Battlefield 2042

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  1. Doss86
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Bf4 epic,Bf1 amazing and still my favorite. And to go from that to this crap ?? I dont get how you can release a game as this on the new gen when what you did on last gen was soo amazing :(
  2. VcNuggets
    Nov 13, 2021
    4
    Not impressed in the least. It feels like they totally went arcade mode. Dumb and simple. I keep playing because I spent too much money to not try. Hopefully something happens that changes my mind.

    I can go into some long explanation about some things I don't like but I really just don't feel the game is worth it or worth my time to complain about it. I will say one thing, I rarely    Not impressed in the least. It feels like they totally went arcade mode. Dumb and simple. I keep playing because I spent too much money to not try. Hopefully something happens that changes my mind.

    I can go into some long explanation about some things I don't like but I really just don't feel the game is worth it or worth my time to complain about it.

    I will say one thing, I rarely get much of a sense of accomplishment after a match. Winning or losing, zero, I feel like nothing was gained. This is going to get boring, very quick.    … Expand
  3. NeverWrong
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Disregarding all the bugs and performance issues. The game fails to deliver the Battlefield experience which we all know and love and instead gives us the feeling of a cheap chinese Free-To-Play knock-off based on Modern Warfare 2019.
    For them to fix the fame they would have to rebuild every single map and reintroduce classes along with make the gunplay actually enjoyable.
  4. Ass_hoho
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    unfinished game，worst bf ever.ridiculous gun play experience, empty map.Only 22 weapon at launch.
  5. Migos76
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Poor optimization, bugs, glitches, bad customization, to large maps… It was very bad experience.
  6. Farcrause
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    Its not Battlefield

    No scoreboards.
    No classes.
    No destruction.
    No servers.
    No stats.
    No chat.
  7. Gradedend
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    No scoreboard, no VOIP at launch in a mass multiplayer only fps, unbalanced specialists, no server browser. This is not the battlefield we all know, this is a cheap knock off
  8. Taserwolf
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Missing half the features. Soulless game that lost the spirit of Battlefield, all for the sake of micro transactions and marketing bullet points. Terrible UI, barren maps, 1/4th the weapons BF4 had, no communications. but LOOK! WE HAVE COOL HERO CHARACTERS
  9. s33s33
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Been a player since bf3, I’ve adopted every battlefield (except 2042) since then a bit late. I was excited to actually start this one on time. I know how these games are when they first come out so I wasn’t expecting a perfect game but the state of the game was just laughable. Uninspired maps, horrible gun play and customization, massive graphics downgrade, I could go on and on. Not sureBeen a player since bf3, I’ve adopted every battlefield (except 2042) since then a bit late. I was excited to actually start this one on time. I know how these games are when they first come out so I wasn’t expecting a perfect game but the state of the game was just laughable. Uninspired maps, horrible gun play and customization, massive graphics downgrade, I could go on and on. Not sure what the devs were thinking when deciding the core mechanics for this game. I recently submitted a refund on my purchase and was luckily granted it.… Expand
  10. giantwaste
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Two things this game sucks at:
    1. UI: confusing and not intuitive to use.
    2. Performance on PC. 3080 all low gives you 75 FPS. wtf.
  11. Fifislice
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    My Hardline feeling PTSD returns.. movement feels bad, leveling feels bad, map design feels too open , lacking content lackung gameplay impressions , ps5 controller feeling weird and bad , crossplay kbm vs 0 aim assist at console hmmm… not input based.. hate specialists… teamplay dead AF
  12. sirre0812
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Take the worst and most hated features from the most popular fps games, And add them up. Remove the lots off the loved features from previous bf games, Release it 1 year to early, and you get battlefield 2042
  13. Rolee
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    **** unfinished garbage please DONT BUY IT. I preordered and regretted it like i never did. this should've been the beta not the full released game.
  14. MrAntiM8
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game isn't Battlefield anymore. It's a trash game with no optimization at all. Also, it lacks a ton of content. The few available weapons have all the same attachments. Hit reg is worse than Battlefield 4 release times. Feels like a Cash grab. Also, Scoreboard does not exist because a "Lead Designer" praises himself for the new solution. Servers are **** and rocket launchers does noThis game isn't Battlefield anymore. It's a trash game with no optimization at all. Also, it lacks a ton of content. The few available weapons have all the same attachments. Hit reg is worse than Battlefield 4 release times. Feels like a Cash grab. Also, Scoreboard does not exist because a "Lead Designer" praises himself for the new solution. Servers are **** and rocket launchers does no damage at all or may the vehicle are to strong.… Expand
  15. JeanGamer
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    Where to begin...
    I love BF. I have been playing since BF3. I have bought and played every since then.
    This game is bad. It is not only a performance issue. Also, gameplay, in general, is bad. Bullets spread randomly. The object icons block your view. They made the Attachment system so complicated to use. Maps are way too big. Not a server browser for the main game... Like why? You really    Where to begin...
    I love BF. I have been playing since BF3. I have bought and played every since then.

    This game is bad. It is not only a performance issue. Also, gameplay, in general, is bad. Bullets spread randomly. The object icons block your view. They made the Attachment system so complicated to use. Maps are way too big. Not a server browser for the main game... Like why? You really can not squad up with friends. The scoreboard is missing...Again, why? Specialists really do not belong to this game. 22 guns at launch? The only good thing I could say about this game, it is portal amazing, but its content is very limited. This is not a game you can play for years. I have been a bf fan since BF3, but I really can't defend this game. It is such a mess. It is like BF lost its identity.


    The thing I hate the most is those YouTubers hyping up this game. They are either in EA's payroll or playing a different game cuz this game is far away from the battlefield I grow with and love.    … Expand
  16. dl_mj12
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Despite how its advertised, this is NOT a game for Battlefield fans. The "love letter" to fans is more like a slap in the face. The game has no soul and has dropped most of its key pillars and lot of its features. Very basic features from previous are no longer present. Not including voice comms in 2021? It has the worst UI I've seen in 30 years of gaming. I'm terribly disappointed. IDespite how its advertised, this is NOT a game for Battlefield fans. The "love letter" to fans is more like a slap in the face. The game has no soul and has dropped most of its key pillars and lot of its features. Very basic features from previous are no longer present. Not including voice comms in 2021? It has the worst UI I've seen in 30 years of gaming. I'm terribly disappointed. I cannot overstate how embarrassed I would be if I worked for DICE and contributed to this mess. Well done champs, this is a huge step backwards for the series. One seriously disappointed fan.… Expand
  17. Paradox4g
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    "Disappointment" is the best one word description of Battlefield 2042.
    The beta was already rough but I defended DICE because the build was 3 months old and they seemed to address a lot of the areas of concern from the beta. I was really hoping that specialists would just be removed but unfortunately they made it to the release.
    So this is what we got out of a battlefield game: No    "Disappointment" is the best one word description of Battlefield 2042.
    The beta was already rough but I defended DICE because the build was 3 months old and they seemed to address a lot of the areas of concern from the beta. I was really hoping that specialists would just be removed but unfortunately they made it to the release.

    So this is what we got out of a battlefield game:
    No Scoreboard
    No Classes
    No Stats
    No Chat
    No Server Browser
    Hit Registration is abysmal
    All "Specialists" can be a jack of all trades (Yes even medics as snipers)

    No indication of anyone is close enough to revive you or not.

    I was hyped for this game. I was really hoping for basically a battlefield 4 remaster from this but instead got this Call of Duty experience so I had to refund my ultimate edition of BF 2042 :(

    Maybe the game will be better in a year as that is typically par for the course for games nowadays.    … Expand
  18. wrzooz
    Nov 23, 2021
    3
    No scoreboard,
    No classes,
    No destruction,
    Few servers,
    Portal cheated stats,
    Almost no weapons

    That game would be actually good, if it was called something else.
  19. Wheat-King
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    Just when I thought it couldn't possibly get worse than BFV. EA is completely out of touch with the Battlefield community. Classes are gone, so no rock-paper-scissors anymore. Graphics worse than BF1, Hitreg is atrocious and bugs galore. Poor destruction and too big maps makes it a cross between COD and running simulator. No leaderboard, no thanks. Should have cancelled my pre-order, tookJust when I thought it couldn't possibly get worse than BFV. EA is completely out of touch with the Battlefield community. Classes are gone, so no rock-paper-scissors anymore. Graphics worse than BF1, Hitreg is atrocious and bugs galore. Poor destruction and too big maps makes it a cross between COD and running simulator. No leaderboard, no thanks. Should have cancelled my pre-order, took a chance and got burned.… Expand
  20. Hazah
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    I'll be honest, I was so hyped for this game. This is what led to such disappointment..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Why can't I chat to the enemy team?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    2/10 because it has so much potential, but sadly, as of this date. It is very much wasted.    … Expand
  21. Junglist724
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Performance on pc is god awful. 5950X/3090 here and the framerate is wildly fluctuating between 40 and 150 fps. The In game performance overlay you can enable in the developer console shows CPU frametimes are terrible.

