Battlefield 2042

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2.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1271 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 216 out of 1271
  2. Mixed: 87 out of 1271
  3. Negative: 968 out of 1271
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  1. heisenberg_88
    Nov 23, 2021
    1
    Game gets boring after playing for few hours ! battlefield series is slowly dying .
    bf 3,4,1 are the only battlefield worth playing !
    Please finish your work , take reviews from closed/open beta and then release the game .
    Don't rush to release the game !
  2. PipBoy1989
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (next generation)
    I am disappointed and cheated at the same time. Broken game not only technically. Do not buy. Save your money. Updates will look as always - "soon".    … Expand
  3. ThatHeliBruh
    Nov 24, 2021
    2
    This game feels like a phone game that you know was just kinda slapped together. No real thought, there’s so little to go off of. The rankings feel like nothing at all. Barely any weapons. It makes you not want to play much because there’s not much to look forward to. Boring.
  4. Beaster
    Nov 24, 2021
    1
    This game should have been free2pkay! This game doesn’t feel like a finished Battlefield game in any way. Wait until the bottom falls out of the price (which it will). Do not buy at full price. You are not getting a finished game. So many missing features, bugs, glitches and crashes on PS5. Basic gunplay is not good - hit registration and damage is appalling. Especially assault rifles. So,This game should have been free2pkay! This game doesn’t feel like a finished Battlefield game in any way. Wait until the bottom falls out of the price (which it will). Do not buy at full price. You are not getting a finished game. So many missing features, bugs, glitches and crashes on PS5. Basic gunplay is not good - hit registration and damage is appalling. Especially assault rifles. So, so many features missing from this Battlefield game. Dice and EA should be ashamed. Not a proper game. Should have been free2play.… Expand
  5. ecyras
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    This game is completely broken. There isn't a single thing which works. Hit registration is the worst of any games I've ever played. I mean Destiny had really bad lag, but this one... Most shots (way more than 50%) don't register. There is no Team Deathmatch. There is no scoreboard. Bad map design. Almost no content. Almost no maps. In Portal you can't even make progress. It's just oneThis game is completely broken. There isn't a single thing which works. Hit registration is the worst of any games I've ever played. I mean Destiny had really bad lag, but this one... Most shots (way more than 50%) don't register. There is no Team Deathmatch. There is no scoreboard. Bad map design. Almost no content. Almost no maps. In Portal you can't even make progress. It's just one game after another without progress. What's the idea behind that? You get stuck in most games, so that you can't even join. I'm a software developer; trust me if I say, that most of those bugs will still not be fixed in a year. In software development process, you would start from scratch if you messed it up like they did. No chance of reparing that. There must be some fundamental questionable architectural decision. I only wanted a Battlefield 3 or 4 with state of the art architecture. But they messed it up like they never did before. Even Vanguard is a better game... I'm so sorry for the Battlefield franchise and my only hope now is a remaster of Battlefield BC2/3/4, and please, don't let Dice remaster it; they could even mess up a remaster.… Expand
  6. Dvm1982
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    El peor bf que he jugado con diferencia. Horrible en todos los aspectos, hasta en los gráficos. No tiene modo campaña y lo venden al máximo precio. Si no fuera digital lo devolvería. Una basura.
  7. Fraise1611
    Nov 26, 2021
    2
    Very disappointing…
    I thought I was buying a BF game, I just don’t recognize it. It is way too messy too be enjoyable, the specialities, the classes, huge and monotone maps, few weapons, it is just too boring and confusing.
    I am sad because I loved BF, but it is another game, I will take it back tomorrow as I don’t have any hope for it. There is too much work to do just to make a decent    Very disappointing…
    I thought I was buying a BF game, I just don’t recognize it. It is way too messy too be enjoyable, the specialities, the classes, huge and monotone maps, few weapons, it is just too boring and confusing.
    I am sad because I loved BF, but it is another game, I will take it back tomorrow as I don’t have any hope for it. There is too much work to do just to make a decent game.
    I am not mentioning bugs because it is apparently inevitable in our current times.
    The arrival on map are just stupids and bugged, the respawn sometimes makes no sense, the comments of best players at the end of game are ridiculous.
    No solo campaign, it could be ok if multiplayers mode were nice, which is not the case.
    absence of score table, what’s wrong with devs ?
    Graphism are not at PS5 level, BF5 is way more detailed and nice.    … Expand
  8. enut_butter
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Another big AAA release in 2021… and ANOTHER HUGE DUMPSTER FIRE. Terrible performance, politically correct inclusions, awful maps, questionable servers. I genuinely can’t think of anything good to say about this game, I know some people enjoy BF portal but all that did for me was help illustrate just how bad modern BF is compared to even BF4.
  9. Hoppatheetje
    Nov 19, 2021
    9
    Oke there are a some bugs that needs to be fixed, the HUD needs some tweaks, the scoreboard must come back and i really miss the voice-chat (This will make it much more fun). But i am sure DICE will polish this raw diamant. I had lots of fun and the team play is there, but you need to be in a good team.
  10. LocoN1co
    Nov 16, 2021
    9
    I love the game. Yes there is bugs but they will fix it. Gun play is good. Love the big maps. And snipeing is insane. Cant wait to see more content for this game
  11. gugaloli
    Nov 16, 2021
    5
    MOUSE support for consoles!

