    Beta was broken, but I managed to put in around 10-15 hours even with the poor performance and almost drowning in bugs.

    around comes "early access" that we're playing now, and credit where credit is due, many bugs have been fixed. elevators work, the sound is better, explosions looks a lot better, the UI isn't as ugly, but its just not enough.

    * lets start with specialists, while it's a nice idea and something I actually would really like. I miss not being able to play as my gender in bf4 and only being able to play as a male for example. the problem for me is that it's not done right here, at all. I think that for most people BF have been about being a soldier among other soldiers, working together to overcome the enemy.

    that's not the case in 2042, specialists are made out to almost be like superheroes and not needing anyone but themselves. They have too much character, they're good at everything and aren't restricted by class. I can be a medic Specialist with a healing pistol but also bring an RPG into the fight. there are no classes left.
    by doing this, I cant tell who's going to be able to give me heals or ammo when running up to them, this was easy in the previous titles, I knew instantly who was a medic or support in BF3 for example, a game that was released in 2011.

    * Teamwork.
    I don't know what to say, it feels like DICE just wanted to rid BF of its identity. there's next to no teamwork here. reviving is clunky, I dont know who's a support or a medic because there are no classes, I don't know if anyone is coming to revive me, healing and helping your team doesnt give nearly enough xp, so you're not really motivated to risk your life to rush to the other side to heal your teammates.

    *UI/UX/settings
    where to begin? what happened here? the UI is surprisingly bad. how did we go from BF3/4/1/V, to this? I get F2P vibes when looking at it, doesnt feel finished at all. there's no indicator in the UI for what firemode I'm on, I cant resize my map, I cant change opacity of the objectives on the map, some settings do not work (crosshairs) and some are just missing (direct x12)

    * Maps
    We got 7 base game maps in total for release, who are all big and focus a lot on vehichles. not one map or mode for the people that enjoy infantry over large scale battles. disappointing.
    I feel like the maps are okay, at best. they're too big imo, even for 128 players and there's not nearly enough spots to hide. you're always getting shot at. the flow isn't there.

    * Performance
    Shockingly poor across most, if not all platforms. Im on PC so that's what ill be focusing since I cant speak for my friends on the console side.
    lowering the presets to low doesnt seem to do much, or anything at all. I dropped my settings from high, to everything low on 1080p on my mid-spec system, I messed around in the config file and gained around 15-20FPS total. going from 25FPS avg, to around 45-50avg. When its not chugging along at under 60, its stuttering, slowing down, or teleporting me back and forth. Other games doesnt teleport me, using fiber with 100/100 uncapped.

    * Misc/QoL
    Spread/bloom. - random bullet deviation.
    Mouse Input not consistent
    No server browser for main game
    lobby disbands after every match
    no squad management - cant join/create/leave/lock during games
    no scoreboard
    no all chat - let me choose if i want to see or hide the chat like in previous titles.
    gun customization UI messy
    Soundscape completely broken
    UI/UX customization severely lacking
    Spawns broken
    Specialists - theyre not faction specific.
    No Incentive for teamplay
    lackling destruction

    I had more to say but im at the limit. thank you for taking your time to read about my thoughts on the game. :) please dont harass devs :)    … Expand
  13. AquaberrySkerry
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    It’s a 3 on the basis that a 5 would be average. Bugs, glitches, missing features, only 2 lmgs, overly big and open maps that make you run 5 miles out in the open to get anywhere, bugged audio, no voice chat, no scoreboard, hazard zone is a throwaway mode that no one will touch past launch, hit detection and the net code is terrible, gun accuracy is purposely atrocious to make gun fights aIt’s a 3 on the basis that a 5 would be average. Bugs, glitches, missing features, only 2 lmgs, overly big and open maps that make you run 5 miles out in the open to get anywhere, bugged audio, no voice chat, no scoreboard, hazard zone is a throwaway mode that no one will touch past launch, hit detection and the net code is terrible, gun accuracy is purposely atrocious to make gun fights a toss up for lower skilled players, a very obvious DMR meta, and the lack of a class system in favor of half assed specialists makes for a very underwhelming, half baked, pile of meh. Oh and it runs terrible on pc and crashes a lot. Now if you fix all of this, we’re looking at an easy 7-8, but this is Dice we’re talking about, so I don’t have high hopes.… Expand
  14. SnoMane1172
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    Lack of server browser, no VOIP, unsatisfying and unreliable gunplay, uninspired audio, lack of cover on all maps (map design caters more vehicle play with little ability to play as infantry), specialists are goofy/cringworthy voice lines ruin the modern military feeling we all hoped for, the only gadgets worth using are the launchers and C5, most matches involve 40+ players zergingLack of server browser, no VOIP, unsatisfying and unreliable gunplay, uninspired audio, lack of cover on all maps (map design caters more vehicle play with little ability to play as infantry), specialists are goofy/cringworthy voice lines ruin the modern military feeling we all hoped for, the only gadgets worth using are the launchers and C5, most matches involve 40+ players zerging objectives which is not playable on the receiving end. The first season of content has already been delayed so welcome to another delayfeild like BFV. On the positive side the graphics are fine and the storm does add a cool element of chaos to the gameplay. Maybe after a few updates the game will be better.… Expand
  15. Dude720
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Dont know where to start, Like the game has so many basic features completely removed. All they had to do was copy/paste Bf5 gunplay and movement system in a modern setting and we could've had the best battlefield to come out, But no DICE wants to fix whats not broken by removing class system which is what makes battlefield what it is. What battlefield 5 died for? this game? Thats totallyDont know where to start, Like the game has so many basic features completely removed. All they had to do was copy/paste Bf5 gunplay and movement system in a modern setting and we could've had the best battlefield to come out, But no DICE wants to fix whats not broken by removing class system which is what makes battlefield what it is. What battlefield 5 died for? this game? Thats totally **** up, and I dont care if the game is gonna be playable in 6 months or a year and by fixed I mean add basic features like a proper score board. I'm just gonna end it here cause theres no way i can mention all the problems here.… Expand
  16. Natuk
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    It looks nice, and it is a decently cool game, lots of fights to be had in a big scale war, however it lacks alot on the development side. For example it is absolutely filled with bugs which could have easily been solved if they had a proper QA testing team. And at the moment just feels like a huge laggy mess. Hopefully with time they will decide to do some great patches though. I'm givingIt looks nice, and it is a decently cool game, lots of fights to be had in a big scale war, however it lacks alot on the development side. For example it is absolutely filled with bugs which could have easily been solved if they had a proper QA testing team. And at the moment just feels like a huge laggy mess. Hopefully with time they will decide to do some great patches though. I'm giving a 3/10 (Lot's of room for improvement) I wish days were simple like with Battlefield 2!!!… Expand
  17. moonyza
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    They should of remastered battlefield 3 or 4 and just skip this garbage. Thats it.. needs so much more improvements
  18. Enzi0
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    I just finished up the 10 hour trial and my complaints are in line with what everyone is saying. The fact that they've released the game in this state just boggles my mind, and what's more is that the dev's are doubling down that nothing is wrong or the changes they've made is better for the game is idiotic.

    -No ability to pick your squad: staple for years and suddenly it's removed,    I just finished up the 10 hour trial and my complaints are in line with what everyone is saying. The fact that they've released the game in this state just boggles my mind, and what's more is that the dev's are doubling down that nothing is wrong or the changes they've made is better for the game is idiotic.

    -No ability to pick your squad: staple for years and suddenly it's removed, why what does it enhance about the experience?

    -No voice comm's: In a teamwork oriented game they removed the ability to talk to your teammates to coordinate. I had to type in chat to my tank driver that he had a hostile tank in front of him by the time I was able to finish we already had around into our vehicle.

    No scoreboard: why would you want to be able to see how you're doing in relation to everyone else, that's only been a feature of every FPS forever.