    Aside from performance and bugs there's still so many bad design decisions too: No scoreboard No all chat No leaning for ADS near cover No choosing a squad No    Performance on pc is god awful. 5950X/3090 here and the framerate is wildly fluctuating between 40 and 150 fps. The In game performance overlay you can enable in the developer console shows CPU frametimes are terrible.

    Aside from performance and bugs there's still so many bad design decisions too:

    No scoreboard
    No all chat
    No leaning for ADS near cover
    No choosing a squad
    No server browser
    No map rotation
    No traditional scoring system
    Confusing UI elements
    No clear indicator of fire mode
    No nearby medic indicator when downed
    No way to inform allies you are going to revive(unless specifically playing support)    … Expand
  22. Tactimal
    Nov 13, 2021
    2
    I tried to like it but to many things seem off for this game. Core 2042 got ruined with the introduction of specialists but even without them i still wouldn't like the game. However the lack of decent faction vs faction does keep troubling me and especially because beside Casper, all those specialists are really cringy and have some lame airsoft-like customization. Maps are also way toI tried to like it but to many things seem off for this game. Core 2042 got ruined with the introduction of specialists but even without them i still wouldn't like the game. However the lack of decent faction vs faction does keep troubling me and especially because beside Casper, all those specialists are really cringy and have some lame airsoft-like customization. Maps are also way to big, empty and miss a lot of atmosphere i'm just running and running to get killed by a tank, a chopper or a sniper. Guns are also really bad and it almost seems impossible to hit an enemy, like as if the high ttk wasn't already annoying enough. I tried portal as it looked like it could be the best part of 2042 and the nostalgia is awesome but again it misses soul like the old ones. And Hazard Zone is just a wannabe warzone clone and i don't need any more of that. Battlefield 2042 is just a soulless, buggy mess and tries to be call of duty way too much. I think Portal is the only mode selling this game and they knew the nostalgia would "force" people into buying their abomination. I know It's easier to focus on the bad and i do like the concept, the next-gen experience and vehicles in 2042 and i would want to like the game but you can't really ignore an elephant standing in your house either.… Expand
  23. KiefChris
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    Basically have turned a good war game series into a reskin of Modern Warfare but it with way less guns and maps and no voice chat or in game chat?

    If you're looking for a game to fuel the void that's been left by battlefield 4 or 3, well I'm sorry to say this will not fill it. Probably make the void worse since when you play it you realise the Battlefield genre we once knew is dead...    Basically have turned a good war game series into a reskin of Modern Warfare but it with way less guns and maps and no voice chat or in game chat?

    If you're looking for a game to fuel the void that's been left by battlefield 4 or 3, well I'm sorry to say this will not fill it. Probably make the void worse since when you play it you realise the Battlefield genre we once knew is dead... R.I.P Dice & Battlefield series 1992 - 2013.    … Expand
  24. hoonix
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    i've been a day 1 fan since 1942 and loved BF3 the most so far. I was super excited about portal and the modern setting but boy oh boy... i don't want to make this too long but the major things are not even tiny glitches etc. but the main features are broken.

    - hit detection/ bullet spread is ridiculous... absolutely no fun at all - maps - what a unimaginative and plain mess... every    i've been a day 1 fan since 1942 and loved BF3 the most so far. I was super excited about portal and the modern setting but boy oh boy... i don't want to make this too long but the major things are not even tiny glitches etc. but the main features are broken.

    - hit detection/ bullet spread is ridiculous... absolutely no fun at all
    - maps - what a unimaginative and plain mess... every building is empty and sterile - so are 80% of the maps open areas

    those are the two things that break it for me.
    Portal is a tiny bit "less bad" than the 2042 but it's still far from being good.

    I have hopes for patches but i fear that the game will be dead by then...    … Expand
  25. gdmatt
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    I can't play only get the below error.

    Have reinstalled drivers and the game without any luck.

    DirectX function "m_d3d12PipelineLibrary->StorePipelineStrDx12(key),pipelinestate)" failed with E_UNEXPECTED ("unexpected failure.")
  26. speedfreakz
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This has to be the biggest joke and insult in modern gaming. It was obvious that dice/EA doesn't care about the player base ever since Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V, the place was a breeding ground for hackers and devs- just didn't care. The reporting system was useless, no one even read those reports, and most of the profiles that I reported remained active year after initial reports-This has to be the biggest joke and insult in modern gaming. It was obvious that dice/EA doesn't care about the player base ever since Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V, the place was a breeding ground for hackers and devs- just didn't care. The reporting system was useless, no one even read those reports, and most of the profiles that I reported remained active year after initial reports- so no action was taken. That was a clear F***k you from their side.

    And then it comes this battlefield, don't even know where to start. Lets just say don't waste money on this, better give it top some homeless person to buy drugs or something- that way you are doing something useful.

    There were so many red flags, and in the future if there is no proper gameplay of at least 10 minutes, I will not buy the game.
    I refunded mine today, and it will probably be the last game I ever preordered.

    Screw u dice.
    These big companies deserve to die out, leave the floor for new companies.    … Expand
  27. Losiu
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Game is broken. Releasing game in that condition, for that amount of many is some sad joke.
  28. samstylle
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    I was expecting the best battlefield then released this trash.
    The worst graphics !!!!
    The whole game is recycled!!!
    DAMN YOU STOP WITH THIS METHOD OF RECYCLING.
    I Don't recommend it. Isn't worth even though half price. the worst battlefield game ever.
    What a trash game
  29. WhiteWidowFR
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    The game has great potential.

    The problem is that it is currently untapped and unusable. I sometimes target players who are not affected. Map & physics bug galore Specialists too strong compared to others. The vehicles which and the character who self-heal far too early and far too fast Too many areas where we are uncovered No vocals ... But are they serious? An FPS game    The game has great potential.

    The problem is that it is currently untapped and unusable.

    I sometimes target players who are not affected.
    Map & physics bug galore
    Specialists too strong compared to others.
    The vehicles which and the character who self-heal far too early and far too fast
    Too many areas where we are uncovered
    No vocals ... But are they serious?
    An FPS game without vocals? What's wrong with you DICE / EA?

    The project for me will deserve testing for another 6 months.

    And read worse in all that, they are the lags, the backrolls, the most deplorable optimization with passages of FPS from 70-80 to 10-15 fps when there are too many people in the zone, that is to say in the phases most interesting and crucial (GTX 1650 Super ASUS Strix).

    I hope they will work and quickly, because the rating that users deserve.
    The metacritic score of 77 does not reflect reality at all.

    I let you discover on Youtube the reviews left by many players, you will not be disappointed with the trip    … Expand
  30. Coyot
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    EA lives in some kind of parallel reality. Who is the game for?! For players or for effective managers ?! The spirit of Battlefield is distorted and turned into some kind of circus with goofy mechanics. The technical component is somewhere below the belt again. It's a complete failure!
  31. KenzorR
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    PC Battlefield 192 veteran here. First time review but I need to, just to warn others.

    This has to be the worst game in the franchise. Sound, very bad Graphics mediocre, very bad FPS for the graphics No destruction, wtf?? No servers, each time back to matchmaking Nog scorebord No leaning, wtf? No stats No good spotting system Minimap is broken Full map size sucks, cant even    PC Battlefield 192 veteran here. First time review but I need to, just to warn others.

    This has to be the worst game in the franchise.

    Sound, very bad
    Graphics mediocre, very bad FPS for the graphics
    No destruction, wtf??
    No servers, each time back to matchmaking
    Nog scorebord
    No leaning, wtf?
    No stats
    No good spotting system
    Minimap is broken
    Full map size sucks, cant even see where i am
    Gameplay feels just wrong

    I can go on and on, see other review if you want to see a full list.

    It's just a rushed unfinished game which removed all good features of the old games. Why remove features instead of adding them?

    DICE, men, what a complete disappointment.    … Expand
  32. Paster58
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    -The maps are awful, the 128 players was a terrible idea. 80 players would have been a better choice.
    -No server search, welcome to SBMM and bots.
    -Specialists are useless and kill teamplay. The old classe system was perfect !!! -You forgot to remove the medic's revive animation, why did you keep this animation? the medic becomes frustrating to play. -Well, you have a great license    -The maps are awful, the 128 players was a terrible idea. 80 players would have been a better choice.
    -No server search, welcome to SBMM and bots.
    -Specialists are useless and kill teamplay. The old classe system was perfect !!!
    -You forgot to remove the medic's revive animation, why did you keep this animation? the medic becomes frustrating to play.
    -Well, you have a great license that is Battlefield and yet you take inspiration from MW2019, Warzone and Apex ... I don't understand you.

    You have to fire all the game designers and recruit BF3 / BF4 fans, there your BF2042 is a rag.    … Expand
  33. Johnnybravo8125
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The game is missing basic features such as in game chat and a scoreboard... that alone is worth a 0/10 nevermind the hollow gameplay
  34. bennymate
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Standard from EA/Dice, last good Battlefield was 1

    I expected this trash.
  35. Nstarnoe
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Do not buy this game, it is far worse than you could possible imagine.

