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. 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!!!
  2. Heisenberg4054
    Mar 21, 2022
    6
    Not that bad. But in comparison to bf 1/4/5 disappointing. I hope future updates makes a difference.
  3. OnyxthePanda
    Nov 20, 2021
    2
    Instantly regretted buying a copy as soon as I finished my 1st conquest match..

    This is not finished game, it's suppose to be a thank you to battlefield players but they've taken out collisions and the scoreboard smh

    Definitely wait to purchase this one
  4. lorywlf
    Nov 17, 2021
    7
    The game is not finished, broken mechanics nobody wanted and poor game designing: 3
    Edit 12/2 Update 3: the shooting now feels solid and I can actually play a game and have fun, dice is actively trying to improve the game and solve bugs, but most importantly they are balancing the game: 7
  5. pricecaptain104
    Jun 22, 2023
    9
    Battlefield 2042 is very much so underrated. The game is extremely fun. While it has it's issues, it has great maps and great gameplay.
  6. Fredrben
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    Worst BF of all time. Gunplay is ruined, EVERY VEHICLE is either OP or overly armored. No infantry friendly modes/maps compared to any of the other games. Maps are too big and boring as **** Classes are ruined by allowing anybody to pick whatever gun they prefer no matter what type of type of class they are playing. Overall this game is a waste of money and time.
  7. Baloo6023
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    The game has so many bugs its almost unplayable. You are forced into crossplay and there is no server browser. The game may improve but i would not recomend any console users buy the game until it gets major improvements.
  8. ASUNOFADUCK
    Nov 18, 2021
    1
    The game lacks content in every aspect and is by far the most disappointing battlefield I have ever played. It comes with 3 game modes; conquest, breakthrough and Hazard Zone. Conquest maps are too large, empty and seriously lack destruction making the game feel unlike battlefield. Breakthrough is a mess of people running round like headless chickens and has no squad play what so ever..The game lacks content in every aspect and is by far the most disappointing battlefield I have ever played. It comes with 3 game modes; conquest, breakthrough and Hazard Zone. Conquest maps are too large, empty and seriously lack destruction making the game feel unlike battlefield. Breakthrough is a mess of people running round like headless chickens and has no squad play what so ever.. Hazard Zone is just a complete waste of a game mode, devoid of any purpose and progression. The game only comes with 7 maps! All designed for scale rather than gameplay. Destruction feels none existent on them and any strategy is pointless as everyone is funnelled into one objective. Vehicles completely dominate the battlefield they take forever to destroy and can quickly kill infantry over and over again. Dont get me started on the hover craft.

    Guns. Battlefield was once known for having an independent class system with a whole arsenal of weapons for each class. Now any "specialist" can use any gun. And there only 23 guns! BF4 released with 84 guns and released more down the line. This lack of weaponry and the addition of "specialists" removes all team play and makes the game feel more like call of duty than battlefield.

    You would expect for a game that comes without a single player would have a tonne of content for the multilayer. But no, for £65 (or more if you brought the special edition) you get 7 maps, 3 game modes and 23 weapons. The gameplay is shocking, weapons don't shoot straight thanks to blooming, hit boxes are broken, some times enemies won't take damage and other times you will miss but still get the kill. I am constantly lagging and rubber banding. There is an insane amount of bugs, wfrom teammates not being displayed as teammates, to animations glitching to being unable to respawn.

    The only good thing about the game is the portal, which again lacks content and doesn't live up to what the devs said it would be. Servers are either full or are being used as XP farms. DICE have not given the battlefield the fans wanted and instead have produced a call of duty on a large scale. Removing or minimising all things that make battlefield battlefield and replacing them with half finished ideas or things taken straight from call of duty. It makes battlefield 5 look like an elite game.

    Positives are portal and the on the go gun customisation which both still come with a load of issues. My advice would be to buy BF3 and/or BF4 as these are the only good thing on BF2042 anyway.    … Expand
  9. Skippy21
    Nov 20, 2021
    3
    Many many bugs... Can't revive anyone with a pixel clipping in any object, AAmissle has the shortest lock on range so you can't possibly destroy helis and jets sufficiently. The hover craft is absolutely broken you would think it was heavy armour but it's a transport vehicle..