    Weapon bloom: I remember a reviewer once said that gunplay in an FPS is the central pillar of the game since that is how you interact with the media. DICE has completely dropped the ball on this, the spread is ridiculous and takes out any skill gap that should exist in the gunfights. Now getting into a fight with someone is just a random number generator.
    --Weapon bloom 2.0: in portal mode there is a bug with Bad Company 2 that when exiting sprint it retains your hipfire spread when you ADS. The Dev's continue to stubbornly hold their ground saying this existed in OG Bad Company 2 despite numerous videos to the contrary.

    -Portal server search: there is no way to filter out what game modes you want to play outside of a "keyword" search" , not that it matters because the custom game modes are overrun with bot farms or heavily skewed rules that restrict one side to bolt actions only while the opposing teams to whatever they want. DICE needs to find a way to let players narrow down the framework of their search results based on various criteria.

    -Portal Server part 2: There needs to be official servers for other game modes like TDM or Squad Deathmatch.

    -General lack of features. The weapons released for this first person SHOOTER are very few. Only a couple maps when they had upwards of 20 to choose (copy) from Battlefield 3 alone. The game experience is very shallow and not worth the price of admission at this time.

    That is just off the top of my head there is more when it comes to balance issues and the like and I'm sure others can articulate it better than me, but it boils down to this, skip this game for now. It is not worth your $60 (or up) in this current state. If you still are on the fence I implore you to get XBox live or a one month EA play subscription and try it for the 10 hour trial before you buy it so you don't waste your money.    … Expand
  19. DennyBud
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Just here to do my part for the gaming industry as a whole!

    NO SCOREBOARD DEMONIC HITREG I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LIKES OF IN AN FPS LACKING CONTENT 4 AR'S AT LAUNCH COMPARED TO BF4'S 10? MAPS ARE WAY TOO BIG 128 PLAYERS IS A FAILED CONCEPT SPECIALISTS?? ALL OF THE MOVEMENT FEATURES STRIPPED FROM BFV MSSING QUALITY OF LIFE FEATURES FROM OTHER BF GAMES Ignore the    Just here to do my part for the gaming industry as a whole!

    NO SCOREBOARD

    DEMONIC HITREG I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LIKES OF IN AN FPS

    LACKING CONTENT

    4 AR'S AT LAUNCH COMPARED TO BF4'S 10?

    MAPS ARE WAY TOO BIG

    128 PLAYERS IS A FAILED CONCEPT

    SPECIALISTS??

    ALL OF THE MOVEMENT FEATURES STRIPPED FROM BFV

    MSSING QUALITY OF LIFE FEATURES FROM OTHER BF GAMES

    Ignore the critic reviews, join the review bomb army!

    0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10    … Expand
  20. RougeGunner00
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    This game went 10 steps back. Buildings and environments aren't as destructive. Graphics take ages to load in, something I would expect from 2010. Removal of the scoreboard is annoying, the end round dialog is so poorly done and just cringeworthy. Reviving is almost never an option. Most weapons and vehicles need a nerf or buff. The leveling system is a mess and the grind required for someThis game went 10 steps back. Buildings and environments aren't as destructive. Graphics take ages to load in, something I would expect from 2010. Removal of the scoreboard is annoying, the end round dialog is so poorly done and just cringeworthy. Reviving is almost never an option. Most weapons and vehicles need a nerf or buff. The leveling system is a mess and the grind required for some items are absolutely mind blowing. 20 knife kills in a single life? Get real. The devs said they cut the single player campaign to focus on the multiplayer and honestly this game feels so under developed. The most annoying issue so far is that the servers are constantly crashing and lag is in every game. I don't know why the devs decided to make their games this way. Everything that made Battlefield into the powerhouse that it was seems like it is missing. "It looks pretty but everything holding it together is just duck tape, zip ties, and last years dreams."… Expand
  21. Blind5
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    No VoIP

    No real scoreboard No leaning 22 guns total lol Plus system is clunky ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ UI is clunky ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wrapped in cat ♥♥♥♥. Might be the least intuitive I've ever seen No all chat No server browser outside of Portal No private/rented servers Doesn't just roll into the next map after a game in AoW, back to matchmaking peasant Cannot join friends already    No VoIP

    No real scoreboard

    No leaning

    22 guns total lol

    Plus system is clunky ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

    UI is clunky ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wrapped in cat ♥♥♥♥. Might be the least intuitive I've ever seen

    No all chat

    No server browser outside of Portal

    No private/rented servers

    Doesn't just roll into the next map after a game in AoW, back to matchmaking peasant

    Cannot join friends already in a match (pretty sure I could do this in beta??)

    No enemy footsteps

    Enemies look the same as friendlies

    Have to opt out of revive every death, no idea who can actually revive me anyway

    Have to re-select spawn location every spawn

    Poor hardware optimization

    Cutscenes all over the place

    Stupid ass 'look at me' after a match

    Bullet spread / weapon inaccuracy outside of rock throwing range

    Lack of game modes

    No hardcore

    Cannot join, create, or lock a squad

    No military ranks associated with numerical ranks

    No resizable minimap

    Audio is poorly mixed

    The maps, while stunning from both a scale and visuals perspective, lack any real flow for infantry combat. No separate Heli & Jet controls. Horizontal pitch (or yaw) when set to mouse movement is inverted by design and cannot be inverted again like vertical pitch can. So your aircraft goes the other way than your mouse does. Cannot customize loadouts before joining a game. Cannot select loadout or operator before joining a server which, in certain situations, spawn you directly into the game with whatever you had last game. This happens when joining a fresh breakthrough game, mostly. From what I can see, DLSS is not working properly or not making any difference Vehicle crosshairs are pixelated as ♥♥♥♥ UI elements do not have transparency element and distant 2D/3D map markers and UI elements do not fade out by distance and cannot be scaled up or down Obnoxious voice overs, operators are incredibly vocal, every time you do an action they say a line. Spotting system is contextual and misses a lot of the time. For example if you press Q over an enemy tank it doesn't always spot it, but places a go-to marker on that area. The team/squad order menu (or whatever it's called) is a pile of garbage. It covers the entire screen, it requires using the mouse to select the options, but not clicking on them for some reason, you have to depress Q. This needs to be redesigned into a friendlier and smaller semi-transparent wheel. Plus, it's not contextual at all and it doesn't seem to have an impact to other players, I requested ammo constantly and nobody even saw my request. Unnecessary changes to the aircraft flight characteristics from BF4 models On the spawn screen screen tanks/helis use the same icon, you simply cannot tell if that's a transport or attack heli that you are spawning into. When in tank, you don't have this little tank outline which tells you where the driver and gunner are looking at. No maps with water and thusly no boats.. despite there being a big ass boat on the loading screen. No stats page No commander No squad points for issuing orders or following them No HOTAS support No marksman headshot bonus for long range snipes Melee takedown animations have been gutted. All enemies are brought to a standing position before one specific kill is performed. Revive is glitched when downed teammate's head is too close to something. Cannot tell if there is room to enter a friendly vehicle without trying to get in it. Cannot dive underwater Damage dealt numbers, e.g. "VEHICLE HIT 28" after hitting a tank with a rocket, have been removed. This applies to both infantry and vehicles. Non-removable profanity filter Repairing vehicles does not give XP Faction locked weapons and gadgets in Portal No rule editor support for objective based game modes Grappling Hook is afraid of smoke Bullets are afraid of power lines Zoom issues with sniper scopes Inability to switch teams Vehicle entry and exit animations have been removed Weapons can't have different sets of attachments in different loadout presets. Meaning if you want to have a suppressor on the one semi-auto pistol in the game for one preset, you can't have it without a suppressor in your other presets. Lack of destruction/levelution ADS required to change weapon fire mode Cannot move while prone and ADS Crossplay issues on Xbox 'Assist Counts as Kill' has been removed No fixed heavy weapons No zeroing sniper scopes, starting scope (not sure about the others) has no hash marks on reticle for references AA rocket damage appears inconsistent BF5 movement mechanics removed This game is unfinished.    … Expand
  22. Wave2021
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    I'm old BF player. I had play BETA BF 2042 and it was much, much, much better then this final version.