    Performance is abysmal, servers even worse. It feels more like a power point than anything else

    Gun play is terrible, with massive fps drops when adsing, every gun has terrible bloom and hit reg is the worst i have ever seen
  36. nijub
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    this has nothing to do with a battlefield game. Feels and looks like a F2P trash game that wants to go for massive MTX cashgrab...
  37. ShadowNinja96
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    So lucky as i pre ordered but decided to play the EA free trial first.... not played battlefield since BF4 and i wont be playing now ever again how people can stomach paying £92 for this shambles is behond me? Saying things like ah give EA and Dice a chance like what are you even saying if everyone boycotted then things would change but nope that wont happen.. the list of the problems withSo lucky as i pre ordered but decided to play the EA free trial first.... not played battlefield since BF4 and i wont be playing now ever again how people can stomach paying £92 for this shambles is behond me? Saying things like ah give EA and Dice a chance like what are you even saying if everyone boycotted then things would change but nope that wont happen.. the list of the problems with this game are so long and shouldnt even be a criti for.

    Depends what you are looking for in a FPS shooter if you want 128 players in a absalutely massive map with most wanting to get in vehicles then this is your game    … Expand
  38. Goony
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Why is it that Game Developers make their Game exactly the way the Customers don't want them to be these days..

    Must be a kind of new Art among the Dev Community
  39. Behpool
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Horrible My mouse sense is wrong
    Maps are awful
    Gunplay is awful the crazy speard is everywhere.
    The hazard zone is already dead.
    I have a high-end PC but somehow I get 50 fps in the middle of gunfights
    Air physics is awful.
    Big is everywhere
    All guns feel the same.
    This is sad but I think it's the end of nf franchises
  40. oofski
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    bad performance, confusing UI. no global chat, this game feels like its still in alpha.
  41. laith328
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    dont even bother, terrible performance devs should be ashamed. Guns feel weird, its one big buggy cluster ****
  42. Toshikipra
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Totally a piece of ****
    I played bf since my high school for every generation each of them I spent more than 400hr to play and still have fun with them, but 2042 is totally a piece of **** make feel boring on the first day to play it.    … Expand
  43. SpuddiesNZ
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Game at it's core is just not Battlefield, even if the massive amounts of technical issues at launch that are now the norm with DICE were to be fixed the game itself is just a shell of what Battlefield used to be. You can tell the people who created the franchise don't work on these games anymore
  44. Tcut0831
    Nov 14, 2021
    5
    Don't fall for the early critic reviews that EA likely paid for. This game is about as mediocre as they come, and that is pry being generous. Battlefields from 10 years ago play better than this and quite honestly look just as good. Critic review score will pry end up dropping to low 70s once legit reviews come in.
  45. 2Salty
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    How can you have teamwork with NO VOICE CHAT!! It’s great they removed the scoreboard so we can focus more on teamwork and telepathic communication.
  46. Drinzler
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    The game feels like it has been engineered solely to introduce a battle pass and micro transactions over any semblance of all the things that really make a battlefield game work.

    There is absolutely no need to have specialists introduced over the old class system. It also seems that a lot of design choices reflect that they were initially making a battle royale game. Played every    The game feels like it has been engineered solely to introduce a battle pass and micro transactions over any semblance of all the things that really make a battlefield game work.

    There is absolutely no need to have specialists introduced over the old class system. It also seems that a lot of design choices reflect that they were initially making a battle royale game. Played every battlefield since 2 and I just have no motivation to play this one as even progressions seems stale and half arsed.    … Expand
  47. GensokyoIsReal
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Don't listen to "critics", DON'T WASTE YOUR WALLET ON THIS.
    This game is a mockery of the Battlefield franchise. An usurper, a corpse-puppet controlled by developpers trying to revive its glory days while simultaniously having NO IDEA what made the franchise that great in the first place. You can tell this is the result of a piss poor new management at Dice/EA, arrival of new Devs that    Don't listen to "critics", DON'T WASTE YOUR WALLET ON THIS.
    This game is a mockery of the Battlefield franchise. An usurper, a corpse-puppet controlled by developpers trying to revive its glory days while simultaniously having NO IDEA what made the franchise that great in the first place. You can tell this is the result of a piss poor new management at Dice/EA, arrival of new Devs that have absolutely no clue what they're getting into and want to rebrand the franchise into some half assed garbage that no one asked for. I feel sorry for the 2000s Dice devs that are witnessing this.

    A TON of great features that have been part of this series for so long: gone.
    Terrible design for all of the new original 2042 maps, unnecessarely large, flat, no cover and empty battles. They look nothing like an actual battlefield, there's zero warfare/conflict look to them. it's all designed to be some kind of ultra realistic Valorant/Overwatch with some hints of Cyberpunk 2077 instead of god damn Battlefield, add to that the MAPS are absolute garbage even on their own and yeah. Complete failure. There's no destruction, you know, the one thing that Battlefield has been know to be excelling at for more than a decade at this point?
    The performances are absolutely horrible despite my computer being a monster, Portal is limited, lacks content, and overhaul very disappointing, animations are clunky and feel unfinished. The whole "boots on the ground" feel has disappeared, say hello to cringy quirky specialists instead of the class system that has forged Battlefield since its creation. Say goodbye to teamwork, good sound design, decent variety of weapons (22 at launch, really?) The UI design is the worst I've ever seen in a post 2010 game, THERE IS NO S C O R E B O A R D, NO STATS PAGES, NO SERVER BROWSER, NO CLASS SYSTEM, NO FACTION, YOU CAN'T KNOW HOW WELL YOU ARE DOING COMPARED TO OTHERS AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE SQUAD? HELLO?! What kind of sick joke this is? Keep in mind that this is only a SMALL FRACTION of what's missing in this abortion. The end of round screen is a complete joke, filled with "comical voicelines" and animations that make you want to rip your ears off and pierce your eyes from awkwardness. It's insane how infuriatingly bad this game is, especially after Battlefield V which despite not being a great game is absolutely better than this one, which says a lot. What has Dice gone into? What sort of quality degratation abyss have they fallen in? Have they signed some sort of contract to make the most anger induincg """battlefield"""" experience possible? This entire mess of a game looks and feels like it was released a year too early. A 3 years wait, endless talk about a bunch of studio working their asses off, about being supposedly "ahead of schedule", only for this joke of a result? The game is a buggy disaster, the hit registration is an absolute shore and I have counted dozens of situations where my bullets did not hit a thing. Even if the game had a proper developpement time, its foundation is already broken by their stupid "creative choices" such as their so called "specialist" that were obviously only created to appeal to Call Of Duty/BR fans, to try to "modernise" the franchise into something completely deplorable and cringy. I wouldn't even be surprised if this game was originally meant to be a BR judging by how coincidentally similar some design choices are here to these type of games. It also seems like Portal was specifically made for people not fan of BR.
    Speaking of Portal, apparently it took only a year to make?? Yeah I can f*****g tell with how janky it is, and how inferior the sound design of each recycled weapons of this gamemode is compared to masterpieces like BATTLEFIELD 3 or Bad Company 2. How the hell did a concept such as Portal take a year to make in a 3 YEARS of developpement game, when THIS gamemode is what has most of the content. Something tells me this was a last ditch effort to appeal to "oldschool fans" because you were too scared of people not liking the garbage new ideas you had for All Out War or other boring crap like Hazard Zone that everyone casted aside on Day 1, which you were right about. Well that effort did not pay off in the end since even Portal becomes quickly boring thanks to the limitation you implemented to the rules editor and feel like a downgrade to the games it's referencing. Even in an unverse where Portal is good, it's FAR from the content of a full game.
    Nothing is cohesive, the games feels weak and unprepared, nothing feels polished, I've never felt bored this quickly by a Battlefield game, it was hollow and lifeless.
    Thank you EA, and thank you Dice for proving how plugged your ears are concering what the community enjoys and wants. You miserably failed on the one game that was supposed to bring back Battlefield into the spotlight.

