Battlefield 2042

 Xbox Series X
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2.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 644 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 503 out of 644
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  1. Gambit-95
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    This game should not be called battlefield. It is a setback in all respects. Low on content, poorly balanced, empty and poorly designed maps, no destruction.
    The specialists are unbearable and their phrases ridiculous.
    A lot of mechanics from previous games are missing. You can see that this game was a battleroyale and at some point in development they turned it into a conventional game.    This game should not be called battlefield. It is a setback in all respects. Low on content, poorly balanced, empty and poorly designed maps, no destruction.
    The specialists are unbearable and their phrases ridiculous.
    A lot of mechanics from previous games are missing.
    You can see that this game was a battleroyale and at some point in development they turned it into a conventional game. EA remains unlearned in continual contempt for its lifelong users. He will continue without winning his rival Activision and Cod    … Expand
  2. davygravy93
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Idk how it's possible but I went from actively anticipating this game to despising it, well done dice and ea. Honestly this is the worst battlefield since hardline, I'd rather get t-bagged in halo than play another second of this.
  3. Ren57
    Dec 5, 2021
    0
    I’m at a loss for words here, for a while now battlefield has been one of my favorite franchises because if it’s identity and the feel and just what it brings to the table and in this installment in the series they just lost all of that.

    I decided to download the 10 hour trial on gamepass and almost made it 3 hours in before deleting the game. I was excited because over the past few years    I’m at a loss for words here, for a while now battlefield has been one of my favorite franchises because if it’s identity and the feel and just what it brings to the table and in this installment in the series they just lost all of that.

    I decided to download the 10 hour trial on gamepass and almost made it 3 hours in before deleting the game. I was excited because over the past few years I’ve seen a trendy more towards games like apex and warzone and the like and thought battlefield would be a nice breath of fresh air from those types of games but I guess I was wrong. This game has completely lost its identity and has decided to adhere to the trends going on right now and on top of that it’s completely broken!

    Frame rate issues, weapon bloom is horrible, revive glitches, glitchy spawn menu, a host of in game glitches, on top of that they removed sooo many features from this game it’s ridiculous. I’m gonna stop there because if I keep going I’ll be here all day but needless to say this game crushed my hopes this year for a good battlefield game and honestly unless there is a return to form with the next installment I don’t see myself buying another battlefield game in the future.    … Expand
  4. KettuF1N
    Dec 10, 2021
    0
    When new Battlefield coming out? This game is rubbish. The worst Battlefield game I've ever played
  5. iIkotIi
    Dec 10, 2021
    0
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  6. Deda_reDa
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    This is honestly one of the worst games I have had the displeasure of playing. Good thing the trial is free.
    Most of the things either don’t work at all or are seriously glitched out.
    Getting stuck in the environment, fps issues. Flickering screens left and right. Packet bursts and lag galore. I thought Cod Vanguard was bad, but BF2042 takes the cake.
    Specialists? What is this this, overwatch?
  7. nurfedx
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Absolute dumpster fire and an Insult to every BF-Veteran. Even worse than BF5. DONT BUY!
  8. Rufasa
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    It's literally EA making this franchise more appealing to 12 year olds in hope that they will carelessly throw their money at EA like they do with other games like fortnite, Apex, CoD. Watch EA flood BF with cringey skins. BF is now a dead franchise
  9. tiXxi44
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    This game is unfinished and boring. Performance is bad, gunplay feels clunky, portal browser servers have minimum 100ms ping, its just horrible.
  10. Siskus17
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Menu:
    First off, BF 2042’s menu setup is a rip-off of CoD Warzone’s. Its menu designs, its main menu, its side menus, its player card system, its customization, and its background. EA went lower than anyone could have expected and actually ripped off Activision of all companies thinking that either no one would notice or no one would care. The customization menu is completely bugged, I can    Menu:
    First off, BF 2042’s menu setup is a rip-off of CoD Warzone’s. Its menu designs, its main menu, its side menus, its player card system, its customization, and its background. EA went lower than anyone could have expected and actually ripped off Activision of all companies thinking that either no one would notice or no one would care. The customization menu is completely bugged, I can change my loadout names and my Attachment Loadouts but nothing else; even at level 10 everything is greyed out and unavailable including Specialist customization. The options have a 50/50 chance of working, I have had moments where I cannot change any options mid-match and got stuck with uncomfortable settings until I relaunched the game. There is no quality/framerate mode in the menu, which doesn’t exactly matter given that the graphics look like they’re in 1080p and the framerate is between 24FPS and 50FPS depending on how much you are planning on participating in the game; yes, I triple-checked, I do have the Series X version installed. There is no means to disable Crossplay which is disgraceful considering how much of an advantage it is to have a set-up that can actually run the game semi-functionally and how out of control the hacker situation has already become.

    All-Out War:
    There are 2 modes. 2. Conquest and Conquest-Rush There is no option for private matches unless it is Vs. AI. The core issue with both modes is the 128-player limit: the sectioning of control zones into separate points does not matter when 64 players are going to storm a single point whether or not it makes tactical sense. With a 128-player limit the maps feel smaller than ever because there is not enough environment outside of the control zones, so while the maps themselves are enormous there is only enough of what I will call a “playable area” for maybe an 80-player limit. I was going to go on a long tirade about this concept, but simply put BF 2042 does not have the map design quality necessary to make a thrilling and memorable experience for 128 players. The new initial spawning is confusing to say the least, it allows you to select vehicles in the load menu but from what I’ve seen it just ignores your choice and deploys all players as infantry regardless and spawns in 8 default transport vehicles for 64 players, which means roughly 20 players per team will play the first several minutes of a match while others are forced to either run or redeploy to play a part in any of the action. I was only able to changes specialists and loadouts once per match in the 5 matches I played which makes it impossible to experiment with different styles of play against different opponents. The specialists make the implementation of hardcore modes a pipe dream as the indistinguishability of 10 characters in a game of 128 makes target ID impossible. Rao, the hacker, is one of the many crimes against balance EA and DICE have committed as he can completely disable vehicle weapons and countermeasures for about 6 seconds and scrambles player HUDs to an indescribable severity with no cooldown in between the hacking tool’s uses except for a 4-second cooldown on something or someone that was recently hacked and his passive, which maps and tags the teammates of nearby enemies he kills, means that if a Rao kills one of your teammates while you are sneaking near them, you lose. This kind of imbalance exists in all specialists, Rao is just the only one I personally main.

    Hazard Zone:
    There’s nothing really much to say since the 1-minute queue time, 4-minute load time, unskippable 2-minute cutscene, 1-minute pre-game screen, and 30-second deployment cutscene bored me by match 2. Match 1 was cut abruptly short when the AI 1-shot my teammates and I from 300m away, so I guess it literally is just Escape from Tarkov.

    Portal:
    They have completely disgraced the memory of 3 of Battlefield’s most famous titles by giving the character classes we all love and remember passive abilities that make them utterly broken. I uninstalled it after looking at the Portal character screen. I do not remember much of it, likely due to my brain already trying to repress it, but I remember seeing that snipers from all three titles instantly ping anyone that shoots them and Anti-Tanks and Demolitions regenerate explosives the same way tanks do.

