- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Release Date: Nov 19, 2021
- Also On: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
User Score
Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4864 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 618 out of 4864
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Mixed: 242 out of 4864
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Negative: 4,004 out of 4864
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Dec 3, 2021No sure if those who play only multiplayer like it, given by reviews - not really. I equally enjoy single player games, so no single player campaign is a big, big minus. But even the multiplayer is not much fun at all. Even on ultra, graphics and details look maybe 15 years old. Not worth your money.
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Dec 1, 2021No scoreboard. It hurts my feelings. Stupidly unbalanced maps. Quality of code and UI is below elementary school. Battlefield of bugs and errors. Hovercraft simulator. EA team please, leave. I WANT MY STORY BACK!
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Nov 26, 2021
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Nov 19, 2021Larger Maps - Who asked for this?
120 Players - Again, who was this for?
Operations - Copy Rainbow 6 Siege
Movement - Copy Call of Duty
Gunplay - Pfff, who cares!?!
Utter Garbage. -
Dec 3, 2021Should of been called 20-42fps
This is not battlefield its glitchfield.
The Specialists are the worst part they are super cringe they tried to copy COD but it fell on its head.
Then in patch #3 they literally broke the game cos the mouse no longer works.
One good thing is you can play the old BF games now. -
Nov 21, 2021
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Dec 4, 2021Sorry, I don't play Fortnite...........................................................
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Dec 2, 2021The level design is one of the worst in the series, specially on maps like Hourglass and Kaleidoscope for breakthrough. The lack of content is also noticeable, lack of guns, vehicle modifications, and the FREAKING SCOREBOARD. There are MOMENTS of fun to be had here, but as a person who loved BF3 and BF4, DICE really dropped the ball on this.
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Nov 21, 2021The game has potential but was definitely rushed. There are numerous bugs and there isn't any optimization. Save your money and wait a year.
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Nov 28, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 19, 2021
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Jun 24, 2022I'll put about as much effort into my review, as the devs put into this game.
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Dec 2, 2021I will give it a three because when I can load into a game and play an entire match, it is great fun; however, reloading every 15 minutes because of CTD's or not being able to join a game is infuriating. EA should be refunding anyone who purchased and played this rubbish in he first four weeks of release
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Nov 21, 2021
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Feb 14, 2022
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Feb 6, 2022Dice you're doing everything wrong. How could you go down like this with such potential and such a fan base?
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Nov 17, 2021
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Jan 9, 2022
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Nov 20, 2021Awfull game, no scorebord, less destruction this game is a downgrade and waay to arcade. The fly gimmic is annoying and take away all the fun. The weather effects are cool but who cares if the game sucks. There are less weapons no voice chat. The game is a dead soul.
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Sep 9, 2023
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Mar 4, 2022The gunplay is just so soggy. Everything about the Aesthetic and marketing screams "arcade shooter" but then even by battlefield standards everything is slow and muddy. 2042 is like the damp potato chip of Battlefield games.
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Nov 19, 2021Its just a dissapointment, what a shame ,what a shame, i never believed that i returned to Battlefield 4, back when devs KNOW how to develope a game, this game is unfinished,full of bugs, and simply those Dice stupid dev wont just listen to players.
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Nov 20, 2021Buy the game in pre reserve and so far I still haven't been able to play encrivel that seems like I've done everything and the soldier keeps spinning without stopping , I play only bugs , I play rubbish
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Dec 3, 2021
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Jan 9, 2022
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Nov 19, 2021Terrible Lag. Terrible Hit Registration. Pathetic amount of weapons available. Maps are poorly designed. No classes. Specialists such. This is not battlefield
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Nov 21, 2021This type of effort is what is going to cause the next video game crash. If you pay into this and come up with excuses your part of the problem. Stop buying unfinished games and maybe, MAYBE, they'll stop releasing them like this.
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Dec 1, 2021
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Jan 11, 2022Garbage ! Pls fix the game !!!!!
This is just a lame money grab . 100e for ultimate variant what a joke -
Feb 3, 2022Unfinished game, do not recommend buying, lots of gameplay issues, not sure why they would release the game in this state.
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Mar 27, 2022Don't bother. Waste of money.
Operators, too large maps and too few modes killed the game for pretty much everyone.
Hope it was worth to invest more money into an Anti-cheat than the actual game. -
Nov 17, 2021
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Nov 19, 2021poor performance even with modern and high-end hardware, lots of bugs, bad netcode, poor interface, lacks destruction effects, bad art effects and lacks art director, lacks a decent server browser, some lags even with low ping, very expensive for it delivers!
Only Portal mode makes me play this game! -
Apr 20, 2022The game is very bad, here are some points:
- Extremely poor optimization for PC (my computer can run GOW 1440p ultra settings at 90 fps but cant run bf 2042 at 60).