    G o o d J o b !    … Expand
  48. mike328
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game has got to be the most blatant cash grab ever orchestrated this year. I feel really bad for the developers being forced to go in this direction. I used to love the franchise, and played all the battlefields except 1942. I really think they’re out of touch on what players want and how to properly design a game. It’s sad. I refunded my game. This wasn’t the battlefield anybodyThis game has got to be the most blatant cash grab ever orchestrated this year. I feel really bad for the developers being forced to go in this direction. I used to love the franchise, and played all the battlefields except 1942. I really think they’re out of touch on what players want and how to properly design a game. It’s sad. I refunded my game. This wasn’t the battlefield anybody wanted. I think I speak for all the OG’s out there who’ve played since the Bad Company days. God, what a disaster this launch turned out to be. Had to make an account just to express how deeply disappointed I am with this smh… Expand
  49. keksivaras
    Nov 14, 2021
    4
    Honestly, I feel a little bit bad for all the negative feedback. But you can't blame the fan base for it. Game is missing so much, even simple things like global/voice chat, scoreboard, promised next gen destruction and so on. Portal is a huge plus, because you let the fans to make new gamemodes and fix things like too much armor/too little damage or too fast/slow movement.
    The AI was also    Honestly, I feel a little bit bad for all the negative feedback. But you can't blame the fan base for it. Game is missing so much, even simple things like global/voice chat, scoreboard, promised next gen destruction and so on. Portal is a huge plus, because you let the fans to make new gamemodes and fix things like too much armor/too little damage or too fast/slow movement.
    The AI was also good addition to the game. But the hit registration is bad, the bullet spread is hilarious and the action is always at one area. Either on top of a hill, ship or a building.
    I have always like BF series, because of it's 'realism' and large scale fight compared to other titles, but it's slowly turning into COD. Everything else is in place, just the stupid skins missing. BF1 and BFV surprised me and I have enjoyed playing BFV for years now, Firestorm being one of my main gamemode and I even bought the V on all platforms, but was let down after cutting support short for this mess.    … Expand
  50. SwiftyDigitz
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    First off let me preface this review with I'm a HUGE BF fan and have been playing them pretty steadily since BC2. TLDR This game is a disappointment in its current state and is extremely lackluster and you should NOT purchase it until DICE/EA follow through with their promise. More in-depth with what I didn't like below. Bottom line DO NOT BUY UNLESS THERE'S A SALE OR SOMETHING it's a $40First off let me preface this review with I'm a HUGE BF fan and have been playing them pretty steadily since BC2. TLDR This game is a disappointment in its current state and is extremely lackluster and you should NOT purchase it until DICE/EA follow through with their promise. More in-depth with what I didn't like below. Bottom line DO NOT BUY UNLESS THERE'S A SALE OR SOMETHING it's a $40 game at best in its current state

    Overall- Overall the game is buggy and severely lacking in the content department (I think there's something like 22 guns total in the game!?) on top of that there's barely any unlocks for vehicle upgrades weapon attachments that sort of thing and you already know it's just so they can sell it to you in some battle pass or something because I mean come on its EA. On top of the extremely lackluster amount of content is also the issue of the bugs revive bugs and other performance issues plague the game and while its pretty typical for a battlefield game to have these issues at launch the game is significantly better performance-wise at launch than BF3 or BF4 was, that being said this game also got delayed a month so they could "deliver us a finished product" only for the month delay in release to pass just for them to give us this steaming pile of garbage.

    Multiplayer- in addition to what I mentioned above about the lack of weapons/ content and the performance issues the removal of the class systems (which is a core part of BF) the game feels really wonky and just not right or fun, that being said I do like the specialist and I don't think they need to be removed but they definitely need to tie the specialist and the respective weapon types to their classes like in old battlefield because it just makes sense for both balancing purposes and streamlining the game. The lack of the class system feels even worse as well due to the lack of content but long gone are the days of grinding for cool things like the mortar emplacement for the support class like in BF3 which honestly feels really bad because it was something to look forward to and also something that really gave that class an identity. The bottom line is no classes feel really bad and there's an easy fix DICE/EA just needs to listen to fans for a change.

    Hazard Zone- Oh boy where to start with this one. Okay, so first glances and first playthroughs it's really fun but at the end of the day, it plays it way too safe and doesn't really have any replayability. You basically spawn in and extract drives for dark market currency to then better loadout for the next round? it's a fun game mode for sure but at the end of the day, it doesn't have anything to keep people returning. They really need to add some like really bad-ass Hazard Zone exclusive cosmetics or something that can be purchased with dark market currency to keep people playing it because as of right now Hazard Zone inst going to make it past the release and it's going to die out pretty quickly (along with the rest of the game if they don't pull it together).

    Battlefield Portal - This is probably the only saving grace of this game because you can essentially go in with the tools they've given you and make the game not suck.

    Final Thoughts- Overall I'm really disappointed with the game and genuinely shocked by how bad this game is and how a AAA studio could put out a product like this but then again it is EA and they put out games like Anthem and Battlefront 2 so, as a hardcore BF3 and BF4 guy I really thought this was our chance at something great, and not to my surprise DICE/EA fail to deliver once again. ive requested a refund because I'm tired of paying $60+ for half-finished AAA titles.    … Expand
  51. hungphan1305
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    This game has some good aspects, however this company ruined it with stupid decisions.

    No Scoreboard, no stats, no server browser, no voice chat, no text chat with enemy team, lobby disband, no variety of guns and skins, UI sucks, sound and audio sucks,…..

    Dice has many studio helped in this game for a few years and this is what customer receive ?
  52. Flo134
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
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  53. StealthMonkey
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    EA removed the server browser, which means you cannot play the game with more than 3 friends. Maybe you’re more of a solo player? Well there’s also no scoreboard (or stat page), so you can’t play for personal achievement either. There really is no reason to play this game; it just feels like you’re going through the motions. This is a soulless game that feels like it was built by an AIEA removed the server browser, which means you cannot play the game with more than 3 friends. Maybe you’re more of a solo player? Well there’s also no scoreboard (or stat page), so you can’t play for personal achievement either. There really is no reason to play this game; it just feels like you’re going through the motions. This is a soulless game that feels like it was built by an AI that was trained on photos of Modern Warfare 2019 and BF4.… Expand
  54. KamikazeMoFo
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    All i can say after playing everything from BC2 to this is: WTF IS THIS ****?

    To hell with your critic reviews, the game is broken, the designers were either high or "special", the content is less than ****, and the performance..............? TOTAL ****

    ON ROG CHAKRAM THE GAME IS COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    DICE, NEVER AGAIN!
  55. chepscheps
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    What's wrong with Battlefield 2042?
    Why are people who have followed this game for 15+ years (Battlefield 2) so disappointed?
    Everything that gave BF it's niche in the 'Online FPS Gaming Arena', starting nearly 2 decades ago by a Swedish development studio named DICE, has been neutered and/or completely removed from the game: 1) Squad Creation and Squad Interaction neutered -    What's wrong with Battlefield 2042?
    Why are people who have followed this game for 15+ years (Battlefield 2) so disappointed?

    Everything that gave BF it's niche in the 'Online FPS Gaming Arena', starting nearly 2 decades ago by a Swedish development studio named DICE, has been neutered and/or completely removed from the game:

    1) Squad Creation and Squad Interaction neutered
    - Starting in BF2, you would be able to create/join/leave/lock/rename and voice-comm with your in-game squad.
    > This was revolutionary as you only needed a mic and some gamers to coordinate what you wanted to do on the gigantic BF maps
    > BF2042 removed the ability to create/leave/lock/join/voice-comm with your own private squads. How have we regressed 15 years later?

    2)Skill expression from air vehicles (Jets/Choppers) by way of a complex Air Physics system
    > The Air Physics in BF2042 have been dumbed down -- speed control, precision aim, tactical maneuvers...all removed in favor of a hand-guided/rail system which raises the skill floor and drops the skill ceiling
    > Think of it like this: whose line is it anyway's greatest quote, "where everything's made up (air physics) and the points (speed control, precision, skill expression) doesnt matter

    3) No scoreboards in BF2042
    - Cmon? Really? Do I even need to say anything?

    4) Map/Lobby disbands in the 'AOW' (default, All out warfare/conquest) game mode
    - Again, self explanatory. Really? We have to go back to the title screen upon map change?

    5) No allchat on PC? You can't even OPT IN (defaulted OPT OUT, for example)??
    - Really? When an amazing 'ONLY IN BATTLEFIELD' moment happens (I.E. sniping a player driving a transport vehicle, who then runs over the sniper after he dies) can't even be talked about across teams anymore?
    > Who made this decision?

    6) VEHICLE Customization COMPLETELY neutered
    - How do we go from
    > deep customization trees, like in BF5 (google it),
    > 'relatively-robust' customization options in BF4
    >> (I.E. BF4 Jet weapon loadout customizations: Heatseekers, Passive/Active Radar missiles, Hydra rocket pods, Laser Guided Missiles, TV Guided Missiles,JDAMs)
    > BF2042 LITERALLY handful of choices
    >> (I.E. BF2042 Jet weapon loadout customizations: Heat Seekers, Air to Air. and Air to ground?)

    7) Commander mode removed
    - In BF2 you could work together with your squad in order to help takeover the Battlefield. Your commander could generate UAVs, Artillery Strikes, and send Supply crates/Vehicle drops for the ace squadrons
    > In BF2042, commander mode is REMOVED, and you can 'drop your own' vehicles. Nice. Really feels like a team here

    8)Server browsers removed from AoW (default, All out Warfare) mode
    - Again, Really? We regressed to online matchmaking?