    Also, BF2042 is everything but not BF what we had before. No problem about some new changes, but they removed all good stuff what was in BF5, BF1, BF4 had. And Yes this version hadBIG performance problem and BIG LAG issues. In BETA version was much better, never had this problem. I    I'm old BF player. I had play BETA BF 2042 and it was much, much, much better then this final version.

    Also, BF2042 is everything but not BF what we had before. No problem about some new changes, but they removed all good stuff what was in BF5, BF1, BF4 had.

    And Yes this version hadBIG performance problem and BIG LAG issues. In BETA version was much better, never had this problem.

    I can't believe they make this game so bad, and so poor, without so much things what miss so much from old Battlefields.    … Expand
  23. Db100
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    An absolute disgrace to the Battlefield heritage and a complete joke for one of the biggest publishers in the industry.

    Playing Battlefield 2042 has felt like trying out a game from a small indie studio where you expect it to be buggy and messy and just overall mediocre. But EA/DICE is all but a small indie studio and has 20 years of experience with Battlefield series alone. The most    An absolute disgrace to the Battlefield heritage and a complete joke for one of the biggest publishers in the industry.

    Playing Battlefield 2042 has felt like trying out a game from a small indie studio where you expect it to be buggy and messy and just overall mediocre.
    But EA/DICE is all but a small indie studio and has 20 years of experience with Battlefield series alone.
    The most basic features that have been in all Battlefield games for years are suddenly either missing or broken.

    To release a game in this state and then charge extra just to experience this garbage a week early is a slap in the face to all the fans of the franchise.    … Expand
  24. Craftedpixels
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    This is the worst part of whole BF series.
    After couple of hours I don't want to play it anymore.

    A taunt from DICE - take ugly boring battle royal maps, make tons of bugs and release it as a AAA-shooter.

    Ok, DICE, good job.
  25. Until_Valhalla
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    I know a 0 is harsh but I am completely fed up with broken unplayable games at launch, and stripped or missing features we expect as battlefield fans. If you want a different still a game make a different game and leave our battlefield alone.
  26. Toxic_Hound
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    **** game, honestly. Sure there are a ton bugs and features are missing right, that's horrible, but I am literally unable to play the game. if i get the bug where your teammates see you as an enemy, and then you die, you just lie there on the ground for whole game- no one can revive you, you cant respawn. Horrible and unplayable at that.
  27. 10WNU1337
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    The framework has potential but by God, does it have many flaws:

    It tries so hard to be a flavour of the month game that it forgets to be a Battlefield game. We live in the days of the "hero shooter" so, of course, they try to be a hero shooter. Gone are the classes, everyone can be a medic, an assault, an engineer. You have a total of 22 guns to chose from in the actual game of BF 2042    The framework has potential but by God, does it have many flaws:

    It tries so hard to be a flavour of the month game that it forgets to be a Battlefield game. We live in the days of the "hero shooter" so, of course, they try to be a hero shooter. Gone are the classes, everyone can be a medic, an assault, an engineer. You have a total of 22 guns to chose from in the actual game of BF 2042 (averaging at around ~3 per category). The operators are all different forgettable stereotypes that toss around cringy one-liners when you select them and after the game ends.

    And this doesn't even touch on the technical state of the game. Right now, when you join a match there is a 50% chance that the enemy team won't spawn and your team is stuck in spawn. Or the map loads infinitely. Characters still glitch out of their vehicles (especially air vehicles). Sometimes you cant exit a vehicle you are in. Framerates drop for no apparent reason...Absolutely do not buy this game in its current state. Maybe pick it up on sale in half a year once they have maybe fixed it.    … Expand
  28. cjenkz
    Nov 15, 2021
    4
    Seems like they spent the last 3 years making a tornado , also feels like a running simulator.
  29. bl4ckOut
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Biggest Problem:
    Many bugs for too much money. Even if the day-one patch fixes a few things, I can't imagine that the performance will be that better. It's unoptimised, unfinished and unpolished in every aspect and I can't get it to run constant 60 fps. Frame drops all over the place and input lag way too high. Thereby my GPU runs just with 40-60% (5700XT) and my CPU Xeon E3-1231 v3 works    Biggest Problem:
    Many bugs for too much money. Even if the day-one patch fixes a few things, I can't imagine that the performance will be that better. It's unoptimised, unfinished and unpolished in every aspect and I can't get it to run constant 60 fps. Frame drops all over the place and input lag way too high. Thereby my GPU runs just with 40-60% (5700XT) and my CPU Xeon E3-1231 v3 works as bottleneck with 95-100% CPU utilization.

    Also:
    - Graphics worse then in BFV
    - Maps way too big and steril, running is not worth in 99% of all situations
    - Worse destruction then in BFV
    - No Scorebord ?!
    - No Squad change, creation etc. in-game; ALSO no Teamchange possible
    - No server list
    - No global chat
    - No voice chat
    - No possibillity to change the minimap size
    - No stats page
    - No persistent community servers in portal (Why create servers anymore?)
    - UI is too intrusive and large and cannot be customized

    This game is just a cash-crab, released unfinished before christmas and I'm only waiting for the day one patch, before (maybe) refunding it    … Expand
  30. izais
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    Candid Analysis of a Battlefield Player from 1942:

    Well, I would like to start the analysis taking into account the immense amount of expectation and hype that this game generated, in the first trailers the hope had been created that BF would return to its classic origin where it was most successful (set in modern warfare), with elements of the new graphics engines and new mechanics, it    Candid Analysis of a Battlefield Player from 1942:

    Well, I would like to start the analysis taking into account the immense amount of expectation and hype that this game generated, in the first trailers the hope had been created that BF would return to its classic origin where it was most successful (set in modern warfare), with elements of the new graphics engines and new mechanics, it had everything to go right, well, if only the basics were done, maybe it could have been the best game in the series, but DICE did absolutely everything wrong (or almost everything), for every 1 right, 9 mistakes.

    Starting with the main thing that completely escapes from what Battlefield is: System of classes that were TOTALLY removed from the game, "oh but it's still there only called experts", no, no, there's no class, you don't know who does what, no limitation, anyone can take a specialist, equip an ammo box and AFK on top of some high place with sniper and 12X scope, no medics in game, no support, no AT soldiers in short? Complete chaos, but not in the good sense, before when it was said that BF is a chaotic game, you imagined destruction (as it was in BF3/4/1/V), a lot of shooting and a vehicle falling, exploding, but in this one, it's a COMPLETE JOKE, the chaos here refers to DISASTER, I wonder, how is it POSSIBLE that in 10 years of evolution (BF3 to BF2042) many aspects have regressed so much? It was supposed to continue to evolve, not regress, destruction in the game simply doesn't exist, if before in BFV you took a tank, and went over everything destroying walls, fences and houses, in this game you have more chance to climb the wall of a house with the tank than destroying it has no destruction, and the destruction it has is freakish.
    There are dozens of points I could mention here, scoreboard (there is no scoreboard), animations (which are not that bad, but are extremely buggy), movement (this is among the main points, the movement of the game is simply one of the biggest setbacks of the series that have ever existed), graphics and performance (if the horrible performance was explained by the surreal graphics, that's fine, but at various times the game seems to have PS2 graphics and even so the performance remains horrible, it's not uncommon for cases of people with high-end setup running the game at less than 80FPS), drivability of aerial vehicles (seriously, if you get to play, don't touch a jet/plane, it's horrible and you'll give up right away and probably ask for a refund) , as I was saying at the beginning, there are SEVERAL negative points, but I won't mention all of them or would I end up creating a book here, but BF2042 doesn't have positive points? of course there is, but it doesn't pay to buy a R$300 game just for hurricanes and the Portal game mode.