    All and all, do not buy this game because there was not enough thought or effort put into it to justify the outrageous price. It is disgusting that EA expects us to just shut up and buy and I just cannot do that any longer. Battlefield’s future is bleak and I expect we will be seeing heavy layoffs at DICE in the months to come.    … Expand
  11. Berke07
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Trash can. You dont buy. DICE, EA are useless company. You are best idiot in the world.
  12. densdds
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    On XSS there is nice stable FPS. But many bugs and problems with netcode makes the game awful. Hazard zone is absolutely useless mode. Original modes of BF 2042 are not playable because of bad balance and awful level design. The only reason to buy this game is BF Portal. But bad optimisation also can spoil your experience in Portal modes.
  13. Chrisdxb87
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    I feel like it should be a criminal matter to sell
    Games to people at 100 + dollar and they suck this much. Why no scoreboard, why the class system that doesnt make sense. I am sad and angry to have wasted 100 dollar on a game that is nothing like the reviewers u paid handsomly said it is. Misleading and disappointing
  14. splashyDIAMOND
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Battlefield Battle Royale scraped into a mess. Greedy devs wanted warzone money. That's it!
  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. MANXMAN76
    Dec 6, 2021
    0
    This is the most piss poor attempt at a battlefield game to date this **** oH aLl BatTlEfiElD gAmEs ArE bUgGy At LaUnCh excuse is pathetic this is the most unplayable game that I have seen since Fallout 76 and Cyberpunk 2077 like you could have just copied battlefield 4 and improve everything of that game and we would be none the wiser not only that betas of other battlefields like 1 and 5This is the most piss poor attempt at a battlefield game to date this **** oH aLl BatTlEfiElD gAmEs ArE bUgGy At LaUnCh excuse is pathetic this is the most unplayable game that I have seen since Fallout 76 and Cyberpunk 2077 like you could have just copied battlefield 4 and improve everything of that game and we would be none the wiser not only that betas of other battlefields like 1 and 5 look, play and have more mechanics then this game did at launch **** THIS GAME!!!!… Expand
  17. KAPEC22
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    The game was re-zoned as the heir to the worm's part, but it's impossible to play it. You can't mark enemies normally, you just don't see them, even when someone nearby is firing at them. The maps are too big, this is a running and death simulator. WHY DON'T JUST UPDATE PART 4 FOR CURRENT GENERATION !!? It will be played more than "IT". I will not return to this game again.
  18. Dolfan444Life
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Broken game. Unfinished, no campaign, too few maps. Broken weapons, broken hover crafts, unable to team with friends, scoring in multiplayer broken. Bad UI. Not one redeeming quality. Biggest disappointment of 2021.… Expand
  19. Cingleon
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Firstly. I'm glad that I didn't buy this trash. I played on xbox game pass. Thank you so muck microsoft for this deal. Secondly. From which time 12 terraflops is not enough for good gaming? How is that **** is must lagging? ON 1080!!!! EXUSE ME. WTF. Where is your pleased optimisation? Are you kiddin' me?
    It's a bad joke dice. But about LGBTQ+ community you did't forget. (our game for    Firstly. I'm glad that I didn't buy this trash. I played on xbox game pass. Thank you so muck microsoft for this deal. Secondly. From which time 12 terraflops is not enough for good gaming? How is that **** is must lagging? ON 1080!!!! EXUSE ME. WTF. Where is your pleased optimisation? Are you kiddin' me?
    It's a bad joke dice. But about LGBTQ+ community you did't forget. (our game for y'all. For gays. Afroamericans, transexuals and different nationalitice and belives) **** that. Oh yeah, and weapon... It's so bad. I won't buy your games ever guys. Rip dice.    … Expand
  20. Abdulelah1
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    Unplayable game bots every where do not buy this garbage this is not Battlefield any more no teamwork !!!
  21. aimineye
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    This so to say game has the worst animation ever. Huge maps and no people on it. The worst battlefield.
  22. Adwel
    Jan 16, 2022
    0
    Battlefield fan since 4. Besides the massive list of missing basic legacy features that make players want to play Battlefield over other games, this title has lost much of it's identity.

    My first clue this one this one was gonna be a fail should have been in the beta when I was unable to play the early access I paid for because the A button didn't allow me to get by the "start game"    Battlefield fan since 4. Besides the massive list of missing basic legacy features that make players want to play Battlefield over other games, this title has lost much of it's identity.

    My first clue this one this one was gonna be a fail should have been in the beta when I was unable to play the early access I paid for because the A button didn't allow me to get by the "start game" menu screen...(Google that once, absolutely unbelievable)

    Instead of the sincerely proper tone of it's previous titles, this one with it's new specialists, it's the cringiest ever.

    I'm writing this in late January and it still doesnt save my loadouts and half the players in matches are invisible or invincible.

    Do not waste a penny on this title.    … Expand
  23. Harryik
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Плохая графика и физика. Нет вибрации по ПС5. Бф1 Бф5 лучше и интереснее, а тут играешь с ботами. За бесплатно даже не хочу играть
  24. neviusnc
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Even on Series X the performance is absolutely terrible. And even when the game runs smoothly, it's trash. Graphics look extremely basic, player runs like a Nintendo game off in the distance, expolded vehicles look like burnt dog turds, etc. This game is a very bad joke. They will not be getting my money this year, the line is drawn at this pre-alpha 70$ trash
  25. Heisenberg2020
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    As a veteran player who started with Battlefield 2 on PC and played all parts except hardline, I'm stunned what was delivered here, and by that I don't mean the bugs that are still to be fixed, but with the game everything was thrown together around everyone with which they completely destroyed the DNA of Battlefield!
    I don't even know what to start with, the list is endless, I just try    As a veteran player who started with Battlefield 2 on PC and played all parts except hardline, I'm stunned what was delivered here, and by that I don't mean the bugs that are still to be fixed, but with the game everything was thrown together around everyone with which they completely destroyed the DNA of Battlefield!
    I don't even know what to start with, the list is endless, I just try to list all the points, I've been playing the New Zealand trick consistently since the first lesson, and still there is no real Battlefield feeling, I'm now almost level 20 and draw my first conclusion.

    Now to the individual points:

    Negative:

    There is no server browser in AOW, you get to a new random server every round, that's unbelievable!
    From here you should rethink the purchase, that's an unrivaled outrage, because there is no map rotation at all, because you come back to a random server every round, so it can be good that you come back to the same map you have already played the round before who comes up with something like that.
    It's also not conducive to team play in random play, because you don't even stay with your squad with whom you may have been very good.

    There are no more factions, everyone is some 0815 superhero with unnecessary skills.

    And because everyone is a superhero, and there are no armies, you can only tell them apart with unnecessary red and green glow sticks.

    You can't see who has what because there are no classes, that sabotages team play even more.

    There are far too few points for team play, now Rambo is the hero of the hour on the server, who needs Battlefield gameplay when there is CoD XXL now.