    9) Destruction in the next gen feels like xbox 360 levels of basic
    - Enough said

    I could go on, but it really makes one wonder how a company, who has literally 15 years worth of successful titles, was able to put a game in the oven for ~4 years of development and fail this hard to maintain the formula.

    The worst part about this entire process was the ~6ish months of marketing after the reveal at 'EA Play' in the summer of 2021: 'This is a BATTLEFIELD FOR THE FANS' they said

    Imagine.

    A 'Battlefield for the fans', that strays so far from Battlefield, that without the name slapped across the title, you wouldn't even know it was created by a game studio with the prestige of DICE.

    Honestly, a disgrace. And no, the consumer is not responsible for the feelings of the people who produced the game. This is not how it works at restaurants when you are served bad food, nor how it works when Game of Thrones' final season is an abomination, nor how it works in any facet of life. Your game is a sorry excuse of a generation-defining franchise. Thankfully, we live in a world where infinitely redistributable, digital licenses of video games are refundable. Thanks Steam for my 100$ back.    … Expand
  56. KillerPlauze090
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    They say BF3 had a bad start. They say BF4 had a bad start too...
    BF2042 definetly has a bad start. This game is no fun at the moment. Game modes are boring, maps are too big. Performance is bad. The only highlight seems to be portal mode, which teleports u back to the good old days of ancient BF titles... well they should have made a BF3 or BF4 remake then...
  57. mjbny
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    full of bugs and missing many features from previous battlefield games. waste of money
  58. zwe1
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    The worst battlefield and not just that this game should not be out there for sale in 2021
    the game lacks standard and basic fps game features :
    NO FULL SCOREBORD NO TEAM NOR SQUAD SWITCHING NO TEAM CHAT NO VOICE CHAT NO STATS FOR PLAYERS/SOLDIER INCLUDING K/D RATIO NO DETAILED MODE IN THE SERVER BROWSER NO CORE GAME BATTLEFIELD FRANCHISES MODES DM OR    The worst battlefield and not just that this game should not be out there for sale in 2021
    the game lacks standard and basic fps game features :
    NO FULL SCOREBORD
    NO TEAM NOR SQUAD SWITCHING
    NO TEAM CHAT
    NO VOICE CHAT
    NO STATS FOR PLAYERS/SOLDIER INCLUDING K/D RATIO
    NO DETAILED MODE IN THE SERVER BROWSER
    NO CORE GAME BATTLEFIELD FRANCHISES MODES DM OR OBLITERATION,CTF,DOMINATION WITHING THE 2042 OFFICIAL SERVERS EXLUDING THE PORTAL
    NO DOGTAGS CUSTOMIZATION U CANT SHOW OFF THAT YOU ARE BF VERTERAN OR PLAYED BETA OR DICE FRIEND OR PARTICIPATED IN ANY COMMUNITY EVENT INCLUDING CTE
    BAD HITREG THEY NEVER LEARN FROM THEY PAST GAMES BIG ISSUES

    finally this game is mash potato of old battlefield skins with a big call of duty influence in movement and gameplay . the beta was playable than the release version also the game looks unfinished need more years to be ready to release    … Expand
  59. bcaylor10
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Wow... we had it good with Battlefield V, which was the series' worst in the series. It's like they started building this as a hero battle royale game, and switched it to a full-fledged... uh... "Battlefield" game in the middle. Wouldn't surprise me if this kills Battlefield.
  60. etozhezhenya
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    This has nothing to do with Battlefield, this is call of duty..

    where is the suppression?
  61. J_r0w
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Abysmal take on the Battlefield series:

    Incredibly bad performance on all platforms: People report crashing consoles. High end computers barely pushing smooth framerate. Constant server side latency issues. Rubberbanding and bad hit registration. Bad design: Took away the class system which made Battlefield squad based and fun. Maps are too big resulting in a lot of no-mans-land. 128    Abysmal take on the Battlefield series:

    Incredibly bad performance on all platforms:
    People report crashing consoles.
    High end computers barely pushing smooth framerate.
    Constant server side latency issues.
    Rubberbanding and bad hit registration.

    Bad design:
    Took away the class system which made Battlefield squad based and fun.
    Maps are too big resulting in a lot of no-mans-land.
    128 players don’t add much to gameplay.
    Not enough vehicles on the map.
    No scoreboard.
    Atrocious and barely usable UI/UX.


    Bugs:
    A LOT of gameplay breaking bugs:
    Players and enemies visually glitching out.
    Players unable to revive (gets stuck in death state) and having to leave the match and start another.
    Flying hovercrafts.
    Weapon scope zoom stops working.
    Fake reloads.
    Menu’s glitching out.

    This game could potentially be great, but everything listed isn’t even the full list of problems.
    Should it get better with a patch/update I will adjust my review!
    Until then: DO NOT BUY.    … Expand
  62. Mende72
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    HitReg ist completly awful and bad
    Guns dont shot where you aim
    Servers are laggy as hell Framedrops if you Scope sometimes, regardless of your Hardware Most Maps are not good designed Cant revive Teammates because of a Bug, it happens more often than you wish Specialists are meh, Old Class System was way better No Server Browser for All out War Weapon Customisation is not saved    HitReg ist completly awful and bad
    Guns dont shot where you aim
    Servers are laggy as hell
    Framedrops if you Scope sometimes, regardless of your Hardware
    Most Maps are not good designed
    Cant revive Teammates because of a Bug, it happens more often than you wish
    Specialists are meh, Old Class System was way better
    No Server Browser for All out War
    Weapon Customisation is not saved always
    Bad Netcode
    Very few Weapons are available compared to BF 3 /4
    Attack Chopper is hugely underpowered and flys spongy

    There are so many more things I could write but I dont want to waste my time with that    … Expand
  63. sciupinski
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    The game is terrible in all aspects, starting with gin fight, maps, music, sound and atmosphere, 3rd view takedowns and not animated defibrillation, destruction, movement - everything is degraded compare to previous parts. I will not mention even game balance and map balance. The game itself looks like cheap COD clone. The new mode will end as firestorm - boredom. I regret playing theThe game is terrible in all aspects, starting with gin fight, maps, music, sound and atmosphere, 3rd view takedowns and not animated defibrillation, destruction, movement - everything is degraded compare to previous parts. I will not mention even game balance and map balance. The game itself looks like cheap COD clone. The new mode will end as firestorm - boredom. I regret playing the game. Unfortunately this can not be unseen....… Expand
  64. Juggerfraut
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Ridiculously bad game. Littered with bugs. EA at it again. I'll be refunding my game ASAP.
  65. Mikehawk2
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Long time battlefield fan, this Isn't battlefield at all. I kept hyping it up like crazy all year only to see this disappointment. It's trying to be many things it can't be.

    Refunded. Sadly.
  66. LPKirby
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    This is sad. Look at the discrepancy between the "critics" and the actual player base. Its like they critics are paid to give a decent review or they are scared to be honest because the devs will cut them from future business partnerships.

    This review has absolutely nothing to do with the plethora of bugs and server issues this game has. Bugs are easily fixed. Gameplay can be balanced.    This is sad. Look at the discrepancy between the "critics" and the actual player base. Its like they critics are paid to give a decent review or they are scared to be honest because the devs will cut them from future business partnerships.

    This review has absolutely nothing to do with the plethora of bugs and server issues this game has. Bugs are easily fixed. Gameplay can be balanced. These things can be fixed over time. I don't even mind the bugs its whatever. The lack of content ok but it can be added. Scoreboard easy fix. Although disappointing all of these problems can be fixed. What can't be fixed is the game itself.

    This is what really pisses me off. It feels like corporate tried to push a game like apex or warzone or some other popular game. it has the feel of this other game that slips my mind but I'm sure lots of other feel the same way. The vibe is completely disconnected from previous battlefield titles.

    This game has completely lost all of its grit the one thing in my opinion that made battlefield so awesome. Without this grit its not exciting at all the other games it tries to mimic are just better.

    Audio - I have no idea what is going on with the audio, all of it. The music does not give you a sense of urgency like near the ends of the matches in BF1.

    Specialists - Again nobody asked for or wanted this junk. They all look like snowflakes. Not somebody you'd find in a warzone you can't sell that. The quips that these specialist say made me turn that audio off it kills the vibe. The most cringe I've ever heard. Its like some progressive liberal genz's got hired by EA and were in charge of character design.

    Graphics / textures - This is the last nail in the coffin for me. Absolutely horrendous. Complete lack of detail. The game feels like a shell. In fact I think this is what gives the game a vibe that's not battlefield it looks nothing like the other games intricate level of details. The feel is completely off. Yes maybe previous titles look more dated but they had textures years ahead of this game. Battlefield 1 and 5 look so cinematic and I played those on my PS4 not a $4000 dollar gaming computer on 2k monitors. Inexcusable. Something else that felt off was the sizing of the guns or something. I don't know how to describe it. It looks almost comical the bullets hanging off my LMG are huge. Plus the weapon design is awful they look like planetside guns. Finally, again with the character design the look like cartoon players I don't get it. The uniforms the intricate details realism thrown out the window. This is really what BF was loved for.

