Battlefield 2042

 PlayStation 5
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2.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1271 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 216 out of 1271
  2. Mixed: 87 out of 1271
  3. Negative: 968 out of 1271
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  1. Goombs
    Feb 25, 2022
    0
    Not even a battlefield game. It's a game with bots. Barely any actual capture the flag/region. The maps are too large and sparse so only vehicles matter. But there aren't 124 vehicles for everyone. It just doesn't have any battlefield things in it. Not even the core of squad gameplay taking a flag with different roles (I love being a medic or antitank).

    My favorite series for 20 years. I    Not even a battlefield game. It's a game with bots. Barely any actual capture the flag/region. The maps are too large and sparse so only vehicles matter. But there aren't 124 vehicles for everyone. It just doesn't have any battlefield things in it. Not even the core of squad gameplay taking a flag with different roles (I love being a medic or antitank).

    My favorite series for 20 years. I played the original 1942 with WW2 airplanes taking off a a carrier and bombing wake Island. I've played codename eagles the precursor to battlefield. And no one played that game. Like 100 people on all servers in the best night. Mostly like 20 people.

    Yeah. I love working as a team, taking out enemy tanks, reviving my teammates, coordinating with squads to outflank and outthink the enemy.

    This wasn't a game about being a twitch shooter. It was a game of tactics, strategies, communication, teamplay, making a plan. It was amazing. So so so so so so amazing.

    And it's over. Just like when counterstrike was new it was the best. like halflife and team fortress 2. Nothing beat battlefield.

    It was a good run DICE. You gave me the best gaming experiences I've ever had, for years and years. Battlefield 4 was the pinnacle. I actually like the cops vs robbers too. That was the best spinoff. Battlefront was pretty good too in it's own ways.

    Thank you for all the good years and Rest in Peace battlefield. It was good while it lasted. It's like burying a loved one.    … Expand
  2. Xeculiar
    Feb 24, 2022
    0
    I made the mistake of buying the 100 dollar version and I am disappointed on this halfassed game that should've been delayed for at least a few months but ea don't care and just want your money
  3. Sesma007
    Feb 23, 2022
    0
    This game is junk. Invincible walls, bugs up the list, not fun, no in game chat, no score Board.