    Take everything that is left of Battlefield with flags, support the team, and so on is only decoration because, as I said, it is a CoD XXL.

    The entire movement is copied from warzone, and a huge step backward from Battlefield 5.

    Furthermore, the immersion of a war game is destroyed by radio stations that would like to make cool in vehicles such as combat helicopters and the like, plus then the would-be cool sayings of the operator, not to be surpassed in terms of unnecessary.

    There is no longer a real scoreboard that you don't need anyway, it's all about shooting people, who needs team play in an XXL CoD.

    Normally, Battlefield is always an excellent game, for which you always need a new computer on a PC, but neither graphics nor sound are any pioneering upper class.

    Melee kills only work from behind, because it is now from the third-person perspective instead of with the knife from any side, and tear off the dog tag.
    If you do it from the side or from the front you need two hits, since the close combat kill animation only works from behind, as with CoD.

    The robot dog cannot be broken with a rocket launcher shot, the hovercraft can take as many shots as a whole tank, the whole thing is pretty questionable.

    Hitreg doesn't seem to be that good either, you have to take the LMG so that it feels like an assault rifle, otherwise you can sometimes push a whole magazine into it and the hit marker flashes crazy without the opponent tipping over, but you tip yourself felt around after two shots.
    Hopefully this can be readjusted with a patch, in the current state the whole thing is for the bin.

    The UI is far too colorful, it flashes and flashes from all sides, Fortnite kiddies are sure to find it cool when turquoise messages flash across the screen from all sides at all times.
    Clean UI looks different, but wouldn't it fit into an over-the-top Super Hero arcade shooter.

    Portal is also not the bringer of salvation as many believed, because it is not the real old games but just the bad 2042 mechanics with old maps that are reskinned.
    They brought the mode in because they don't trust their new concept themselves, so that all suspicious Battlefield veterans buy anyway, you can forget you will be disappointed, so it goes back to AOW where there is again no server browser, so stay just being able to play randomly every round is unbelievable and that's no joke.

    The musculoskeletal system is one to one stolen from warzone, you already know this fast run with a weapon held up and so, the movement of Battlefield 5 was actually already perfect and just had to be taken over and / or improved.

    Some bullets fly quite slowly, for example from the passenger gun in the tank, feels slower than from an air rifle, very questionable bullet physics in any case.

    Partly the graphics look really good, on the other hand so many large areas are just loveless and barren, no comparison to Battlefield 5 where every millimeter is detailed and made with love, although this game is no longer from the real DICE team is.

    and so on and so on ...    … Expand
  26. papaja2137
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    This game is a joke. Is not playable at this point, is more bugged than cyberpunk
  27. loborodas
    Dec 9, 2021
    0
    No Xbox Series X/S update for physical owners of the disc and no mentioning on the box (because they're 98% IDENTICAL, unlike the PlayStation versions); offer that stands only for the digital versions of the game.

    The game has pauper direction, which results in a bug ridden, rushed (not even a freaking scoreboard, what the hell?) mess with zero soul put from DICE, the developer,    No Xbox Series X/S update for physical owners of the disc and no mentioning on the box (because they're 98% IDENTICAL, unlike the PlayStation versions); offer that stands only for the digital versions of the game.

    The game has pauper direction, which results in a bug ridden, rushed (not even a freaking scoreboard, what the hell?) mess with zero soul put from DICE, the developer, stripping the Battlefield experience down. They didn't take the things they did great with Bad Company 2, Battlefield 1 or Battlefield 3 and just made the formula worse.    … Expand
  28. CerberusTheWise
    Jan 2, 2022
    0
    Technically as sound as a dumpster fire. Impossible to play a game without running into some kind of issues. Don’t even get me started on missing basic features such as a map, voice chat (for a cooperative multiplayer game at that!), a scoreboard, and countless other things. This cash grab has erased battlefield’s identity. Save your money.
  29. Setiks
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Run run run run run run run run there, dead, run run run run run run here, nice gameplay!
  30. bradi23
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst battlefield luanch ever. There is no reason to actually buy this game. It's broken. how could they go downhill. DO NOT BUY!!!!… Expand
  31. Sarabya
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
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  32. raz2112
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    WTF HAPPENED TO BATTLEFIELD??? This game is so bad, i played for several hours and had exactly 0% fun. Class system is completely messed up, extreme performance problems, the voicing is extremly cheap, no scoreboard and so on. I am speechless. Thank god i only played it as a trial!!!
  33. Kassikotka
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    There's about 2042 problems with this game, but I'll pick just one that is actually ALONE enough to ruin the entire game: the maps. Too big, too barren, too empty. What idiot thought that 128 means the map needs to be 5X the size of Los Santos

    There's other problems like crap UI, crap gunplay, crap hitreg, crap specialists etc. etc. etc.
  34. meHihate
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Game is in alpha state. Many game breaking bugs and glitches. Often shut down xbox, exit to desktop, can't disable crossplay, stuck on revive screen, maps are too big and too empty. Gunplay is awful. Not recommend got refund.
  35. Jvanee
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    As of 11/14/2021 the game is a piece of trash. Missing dozens of features from previous games. Sound is broken and lack of good sound design. Only 22 weapons in the main game mode at launch. Maps are empty and look worse the BF1 graphics. Portal is broken and full of xp farms. Game is an unfinished mess and EA is scamming people by making them pay extra to play a broken early build of the game.
  36. RedCollins
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Worst game in the whole battlefield franchise. No scoreboard, No factions, Disappointing gunplay and the weakest vehicles. On Xbox consoles you cant even opt out cross-play in game, forcing console players fight against PC M&B users.
  37. Nyegnav
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Want a player scoreboard to see how you did in a match? Sorry didn't finish that.

    Want to disable crossplay so you don't get sniped by pcheaters who could buy hacks prior to the game even going into beta? Sorry they didn't finish that. You'll need to disable it for the entire system.. This game is half baked, changed mid development. Don't buy. Don't reward a company for releasing a game    Want a player scoreboard to see how you did in a match? Sorry didn't finish that.

    Want to disable crossplay so you don't get sniped by pcheaters who could buy hacks prior to the game even going into beta?