    Map Design - Not really a big deal if the graphics/textures were like the OG games. HOWEVER, hourglass needs to be removed lol no more words needed.

    HUD/menus - Awful design but can be reworked.

    Attachments - Reticles look like crap

    Vehicles - The hovercraft needs to be removed easily the stupidest vehicle in the game and they have that stupid tuk-tuk in kaleidoscope which makes me feel like I'm playing fortnite again. The jet design completely I loved flying jets in earlier battlefield games because the cockpit looked awesome. I understand F35's have a screen instead of analog controls but my god the representation of this is awful. The driving/flying mechanics feel off as well.
    Destruction - They neutered destruction BAD move. Destruction was so much fun in other games especially blowing craters in the ground for cover in BF1.

    There's so much more to be said but I'm approaching the wordcount so you get the idea.

    Final remarks EA robbed early access players plain and simple. There should be refunds or a class action lawsuit. This game is an empty shell.

    I'm curious if they added portal after finishing the main game because they knew how trash the game was. Or maybe its corporate trying to push a different game while giving incentive to keep its loyal fanbase interested.    … Expand
  67. Provenmental
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    After Battlefield V, my expectations were not high to begin with but Battlefield 2042 managed to disappoint even more than I had anticipated. I have been a fan of the series since Battlefield 1942 but whatever this is, it is not Battlefield.

    There are no classes, they have been removed in order to make "specialists" for monetization purposes. For those who have been around for a while,    After Battlefield V, my expectations were not high to begin with but Battlefield 2042 managed to disappoint even more than I had anticipated. I have been a fan of the series since Battlefield 1942 but whatever this is, it is not Battlefield.

    There are no classes, they have been removed in order to make "specialists" for monetization purposes. For those who have been around for a while, it is not news that the suits at EA have for a long while craved for the success that Activision has had with CoD and now Warzone and want to ape it in order to make a quick buck.

    The specialists also ruin any resemblance of team play that the older games had. Even 1942 had the ability to heal your buddies and it has been a core part of the series. Now you have no idea who can heal you and who can not and because there is not a proper medic class anymore, it seems that the ones who could revive or heal you are nowhere and you will never get revived in this game. The same goes for ammo.

    The gadgets are very unintuitive and apparently so poorly balanced that some of the specialists or their gadgets are disabled, making them either literally or practically unusable. I am having trouble using the gadgets because there do not seem to be any tutorials or intuitive ways that the game lets you know how you are supposed to use them.

    There are very few guns and the progression is extremely confusing. There are no scoreboards or stats in game so it is hard to know what you get to unlock and when, or what you have already unlocked. The menus altogether seem to be missing things like server browser and character or loadout customization, at least ones that would actually work.

    There is no single-player either. Not that it has ever been a strong suit for the series, but still. The destruction is also very limited, especially when compared to Battlefield 1. I have not had the performance issues that many here seem to report, but I do find the game graphically unimpressive, especially compared to the history of the series being so magnificent to look at. However, there are plenty of bugs and issues. For example, I was not able to switch to my sidearm at all in one match, even if I died. It only started working in another match.

    Luckily, I didn't spend money on this because I got the 10 hour free trial via Game Pass on PC. If you have the opportunity to try it, please do and see for yourself how bad it is. If you can't test it for free, do yourself a favor and skip this for good or at least only buy it if you can get it for 10€/$. We need to show those suits that this is not acceptable and the only thing they listen to is money. If they had listened to what people actually wanted, we would have a good game in our hands.    … Expand
  68. eccedits
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Benim için baya bir hayal kırıklığı açıkçası... Ben yine aynı şeyleri söyleyeceğim. Bu oyun Battlefield gibi hissettirmiyor. Açıkçası Apex ile COD'un birleştirilmiş hali. Biz BF severler apex ya da cod gibi oyun mekaniğini sevsek zaten onları oynardık. Şu FPS oyun dünyasında bir COD var bir de BF var (eğer csgo gibi oyunları saymazsak) niye COD'a ve Apex'e benzemeye çalışıyorsunuz.Benim için baya bir hayal kırıklığı açıkçası... Ben yine aynı şeyleri söyleyeceğim. Bu oyun Battlefield gibi hissettirmiyor. Açıkçası Apex ile COD'un birleştirilmiş hali. Biz BF severler apex ya da cod gibi oyun mekaniğini sevsek zaten onları oynardık. Şu FPS oyun dünyasında bir COD var bir de BF var (eğer csgo gibi oyunları saymazsak) niye COD'a ve Apex'e benzemeye çalışıyorsunuz. Tahminim o oyuncuları kendi oyun pazarınıza çekmeğe çalışıyorsunuz ve bundan dolayı da iyice oyunun özgünlüğünü bozdunuz. Hayır yani bütün oyunlar cod apex gibi olursa biz ne oynayacağız. İlla apex ünlü oldu diye: AAA HADI GIDIP SLIDING EKLEYELIM BIR DE UZERINE ADAM FLASH GIBI KOŞSUN, HER YERDE ATLAYIP ZIPLASIN. (meanwhile EA: harika fikir) Ya böyle saçmalık olabilir mi?!. (ek olarak oyunun vuruş hissiyatı yok.. oyun motoru benim gözümden, çökük haberiniz olsun)… Expand
  69. pirate135246
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    TAA is forced and the game looks terrible because of it, its grainy and blurry even with motion blur, film grain, chromatic aberration, etc turned off. There are barely any weapons, attachments, etc. The sounds are horrible. It feels like a F2P game in pre alpha
  70. Denu187
    Nov 24, 2021
    2
    I've played battlefield games right since battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142, these games even over 10 years ago feel massively better then this garbage. The maps are rediculously scaled far to big for the player model, ridded with bugs. The maps with the sky scrapers look rediculously bad, like huge boxes with a texture slapped on it. The aiming system is also veryI've played battlefield games right since battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142, these games even over 10 years ago feel massively better then this garbage. The maps are rediculously scaled far to big for the player model, ridded with bugs. The maps with the sky scrapers look rediculously bad, like huge boxes with a texture slapped on it. The aiming system is also very sluggish too on console.… Expand
  71. Bs929z
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    This is probably the worst battlefield game ever released. I would be hard pressed to pay more than 30 bucks for this unfinished bug riddled game. The developers removed the best features of a battlefield game and inserted the worst features (if you want to call them that) of other games. Scoreboard removed, first person takedowns removed, crawling backwards while prone removed, serverThis is probably the worst battlefield game ever released. I would be hard pressed to pay more than 30 bucks for this unfinished bug riddled game. The developers removed the best features of a battlefield game and inserted the worst features (if you want to call them that) of other games. Scoreboard removed, first person takedowns removed, crawling backwards while prone removed, server browser removed, voice removed, all chat removed, class system removed, etc. The game only came with 22 weapons and 8 maps. The game is horribly optimized causing terrible frame rates for most players. The maps are to large making thr game feel even more soul less. One of the worst problems is the game kicks you out of your lobby after a battle. This causing several issues including increased out of battle and menu loading. It also cause decreased map rotation. At this rate I don't know if the game will ever be a good game. There are to many things missing, broken, and changed that made battlefield great.… Expand
  72. Mrgray208
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    As a long time fan of battlefield games, I have to say this feels more like an APEX legends or other Hero Shooter than it does BF3. Some of the design choices are painfully obvious influences of more recent games and it really feels like people who made those choices (I assume higher-ups) didn't understand what makes the BF franchise not just another good looking shooter. I could list aAs a long time fan of battlefield games, I have to say this feels more like an APEX legends or other Hero Shooter than it does BF3. Some of the design choices are painfully obvious influences of more recent games and it really feels like people who made those choices (I assume higher-ups) didn't understand what makes the BF franchise not just another good looking shooter. I could list a number of these design choices but others have said it more thoroughly than I could ever.

    I hope I can change this review if the Devs listen to the community and set aside their pride. Coming to terms with the sunk-cost of designing a bunch of systems no one asked for is going to be the big hurdle to being flexible and making this into a Battlefield game but I really hope they strip down a lot of the "innovation" and focus on just putting content in. 20 guns at launch is a joke and 4 maps (which are WAY too big) isn't a good consolation prize...Anyone who's played an earlier BF can feel this is just off. The engine looks great as always but the design of things if awful as it stands.