    Just let it die
  4. Luketek
    Feb 21, 2022
    2
    Coming from older battlefields like bad company 2, battlefield 3, and 4 this game is a major let down. The number of bugs is a joke and is unacceptable when you have so many studios working on one game. The lack of content is also another let down hardy any weapons, wide open maps, and no teamwork. Dice and ea really **** the bed when they made this into another hero shooter with cringyComing from older battlefields like bad company 2, battlefield 3, and 4 this game is a major let down. The number of bugs is a joke and is unacceptable when you have so many studios working on one game. The lack of content is also another let down hardy any weapons, wide open maps, and no teamwork. Dice and ea really **** the bed when they made this into another hero shooter with cringy lines from each. Hazard zone is also a joke. The worst battle royal on the market with no rewards to even play it in the first place and gives you no incentives to play it to. The only redeeming factor is the portal mode which is just the older games remastered. If they want this game to success they should just add all of bf3 into portal or remove the specialist and go back to classes also add more weapons but this will probably never happen since they all got our money and will never give us a refund which is a shame because we were all pretty pumped for this game especially watching the trailers. Hopefully they learn from this and go back to what made battlefield great.… Expand
  5. 21gramos
    Feb 20, 2022
    1
    Una basura es lamentable lo que está ocurriendo con esta saga, no le veo buen futuro van de mal en peor
  6. greasy_syrup123
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    It's honestly just really sad to see a once great franchise go down the toilet due to EA's complete and utter incompetence. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.
  7. Fried-Chicken
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    It's a below average shooter and it should never be called Battlefield.....
  8. MKY
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    this ((game)) is a Nightmare
    i am sick from these bad rushed games and waiting for patches
  9. TerdFergesun
    Feb 18, 2022
    0
    Just deleted off my PS5 today. This game is not fun and has few redeeming qualities. The best part of the game is Portal’s Conquest of Ages and some of the hardcore servers that were only populated on the weekends, sometimes. The main game itself sucks and is not enjoyable. There are no “battlefield moments”. The gun play is horrible, the recoil and damage is inconsistent and poorlyJust deleted off my PS5 today. This game is not fun and has few redeeming qualities. The best part of the game is Portal’s Conquest of Ages and some of the hardcore servers that were only populated on the weekends, sometimes. The main game itself sucks and is not enjoyable. There are no “battlefield moments”. The gun play is horrible, the recoil and damage is inconsistent and poorly balanced. The vehicles are overpowered and impossible to take out with anti-tank weapons; and those AT weapons are too slow of projectile speed, too slow to reload, and who the eff believes that 20 years into the future there won’t be AT weapons that can lock on? And that goes to the other stupidity of “future” war using the same weapons we have now in the same calibers. Does anyone think a Keltec carbine in 22 magnum is a sniper rifle? This isn’t the future, this is an alternate reality of present day weapon systems overlayed on top of unrealistic geopolitical conflict. Where’s China, Iran, North Korea, or terrorist groups that are highlighted in the US National Defense Strategy? EA and Dice are so afraid of Chinese Communist Party backlash they won’t even put them in the game despite them being the only existential threat to the United States. Everything about this game is pathetic and I with I could get my money back. Oh yeah, and because of this sh!t show I also cancelled my EAPlay subscription. Suck it EA.… Expand
  10. Raf2042
    Feb 18, 2022
    0
    Unplayable. So many bugs! This games does not deserve full price even if they fix it. Indeed, immediately they reduced it to 30% off, then 50%, and now it is permanently on sale. No guns, no maps, no story mode. Laggy servers. Every single aspect is bad and performs poorly if it is not glitchy. We, who paid full price, are mad at EA/DICE. I'll never pre-order again.
  11. Chrysovalantis
    Feb 18, 2022
    0
    Battlefield as we knew it, is dead. Thank you for the amazing memories, but I will not accept this disaster.
  12. Sashashshsh
    Feb 16, 2022
    0
    For a what you added specialists? They’re breaking an already imperfect game. There is too little content for a game that ideally should not differ from Battlefield 4. It was just necessary to copy the best versions of the previous parts. There is nothing left even from the recent battlefield 5. We need a serious redesign with a reduction in the distances between points, maps withFor a what you added specialists? They’re breaking an already imperfect game. There is too little content for a game that ideally should not differ from Battlefield 4. It was just necessary to copy the best versions of the previous parts. There is nothing left even from the recent battlefield 5. We need a serious redesign with a reduction in the distances between points, maps with completely closed rooms, I allow you to make a remaster of the operation locked up… Expand
  13. NeonReplicant
    Feb 5, 2022
    6
    I have tried to enjoy Bf2042 since launch despite a raft of issues, but finally it's really just shown a surprising lack of depth. Overall art design is good, but level design is terrible. No usable cover on capture points make you cannon fodder for mouse pad snipers. I find myself constantly popping smoke to stay alive. No peek around cover options or weapon mounting doesn't help. NoI have tried to enjoy Bf2042 since launch despite a raft of issues, but finally it's really just shown a surprising lack of depth. Overall art design is good, but level design is terrible. No usable cover on capture points make you cannon fodder for mouse pad snipers. I find myself constantly popping smoke to stay alive. No peek around cover options or weapon mounting doesn't help. No choke points to enable tense gunplay. Vehicle balancing is broken and light transports are useless, which makes Conquest feel like a sprinting simulator. 128 player matches can be a thrill and this kept me coming back until I realised the maps were garbage. With servers seeming laggier than ever and player counts plummeting the state of the game is far from ideal. Patches have fixed assault rifle bloom and hit reg issues. But these shouldn't have existed in the first place in a game with an active beta. Dice clearly dropped the ball on what should have been a slam dunk.… Expand
  14. bavety
    Feb 13, 2022
    1
    O jogo foi lançado extremamente bugado, sempre fui fá da franquia battlefield, uma vergonha lançar esse jogo desse jeito. Nunca mais compro nenhum jogo da EA.
  15. luisbortolaso
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    um lixo , só muié gritando o tempo inteiro forçando a barra , nós todos sabemos que existem mulheres em campos de batalhas mas ficar focando e forçando a atenção o tempo todo à elas da no saco, o que salva um pouco é modo portal mas do resto está muito fraco, fora as apelações a la fortinite e personagens patéticos, e tem as lacrações empurradas guéla abaixo, sem chance ja parei de jogarum lixo , só muié gritando o tempo inteiro forçando a barra , nós todos sabemos que existem mulheres em campos de batalhas mas ficar focando e forçando a atenção o tempo todo à elas da no saco, o que salva um pouco é modo portal mas do resto está muito fraco, fora as apelações a la fortinite e personagens patéticos, e tem as lacrações empurradas guéla abaixo, sem chance ja parei de jogar , finishi hin!!… Expand
  16. NarraMine
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    Разработчики и издатели хотели просто срубить баблишка на известном имени выпустив игру очень плохого качества. Не рекомендую, не тратье деньги.
  17. DarkSefar
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    Este juego es la culminación del desproposito en que se está convirtiendo la industria del videojuego en estos últimos años: juegos ciclicos anuales sin testear y que intentan acabar una vez están en manos de los usuarios.