    Sorry they didn't finish that. You'll need to disable it for the entire system.. This game is half baked, changed mid development. Don't buy. Don't reward a company for releasing a game that is unfinished and barely playable.    … Expand
  38. Katzetami
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    I was so exited to play this game that I preordered it months ago. I am a battlefield fan since bf2. The beta was ok for a beta. But when I start playing the final it made me really sad. - **** graphics (even forca has better textures for the surroundings) - bad gungame - boring and liveless maps - 4!!! Assault rifles

    I requested a refund and maybe buy it after some fixed for 20€ in a    I was so exited to play this game that I preordered it months ago. I am a battlefield fan since bf2. The beta was ok for a beta. But when I start playing the final it made me really sad. - **** graphics (even forca has better textures for the surroundings) - bad gungame - boring and liveless maps - 4!!! Assault rifles

    I requested a refund and maybe buy it after some fixed for 20€ in a sale. I guess it will be around Christmas until it will be in sale since it sucks so much.    … Expand
  39. Sovren
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Xbox series x users have been hard done by. You’re unable to disable cross-play in the game ( like you could in the beta), which doing it via Xbox settings stops you from finding a game. No Score board, hit registry is terrible, no xp at the end of the game and that’s if you’re able to get a game without it crashing and the worst part of all, no server select option. Save your money.
  40. PMDally
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    It's just not Battlefield.. This games feels like a generic fps rip-off with no soul. Gunplay is Clunky and inconsistent, vehicle movement and weapons have no weight to them. For $70 this game has nowhere near the content it should have.
  41. kockalabda
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    Joke! The worst battlefield I have ever seen! Full of bugs, no scoreboard, joke classes... want a refund right now!
  42. Lemmko
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    This game looks like a cheap CoD killer.
    1) the animation of the weapon is terrible
    2) there is no recoil in the weapon 3) the color scheme is terrible 4) operatives look like an army of hipsters. It's hard to believe that this is a real army 5) the same operatives play on both sides. EA dark side started a new war of clones? 6) bad map design. The maps themselves are large, but the    This game looks like a cheap CoD killer.
    1) the animation of the weapon is terrible
    2) there is no recoil in the weapon
    3) the color scheme is terrible
    4) operatives look like an army of hipsters. It's hard to believe that this is a real army
    5) the same operatives play on both sides. EA dark side started a new war of clones?
    6) bad map design. The maps themselves are large, but the battles take place only in 1/10 of the map
    7) there is no system of classes. Now you absolutely do not need to play with your team
    8) the scale of the war is not felt. Everything became very local
    9) cars are poorly made, it is unpleasant to drive
    10) outdated interface
    11) the developers added to the game Russian terrorists who killed people in the Crimea. Special "thanks" to EA from Ukraine    … Expand
  43. Akaslammin
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    $100 your dreaming. It plays like a bad made for phone game. Slow clumsy and glitchy. The maps are terrible, too large with terrible terrain that doesn't allow for any enjoyable combat.
  44. pc100
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    I'm so gutted. I want to like it, but the truth is its absolute **** - in every single way. Its basically not Battlefield. Its a wanky Cod type game.
  45. Shaunmill
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No 120fps for next gen console is just pure lazy and charging £70!! Out your minds… Expand
  46. Brunno537
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    CASH GRABBER ! im a fan of the franchise since BF 2142 and played all of them. It hurts to say this but bf died and its not coming back. All of the good things that made bf a good game were removed and ignored in this bf2042. It looks like an unfinished game and made on a hurry to look like fortnite or COD warzone. The game does not have the bf feeling and was made with the intention ofCASH GRABBER ! im a fan of the franchise since BF 2142 and played all of them. It hurts to say this but bf died and its not coming back. All of the good things that made bf a good game were removed and ignored in this bf2042. It looks like an unfinished game and made on a hurry to look like fortnite or COD warzone. The game does not have the bf feeling and was made with the intention of making money on the core design.

    We hardcore fans of the franchise have to accept that EA killed BF and BF its not coming back

    List of Current Grievances

    Let me start by saying that I so desperately wanted to love this game. I have been playing Battlefield since 2142 and it is by far my favorite franchise. Below is a list (in no particular order) of broken promises and removed or stepped on features that, if any one of which on their own was missing, broken, or intentionally removed, I could live with. When taken in as a whole, however, it just... I don't know... this doesn't feel like Battlefield.
    **GENERAL**

    * Plus system is clunky dog ****
    * UI is clunky dog **** wrapped in cat **** Might be the least intuitive I've ever seen
    * No Campaign
    * Lack of game modes
    * No hardcore
    * No military ranks associated with numerical ranks
    * Audio is poorly mixed
    * The maps, while stunning from both a scale and visuals perspective, lack any real flow for infantry combat.
    * Non-removable profanity filter
    * Lack of promised destruction/levelution
    * Faction locked weapons and gadgets in Portal
    * No rule editor support for objective based game modes
    * No server browser outside of Portal
    * No private/rented servers
    * Doesn't just roll into the next map after a game in AoW, back to matchmaking peasant
    * Cannot join friends already in a match (pretty sure I could do this in beta??)
    * Cutscenes all over the place
    * Cringe 'look at me' after a match
    * Cannot customize loadouts before joining a game.
    * Cannot select loadout or operator before joining a server which, in certain situations, spawn you directly into the game with whatever you had last game. This happens when joining a fresh breakthrough game, mostly.
    * BFV and Battlefront 2 were gutted to make this **** lol
    * No mouse and keyboard support for console
    * Options and description for kill sounds changed from beta. During beta it showed you would be able to choose between BF2042 and BF1 kill sounds. This same option now only lets you choose between BF2042 sounds or no sounds.
    * No Practice/Test Range
    **IN GAME**

    * Zoom issues with sniper scopes
    * No zeroing sniper scopes, starting scope (not sure about the others) has no hash marks on reticle for references
    * Biggest maps we've ever seen, highest scope magnification is 10x
    * No holding shift/stick click to steady a sniper shot
    * No leaning
    * 22 guns total lol
    * No ‘All’ chat
    * Enemies look the same as friendlies
    * Bullet spread / weapon inaccuracy outside of rock throwing range
    * Have to opt out of revive every death, no idea who can actually revive me anyway
    * Have to re-select spawn location every spawn
    * No resizable minimap
    * Cannot move while prone and ADS
    * Damage dealt numbers, e.g. "VEHICLE HIT 28" after hitting a tank with a rocket, have been removed. This applies to both infantry and vehicles.
    * Weapons can't have different sets of attachments in different loadout presets. Meaning if you want to have a suppressor on the **one** semi-auto pistol in the game for one preset, you can't have it *without* a suppressor in your other presets.
    * No fixed heavy weapons * AA rocket damage appears inconsistent * BF5 movement mechanics removed * Obnoxious voice overs, operators are incredibly vocal, every time you do an action they say a line. * Melee takedown animations have been gutted. All enemies are brought to a standing position before one specific kill is performed. * Cannot dive underwater * UI elements do not have transparency element and distant 2D/3D map markers and UI elements do not fade out by distance and cannot be scaled up or down * Good luck finding your marker on the map **TEAMPLAY/SCORING** * No VoIP * No real scoreboard * No stats page * No commander * Cannot join, create, or lock a squad * Cannot switch teams * Repairing vehicles does not give XP * No squad points for issuing orders or following them * No marksman headshot bonus for long range snipes * 'Assist Counts as Kill' has been removed * No vehicle kill assists * Spotting system is contextual and misses a lot of the time. For example, if you press Q over an enemy tank it doesn't always spot it, but places a go-to marker on that area. * The team/squad order menu (or whatever it's called) is a pile of garbage. back    … Expand
  47. JZmurda
    Nov 16, 2021
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    Absolute trash. Dice has put little to no effort into making this game enjoyable. The bugs, terrible movement and poor graphics are an insult to the fans.
  48. tleektown
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    No scoreboard no fun, where did the core battlefield experience go? Highlights bad players over good players, what a world we live in. Rip battlefield, back to bf4 we go once again.
  49. Dedibox
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    This game is a mistake. It’s not even close to original series Battlefield.
  50. Amazanna
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Huge Battlefield fan. Extremely disappointed with this game... Its starting to feel as if they don't listen to the community at all.
  51. R1ZEN
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Absolutely horrible. As a 16 year Battlefield player I have never seen something this incomplete. No leaderboard, no in game stats, no game chat, the list continues. This is absolutely the worst Battlefield ever released and I'm completely astonished that the developers allowed it to be released.
  52. AbsolutAlbert
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Puts the bad in baddlefield. I’ve played beta tests that are more stable, and better optimized than this dumpster fire. That’s without griping about the countless things wrong with the game itself. I’ve been an Xbox live member since the 360. This is the only game I’ve ever requested a refund on, denied. Save your money, give them 6 months in an attempt to fix this mess. Or just wait tillPuts the bad in baddlefield. I’ve played beta tests that are more stable, and better optimized than this dumpster fire. That’s without griping about the countless things wrong with the game itself. I’ve been an Xbox live member since the 360. This is the only game I’ve ever requested a refund on, denied. Save your money, give them 6 months in an attempt to fix this mess. Or just wait till it comes out on gamepass.… Expand
  53. Kaifusman
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    They should've delayed it more, full of bugs and graphical error. Also not many features available and some features were removed purposely
  54. MetaReviewing
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This has got to be one of the biggest wastes of money I have ever spent. I am a long time fan of the Battlefield franchise, and was looking forward to this release as I fought my way through the few BF4 servers still standing. Unfortunately, BF4 is all I have left to remember this franchise by.