    BF2042 deserves a 3/10 grade, I still think it's a generous grade, which should vary between 2/10 and 3/10, I don't recommend this game if you've been playing any titles before this one in the series, Battlefield 2042 is NOT Battlefield, it's a FAIL copy of Call of Duty Warzone.    … Expand
  31. Centavra-iv
    Nov 16, 2021
    4
    failure and hopes of all fans of battles ... a lot has already been written here. Add, the game loads the CPU 7700K by 92% seriously? with such graphics? when so AC Valhalla at ultra settings in 2k only 46 ...
  32. FreeFs
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    This game makes me want to euthanize myself.
    What the hell happened and how the **** did we end up here.
    Listen to the community for once you deaf/blind imbred fools , Take the stuff from BF4 and V mix them together and you will have a good game.
    This is not battlefield , safe yourself from a migraine and dont buy this
  33. Colonel007FPS
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Server Lag like hell
    Unbalancing map
    Unbalancing vehicle
    Spawn point SUCK
    Potato Server
    Some of Portal mode ADS and target not match sometimes
    Portal mode some cant go prone

    THIS TOTALLY PATHETIC
  34. pinheadx
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Una tomadura de pelo, con una 3080, 32gb y un i9 9900k no consigue llegar a los 70 fps sumado a que el juego está rotísimo, una verguenza por parte de dice
  35. xx_TheElite_xx
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Dice should be ashamed to release this game, it is unfinished, has poor map design, terrible hit detection and bullet spread, numerous bugs which often stop you finishing a game. The UI is terrible, vehicles are OP or broken with hovercrafts climbing buildings or getting more kills running people over that gun play. Servers are laggy. I'm giving it 1 for the BC2 maps in portal but theyDice should be ashamed to release this game, it is unfinished, has poor map design, terrible hit detection and bullet spread, numerous bugs which often stop you finishing a game. The UI is terrible, vehicles are OP or broken with hovercrafts climbing buildings or getting more kills running people over that gun play. Servers are laggy. I'm giving it 1 for the BC2 maps in portal but they are not up to the original. No campaign so the could concentrate on Multiplayer and they only give you 2 modes and a handful of guns. Avoid this game!!!… Expand
  36. Kevswagg
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    When you build a game around a monetization model rather than creating a fun game then figuring out a way to monetize it.
  37. Luke-Nukem
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    This isn't Battlefield, and with such foundations there's no chance it will ever be.

    There are other franchises that want to be Battlefield and do so more than this does. I can't add more than whats already been said. I envy non fans who don't share this disappointment. There's no fixing it, and hoping has proved a waste of time. it's time to let it die.
  38. Chesq00
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    The game plays poorly unless your PC was built by NASA itself or you have cash to burn in this shortage of microtransistors, optimization is basically non-existent, maps are bigger than ever but feel super empty and specialists and end-game phrases are cheesy and cringey, gunplay is broken since there's a random bullet deviation "bug" that they didn't even seem to test ??? The game is soThe game plays poorly unless your PC was built by NASA itself or you have cash to burn in this shortage of microtransistors, optimization is basically non-existent, maps are bigger than ever but feel super empty and specialists and end-game phrases are cheesy and cringey, gunplay is broken since there's a random bullet deviation "bug" that they didn't even seem to test ??? The game is so bad that I decided to create a metacritic account to write my first ever review and I honestly hope this game is forced to become better due to massive drops in player counts. Media is calling this "review bombing" like we're to blame for not being paid as they are to like the game. I enjoy BF3, BF4, BF1, BF5 and even Hardline and some BFBC2 along with BF 1942 but this is absolutely terrible in all aspects and feels like a BR game that turned to big FPS in the last minute with a poorly stuck Battlefield sticker on its forehead.… Expand
  39. AbysmalHollow
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    This is a poor excuse of a Battlefield game. Sloppily put together, poorly optimized for pc, and full of game breaking bugs. Unfinished and unpolished. Just avoid this game at all cost. I'm so glad I could play this for free, because if I had to pay for this game I'd be livid.
  40. Knowbodie
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    Battlefield since post BF1 has proven how disconnected they are with their fans/community, and BF2042 represents how disconnected they truly are. The major selling point to many of Battlefield titles previously was the use of teamwork & playing the uniquely crafted objective in order to defeat the opposing team. It seems that the franchise has done away with such a fun/enjoyable niche andBattlefield since post BF1 has proven how disconnected they are with their fans/community, and BF2042 represents how disconnected they truly are. The major selling point to many of Battlefield titles previously was the use of teamwork & playing the uniquely crafted objective in order to defeat the opposing team. It seems that the franchise has done away with such a fun/enjoyable niche and substituted a cash-grabbing scheme just as every other AAA franchise has seemingly done.

    Without mentioning the MOUNTAIN of performance issues the game comes with, these I feel are fundamentally wrong for a BF title and as a long-time BF fan, I was thoroughly disappointed in seeing:

    -OPERATORS: The absolute worst thing to happen to this game; there is no distinguishing between friendlies and enemies for factions such as RU vs. US, or Team1 vs. Team2. Instead, in an attempt for players to buy new skins, players, and even gadgets included with the players, (potential pay-to-win scenario) DICE has made it so players can only select Operators/Heroes/Characters for both sides of the fight (They look the same for both sides) with unique gadgets previously held by 4 classes in past titles with their faction related skins. Other than the red indicator and other red chemlight/glowing features, there is no difference between the US & RU variant of the "Espinoza" Specialists.

    NO MORE CLASSES: Additionally, any gadget can now be paired with any Specialist, paving the way for more potential problems with meta, unrealistic, and non-immersive gameplay that so many BF fans used to love. It shows that DICE is willing to sacrifice the core functionality of their games in order to make more money and develop a business model off of their franchise. I have personally never seen such a lack of team-based gameplay in a BF game throughout my 20+ years of playing. With a 30-second timer to be revived I find myself constantly bleeding out unnecessarily.

    Overall, BF2042 has proven to not retain their core values/niche mechanics that the fans of the ongoing franchise seemed to love so much, and never asked to change. I genuinely hope pessimistically that this will be addressed and fixed, or I will no longer have hope in DICE which is heartbreaking. I hope that others that feel the same way voice their opinions en mass so that we can finally get an answer as to why something was fixed that was not broken in the first place.    … Expand
  41. Mattigins
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Game crashes, server join errors, class interface glitches out can’t swap character or weapons.

    Hazard zone is terrible.

    Conquest feels like there is 0 team work and communications.

    The guns spray patterns are all over the place.

    They can fix this but it’s going to take a monumental effort.