    En resumen, un producto incompleto, que a 3 meses de su lanzamiento está muy lejos de estar arreglado.

    Una pena para esta franquicia iconica.
  18. CaptainJackParo
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    Created an account just to give this a zero. EA came out and suggested some woke executive made decisions to remove scoreboard and voice chat to address "toxicity". I hope this executive was removed to address "being **** at ones job". Go woke. Go broke.
  19. Kacperov13
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    EA cożeście zrobili ta gra to najwieksze gówno w jakie grałem od lat nawet cyberpunk już był lepszy bo ta gra widać że była robiona pod kase i tylko pod to
  20. Mikephoto1
    Feb 8, 2022
    1
    How this got a 67 on metascore is absolutely mind bending! This is the worst battlefield game I have ever played. It feels like it was created for mobile. Lack of guns, lack of customisation, lack of soul. The maps are super open and aimed at vehicles. They are so empty and clean and weird. The game is just so bad. Do not get it.
  21. DEUS4ATHEIST
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Unplayable trash. Thank you dice swe and ea.
    100$ lol. For what? This game is dead born
  22. Widowmakernt
    Feb 7, 2022
    1
    This game is a case study in failure. The biggest failure is that it has taken away the core gameplay elements that made the Battlefield experience creating an decidedly unfun experience at every level possible. In the past players stuck with BF despite the technical problems that plagued the games and some balance issues because the core gameplay loop and design were always solid. That isThis game is a case study in failure. The biggest failure is that it has taken away the core gameplay elements that made the Battlefield experience creating an decidedly unfun experience at every level possible. In the past players stuck with BF despite the technical problems that plagued the games and some balance issues because the core gameplay loop and design were always solid. That is not the case in 2042. DICE has been trying to distil what creates the ''Battlefield moments'' and in their mind it was the chaos of those moments when teams make a push for an objective. Instead they've tried to artificially create a constant chaos through injecting 128 players, twice the vehicles and open map designs. To that they tried to shoehorn in Hero shooter mechanics which can only work on small scale games (6vs6 etc) discarding the core class system which was also integral in controlling game balance. The resulting experience is just flat and unfun. On top of that, the game has unbelievably low level of core content like weapons and maps (far lower than any previous game). Even if the season plans went ahead on time, 1 map added per season would bring the main game's Map count to 11 after a whole year. This would be half or less of any previous title. It also suffers from having a lack of any immersive atmosphere and a total disconnect between artwork&backround compared to gameplay and tone deaf add-ons. On the technical aspects, the game is a big downgrade from all previous entries in the quality of visuals and animations. More importantly there is not a single mechanic/area in the game that is not suffering from bugs and the physics engine is dodgy at best. Tanks move like sand buggies almost unable to pivot on the spot and either jumping in the air every time they touch an obstacle (instead of climbing over it like a 60t tracked vehicle) or stick to small objects like super-glue and planes physics feel utterly wrong. Destruction which the franchise has as it's signature feature is heavily toned down and extremely inconsistent and un-impactful. The lack or poor quality of things like scoreboard or UI point to severe cuts in development to make the release date, even though they're being justified as 'design decisions' when they make zero sense. Even core technical things like Controller &mouse input or aim assist don't work well and feel off. Sound quality is very poor as well completely opposite to the almost benchmark quality of previous titles. Pouring salt to the wounds, we have an experienced AAA developer than needs to create a scoreboard in 3 phases with customer input. As if we're talking about a complex new industry leading innovation that they're attempting for the first time ever. This is just another confirmation of the poor state of the Development studio. To conclude, this game is a failed swansong project of a Studio on its way out that no longer has the ability to create the type of games they used to that connected with their customer base. Don't waste your money on it. Support for it will end after a year when they run out of the contractual obligation they have for the 1yr support from the pre-orders. Content and support through that year will remain the bare minimum and will be pulled as soon as its done as the customer numbers cannot sustain the 'live service model' set.… Expand
  23. halabino
    Feb 6, 2022
    2
    poor performance, lack of creativity. game has no identity. battles dont feel special and lack that classic battlefield atmosphere. minimal content, just a blatant money grab by EA
  24. kocal5kii
    Feb 5, 2022
    0
    It's most worst part ever all. I will never been buy games from EA. For which gamers this was been maked?
    Why do you maked this sh....?
    Questions:
    - a table with rating?
    - why can't you sit down and go?
    - a lot of guns?
    - why this a game have so many errors?
    People, do not buy this nonsense
  25. Painfromhell
    Feb 3, 2022
    1
    This game sucks. Baddest bf ever. Danger scam. Unspielbar hässliche grafik. No scoreboard...................
  26. Dalton01
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    The worst battlefield in history don’t understand what direction they were trying to go but the **** was backwards top 5 worst game all time
  27. RabidWolverine0
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    I waited a long time to rate this game to see how things developed. The fact that the first DLC won't release until summertime is ridiculous. Of course, this isn't the only issue I have with the game, its just the final straw. I regret spending $100 on this game. I will not be buying any future battlefield titles following my experience with this purchase. Please dont buy this game either!I waited a long time to rate this game to see how things developed. The fact that the first DLC won't release until summertime is ridiculous. Of course, this isn't the only issue I have with the game, its just the final straw. I regret spending $100 on this game. I will not be buying any future battlefield titles following my experience with this purchase. Please dont buy this game either! You will most likely regret your decision after several hours of mundane playtime and wont be able to receive a refund in most cases either. I wish I never bought this game,… Expand
  28. SlaveOwner
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    Heh the Swedish Dice became a joke with their new BF 2042 game.Shame on you.I was so hyped for this game,but now I am more than dissapointed.You have succesfully destroyed your game that many of us fell in love with long time ago.
  29. Icewave
    Nov 15, 2021
    3
    Disclaimer: this review is written 5 days after the game has been released. Battlefield 2042 has a lot of potential to become a good game, but what we got on release is an incomplete game for a premium price. I'm having fun playing it, but I feel guilty since I know that by buying this, I'm directly encouraging companies like EA to continue to rip people off by delivering unfinishedDisclaimer: this review is written 5 days after the game has been released. Battlefield 2042 has a lot of potential to become a good game, but what we got on release is an incomplete game for a premium price. I'm having fun playing it, but I feel guilty since I know that by buying this, I'm directly encouraging companies like EA to continue to rip people off by delivering unfinished games.