    Major issues: -map design is atrocious for infantry battle. If you don’t spawn in a vehicle at    This has got to be one of the biggest wastes of money I have ever spent. I am a long time fan of the Battlefield franchise, and was looking forward to this release as I fought my way through the few BF4 servers still standing. Unfortunately, BF4 is all I have left to remember this franchise by.

    Major issues:

    -map design is atrocious for infantry battle. If you don’t spawn in a vehicle at the beginning of the round, prepare to spend 5 minutes running across the map, pointlessly. You’ll be picked off by a hovercraft or heli in no time, because there is no cover. -there is shockingly little detail in the map design. Battlefield has never felt so empty and alien

    -the UI is absolutely the worst I have ever seen. I don’t know who they are hiring at DICE but they definitely have no idea what they are doing. Menus are awful to navigate, configuring weapons is clunky and confusing, and critical button layouts have been sacrificed for gimmicky pop up menus that don’t even work properly. Want to throw a grenade or ammo box? Two button pushes now! The HUD is overly cluttered with map markers. Spotting doesn’t work well. Scoreboards are gone. All of the things that are FUNDAMENTALLY BATTLEFIELD are gone!

    -the feel of the game is not Battlefield. The specialists all have campy catchphrases that are so cringeworthy, I cannot even fully express the second hand embarrassment. Is this Fortnite, or BF? When do they start doing tik tok dances?! It does not align at all with what BF is all about— dark, gritty warfare. This feels like a game made for ADHD middle schoolers. -the game is unbelievably bugged at release. They HAD to know at release just how broken this game is. They absolutely took our money and ran with it.

    -playing with friends is extremely limited, and you can no longer pick the server you play on, nor the squad you play in. Just… wow.

    Bottom line… this is *not* a Battlefield game. They have completely departed from the franchises roots. Please don’t buy this game.    … Expand
  55. Dpntr
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Utter disappointment, can you please get in touch with your audience Dice? Like everyone want a battlefield game not rainbow six siege mixed with warzone.
  56. bchandler77
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    As a Battlefield veteran, I could not possibly imagine the game being this bad. So many features are missing, there are no textures, the maps are horrible, vehicles are uncontrollable, hitboxes are unpredictable, game is bugged to no end. This game is the opposite of fun. The worst part is even fixing all the bugs won't fix the game. The maps suck, there are only 22 weapons, half theAs a Battlefield veteran, I could not possibly imagine the game being this bad. So many features are missing, there are no textures, the maps are horrible, vehicles are uncontrollable, hitboxes are unpredictable, game is bugged to no end. This game is the opposite of fun. The worst part is even fixing all the bugs won't fix the game. The maps suck, there are only 22 weapons, half the attachments are cosmetic variations of themselves, the specialists all suck, there are no classes. This game is just awful.… Expand
  57. Jrussell713
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    This game shouldn’t be labeled a Battlefield game. Specialists designed specifically for skin sales is ridiculous. The core of battlefield was rolling with a squad knowing who had ammo, health or a repair kit. It was fun playing a specific role and fulfilling your duties. I won’t even mention the bugs or lack of content.
  58. neohuijiRyuu
    Nov 18, 2021
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    - No scoreboard
    - No server browser
    - No team voice
    -Even can't disable crossplay in game
    Stupid game.
  59. Hugh-Jazz
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    Don’t believe the positive reviews from the so called “streamers” or “influencers” as this is the time to see through their biased views. This game is in an absolutely awful state. It’s a though EA or DICE gave this iteration to an inexperienced indie studio this time around and just left them to it for 3 / 4 years with no help or support. There’s no fixing this. Do not buy this in itsDon’t believe the positive reviews from the so called “streamers” or “influencers” as this is the time to see through their biased views. This game is in an absolutely awful state. It’s a though EA or DICE gave this iteration to an inexperienced indie studio this time around and just left them to it for 3 / 4 years with no help or support. There’s no fixing this. Do not buy this in its current state.… Expand
  60. Realist001
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Unfinished. Absolutely garbage. Who designed the UI for this? It's an atrocity. Quite possible the worst UI I have ever seen developed. The fact that they paid someone(most likely an intern) to design this is incredible. This is just one of 2042 things wrong with this disaster. Too woke for me.
  61. DanjoWims
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Feels like what someone would make if they’d only been described a battlefield game over a bad phone line.
    All of the DNA that made battlefield fun has been lost, the downward trajectory of this once brilliant franchise is heart breaking to see.

    Boring, boring, boring. The must fun you can have is playing the old battlefield games in portal.

    2042 is a soulless mess, DO NOT BUY THIS GARBAGE
  62. SketchyBehavior
    Nov 19, 2021
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    Game is literally unplayable. Got to see the UI for 5 minutes when it went "early access" a week ago, and hasn't worked since (even on "release day"). Can't progress passed title menu thanks to a perpetual "unable to load persistence data" message. Even after performing the troubleshooting steps in the canned EA Support message that was sent back in response to emailing them of the issue,Game is literally unplayable. Got to see the UI for 5 minutes when it went "early access" a week ago, and hasn't worked since (even on "release day"). Can't progress passed title menu thanks to a perpetual "unable to load persistence data" message. Even after performing the troubleshooting steps in the canned EA Support message that was sent back in response to emailing them of the issue, issue is still not fixed. Another stellar launch by EA higher ups.