- Lack of content
- The game itself is bad
- Poor gameplay mechanics
- Many many many BUGS
- Refund -
Nov 20, 2021Poorly optimized,
garbage netcode,
**** Huge map ( unnecessary ),
no other game mode expect official conquest, no **** TDM or rash ( portal is **** ),
Limited weapon,
complicated menu. . .and more
i didn't expect this kind of **** from Battlefield. . .EA killed battlefield franchise. its sad but true.
i love battlefield but now its dead. -
Aug 30, 2022The updates have made this game slightly better, but it still lacks content that other games had before.
It still should be a free to play entry. -
Nov 19, 2021They should have delayed for another 9 months. This is an example of AAA games is all about money. Only company I trust in 2021 is FromSoft for making complete games. It's a shame what video game industry has become. It's all about money. Quick money. No heart, no soul.
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Jan 15, 2022
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Nov 17, 2021The servers are rubber banding every match. Bugs from joining up with friends to grey out screen to load out picks and etc.
It's a backwards direction for them. They left the identity of Battlefield behind in favour of a apex / cod style game. I would stay away until the patch alot of it if touch it at all -
Jan 5, 2022
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Dec 3, 2021
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Feb 2, 2022It's just not Battlefield anymore, such a shame ! BF4, BF1 is much better. Even Battlefield V and its stupid choices is better... Amazing.
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Jan 27, 2022Pile of dead trash.
They litteraly dont care, they got your money.
Cant belive people still brought it after beta. -
Jun 9, 2022i7 6700k 4.5GHz and rtx 3070 in fight on all low setting give for me 30-45fps
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Nov 18, 2021
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Jan 8, 2022I think the other reviews explain really well all the wrong things with this turd. I'm just here doing my part.
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Feb 6, 2022
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Mar 18, 2022I'm giving this game an actual honest to earth ZERO of a score because it truly is "unplayable". The meme became a reality.
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Nov 21, 2021
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Jan 17, 2022
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Dec 4, 2021tsk tsk tsk,, i thought Battlefield 5 was bad - it turned it was at least decent. but this one is..it's...sad. I rate this game "Trophy of participation/out of 10".
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Jan 16, 2022
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Jan 16, 2022Broken recoil system at launch making almost all guns unusable. Lack of balance, vehicles devastate infantry and especially broken locking system for AA missile makes impossible to shut down helis and jets. They added many interesting mechanics but all for nothing because of the number of bugs. This game is in alpha stage and the release should be postponed by at least a year.
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Nov 26, 2021Dead **** for only 60$. EA should get some whores with AIDS with all this money that people spent on preorders of this ****
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Dec 6, 2021Black Screen start ups, hard crashes, poor maps, and the soul has been ripped out of this game. Save yourself, money and time. Go play BF4 for a year maybe they'll get this trash fire out to turn out dlc skins to buy.
Welcome to Battlefield: Apex -
Jan 29, 2022
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Dec 2, 2021
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Aug 27, 2023Yes, compared to ALL other Battlefields, 2042 is the worst Battlefield in history!
Even in 2023 it feels like a beta.
I will never buy a Battlefield game again in my life unless they manage to release a decent Battlefield twice in a row. -
Nov 26, 2021This game is unplayable, the game can't prepare more than 30-35 fps on Ryzen 2600 (graphics settings doesn't matter, GPU utilization of my RTX 3070 never goes above 60%), and it's even worse if you start start shooting to someone
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Nov 19, 2021Worstest battlefield, Extremaly bad optimization, No destruction as had last battlefield, no chat voice, no servers, It looks like a poor finishied game, I also I'm never accepted EA abandoned Star Wars battlefront II, It doesn't gonna buy this game! how it also an protest!
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Nov 30, 2021
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May 26, 2022After the latest update, the controller does not work.. wow! Everytime technical problems despite of thousands of updates amd everytime need to update the game before playing..annoying.
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Jan 14, 2022Absolute mess of a game, lackluster in every single way possible, only giving it a rate higher than 2 because they added AI and COOP back to the franchise but thats about it.
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Nov 18, 2021Aproveitei que lançaram esse jogo pra comprar o bf4 em promoção. kkkkkkkkkk
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Jun 4, 2022Turned from a game I enjoyed to a game that I never want to open again. The lack of updates and a detailed road map give me absolutely no hope for the future of this game.
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Nov 17, 2021A game clearly in an unfinished state that's been designed by management and forgetting what the Battlfield series is all about.
Portal is the only saving grace with this mess and even then it's only fun for a while.
Don't purchase unless you can get it heavily discounted. Going back to play BF4 -
Nov 20, 2021
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Jan 14, 2022
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Apr 23, 2022
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Feb 2, 2022Ahahah this is the worst game of the year. Totally degraded. They just want our money, but they don't want to make something good. Do not buy it even with 90% discount. This game even not deserve your time, not only money. Better to play Battlefield 4 or Battlefield 1
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Feb 1, 2022Season pass fraud, like if the game would be released from small indi studio in early access. Seems like EA turn every fan boy to hater soon or later.