    There’s a diamond hidden inside this hunk of ****
  42. malabak
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Releasing unfinished games needs to stop. Also if you are expecting on par game with other battlefield games this isn't it. Its a lazy attempt to become like cod/apex.
  43. Aliliwaa
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    Don't be a fool like me to throw 120$ for this trash game. I've been a battlefield fan since battlefield 2 (2005) and I have witnessed all the crappy lunches of all the series, THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT! The problem in 2042 is the core game itself and it's design, And this can't be reversed with a patch or update. The aiming, movement, environment, weapons, vehicles and the sandbox feeling allDon't be a fool like me to throw 120$ for this trash game. I've been a battlefield fan since battlefield 2 (2005) and I have witnessed all the crappy lunches of all the series, THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT! The problem in 2042 is the core game itself and it's design, And this can't be reversed with a patch or update. The aiming, movement, environment, weapons, vehicles and the sandbox feeling all feel different in a very bad way that makes you think that you're playing some free to play game called apex of duty: battlefield edition. Even if all the glitches and bugs were fixed, This game would still a medicore game you get for 10$ at some ebay listing. Its really sad this what we get after all the hype for destruction, teamwork, sandbox clusterfuk fights and the good feeling of the whole team is giving all they got to complete the objective. And PLEASE don't believe the people talking about the Portal, It's indeed fun and everything but there is no progress over there, No ranks, No XP, No unlocks, It's only good for some nostalgia of how this game was great one day.… Expand
  44. Joglestile
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    They ruined BF franchise with destroying old class system. The game itself is not that bad, there are some things that are good, but the new direction that BF is heading is wrong. We don't need specialists, we don't need hazard zone, for which specialists were added in first place, we don't need 128 players if maps are THAT huge. 2 points for BF portal, but for now this game sucks.
  45. Lendithron
    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.    … Expand
  46. thefilip
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    This is what happens when you don't listen to your fans and community. From what I can see they tried making Battleroyal that nobody asked for. Then someone decided in the last few months to change that to classic BF with Portal and Hazardzone that no one plays. Aaand now we have this abomination with cringe specialists, 22 guns, big useless maps, minimal destruction and random bulletThis is what happens when you don't listen to your fans and community. From what I can see they tried making Battleroyal that nobody asked for. Then someone decided in the last few months to change that to classic BF with Portal and Hazardzone that no one plays. Aaand now we have this abomination with cringe specialists, 22 guns, big useless maps, minimal destruction and random bullet deviation. Also no scoreboard, no voice chat, no stats, UI is atrocious and the list goes on. I can understand bugs and some tech stuff, and that can be fixed. But my expectations are so low about core gameplay fixes. They will ditch this game like BFV, and move on. I subscribed to EA Play Pro for 15e so I can test it, and I feel bad for even giving them this amount of money. I can't imagine how people who pre ordered Gold and Unlimited edition feel right now. I wouldn't recommend this game even to my enemy. It's terrible. I played every BF game since 1942, there were bad launches. But this, this is something else this is the end of BF franchise.… Expand
  47. Moosenak
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    3/10 is the best I can give it. The game is just not finished. Hit regulation doesn’t work on anything but an SMG for some reason. I’ve always liked sniping in battlefield, and crosshair on the head at 50 meters never seems like a gamble; the assault rifles are even worse. Having all gear available to everyone is just a bad call. Everyone runs around with a rocket launcher and ammo.3/10 is the best I can give it. The game is just not finished. Hit regulation doesn’t work on anything but an SMG for some reason. I’ve always liked sniping in battlefield, and crosshair on the head at 50 meters never seems like a gamble; the assault rifles are even worse. Having all gear available to everyone is just a bad call. Everyone runs around with a rocket launcher and ammo. Because of this, team play is pretty much gone. For the guys that want to run and gun, they just rock ammo plates. They really need to make class load outs for specialists. 128v128 just feels like too much. The chaos of certain zones seems cool in theory, but it’s just a massive FPS loss where everyone is shooting from every corner. I’d really like a 64v64 option. The graphics are awesome? I guess that’s something? There’s very little destruction that we sorta expect out of BF games, but, okay, I’ll give it to them. The game looks good. They have a lot to work on. I wouldn’t buy it, but it’s worth the 15 bucks on EAs game pass if you wanna try it out.… Expand
  48. Hara2
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    This is the worst fps I've played in a long time. the game runs between 60 and 120 frames on my 3090 OC and 7 5800X on low settings on 1440p. Hit reg is awful, bullet travel time is way too long and bullet drop feels weird. Bugs and game breaking glitches all the way through and a hideous UI. there are like 20 weapons including only 4 assault rifles. ONLY 4!!!! The weapon customization isThis is the worst fps I've played in a long time. the game runs between 60 and 120 frames on my 3090 OC and 7 5800X on low settings on 1440p. Hit reg is awful, bullet travel time is way too long and bullet drop feels weird. Bugs and game breaking glitches all the way through and a hideous UI. there are like 20 weapons including only 4 assault rifles. ONLY 4!!!! The weapon customization is awful and the menus are so so bad. Maps are way too big for 128 players and the battlefield portal isn't that great either. It's hard to say anything good really about this game except that the weapon sounds are great.… Expand
  49. Attent
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    No scoreboards.
    No classes.
    No destruction.
    No servers.
    No stats.
    No chat.

    You cant play with more than 3 friends on same server.

    Dont buy it! Play 10h trial and throw this game to trash
  50. Handwrecker
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    I have been eagerly anticipating the next Battlefield. Despite this game being in “early access” week, it’s worse than the beta. After four days, I’m quickly losing interest.

    A quick list of issues: - Huge drop in frame rate from beta. Early Access BF2042 only uses ~60% of GPU and less cores of CPU than beta. - Lag makes game unplayable. Even on wired Ethernet of ~23ms, rubberbanding    I have been eagerly anticipating the next Battlefield. Despite this game being in “early access” week, it’s worse than the beta. After four days, I’m quickly losing interest.

    A quick list of issues:

    - Huge drop in frame rate from beta. Early Access BF2042 only uses ~60% of GPU and less cores of CPU than beta.

    - Lag makes game unplayable. Even on wired Ethernet of ~23ms, rubberbanding happens every single match.

    - No server browser for Dice servers. Cannot find best ping or desired maps. Can only select lowest ping of community maps, where XP doesn’t count due to bot farming lobbies being rampant.

    - Gameplay feels less like Battlefield and more like CoD. Just grab the SMG (PP-29) that has no recoil and shoots across the map. Throw some tac sprint in for good measure.

    - Hovercraft farms entire 2042 lobbies, climbs buildings, flies through the air and flips tanks. Hop in and rack up those points.

    - Still hard to identify enemy over friendly. Have easily mistaken enemy Mackay for the friendly Mackay nearby.

    Hopefully things will improve. At this point, game is hard to enjoy.    … Expand
  51. buttfield2042
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    DICE and EA have really lost the thread on this one. Everything that once made Battlefield a unique title is gone and washed away in a futile attempt to appeal to the Fortnight and CoD masses. Sadly even MW2019's Ground War felt more like a Battlefield game than 2042.

    At this point, we have already lowered the bar enough that bugs are expected on a Battlefield launch. What is    DICE and EA have really lost the thread on this one. Everything that once made Battlefield a unique title is gone and washed away in a futile attempt to appeal to the Fortnight and CoD masses. Sadly even MW2019's Ground War felt more like a Battlefield game than 2042.

    At this point, we have already lowered the bar enough that bugs are expected on a Battlefield launch. What is inexcusable, however, is the awful "Operator" system, the empty map design, the awful buggy gunplay, and the lack of destruction.

    I have cancelled my pre-order. I doubt this one will be good even after waiting a few months. The problems go right to the core game design.    … Expand
  52. MetalMcKie
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    No scoreboard
    Class system replaced with specialists which do not fit well or benefit the game.
    No easy way for large groups of friends to remain on the same server / game. No Platoons / tags No communication with the other team Vehicle call in instead of capturing a point and taking control of a zone which would spawn a tank giving strategic advantage to specific flag. Gun play is    No scoreboard
    Class system replaced with specialists which do not fit well or benefit the game.
    No easy way for large groups of friends to remain on the same server / game.
    No Platoons / tags
    No communication with the other team
    Vehicle call in instead of capturing a point and taking control of a zone which would spawn a tank giving strategic advantage to specific flag.
    Gun play is weak at best.
    Maps are large but empty and poorly designed making it almost impossible to advance on foot
    Sounds are base heavy and lack any treble, the sound of a rocket hitting a tank sound more like someone stamping on a wet sponge . (using steelseries arctis pro headset)
    Graphics are odd / not good. Somehow they manage to be both soft and have hard outlines on objects. Seems somewhat cartoonish.
    Performance is poor. DLSS somehow reduced fps for me and also resulted in an effect like a swarm of bees in the peripheral vision, had to turn it off. (RTX 3080 plus OC i7 8700K) 60 to 75 FPS aprox on Ultra.
    Almost impossible to get a tank, heli etc with call in system. (they need to spawn on captured points!
    No enough guns in general.
    Also due to lack of class system you rank up unlocking random weapons and not a specific weapon type, i.e. cant focus on Assault weapons or sniper rifles etc.