    At least Halo Infinite works...    … Expand
  63. person-5028
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Awful game. Barely any content, no scoreboard, no in game stats, hardly any weapons, performance bugs, maps have no flow, only 2 game modes. Overall, trash game
  64. rufaaa
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    everything we use to enjoy about BF games has been removed in an attempt for EA to cash in on the little kiddy money. expect the game to soon be flooded with skins
  65. Asuh
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    Really ea? How on earth did you think this was acceptable? At the very least save your money and wait a bit to grab this one till some SUBSTANTIAL, updates come out.
  66. ochemaster
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    I played my 10 hour demo that came with EA Play.... I am definitely not buying this. In 10 hours I ran into the following issues that would prevent me from playing a free to play game, let alone dropping $60+ on a AAA game:
    1. After a round ends and a new map loads, 50% of the I either get kicked our the map loads and I cannot spawn. I have to close the game and reopen (hard restart).    I played my 10 hour demo that came with EA Play.... I am definitely not buying this. In 10 hours I ran into the following issues that would prevent me from playing a free to play game, let alone dropping $60+ on a AAA game:
    1. After a round ends and a new map loads, 50% of the I either get kicked our the map loads and I cannot spawn. I have to close the game and reopen (hard restart).
    2. 50% of the time my loadout icons/info are blank. I cannot change the loadout, so I am stuck with whatever the game has decided to equip me with
    3. 25% of the time there is lag, stutter, something going on at the game level. I play BF5 and BF1 a lot, my ping is consistently    … Expand
  67. Max16744
    Feb 25, 2022
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    This game is just a joke and i want my money back EA!!! I don't think anymore that you can save this game because it’s just too bad in nearly every single aspect. For me one of the worst AAA Games in history!
  68. BeansJunior
    Nov 22, 2021
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    Game is a unfinished buggy mess. They made no campaign which is fine is they finished the multiplayer but, they didn’t
  69. haugis84
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    Battlefield 2077: Hovercraft Edition:
    I wanted to like it, but it's getting more and more obvious that DICE only wanted a cash-grab. As guys like this usually do, they lied and manipulated the public perception in order to maximize their profits. This was never intended to be a good game, it was intended to print money.
  70. Chizbizkit
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Can't get past login screen. Worst background for loading screen ever! Just a boat and an error code. Can't really speak on game play, but the main menu is severely lacking. The color palette it's all wrong, feels very muted. Guess that's about all I can say on the menu. Solid 6 out of 10. (SPOILER: there's a boat in the main menu)… Expand
  71. antxx
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    I can't disable crossplay only for this game. PC players have a lot of advantage. The game is full the bugs.
  72. chamdogg
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    Infantry play is a horrible experience, hit registry is inconcistent, rubber banding frequent, FPS performance is very poor & vehicles are all completely over powered.

    Throw in the fact that you can't see how you're stacking up against the other players due to a lack of a traditional score board, can't select a squad you'd like to join, classes being a thing of the past & player    Infantry play is a horrible experience, hit registry is inconcistent, rubber banding frequent, FPS performance is very poor & vehicles are all completely over powered.

    Throw in the fact that you can't see how you're stacking up against the other players due to a lack of a traditional score board, can't select a squad you'd like to join, classes being a thing of the past & player visibility being horrific due to not being able to control the opacity of the UI & you have a completely unplayable game. The game in its current state is a complete mess & I'm just thankful EA provided a 10 hour free trial. Charging £50+ for it is frankly daylight robbery. If I could give this game minus points, I would. Save your money & wait for it to be beta tested properly over the next 6 months & pick it up for a fraction of the cost or on game pass after it inevitably flops.    … Expand
  73. Vitamin_G
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    Very disappointed by this game. EA should pull this game off the market and give refunds. This game does not work... Don't waste your money.
  74. d0gl1nh4
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    the trailer was incredible, but trailers is the best thing that EA games can do.
  75. DodoPlayer
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Not Battlefield, waste of time. I’ve played 3,4,5,1. Don’t buy it as if we support this methodology they never learn to release a good game and we will NEVER play a good bf game again. I don’t want to pay a lot of money to became beta tester for multimillion company. Other bad reviews are more detailed and 100% right. And cross platform is waste of time. Total, total, total disappointment.
  76. djtakhvar
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Just like everyone else who plays this game , especially on console, I dont even know where to begin with my frustration with DICE. As a longtime battlefield player (original bad company) I have always loved their multiplayer experiences. HELL, i even enjoyed Hardline for a bit! However, this game an abomination to the series. Let me first state that YES - this game is soooo fun. I have aJust like everyone else who plays this game , especially on console, I dont even know where to begin with my frustration with DICE. As a longtime battlefield player (original bad company) I have always loved their multiplayer experiences. HELL, i even enjoyed Hardline for a bit! However, this game an abomination to the series. Let me first state that YES - this game is soooo fun. I have a blast playing it especially with my buddies on PC where i just use discord to communicate. Thats about the only positive thing i have to say. Where do i begin? Lack of guns, lack of customization, NO SCOREBOARD ?? Console players cannot even see the simple stats that PC players can like kills and deaths while in game. Ridiculous. The Hit registration and TTK are extremely unpredictable, theres only 6 maps and it feels like you only play Manifest 24/7. I cannot believe what kind of state this game was released in. DICE and EA should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. The game industry HAS to stop letting games release in states like this. We paid money for a working, finished product.… Expand
  77. victorinlefranc
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    One of the worst game to ever come out, visually the game is amazing, the gameplay could have been amazing. There are so much things gone wrong in that game.
    First the cross-platform ruins the game ( for console players ) and that i can't be disabled.
    The amount of cheaters and hackers ecountered in game is just crazy. Only 5 maps in the game ? YEs there is bf portal with more maps, but    One of the worst game to ever come out, visually the game is amazing, the gameplay could have been amazing. There are so much things gone wrong in that game.
    First the cross-platform ruins the game ( for console players ) and that i can't be disabled.
    The amount of cheaters and hackers ecountered in game is just crazy.
    Only 5 maps in the game ? YEs there is bf portal with more maps, but those do not count for experience, score anything, basically useless, each portal mode only has 2 maps.

    The management of vehicles is absolutely horrible, you can rush into a building, a mountain with an airplane it doesn't do anything.

    The aero glider is 100% **** first you can vertically climb building with it, and they are an absolute cancer.