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Nov 20, 2021I am just so disappointed. This could've been great but it has clearly just been smushed together in a hurry to present something against the competition
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Nov 20, 2021A pure money grab. Everyone who still plays it, shouldn't be allowed to criticize any upcoming game. They are the problem
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Jan 29, 2022Бета тест сырого говна фортнайтоподобной анскильной помойки за 8к окончен. Можно и начать отдавать другим дурачкам за 2к (скидка уже второй раз).
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Nov 19, 2021Very bad gunplay (spread, bloom, recoil), clone wars with no fractions, no team play coz specialists, bad balance between guns, bad optimisation, bad map designe, limited portal guns and them customisation
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Dec 25, 2021
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Mar 22, 2022
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Nov 21, 2021The game is fun when it's not lagging. So basically it's fun for about 5 minutes and then hell breaks loose. Completely ruins the experience.
First thought it was my internet connection but apparently it's just crappy DICE servers as always
I definitely will play again but they will have to fix this mess first -
Jul 14, 2022Ghost and Criterion, two developers that never handled a shooter game, had to try to (and fail to) salvage this title because DICE is a very incompetent studio.
We lost a potentially amazing Need for Speed for this pile of crap. -
Nov 19, 2021(+) Amazing graphics and interesting weather mechanics.
(-) There is a customization of weapons, but too stripped down, and some things differ only in appearance/skin... ...bugs... weapon balance - zero(it can shoot chaotic everywhere in an aiming zone/) ...HUGE maps. VERY HUGE maps. It was extremely unnecessary. -
Nov 30, 2021
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Dec 3, 2021This game is a mess in pre-alpha state. You can't even aim becouse your mouse only works vertical. I deleted folder in my documents and it was fixed for like an hour and then in game suddently mouse stopped working horizontally. This is my last battlefield game.
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Nov 17, 2021
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Jan 14, 2022
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Dec 2, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 20, 2021
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Nov 20, 2021Después de Bfv no lo iba a tocar ni con un palo, pero me toco en un sorteo, y diré que ni gratis vale la pena perder tiempo con esto. Tremenda basura y tremenda poca vergüenza tienen, debería estar prohibido sacar esto así a la venta.
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Mar 18, 2022
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Feb 13, 2022I love Battlefield, I've been playing Battlefield for 10 years, it gave me a lot of good memories. But this game sucks. it has a lot of bugs. Very poorly optimized for hardware. Unfinished at all, not worth anyone buying it. And now EA is going to drop the game. I only have bad memories of it. Bring my battlefield back, EA!
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Nov 19, 2021Honestly the main complaints that I have are the hit boxes and spreads being VERY different than BF4 and other battlefield. There's MANY quality of life issues that would be beneficial, such as a leaderboard, but there are many other exhaustive lists out there.
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Feb 11, 2022Worst BF ever made.
After BF V another broken game.
We need laws to protect us from companies like EA/Activision/Ubisoft. -
Dec 1, 2021Should be called Hoverfield 2042. Maps are broken and have regressed in terms of interactivity 10 years. The UI is atrocious. Why did they remove the scoreboard? It's also impossible to play with friends.
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Mar 5, 2022"I personally Really Like The Game, It Is Buggy But I Think A Few Patches Would Help It, And I Just Am Having A Good Time." - Me In Launch Week. I HATE This Game Now Lol
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Jan 10, 2022It's just EA destroying another game franchise, just another normal day in the game industry.
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May 6, 2022The game has some nice new additions which are overshadowed by the huge amount of negatives BF2042 has,
Buggy, runs poorly, looks ugly, removing a lot of positives that were in the past games, feels like too much of a messy **** and just isn't fun most of the time.
Wait a few months and hopefully then it will be closer to the game we want to play :) -
Nov 20, 2021I said “they cant make worse game than battlefield V” but hey they are good at suprising people
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Feb 3, 2022Gee, another Battlefield game released in a broken and bug-riddled state. WHAT A SHOCK. Also the music sounds bad too. I wouldn't be surprised if the devs just gave up and quit EA entirely.
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Dec 2, 2021made by people who have never played battlefield, even if you did like the new fortnite / overwatch approach to bf the game doesn't even work.
no map destruction, constant crashes, no squad control, no score board, ping systems doesn't work, specialists instead of classes and many more. -
Nov 21, 2021This game doesn't feel finished at all. Riddled with bugs. Poor performance on PC. Really choppy. Hit markers don't work. Spawn issues. Everything that the other reviews talk about.
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Nov 28, 2021Все что мне понравилось в игре, так это робопсы. Все остальное ужасно и не стоит своих денег.
Awards & Rankings
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Feb 15, 2022All 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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Dec 23, 2021The 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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Dec 16, 2021Despite 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.