    If you haven't bought it yet then don't or they aren't going to fix it.    … Expand
  53. vtaliaferro
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Ever ate a pizza you only put in the oven for 5 minutes? That's how this game would taste.
  54. ahmdreza
    Nov 17, 2021
    3
    Game is unfinished. Many bugs, bad Performance and more.
    Im very dissapointed from DICE.
  55. Zfighter2500
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    Can't even play the game. Game keeps crashing at the start up. The beta had a better experience than the base game.
  56. Bhp123
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    Terrible game. So many bugs.

    Not fun. They ruined this series.

    Do not buy.
  57. Mickey_x1999
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    I'm battlefield veteran I played BF3, 4 HL,1 and v and to be honest this is the worst battlefield I played. I played other FPS games like insurgency COD and R6S, BF was always my favorite but after BFV things started to change they added elites to BF V and started copying other games like R6 and COD, this new battlefield is mixture of Apex and R6 with some COD.
    If you ask a real BF player    I'm battlefield veteran I played BF3, 4 HL,1 and v and to be honest this is the worst battlefield I played. I played other FPS games like insurgency COD and R6S, BF was always my favorite but after BFV things started to change they added elites to BF V and started copying other games like R6 and COD, this new battlefield is mixture of Apex and R6 with some COD.
    If you ask a real BF player who played the previous games they will definitely tell you this game is not battlefield, EA is just hungry for money.    … Expand
  58. metaBrad66
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    Complete Garbage.

    Premium price for something that you wouldnt play for free. No one wants Battlefield to be Call of Duty. No scoreboard.. no scores. Just experience points. This is the worst battlefield to date. The only even slight redemption is Portal Mode so you can play the games they used to make.. That is a sad indictment of a franchise. Do not give any money to this    Complete Garbage.

    Premium price for something that you wouldnt play for free.

    No one wants Battlefield to be Call of Duty.

    No scoreboard.. no scores. Just experience points.

    This is the worst battlefield to date. The only even slight redemption is Portal Mode so you can play the games they used to make.. That is a sad indictment of a franchise.

    Do not give any money to this company until they produce a proper game.    … Expand
  59. Brollo
    Nov 18, 2021
    3
    I have played every Bf in history ..ok ok I know I'm old.
    This isn't Battlefield game, this is some sort of Frankenstein monstrosity!
    Dead bodies of Warzone, Apex, Tarkov and slice of BF put together and reanimated as some sort of mutant of the game. Don't buy! I waisted £60 on this experiment and feel so stupid for preordering this steaming pile of dead game-parts ! Super bad:    I have played every Bf in history ..ok ok I know I'm old.
    This isn't Battlefield game, this is some sort of Frankenstein monstrosity!
    Dead bodies of Warzone, Apex, Tarkov and slice of BF put together and reanimated as some sort of mutant of the game.
    Don't buy! I waisted £60 on this experiment and feel so stupid for preordering this steaming pile of dead game-parts !

    Super bad:
    -sound positioning is crime against humanity, atrocity level nonsense. Why employ deaf ppl as sound engineers?
    -UI - why employ blind person to create UI . I'm sorry, blind person would do better job. UI looks like random sh@t put together by website building software operated by monkey.
    -guns or rather Nerfguns - why employ pacifist to program bullet spread?
    -no squad control - why employ antisocial person to design social features?
    -no leaderboard- why? simply why? social justice ? equality? hurt fillings ? Competitiveness=Bad white men?
    -Maps - I'm lost on flat plains of idiocy

    Good:
    The game doesn't fry graphic cards!

    Excellent:
    Portal - but only when core game is fixed and new maps added    … Expand
  60. Willyo
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    This is not a Battlefield title, this is a COD reskin using the Frostbite engine and somehow ended up being worse than any COD title.

    Petition to call this thing: "Call of Battle: Modern Warfield Legends 2077"
  61. ScottTheLot98
    Nov 18, 2021
    4
    Guns feel way too weak not a fan of the specialist system and very frustrating
  62. 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.
  63. 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
  64. Raresh
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Ohhhh yeaaahhh, This game suuuucks.

    I loved BF3 so much, why can't they LITERALLY take that, add some futuristic vehicles/weapons and sell it as a DLC instead?
  65. Age_Atomic
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    What an absolute mess. Plays like s***, looks like s***, sounds like s*** and takes so long to load I could probably go for a s*** while waiting for the game to fire up.

    During the beta, I played on Series X and had a good time. Was really impressed with the weather systems and enjoyed burning around in vehicles with a hurricane chasing. This PC version is a shambles. I have a decent    What an absolute mess. Plays like s***, looks like s***, sounds like s*** and takes so long to load I could probably go for a s*** while waiting for the game to fire up.

    During the beta, I played on Series X and had a good time. Was really impressed with the weather systems and enjoyed burning around in vehicles with a hurricane chasing.

    This PC version is a shambles. I have a decent rig with a 2080ti which usually has no issues running games at 1440p on high settings especially when the game has DLSS. Here I'm struggling to scrape 30fps with settings at medium and DLSS on performance. On high graphics settings and DLSS set to quality it still looks awful.

    I'm really disappointed with what EA and Dice have put out here. To the point, I personally won't switch over and play on XB instead. I'll just wait for Halo to drop.    … Expand
  66. kirby667
    Nov 13, 2021
    2
    Gameplay wise it might be a step down from BF4. The gameplay is extremely unfocused. More than anything else though, the biggest issue is that there is no server browser for anything except portal mode. This move is so **** stupid and annoying. I cannot fathom how they could think it was a good idea to remove the **** SERVER BROWSER. In a game like this each map can play very different andGameplay wise it might be a step down from BF4. The gameplay is extremely unfocused. More than anything else though, the biggest issue is that there is no server browser for anything except portal mode. This move is so **** stupid and annoying. I cannot fathom how they could think it was a good idea to remove the **** SERVER BROWSER. In a game like this each map can play very different and taking the ability to choose what servers and maps you want to play on is so god damn stupid. ****

    Specialist add nothing good to the game, they only make it worse. If they want to make fans happy they should completely remove them and all the gadgets that come with them. Absolutely all of it is garbage.

    EA, they just can't make a game without ruining it first.

    The only thing good about this game is portal. They messed up the core experience so bad that what's going to happen is everyone is just going to play portal and set the game type settings to basically fix the issue by removing specialists and letting you join via a server browser. The one thing they did right was give players the tools to fix their crappy gameplay experience.    … Expand
  67. Jbx
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Hur kan man misslyckas så radikalt med ett spel?

    Hur kan man låta pk-agendor styra ens vinstdrivande produkter?