    80€ for the basic version of such a **** game, 5 maps, barely 4 weapons per category, an absolute scam. worst game of the last 5 years    … Expand
  78. TheForestCity
    Nov 30, 2021
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    Unfinished. Not fun. Horrible. Doesn’t even look as good as I would have expected.
  79. NotDisigner
    Nov 30, 2021
    0
    This game is the worst of the series. There is no balance, there is no opitimization, there is no content. There are many bugs, glitches, freezes, crashes, fps drops. If u want to waste your money and be mad at you - go ahead --> buy battlefield 2042. As XSX player - usually i cannot finish even one round. All the time crashes, freezes, slide shows. Its totally unplayable.
  80. Archers
    Nov 30, 2021
    0
    So, second post I’ve ever made and I feel as if they are needed. Large corporations are taking advantage of so many games, like this one. I have loved almost every battlefield, but this one. It is awful, and I hate to say that. No campaign which is fine if multiplayer is good, but the multiplayer feels as if it’s and older sloppier version of the last one. I thought it can’t be that badSo, second post I’ve ever made and I feel as if they are needed. Large corporations are taking advantage of so many games, like this one. I have loved almost every battlefield, but this one. It is awful, and I hate to say that. No campaign which is fine if multiplayer is good, but the multiplayer feels as if it’s and older sloppier version of the last one. I thought it can’t be that bad from the reviews I saw, and I wish I never bought it. Waste of money and space on my Xbox and I am truly sad to say that. I hope the next battlefield title is improved.… Expand
  81. Kavelry
    Dec 1, 2021
    0
    Let's call this out for what it is, game reviewer publishers or users (possibly bots) that give Battlefield 2042 a good rating are either being paid or have some type of agenda on why they are giving this game a decent to good review. Why? because there is no way you can give a good review to a game that is BROKEN! Battlefield 2042 is an UNFINISHED GAME that was pushed out the door by EA.Let's call this out for what it is, game reviewer publishers or users (possibly bots) that give Battlefield 2042 a good rating are either being paid or have some type of agenda on why they are giving this game a decent to good review. Why? because there is no way you can give a good review to a game that is BROKEN! Battlefield 2042 is an UNFINISHED GAME that was pushed out the door by EA. This game was released as a cash grab. EA/Dice had three years to make this game, WITHOUT A CAMPAIGN, to focus on multiplayer and you know what my thoughts were on this game when it released? There was no effort, or care put into making this game, it was clear that EA/Dice did absolutely nothing for two years then decided decided to rush things together and push it out the door. Anybody that gives an unfinished broken game at launch a good review is feeding into the **** which is most of the gaming industry these days where games are being unfished at release. It is obvious that Battlefield 2042 needed more development time or EA/Dice should have been working on this game for the past three years which I find hard to believe. DO NOT BUY Battlefield 2042 until it is in a state where it is playable and worth your money. That is the sad truth, most of the gaming industry these days releasing unfinished games so that they can be fixed later. I' am sick and tired of this trend and games being released in this state at launch.… Expand
  82. Wooooooooohoo
    Dec 1, 2021
    0
    BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
    Game
  83. CCLuminosity
    Dec 2, 2021
    0
    Alles was Battlefield ausgemacht hat wurde hier mit Füßen getreten.

    Dice und EA haben eindrucksvoll bewiesen, dass man nicht auf die treue Fangemeinde hört sondern lieber Fortnite und Call of Duty versucht zu kopieren. Alles was falsch läuft wurde schon mehrfach genannt. Die Krönung dann aber am 02.12.2021. Anstatt sich um die ganzen Fehler zu kümmern werden lieber dämliche Santa    Alles was Battlefield ausgemacht hat wurde hier mit Füßen getreten.

    Dice und EA haben eindrucksvoll bewiesen, dass man nicht auf die treue Fangemeinde hört sondern lieber Fortnite und Call of Duty versucht zu kopieren.

    Alles was falsch läuft wurde schon mehrfach genannt.
    Die Krönung dann aber am 02.12.2021.
    Anstatt sich um die ganzen Fehler zu kümmern werden lieber dämliche Santa und Rentier skins ins Spiel gebracht.

    2042 hat nichts mehr mit Battlefield zu tun.

    Dice hat das Franchise begraben und wissentlich jeden einzelnen Fan verraten.

    Seit 17 Jahren bin ich Fan dieses Spiels gewesen.
    Heute war der letzte Tag an dem ich dieses Franchise unterstützt/ gespielt habe.
    Aber leider will EA und Dice uns treue Fans nicht mehr.    … Expand
  84. Roozie
    Dec 2, 2021
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    Crashes Xbox Series X frequently. Squads and loadouts don’t matter. Few guns and poor map design. MTX business model in an unfinished full price game. Have been playing all of the battlefield games since bf2 and have been an avid fan of the franchise. Wasn’t a huge fan of 1 or V, but I had high hopes for this game. Hugely disappointed, save your money.
  85. TommyGFunk
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    Appalling design choices, not a fun or immersive experience. Such a disappointment.
  86. K444L
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    I have seen games run better on a toaster, this series is going backwards and is an alpha state and that's a stretch, no amount of update can save it, so many core problems the devs don't know what they are doing or EA is forcing them to make this poor "game" just to milk monitization from kids who don't know any better. MODERN GAMING at its finest.
  87. Pdot37
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    This is the worst battlefield I have ever played. Ever. They took the worst things from apex legends and warzone and put it all into one game. It's like they took everything good about previous battlefield titles that are universally loved by the community and DIDNT include them in the game.

    This is a completely tone deaf, money grabbing, **** you to battlefield fans and you should    This is the worst battlefield I have ever played. Ever. They took the worst things from apex legends and warzone and put it all into one game. It's like they took everything good about previous battlefield titles that are universally loved by the community and DIDNT include them in the game.

    This is a completely tone deaf, money grabbing, **** you to battlefield fans and you should absolutely NOT buy this game    … Expand
  88. NaterSalad
    Dec 5, 2021
    0
    This game is not battlefield. Complete trash compared to Bf1 and Bf5. This is a call of duty wannabe with hero shooter aspects. If you get in a gunfight all you do is straph side to side super fast it's cheesy. TTK is extremely long especially with everyone running armor plates. Gunplay is sad and unrewarding. Go back to bf5 and shoot at am enemy it feels so good and they go down when youThis game is not battlefield. Complete trash compared to Bf1 and Bf5. This is a call of duty wannabe with hero shooter aspects. If you get in a gunfight all you do is straph side to side super fast it's cheesy. TTK is extremely long especially with everyone running armor plates. Gunplay is sad and unrewarding. Go back to bf5 and shoot at am enemy it feels so good and they go down when you shoot them. The hit detection is non-existent at times and there's plenty of times I kill proe without even having my sight near them. The weapon bloom is overdone I get having small inconsistent shots but these inconsistencies are just wild and make at range engagement awful. Some reason if you tap fire your gun on full auto it recoiless like crazy but if you put your gun on single fire and shoot it super fast there's no recoil it makes no sense. The specialist are lame their quips are cringe worthy and not having team uniforms takes away from reaction time, takes away from immersion and just makes the game look like a worse call of duty. The graphics are awful. Maps are bad little detail and no cover. Everything is to speed apart all you do is run around to die by a tank or helicopter. The helis are super op by the way with infinite flares. Nvehicles no longer need to repair themselves and they no longer run out of ammo. There's no leaderboard no scoreboard no clans nothing from previous games. Even after a third update the game still resets your classes. Worst game I've ever paid for this game should be free and even then I would want it… Expand
  89. Deuce583
    Dec 9, 2021
    0
    Please don’t waste your money on this game like I did.. Worst BF game ever made hands down.. BF is dead
  90. Lucifer-ll7
    Jan 8, 2022
    0
    2021, and games are becoming the worst ever made, we are no longer gamers, we are just money for them. Pathetic
    Bf 2042 is an insult to players
  91. Sharky7612
    Dec 10, 2021
    0
    the game is buggy, messy and unfinished, it can barely run on my xbox, so why are they selling it??? even if i look past the bugs the gameplay and content are mediocre.
  92. Blisk
    Dec 11, 2021
    0
    we dont want COD !! Fk u dice you fked our best game up
    no real gunfight , no BF GAMEPLAY!!! no UI no Classes , no levolutions !!!!!
    Battlefield is DEAD becuz of EA
  93. asharp7
    Dec 14, 2021
    0
    This an abysmal mockery of a game that has sucked all of the fun out of a franchise that I once enjoyed.