    Below you'll find a list of pluses and minuses which you should consider before buying this game:

    + the music (probably thr only aspect of the game which actually impressed me)
    + plenty of fun ("only in Battlefield" moments)
    + good looking maps and biomes
    + decent performance on the PS5
    + most maps seem to be well balanced + the new mode (Hazard Zone) can be quite intense
    + Battlefield Portal has potential + loving the "plus" menu (for switching out attachments on the go)
    + vehicles can be quite fun
    + it's futuristic, yet familiar

    - missing squad and competitive features (no scoreboard, no voice chat, no squad rewards for playing together, no demote system for inactive squad leaders)
    - operators, abilities, third-person view and cosmetics (battlefield is slowly becoming a fortnite-warzone knockoff)
    - no TDM/Free-for-all modes outside portal
    - only a few guns in the game (and they are unbalanced: currently an SMG outperforms all ARs at mid range; shotguns are useless)
    - too many abilities and gadgets focused on wall hacking
    - animations look unpolished
    - no single-player campaign
    - the acting is bad, the characters behave like teenagers, not soldiers
    - no immersion, no "large scale battle" atmosphere
    - very basic customization
    - the UI can be quite cluttered at times
    - visual bugs (too many to list here)
    - unbalanced vehicles
    - some maps feel a bit too empty
    - not enough weather effects variety    … Expand
  30. M15TER105
    Jan 31, 2022
    1
    Portal alone is a dream, you pay for a game and recive 4 . What game/francize give you that . Neative reviews come from COD players .
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Metascore
63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. GameCritics
    Feb 24, 2022
    70
    While the repetition and lack of content cooled my enthusiasm a bit, I am excited to see where DICE can take Battlefield 2042 from here — if current industry trends hold, I’m confident this will be a strong addition to my already-full shooter rotation after a few months of additions and updates.
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  2. PLAY
    Feb 23, 2022
    80
    Despite a traditionally rocky launch, the latest Battlefield proves itself one of the best in the series. Tell Edwin Starr we found out what war is good for. [Issue#9, p.72]
  3. Edge Magazine
    Dec 30, 2021
    60
    As nostalgic joys go, though, it's a damning one. [Issue#367, p.106]
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