    Me, as a most time PC gamer, can't play this game on my PS5 because I don't play FPS on controller, mainly when I play against PC players (crossplay).
  12. OnlyOneHere
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    This game is easily the worst Battlefield game I have ever played in my life. The physics in this game are complete garbage. I crashed my fighter jet on a couple of buildings and it didn't even have a scratch, let alone get blown up. I destroyed a tree and the branch was flipping around a million times in the air. Speaking of the air, I literally saw a land vehicle flying in the air. ThisThis game is easily the worst Battlefield game I have ever played in my life. The physics in this game are complete garbage. I crashed my fighter jet on a couple of buildings and it didn't even have a scratch, let alone get blown up. I destroyed a tree and the branch was flipping around a million times in the air. Speaking of the air, I literally saw a land vehicle flying in the air. This game has too many bugs and glitches. Too many parts of the map have awful textures. The driving mechanics are trash.

    This game is completely unbalanced. The progression system in this game is terrible. The maps are poorly design. Lack of content. This game has less firearms than Battlefield 4 at launch, and let me remind you that the latter was $10 cheaper at launch. The greedy developers didn't even bother giving us an offline singleplayer campaign, despite charging $10 more than the previous installments of this video game franchise. You can't even dive while swimming. The customization options are pathetic. The user interface is unbearable.

    This game has no offline modes. So once the developers decide to switch off the servers, this game will end up in the trash can. Charging $70 for a game with no offline gameplay is a cash grab. And the greedy developers have the audacity to charge $70 for only half of the game. The developers were too cheap and lazy to design the other half of the game, which is the campaign. I don't recommend this game at all.    … Expand
  13. JoshCJ
    Nov 14, 2021
    8
    I have Sat here for the last hour reading through official and user reviews to see what everyone is saying and essentially what i am seeing is people overreacting about how bad Battlefield 2042 is. Bear in mind this game is new and is early access. Every game launches with questionable bugs, glitches, exploits you get the point. I don't understand what people are basing theirI have Sat here for the last hour reading through official and user reviews to see what everyone is saying and essentially what i am seeing is people overreacting about how bad Battlefield 2042 is. Bear in mind this game is new and is early access. Every game launches with questionable bugs, glitches, exploits you get the point. I don't understand what people are basing their disappointment on. Okay there isn't enough gamemodes. I agree, the basic game will get truly repetitive after a long time, agreed. Hazard Zone is a good concept executed badly, could possibly be redeemed but they need to focus on redemption at this moment in time. They need to look at the bad reviews and see what people are consistently complaining about as if you fix/add things people are complaining about to the point where you have covered everything there won't be anything further to complain about.