    I have never left a review for a game before but Battlefield 2042 is so infuriating that I created a Metacritic account so I could shout into the void about how much I hate this game. I have played every Battlefield since 1942, that is nearly 20 years worth of titles, and I have    This an abysmal mockery of a game that has sucked all of the fun out of a franchise that I once enjoyed.

    I have never left a review for a game before but Battlefield 2042 is so infuriating that I created a Metacritic account so I could shout into the void about how much I hate this game. I have played every Battlefield since 1942, that is nearly 20 years worth of titles, and I have never been so frustrated with an FPS game in my life. Even for a BF game, the maps are too open and filled with wasted space that you are expected to run across and hope that you don't get picked off along the way. The spawn points have a great tendency to put you in the line of sight of the opposing team so good luck even getting to the point where you sprint for your life. I have had little time to even try and learn the maps because you are constantly being overrun (by what I assume are mostly bots) so early stages of the game are a steady mix of dying and waiting for respawn. The UI is confusing poorly laid out at all levles and the fact that you have multiple operators but only 4 loadouts is baffling. It is clear that they deliberately did not include a scorecard for matches because they don't want you to actually see how poorly you are doing in each and every match. The fact that they give you 10,000 XP for playing your first match of the game is further proof that they are begging you to come back and play again the next day.    … Expand
  94. Idhemter
    Jan 3, 2022
    0
    A complete disaster, this game is not playable. You have to go through lots of bugs, glitches, errors. There is a huge lack of content, the soundtrack is awful and the portal mode is broken... I've played Battlefield 1,2,3,4,5 and Bad Company 2 and this is the worst of them.
  95. BattleV1
    Jan 4, 2022
    0
    I love the BF series but this is the right up there with Sega's Alien licensed game. This game is worse then BF 5 and that's saying a lot. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME

    This game has nothing but the name in the title and everything else is garbage. The game is glitche, the user interface is horrible, the controls are tanky, and the entire experience is a huge let down. If feels like that they    I love the BF series but this is the right up there with Sega's Alien licensed game. This game is worse then BF 5 and that's saying a lot. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME

    This game has nothing but the name in the title and everything else is garbage. The game is glitche, the user interface is horrible, the controls are tanky, and the entire experience is a huge let down. If feels like that they took the mulitplayer aspects from the other games and literally just slapped it together and the worse part of it is I'm out $109.94 and the EA executives just made me a fool. This will be the last EA BF game that I buy.    … Expand
  96. RockinRoger
    Jan 6, 2022
    0
    I legitimately created this account only to review this game. I have never felt so ripped off and misled in my entire life. the trailers for this game looked immaculate. I thought we were finally returning to a BF3 / BF4 quality game. It was my fault for trusting Dice, they have shown time and again why you do not but there games for at least a year post launch. This game won’t be finishedI legitimately created this account only to review this game. I have never felt so ripped off and misled in my entire life. the trailers for this game looked immaculate. I thought we were finally returning to a BF3 / BF4 quality game. It was my fault for trusting Dice, they have shown time and again why you do not but there games for at least a year post launch. This game won’t be finished and bug free until end 2022, early 2023. Really wish they just delayed the game instead of pushing an unfinished product to consumers to appease shareholders. One day the consumer will be the target, not the shareholder. Until then, we will continue to get launches like this from Dice. Watching the death of Dice is so hard to watch.… Expand
  97. infantryman9244
    May 18, 2022
    0
    what can i say that others have already said. This game is in a super poor state. Forced to play in cross-play which im no fan of due to PC players/cheaters.
  98. flerdahl
    Jan 27, 2022
    0
    This game is disastrously bad. Its both a year away from being ready to play and fundamentally broken with terrible design decisions.
  99. Navelfuzzy
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    Broken and dull, was a die hard Battlefield fan before this game. Game matches not fun, too many people, maps are way too big. I payed full price and played it for 2 days, don't waste your money like I did.
  100. umbrellacorpse
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    I've encountered a game breaking bug where I can't select my loadout before entering a match. This happens every other match and I have to restart the game to get it to work and sometimes that doesn't even work. This game is clearly unfinished and shouldn't be sold and I advise everyone who is thinking about buying this game to either wait or just forget this game even exists. I wish II've encountered a game breaking bug where I can't select my loadout before entering a match. This happens every other match and I have to restart the game to get it to work and sometimes that doesn't even work. This game is clearly unfinished and shouldn't be sold and I advise everyone who is thinking about buying this game to either wait or just forget this game even exists. I wish I could get refund but Microsoft denied my request. EA should be ashamed. This game is a horrible piece of trash.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 18
  3. Negative: 4 out of 18
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    40
    Destruction is still cool, and in the end I have to give the creators credit for the fact that the much marketing-washed akedo has its moments. Everything else that made a good Battlefield is completely missing, and that chase for record-breaking size or player count is really a poor substitute for well-designed maps, rich content in the form of game modes, and certainly no substitute for the original class system that the gameplay has always relied on in the first place. [Issue#317]
  2. Impulsegamer
    Dec 6, 2021
    52
    Battlefield 2042 is a huge disappointment for gamers and the Battlefield franchise. Had this been the product of an indie developer, then this might be a different story as it would be understandable how a game like this could be the product of an independent studio that doesn’t have enormous corporate backing. Instead, EA pumped more resources into creating a CGI film that acts as the only real source of storyline context than ensuring the game was going to live up to the enormous amount of hype they were trying to create. I hate saying such negative things in my reviews, but when a game developer can’t be bothered to even try and live up to it’s own legacy, then I have to call it as I see it and for that very reason, I don’t recommend this game. Not even the nostalgia or temptation of ‘Battlefield Portal’ is enough to save this game from itself.
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  3. ComicBook
    Dec 3, 2021
    40
    Battlefield 2042 absolutely should have been pushed back by EA and DICE to some point in 2022. Instead, the version of this game that is currently available has been virtually unplayable for me at times since first releasing. Even beyond this, though, some of the key design changes that DICE has made in Battlefield 2042 don't feel for the better. Rather than improving on the core Battlefield experience that fans loved with Battlefield 3, 4, or Bad Company 2, 2042 is a bloated husk of its former self that is trying to recapture some semblance of its previous glory. As a fan that has been playing this series for well over a decade, Battlefield 2042 is a massive disappointment that I struggle to think is even worth saving.
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