    If you're at all curious about the game, I WOULD NOT buy it. Paying $5 for a 1 month EA play account will get you 10 hours of play time to see for yourself. If it's your cup of tea, go get it!    … Expand
  73. abyces
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    This game is trash. Adding more and more people to this game seems to be a bad idea or maybe EA just doesn't know how to design and build this game. The maps are terrible with nowhere to hide, nothing to destroy. The battle is messed up and I never feel like shooting at people but to the air. My bullets are just disappearing due to the trash system, engine, and game server. The gameThis game is trash. Adding more and more people to this game seems to be a bad idea or maybe EA just doesn't know how to design and build this game. The maps are terrible with nowhere to hide, nothing to destroy. The battle is messed up and I never feel like shooting at people but to the air. My bullets are just disappearing due to the trash system, engine, and game server. The game experience is awful let alone hundreds of annoying bugs.
    My advice is, DO NOT BUY this trash at this moment and I'd rather play BF1 or BF5.    … Expand
  74. JeefBerky
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    I don't know how they could drop the ball so hard on this game. All people have wanted is another battlefield like BF4 and they blew it. No one asked for specialist. No one wanted to be able to be recon/sniper and still have access to any other classes weapons. Defeats the whole purpose.

    It somehow looks worse than BF1 which came out in 2016 yet perfomance wise on pc, it's awful. The    I don't know how they could drop the ball so hard on this game. All people have wanted is another battlefield like BF4 and they blew it. No one asked for specialist. No one wanted to be able to be recon/sniper and still have access to any other classes weapons. Defeats the whole purpose.

    It somehow looks worse than BF1 which came out in 2016 yet perfomance wise on pc, it's awful. The sound design is poor. Explosions sound good, but that's it. Weapons don't feel "punchy" Like in previous titles.

    Played Hazard zone once and died within the first minute to a team that spawned up a hill with snipers. Poorly designed and the fact it was loosely compared to Escape from Tarkov is laughable.

    Vehicles are enjoyable and I think the hud when in first person is very nice. I give it a 2 because Portal is not awful.    … Expand
  75. Freedomm
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    i do not understand what happened at DICE since Battlefield 4. Why is that they refuse to give us what we actually want which is simply BF4 with advanced graphics, physics, new maps, new guns, new modes. That's it. No need to kill your formula with a hero shooter model, with a tarkov-like garbo mode that nobody will play, no need to make us pay $60 and battlepasses to have all the contenti do not understand what happened at DICE since Battlefield 4. Why is that they refuse to give us what we actually want which is simply BF4 with advanced graphics, physics, new maps, new guns, new modes. That's it. No need to kill your formula with a hero shooter model, with a tarkov-like garbo mode that nobody will play, no need to make us pay $60 and battlepasses to have all the content (you either go f2p battlepass or full content with 0 MTX).
    The game is bugged, uglier than BFV, has almost no weapons (only 22, they gave us 4 ARs, 1 revolver lmao). The maps are way too big, almost no action and the game runs like garbo on a GTX 1660 super + i5 10400f.    … Expand
  76. FooFighter_V
    Nov 14, 2021
    2
    Created a Metacritic account for the first time just to post this.

    If you, like me, are a long time Battlefield fan and looking for a solid new entry to the series you will be incredibly frustrated and disappointed with this game. All the annoying launch bugs aside, which will be patched out over the next few months, the foundational problem with this entry is that it's core design    Created a Metacritic account for the first time just to post this.

    If you, like me, are a long time Battlefield fan and looking for a solid new entry to the series you will be incredibly frustrated and disappointed with this game. All the annoying launch bugs aside, which will be patched out over the next few months, the foundational problem with this entry is that it's core design decisions across all aspects of the game are bad. It's obvious the designers were tasked with trying to recreate and capitalize on the designs making the Fortnight, Apex and COD Warzone companies a lot of money but are not even able to do that. This is not Battlefield.    … Expand
  77. Fawbus
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Years in the making and it’s worse than the last one in every way. Don’t waist your $$ I got the gold package for the cross play on ps4. Should’ve saved my $$$.
  78. ZeB10
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    This game is nothing more than a COD/Warzone with Battlefields name on it, its shameful what EA and Dice have done to this franchise. If you want to play a real BF game go get BF3 and BF4.
  79. AnAngryJelly
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Couldn't respawn when I died. Bullets wouldn't register. The game looks worse than BFV. No server browser. What the hell did DICE do for the last 3 years......
  80. wickoss
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    It's simply not a battlefield game. The new developers have taken parts from games like Apex, call of duty, R6: Seige, Fortnite and thrown them all together, slapped the battlefield name on it and are hoping kids are stupid enough to buy skins and season passes.

    It was obviously built as a microtransaction vehicle first and foremost by developers who have obviously never played a past    It's simply not a battlefield game. The new developers have taken parts from games like Apex, call of duty, R6: Seige, Fortnite and thrown them all together, slapped the battlefield name on it and are hoping kids are stupid enough to buy skins and season passes.


    It was obviously built as a microtransaction vehicle first and foremost by developers who have obviously never played a past game in the series.    … Expand
  81. Bassmark
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Not fun, doesn't run well on PC, there are bugs that freeze your character in place for 30+ seconds, my loadoats randomly disappear in some matches, bullet spread is a joke, operators make it hard to distinguish friend from foe, maps are barren wastelands with no cover for infantry players, vehicles are way too overpowered, and the list goes on.... Do not buy this game in its currentNot fun, doesn't run well on PC, there are bugs that freeze your character in place for 30+ seconds, my loadoats randomly disappear in some matches, bullet spread is a joke, operators make it hard to distinguish friend from foe, maps are barren wastelands with no cover for infantry players, vehicles are way too overpowered, and the list goes on.... Do not buy this game in its current state. Unless major changes are made to bring the game to be somewhat enjoyable, there really is no point in forking over the purchase amount. There is absolutely no justification for the price point of this game, would make more sense if priced $30 or less.... DO NOT BUY, you will regret it... I know i do.… Expand
  82. CabalDSM
    Nov 20, 2021
    1
    Poorly optimized game , fortnite and apex elements , maps with badly distributed flags , etc... This game is definitely not Battlefield
  83. DeliMontana
    Nov 15, 2021
    5
    EA is still very much EA, even went above and beyond this time to make a cash grab.
    Dice former glorious engine Frostbite fails yet again to deliver. Before, we would see jaw dropping graphics with really low requirements. Now the graphics are meh at best and even on a high end system it's neither smooth or very high fps.
    If a team like DICE with the backing of EA decide to skip single    EA is still very much EA, even went above and beyond this time to make a cash grab.
    Dice former glorious engine Frostbite fails yet again to deliver. Before, we would see jaw dropping graphics with really low requirements. Now the graphics are meh at best and even on a high end system it's neither smooth or very high fps.
    If a team like DICE with the backing of EA decide to skip single player you would expect multiplayer to be something spectacular, but guess again. The lack of content is astounding. Very few maps, very few weapons which also handles like **** and feels like plastic toys.
    It's ridden with bugs and so unbalanced.
    As a big fan of BF for many years, now i'm just gonna wait for CoD Modern Warfare 2 - 2022.    … Expand
  84. four12am
    Nov 14, 2021
    3
    The game is plagued with poor performance even on expensive powerful hardware. Lacks cohesion - It feels stapled together last minute, the systems don't work well together. The infantry gunplay is bad - "bloom" & significant random-bullet-deviation have no business being in this game, It penalizes good players(which just doesn't make sense; why play more and try to get better?). The UI isThe game is plagued with poor performance even on expensive powerful hardware. Lacks cohesion - It feels stapled together last minute, the systems don't work well together. The infantry gunplay is bad - "bloom" & significant random-bullet-deviation have no business being in this game, It penalizes good players(which just doesn't make sense; why play more and try to get better?). The UI is atrocious, how did this disgusting menu and cluttered HUD make it into the final product? whoever was in charge of the UI and HUD have no business working in graphic design, It's abysmal. The specialists - Does anyone actually want them? I'm hearing a resounding NO from the community.

    But hey, the vehicle combat is still pretty fun..    … Expand
  85. an55192
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    This is not Battlefield anymore, even the maps are terrible. I'm just sad...well back to BFV
  86. shortwoodbe
    Nov 14, 2021
    5
    Too many bugs, glitches, Hazard is a joke, not much content… auwful hit-registration , server issues,… needs a lot more work.
  87. georgievich
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    По сравнению с бетой оптимизация стала заметно лучше, но все еще плохой. Но это уже не имеет никакого значения так как игра полный провал. Все то что отличало Battlefield от других сетевых шутеров, просто удалили. Я не узнаю эту игру.По сравнению с бетой оптимизация стала заметно лучше, но все еще плохой. Но это уже не имеет никакого значения так как игра полный провал. Все то что отличало Battlefield от других сетевых шутеров, просто удалили. Я не узнаю эту игру.
  88. Stoopitnoob
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Trash. Pure trash. Take the producers who made CoD and Star Wars Battlefront 2 and put them on Battlefield.

    You BETRAYED the community with the CoD clone. Thanks for killing the only real IP I love to my core.

    I hope your failure helps you find another career in another industry.
  89. Viscabarca1899
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    What is this? The content is a joke for a full price game and the new maps are very bad and the portal mode is full with xp farm servers and it took you ages to find a good server with a game mode you like to play. It is an absolute joke that you can not play what you want fast and also not fast one match after another, absolute disgrace of a game.
  90. File071
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    This game is not Battlefield ! There are leaks already coming out that this was suppose to be a BR and they supposedly retract that decision, but it's too late. WHY?! WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE BR NOWADAYS ?!