    My personal opinion on the game is I think its a step down the right path. But the next couple months are crucial to the games success. Its enjoyable, yes but I can see the content lacking very soon. But I think people need to cut them some slack and not one overly critical of the situation as I think its becoming worse the is actually is    … Expand
  14. barkerboi
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    I'm so disappointed in DICE. They seem to have completely forgotten what made battlefield good. And they have repeatedly not listed to the fan base. The soul has gone. The game is full of gimmicks. The frame rate makes it unplayable even on a high end pc. Even if it did play well, the UI, the level design, the woke stuff - it's an unmitigated embarrassment.
  15. luckydutch
    Nov 14, 2021
    5
    It’s very buggy still (expected) but my bigger issue is that is just not that fun to play on console. Specifically, the gunplay is really bad. Weapons have a lot of recoil, but they also seem to have aim ‘bloom’ where the bullets will literally fire off to the side of where it is actually aiming. Combine all that with the weaknesses of a controller for aiming and weak aim assist and itIt’s very buggy still (expected) but my bigger issue is that is just not that fun to play on console. Specifically, the gunplay is really bad. Weapons have a lot of recoil, but they also seem to have aim ‘bloom’ where the bullets will literally fire off to the side of where it is actually aiming. Combine all that with the weaknesses of a controller for aiming and weak aim assist and it just feels so RNG and frustrating. I also don’t like specialists and the lack of classes but that has been discussed as-nauseam at this point.… Expand
  16. Queruba
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Não comprem, não comprem, não comprem, não comprem, não comprem, não comprem!
  17. Jakub_Cichy
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    **** That's how I rate this game after using 10 free hours from EA Play. Play Vanguard is the only right shooter
  18. Itznothin
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Spiele seit BF2….

    Wo ist die Serverauswahl für normale Spiele oder zumindest das man Hardcore einstellen kann? Wo sind die Stats?

    Wo ist das Scoringboard?


    Wo ist der Hardcore Mode?


    Bugs, Lags…..