    Sparka ledningen, gör om allt från grunden, LÅT UNDERHÅLLNING STÅ UTANFÖR POLITIKEN! Genom att låta er produkt styras av politiska agendor bevisar ni att nuvarande ledning är svag och vek, beviset på detta är spelets nuvarande betyg över hela världen!
  68. Royalty1G
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Not a good game, doesnt even feel like a BF game anymore. Feels like DICE has forgot a lot of good things they've done and just make mediocre stuff now.
  69. spriddleriddle
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    One of the worst Battlefield of all time. The Game has no soul, no passion, no real core. It feels like a copy of many games mixed together. It feels like some kind of mobile version. This is so sad to see Battlefield go down the drain this hard. This is so sad..... so disappointed....
  70. dontknowanymore
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Professional Demarketing by EA/Dice, not just completely ignoring the fanbase, but actively working against it.
    It has become obvious that neither the publisher nor the developers have an interest in continuing the series and are trying to drive players away from the product. The companies goal is to destroy the FPS community gathered around 'battlefield' for more than 20 years.
    Their    Professional Demarketing by EA/Dice, not just completely ignoring the fanbase, but actively working against it.
    It has become obvious that neither the publisher nor the developers have an interest in continuing the series and are trying to drive players away from the product. The companies goal is to destroy the FPS community gathered around 'battlefield' for more than 20 years.
    Their latest strike against their loyal consumers is the "anti toxicity" mandate:
    Removing ingame chat, removing voice chat, removing playing with more than 3 friends, removing spectator mode, removing scoreboard, removing server browser, removing stats page... the list continues.
    This way no organization by communication is possibly and also no snowflake can get hurt.    … Expand
  71. Excmer
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Такое чувство что мне продали гнилой огрызок В серии BATTLEFIELD это часть игры даунгрейдилась настолько сильно что слов нет Графика отстой готов так 2012 Звук просто отличный Интерфейс ужасный и не удобный мини карта на столько мала что нужно играть с лупой почему не сделают чтобы его можно было настроить под себя Оптимизация игры ужамна просадк фпс каждые 5 минут
    Оружие слишком мало также касается и карт 7 карт которые придумали и 6 карт из старых серий игры    … Expand
  72. snstrdh
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Joke of a game. Hillariously poor attempt at going for the current FPS trends and picking all the bad ones in the process. Poorly designed specialist cast with select few gadgets being way more useful than the rest. Random recoil that makes shooting past 50m a gamble. Measly 22 guns with most of the attachments giving exactly same "benefits" (btw, what kind of a tactical foregrip willJoke of a game. Hillariously poor attempt at going for the current FPS trends and picking all the bad ones in the process. Poorly designed specialist cast with select few gadgets being way more useful than the rest. Random recoil that makes shooting past 50m a gamble. Measly 22 guns with most of the attachments giving exactly same "benefits" (btw, what kind of a tactical foregrip will DECREASE your accuracy while static?). Unnecessary big maps with twice the player count fail to bring anything new to the series, except tanking fps even on high-end PC's. And the list goes on.… Expand
  73. Kacke123
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    I am so glad, that I only bought the trial for 1€ with Xbox gamepass. After 2 hours of playing the game I am bored to death. TTK is so bad. Trash Specialists. Doesn't feel like Battlefield at all, just another abomination made by DICE.

    Thanks for nothing! Back to BF4 I guess...
  74. Ray16
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    BF2042 looks and plays like an F2P game from China. There is no war atmosphere at all, goofy voicelines from these specialists, the gunplay/movement is a step backwards compared to BFV and unfortunately the sound design is also trash. That they replaced the class system was also a big mistake. There is simply no more team play. This game is just so soulless..
  75. onlysy66
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Bugs after bugs in 30fps, only have 4 ar, 3 pistol. Nothing but a waste of money
  76. Coolbreezetg6
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Worst fps ever made Worst fps ever made Worst fps ever made Worst fps ever made
  77. Fedeeh666
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    The payed reviews from EA in metacritics list says "Battlfield 2042 is the most completed battlefield" ahahahah we dont even have leaderboards, 4 rifles, 3 handguns, CSGO have more.
  78. 2042suckschlong
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    By far the worst game I've ever played in my life. Instead of 2 steps forward this game takes 200 steps backwards.
    The UI/UX makes me wanna kms,
    No descrution.
    No classes.
    Everyone and there mom carries rocket launchers
    No stats
    No server browser.
    Need a refund
  79. Narberall
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    EA just took a dump on my computer. Game is trash and belongs in bin. Don't waste your money on this, it's not worth it at all.
  80. nisic1
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    game is trash. removed everything that made battlefield battlefield and added random elements from titles like call of duty modern ware fare but decided to pick the worst parts of that game and bring them over. This is the worst title they have ever produced hands down.
  81. eefernet
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    This game needs another 9 months of development. The 2042 base game only has 22 weapons. Performance is terrible (i have a 5950x and a rtx 3080 paired with 64 gigs of ram) and was sticking around 40 -50 fps. Hazard zone is like the developers took all of the trending things about battle royale and shoved it into a game mode. There are only two game modes in the base game (what happened toThis game needs another 9 months of development. The 2042 base game only has 22 weapons. Performance is terrible (i have a 5950x and a rtx 3080 paired with 64 gigs of ram) and was sticking around 40 -50 fps. Hazard zone is like the developers took all of the trending things about battle royale and shoved it into a game mode. There are only two game modes in the base game (what happened to grand operations?) breakthrough and conquest. I understand that there is portal and hazard zone, but even with those extra game modes the game feels empty. The UI is terrible, and the plus system where you can change attachments on your weapon on the "fly" feels like they thought it looked cool and shoved it in the game. Personally, i think its trash. Specialists, lack of weapon customization, empty and boring maps, graphics that look slightly worse than battlefield V, this game is a mess.

    things that are broken
    -the new filler ai (running into walls, crashing into random things, aiming into the sky)
    -connection to servers (usual battlefield launch)
    -audio sounds like im in a fish bowl
    -the t menu in portal mode is completely broken (only way to customize your gun)
    -performance and frame rate issues, random crashes (i feel like the beta performed better)
    -hit reg
    -some sights on the guns are completely off
    -muzzle flash on guns is so bright i cannot see what im shooting at.
    -NO SCORE BOARD?????????????
    -cannot chat with other team, its just my team, squad and that is it.
    - tanks and vics are way too strong, and also have an issue with sights that are not lined up
    - netcode issues (using zip lines is a great way to test this)    … Expand
  82. lillbrorsan
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    The maps are too big and performance is atrocious on PC, still not a finished game.
  83. Jaanus
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    It is somewhat fun, but it’s not Battlefield. Absolutely unfinished and not worth buying. Try again in 2 years.
  84. resh_aykut
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This is not a battlefield game. How could you design this game in 3 years. That must be a joke.
  85. KavkazButcher
    Nov 14, 2021
    5
    Animations
    I will not buy until they improve the animations at least to the level of battlefield 5
  86. przysowiak
    Nov 13, 2021
    2
    It is like 60$ Beta. Full of bugs. On 128 players map I got like 50 FPS. Random hitboxes (and recoil). I got a little joy at Portal maps (BC2 and BF3).
  87. forthtun
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Only the 2nd game that i refunded on steam.

    Really had high hopes for it to be good after playing the beta even though it has alot of bugs and felt like it was a early game that wasn't near finnished. The devs told it was a old build and everything would be good on release. However playing the release, its terrible actually. The game feels like it is atleast a year away from being a    Only the 2nd game that i refunded on steam.

    Really had high hopes for it to be good after playing the beta even though it has alot of bugs and felt like it was a early game that wasn't near finnished. The devs told it was a old build and everything would be good on release.

    However playing the release, its terrible actually. The game feels like it is atleast a year away from being a good release. Everythign feels like it just stressed through, just like a cheap game. Its sad. Terrible performance also with a 9900k and a 3080. Dropping down closer to 50 fps on some maps making it completly unplayable. Often its around 70-90 fps which is also horrible but some might still be able to play fps with that low fps. This is with 1440p. Changing graphics down to medium didn't help either. Graphics and cpu is only around 50-70% which shows the game is hugely unoptimized. And well, with all missing features and half done game, i think optimization is the last thing they're thinking about now.

    Don't buy it yet. Its a unfinnished game.    … Expand
  88. FireWalker
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    I'm really disappointed by this game. I've bought every Battlefield game up until now, but this time they've completely missed the mark. This game has no identity. It feels like a mixture of several other games, and it just doesn't feel like a battlefield game at all. Why try to fix something that isn't broken? Sometimes it's better to stick with what works..
    It seems like they've tried    I'm really disappointed by this game. I've bought every Battlefield game up until now, but this time they've completely missed the mark. This game has no identity. It feels like a mixture of several other games, and it just doesn't feel like a battlefield game at all. Why try to fix something that isn't broken? Sometimes it's better to stick with what works..
    It seems like they've tried to reinvent the wheel when it comes to every aspect of this game.
    There's not even a classic scoreboard in the game, so you can't see how you're doing compared to everyone else, which makes the game feel bland, boring, and not competitive at all.