    Server crashes, desktop crashes, poor performance, terrible sound design, broken animations, glitches, cartoony graphics, specialists instead of normal classes, hit    This game is not Battlefield ! There are leaks already coming out that this was suppose to be a BR and they supposedly retract that decision, but it's too late. WHY?! WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE BR NOWADAYS ?!

    Server crashes, desktop crashes, poor performance, terrible sound design, broken animations, glitches, cartoony graphics, specialists instead of normal classes, hit registration, bullet spread, terrible UI and main menu, no scoreboard, no voice chat, can't change squads, lack of weapons IN A MODERN WARFARE GAME, multiple XP bot farm servers in portal mode, lack of teamplay, maps are too large and objectives are to far from each other.

    This game needed to be delayed at least one more year...    … Expand
  91. saixo
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Worst shooter i've ever played in 30 years of gaming

    -| Overloaded HUD elements (you can't see anything when you want to aim somewhere, at least 3 Elements will occlude your sight) -| Really bad map design, you mostly spawn to instantly die -| Already flooded with cheaters -| A damn Hovercraft is stronger than a damn "jeep", ye RUBBER is very strong material guys.... -|    Worst shooter i've ever played in 30 years of gaming

    -| Overloaded HUD elements (you can't see anything when you want to aim somewhere, at least 3 Elements will occlude your sight)

    -| Really bad map design, you mostly spawn to instantly die

    -| Already flooded with cheaters

    -| A damn Hovercraft is stronger than a damn "jeep", ye RUBBER is very strong material guys....

    -| Rubberbanding is normal in this game

    -| Vehicle physics are pretty much on a prototype level at max.

    -| You cannot revive most of your mates, because they will drop their weapon & weapon pickup interaction overlaps the revive interaction, so you can watch your mate dying while he can watch you swapping weapons like crazy instead of helping him

    -| No scoreboard, they want everyone to feel good -> But this makes just everyone feel like an idiot who has to be hidden everywhere possible

    -| German translation is cringe, you have to "reject" all information windows instead of confirm them or something. But even more cringe is the wrong gendering in the translation & the gendering in general

    -| They did not listened the last 10 years at least

    -| People will buy this crap anyway, which is sad and destroys how the videogame industry works

    -| Again -> Cheaters on mass

    -| And again, Cheaters on mass already in early access versions

    -| Really bad game design in general. Eg. you spawn in a damn heli which is about to crash already and you cannot do anything as the parachute has some buggy cooldown or it won't open at all in different situations.

    -| It's a total scam in my eyes, steam should just remove such scams from their platform, but instead they deal with them, makes valve look bad as well

    -| Nothing learned from previous fails    … Expand
  92. Tsyuko
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Game runs like s*it. I have terrible performance, worse than on beta (on same map) and it was already bad in that beta. i7-7700k oc to 4.7, gtx 1080Ti, cant get stable 60 fps on low and FHD. It jumps all over the place from 70 to 20. Most of the time its on 60, but then even with v-sync lock it drops to 20-30ish in some situations. Also settings have minimum impact on FPS and CPU runs onGame runs like s*it. I have terrible performance, worse than on beta (on same map) and it was already bad in that beta. i7-7700k oc to 4.7, gtx 1080Ti, cant get stable 60 fps on low and FHD. It jumps all over the place from 70 to 20. Most of the time its on 60, but then even with v-sync lock it drops to 20-30ish in some situations. Also settings have minimum impact on FPS and CPU runs on 80-90% while GPU in on 60-70%. Game is not optimised at all.

    On top of that:

    -no server browser (outside of performance the biggest issue for me. Never used Search button in BF game ever and even though I like CoD style games more I ditched them for BF just because it still had oldschool browser and no SBMM)

    -no full scoreboard (wtf?)

    -no personal profile stats in menu (wtf?)

    -wierd bullet spread

    -maps feel empty and too big if you like playing infantry only like I do    … Expand
  93. Sin000721
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    3/10.
    Game is in early beta state.
    And ... the biggest problem is tat every single map is "Hamada" ... Big, emty, boring...
  94. JagerBom
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Been waiting years to have a new modern battlefield game to succeed BF4. Been well and truly on the hype train for this and boy what a let down. Bugs and balancing issue you can excuse for a new game, but the way the game play experience has been gutted out and kidified is awful. No game chat
    No scoreboard
    Bullet spread after 30m is insane
    Pitiful selection of guns
    Hardly any unlocks for vehicles (no FLIR/NV, no gunner upgrades for choppers)
    No squad management features
    Terrible spawn selection

    I’d also like to add what a scummy, predatory company EA is as a whole. I purchased a year upfront of EA Play, and after an abysmal evening trying to play the game I specifically bought it for, I decided enough was enough and opened a support chat to get a refund. Two hours and two chats later, no refund. They flat out refuse stating it’s against policy. When they are done telling you they won’t refund you, they end the chat which wipes the chat log clean! No chat transcript emailed, no option to copy the conversation, it just vanished from the chat box. This is obviously a measure deliberately taken to ensure customers can’t easily publicly expose them. I have a dispute open with PayPal to get my money back, let’s see whether PayPal have been paid off to not refund unhappy customers.    … Expand
  95. Itznothin
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    No Hardcore Mode

    No Scoringboard

    Ranking?

    90 Euro for Sh*t

    Blablablabla
  96. GewoonFerre
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    All in all, these are minor points to one of the best Battlefields we’ve had in a while. It’s rekindled my excitement for the series for sure. With new modes like Hazard Zone and the ability to play old games like Bad Company 2 remastered, the game is full of content, even without single-player. If you’ve been thinking of diving into BF, whether it is your return or a first in the series,All in all, these are minor points to one of the best Battlefields we’ve had in a while. It’s rekindled my excitement for the series for sure. With new modes like Hazard Zone and the ability to play old games like Bad Company 2 remastered, the game is full of content, even without single-player. If you’ve been thinking of diving into BF, whether it is your return or a first in the series, Battlefield 2042 might be exactly what you were looking for.… Expand
  97. theaoneone
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Hot garbage. might as well rename it to call of duty, it is not even battlefield anymore.
  98. ketchii
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Pretty much all concerns everyone had were true: the specialist system makes no sense and defeats any cohesion that may have existed, making every single soldier on the battlefield play and build their class solely for themselves. The UI is absolutely atrocious and doesn't build on any UI customization from the previous games, from the awful tiny minimap to flag markers not disappearingPretty much all concerns everyone had were true: the specialist system makes no sense and defeats any cohesion that may have existed, making every single soldier on the battlefield play and build their class solely for themselves. The UI is absolutely atrocious and doesn't build on any UI customization from the previous games, from the awful tiny minimap to flag markers not disappearing while aiming and covering up enemies to the fact that the only way to identify enemies is by a color of a dot over their head, which leads to laughable situations where players run past their enemies thinking they're friends, and a remarkable amount of friendly fire. The gameplay is stiff and controls unresponsive, the gunplay is awful and the (admittedly, not all will agree) terrible weapon accuracy/bloom system is so much worse than in any game before. Graphically impressive, but ruined by vaseline TAA you can't turn off, and terrible framerate on a 9900k + 3080ti. The sound design is very good, but once again marred by some of the worst directional sound I've heard in a videogame, with a range of bugs from hearing footsteps of someone 300 meters away like they're directly behind you to not hearing tank cannon shots right next to you. Increase in player counts is a great idea in theory, but ruined by both the developers (completely unfitting map design) and the players themselves (the match turns into two blobs of 64 players running between capture points, with the only gunfights really happening when they meet or when helicopters come into play). Adding AI to multiplayer matches is an absolutely baffling idea, and the half-braindead artificial teammates make each match look even more like a bunch of headless chickens running around an open field. Map design, while absolutely gorgeous to look at, is atrocious for gameplay, with huge open areas where infantry is practically useless, while snipers and vehicles have a field day. Portal as it is is woefully lacking in content (much like the rest of the game), and the server browser won't even tell you the rules of any of the bazillion servers beyond tags like "custom points" or "changed movement". Protagonist specialists don't shut up, other specialists scream from both sides of the trenches in all kinds of languages throwing me off. The guns are laughably low quality, from attachments misaligned with the gun itself to 7.62 firearms using 5.56 suppressors to animations being incorrect for the specific firearm (see the bolt on the ACR during firing or the preparation/initial spawn animation on the AK74U), DESPITE BEING CORRECT IN THE PREVIOUS GAMES. I downloaded it genuinely hoping it'd be great despite the terrible beta and baffling design decisions, but I just couldn't bring myself to like it.… Expand
  99. Zovaal
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    only online game with out many modes to play , a low level copy of bf4 , you really &_-' EA
  100. Prypiat54
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    HOrrible Gunplay And soundesign. No teamplay. This game is under all others Battlefield.
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    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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