    Blablabla
  19. sethdean0
    Nov 16, 2021
    3
    Wow. This game is almost unplayable. Even when it's working the core experience is boring. The maps are way to big and empty.
  20. von_kiver
    Nov 16, 2021
    1
    Zero value for the money the hype. Full of glitches and terribly unbalanced. A horrible experience as the game is completely unbalanced. The fact that it is a demo at best is the least of the problems. The main issue is how unbalanced everything is... the hovercrafts are basically impossible to beat. They are crazy fast, more health than some armored vehicles si can climb up walls... oh,Zero value for the money the hype. Full of glitches and terribly unbalanced. A horrible experience as the game is completely unbalanced. The fact that it is a demo at best is the least of the problems. The main issue is how unbalanced everything is... the hovercrafts are basically impossible to beat. They are crazy fast, more health than some armored vehicles si can climb up walls... oh, and have a turret which kills you with minimal effort. The helicopters and planes don't seem to need resupply so they can just spam you with rockets and can trick the guided rockets. But that's ok, because you only have 3 of those rockets and you will need at least two hits to take down one heli. Now you only have 10 left. Not to mention that the PP-29 is the dream. All you need to do is hit the target and they die. The TTK for this weapon is only rivaled by a shotgun. And you get it at level 18 with almost all the attachments you will ever need on it. Munition is almost impossible to find and it is easier to just die and respawn. Anyways it doesn't matter because there is no scoreboard so nobody will see how many times you've died at the end of the game. Only issue with dying is that you'll eventually have to run a marathon to get from on objective to another. The operators don't really feel special at all and their abilities have almost no effect on how the game goes. But I won't go into details here. You cannot chose a map or server and after 3-4 days of playing I've played some maps on repeat and the ones that I actually enjoy barely a few times.… Expand
  21. Inomil
    Nov 16, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a shoter and not the WAR THUNDER or WORLD OF TANKS!! Many vehicles in the game!! Please reduce the vehicles!!!… Expand
  22. MarkAurel121
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    BF3 remains the last good BF release. Since its part of the Portal mode, its also the best part of this game, together with Bad Company 2, but the bad hit detection and overall technical state even destroy this experience. And not only is this a buggy mess, also the design choices are really bad. Specialist destroy the classic BF gameplay. DON'T BUY IT.
  23. Soodhmdan55
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    There is no reason to delete the story mode from the new part of the game Warfield 2042, so I will have to give you this negative evaluation because of the deletion of the story mode.
  24. Avarazon
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Garbage not worth 80 euros
    - Really awful UI
    - horrible controls and gunplay (bad hit reg etc)
    - lack of weapons
    - No classes
    - map design is bad
    - So many unnecessary cutscenes
    - Full of game breaking bugs
  25. Yareggg
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Battlefield 2042 это уже не Battlefield,это даже не хорошая Call of duty,к сожалению проект больше походит на free to play проект с кучей багов,без сюжетной компании и с посредственным мультиплеером
  26. flyersfan4343
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Very disappointing. The graphics and maps look awesome; aesthetics very well done. Other than that just not a fun game to play. The gameplay is just not fluid/smooth. The maps are way too large as well - too much running around and not enough action. This game has great potential but it just simply misses the mark, unfortunately.
  27. IIIIASHIIII
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    This will eventually be one of the best games of 2023. But for now.......... The game is unplayable and broken! The audio is bugged. The game keeps crashing. The servers go down mid game. Constantly kicked from servers. Most of the guns in the game are glitched out and don’t shoot straight. Frame rate and stuttering is horrible and it makes me feel sick when I try to play. Most of theThis will eventually be one of the best games of 2023. But for now.......... The game is unplayable and broken! The audio is bugged. The game keeps crashing. The servers go down mid game. Constantly kicked from servers. Most of the guns in the game are glitched out and don’t shoot straight. Frame rate and stuttering is horrible and it makes me feel sick when I try to play. Most of the progression in the game is glitched out and is not tracked. At some points the assets in the game don’t even load and it looks like your playing a PS3 game. This game is in such a bad shape EA should be sued for false advertising. This game in its current state should be called a Beta. They won’t be able to fix the game for another 6-12 months and it should be removed from the PlayStation store until then. I recommend everyone to wait for this game to be fixed and buy on sale. I have requested a refund and recommend anyone that has paid for this to get a refund and wait 6-12 months. EA Needs to learn to stop releasing half a game and charging full price.… Expand
  28. NINJA-GAIDEN287
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Terrible game full of bugs and glitches and has BF5 engine. And all the maps are too bright and colourful and doesn’t feel like a world at war war game at all. This game can get very boring since it feels like a running field simulator because the Maps needs more players added to it. There’s no kill steaks like Call of Duty. They should’ve just called this game Delayed running fieldTerrible game full of bugs and glitches and has BF5 engine. And all the maps are too bright and colourful and doesn’t feel like a world at war war game at all. This game can get very boring since it feels like a running field simulator because the Maps needs more players added to it. There’s no kill steaks like Call of Duty. They should’ve just called this game Delayed running field simulator disappointment 2043. I rather play ground war in Call of duty than this delayed crap.… Expand
  29. canthariiz
    Nov 15, 2021
    2
    I am a Battlefield Gamer since Battlefield Vietnam. Played 1942 but was too young to really get into it. So I played Vietnam, Battlefield 2, 2142, Bad Company 1 and 2, 3, 4, V and now... This. It is not a Battlefield. It is so bad I don't know where too start. The sound is awfull. The map design atrocious. There are so many things missing that made Battlefield such a unique experience. .
  30. BrunoManzela
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Mecânicas visivelmenre copiadas de CoD que é uma outra franquia fraquissima, não honra o legado dos clássicos e o preço ainda é abusivo
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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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