    They have also removed the traditional class system and instead gone for more of a "hero shooter" approach, with different characters that you can upgrade using microtransactions. The problem with this is that now almost every character looks the same, and it's extremely different to tell the enemy apart from friendlies.
    They've also removed tons of other features that made battlefield unique as a franchise.

    The end result is a game that just feels empty and without identity. The maps are too big and empty, and often times it feels more like a walking simulator now, despite the fact that there are now 128 players.
    The graphics are not really much improved either. In some cases BF5 actually looks better, but yet the game is terribly optimized and runs poorly even on the RTX 3080 in some cases.

    There's not even in-game chat anymore. You can't join the squad you want to join etc. Every server is now also filled with bots, which are not very satisfying to kill. Because you can't see the scoreboard you can't even see how many bots are actually on the server.
    It's pretty clear that this game is not finished yet and should never have been released in this state.

    Seriously, there's not even a scoreboard! A competitive shooter with no scoreboard....

    What's even the point of playing when you can't compare your performance to everyone else? That competitive element is what makes playing games fun. Without such a basic feature it just feels pointless, more like a simulator, which quickly becomes boring, unfortunately.

    If you're looking for that classic "battlefield" experience then you'll be disappointed. It's so bad that I actually canceled my purchase for the first time ever.
    I recommend that you hold off buying this for several months until they've fixed the most critical issues.    … Expand
  89. Shnzo
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Battlefield 2077 is the worst Battlefield I have seen so far even Hardline is a master piece compare to that game...

    Is the dev team just full of intern ? How can a such bad Game design and level design and UI was validated by the top management team ? How can this game get a 80 from the press on Metacritic ? Advice, do not buy the game right now make sure to buy something else for    Battlefield 2077 is the worst Battlefield I have seen so far even Hardline is a master piece compare to that game...

    Is the dev team just full of intern ?
    How can a such bad Game design and level design and UI was validated by the top management team ?
    How can this game get a 80 from the press on Metacritic ?

    Advice, do not buy the game right now make sure to buy something else for Christmas. The game will be on sale in december because of the situation we have right now.    … Expand
  90. durkester
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    It's not battlefield. It's like cod and apex had a baby in the frostbite engine. It's clear the executives have no idea why fans like battlefield games and have never played one themselves. It's like they see the clips on youtube where people jump out of planes to rpg another plane and get back in and thought, oh! So its like just cause. Without understand those moments were rare and hardIt's not battlefield. It's like cod and apex had a baby in the frostbite engine. It's clear the executives have no idea why fans like battlefield games and have never played one themselves. It's like they see the clips on youtube where people jump out of planes to rpg another plane and get back in and thought, oh! So its like just cause. Without understand those moments were rare and hard to pull off and didnt define battlefield, but were fun moments within it. There is no infantry mode. No small maps. No Rush, breakthrough isn't the same, its cheap knockoff of my favorite Rush. This was clearly a BR game that they decided to change last minute and still published when they shouldn't have. They took a franchise many of us loved, battlefield is my favorite franchise ever, and they **** all over it. It's only battlefield in name.… Expand
  91. Dziubasek
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Bug Bug Bug Bug nad Bug … EA and DICE kill the series… Battlefield die, BF 3 was the last game.
  92. 2042isTrash
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Trash... doesn't feel like any other battlefield. no more classes just loadouts they give you some premade loadouts names like the old classes but doesn't matter cause their is none. anyone can use any gun, grenade, support option so unlike before there's no point sticking with one class to get the best items cause cause you unlock them all as you play however. Now we get theseTrash... doesn't feel like any other battlefield. no more classes just loadouts they give you some premade loadouts names like the old classes but doesn't matter cause their is none. anyone can use any gun, grenade, support option so unlike before there's no point sticking with one class to get the best items cause cause you unlock them all as you play however. Now we get these operators that all have some silly special which I admit some are kind of cool while other almost feel like cheating. The guns are very limited and most feel like your running around with a super soaker everyone has a rocket launcher cause again no classes just let everyone use everything.

    Theirs no teamwork cause the only way to communicate is typing in chat and most people only use chat to **** about how bad the game is and ask why is the game lagging? why cant I look around or move? You cant switch to different squad to play with people who actually PTFO.

    Portal was ok kinda cool to see old maps and play them again with "better" graphics.

    Hazard zone is horrid unless you have some friends who want to waste $80 to be unhappy at the same time. Most people who are giving good reviews are shills who don't want to say anything bad about Papa EA don't let them fool you at this moment game is broken from server connection issues to the worse hitboxes in any AAA game. hopefully this hot mess gets fixed.    … Expand
  93. OJB
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    This game seems like Call of Duty rather than Battlefield. The most fun can be found on Portal playing Battlefield 3 maps, the tanks, helis and guns have the right feeling. There are cool items in the main game but I don't find it much fun, there is no team play and full of people shooting you in the back.. It is hard to get an armoured vehicle and progress to get upgrades.
    The game is    This game seems like Call of Duty rather than Battlefield. The most fun can be found on Portal playing Battlefield 3 maps, the tanks, helis and guns have the right feeling. There are cool items in the main game but I don't find it much fun, there is no team play and full of people shooting you in the back.. It is hard to get an armoured vehicle and progress to get upgrades.
    The game is full of bugs, you suddenly can't revive, can't use keyboard. I paid for early access and the progression bug ensured I was locked out for 2 days. Battlefield has lost its way as far as I am concerned.    … Expand
  94. Erroneus
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    The game is not ready for release. FULL STOP.

    Servers are struggling before the full release, with party system failing, with lots of stutter and poor hit registration. PC performance is horrible, where systems that should be able to push above 100 FPS in low/mid 1440p is getting 60ish FPS and massive input lag. Gunplay simply doesn't feel good, the only thing really worth using is the    The game is not ready for release. FULL STOP.

    Servers are struggling before the full release, with party system failing, with lots of stutter and poor hit registration. PC performance is horrible, where systems that should be able to push above 100 FPS in low/mid 1440p is getting 60ish FPS and massive input lag. Gunplay simply doesn't feel good, the only thing really worth using is the sniper, so that's fun for nobody.

    On top of that you have to large maps which lacks content, an awful UI which makes no sense, the lack of QOL features like a FPS cap, eg. in the menu. Oh right, there is no voice chat, which shows how beta this game still is. Yes you read that right, there is no voice chat in a multiplayer shooter game, which has modes that requires team communication.

    Where is the scoreboard? Why can't you crawl when dead? Why doesn't revive works if a player is to close to an object? Why can't players see when a medic is nearby? Where are the destruction of buildings, like we had in the last 3-4 games? Where are the guns and where are the fun guns? The list goes on of features that are lacking, which were present in earlier BF games. The game is not ready for release, not even close.

    Pretty much the only positive addition is Hazard Zone, which could be fun, specially when you have unlocked a proper loadout, just a shame you have to grind in boring modes to really do that.

    At least we have a fun and great campaign like the earlier... oh wait there is no campaign. But at least it's cheaper, oh wait nope still full price.

    What happened DICE?    … Expand
  95. 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
  96. 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????
  97. 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
  98. Nuttydave
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    The only thing this game needs is a remake its shocking. I could list the problems but I think most of the reviewers are listing them already.

    so utterly disappointed.

    Dice and EA need to apologise for allowing people to buy this game and to the battlefield community for letting us all down so hard.
  99. lordserpentus
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    This game is fantastic, i am loving this game. this game is very well optimized. i am playing on a 6700k, with a r9 390 8G GPU, which is actually below minimum hardware, so if i can play and love it, im sure you can too, im on PC. sorry if your on console and having troubles.
  100. benhez
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    RIP The king of FPS..

    ps2 era graphics
    more bugs than an ant farm
    clunky
    broken
    unplayable
    awful effects
    awful sound
    awful gunplay
    operators
    zeroooo content
    zero customisation

    the engine is like a cursed alpha version of previous games

    BF peaked with BF1 and this is just shocking and sad. This should not have been allowed to be released its as bad as cyberpunk
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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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