    Hit reg is a complete joke, fire a full 100 mag of the lmg into a player about 10m away and never hit them like    Many many bugs... Can't revive anyone with a pixel clipping in any object, AAmissle has the shortest lock on range so you can't possibly destroy helis and jets sufficiently. The hover craft is absolutely broken you would think it was heavy armour but it's a transport vehicle..

    Hit reg is a complete joke, fire a full 100 mag of the lmg into a player about 10m away and never hit them like wtf?
    Specialists are just meh, creates a meta game, would of been better having the original class system and placing specialists on there respective class you no longer have a clue who has ammo or health.
    No scoreboard or stats screen? Why?
    What has happened to platoons?
    22 guns? 2 of Which are shotguns?
    Conquest is pretty much running simulator2042 so much dead space on the map.
    Breakthrough if you can get in a game that's not broken it's decent.

    What happened to he other game modes like QBC no vehicles? All we get in "all out warfare" is running sim and breakthrough.

    Hazardzone it's a waste of time and boring.
    Portal is fun but due to the abuse of xp farming you no longer earn xp in portal so now that's a waste of time playing.

    The game has some great potential to be a great game but the lack of polish this game released with is a joke even after a month delay to make sure it was polished and ready. Should of been delayed until 2022. dead space on the maps    … Expand
  10. Rayonace
    Nov 18, 2021
    7
    Not great not terrible.......,...............................................
  11. 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.
  12. TrueShifty
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Terrible, what a shame they released it in this state. Too buggy to play. Constant glitches, can't see loadouts, can't always deploy, lag every game. No scoreboard. No TDM game mode apart from portal which currently gives little to no XP
  13. 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
  14. EscapeExpert
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    Having played Battlefield since Bad Company, I’ve played all BF since then, and been reasonably happy with each one. Generally they have added features/mechanics each time.

    So,BF2042. I can’t recommend it as a BF game. It’s not an improvement and a lot of features found in past BF games are no longer there, or not as good. Yes there are bugs and server issues that will get ironed out,    Having played Battlefield since Bad Company, I’ve played all BF since then, and been reasonably happy with each one. Generally they have added features/mechanics each time.

    So,BF2042. I can’t recommend it as a BF game. It’s not an improvement and a lot of features found in past BF games are no longer there, or not as good. Yes there are bugs and server issues that will get ironed out, but it just doesn’t feel like a BF game. The maps are huge and so you end up running around too much. There’s no flow to the maps so you end up wondering where to go next. You either end up in an empty area, or one so full of everyone else it’s impossible to move. Too many tanks/helicopters and seemingly indestructible hovercraft. So much spread of bullets, you could empty a whole clip and maybe have 3 or 4 hits on a guy 20m away.

    The maps themselves are impressively big, but lots of it is just space. For a post-apocalyptic world, it’s very, very clean. No real building damage to speak of. No clue who is a medic or if you will get revived, or even if they will be able to revive you due to bugs. Nowhere to reload ammo from. No score boards. Too many screens that really irritate after a while. No way to choose what map you want to play on. Half the time it’s the same map again and you start almost at the end of a game. Teams get changed at the end of every game, so no friendly rivalry. Cross play seems to be stuck on for Xbox.

    Not enough content. A couple of modes, one of which will be dead in a couple of weeks. Not enough weapons. No longer classes, but ‘specialists’! They cut short BF V support time and extended the dev time and this is what we get? It’s lacking content and not finished.

    I can’t recommend it. I cancelled my pre-order after the beta and have used 10 hours on EA play. I can’t say I regret cancelling. I may buy in 6 to 10 months when the price has dropped and they have fixed things, but then again, I might not. End of an era in my opinion. God knows who decided on this direction, but it’s not the right one.    … Expand
  15. QueefBlast
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    Not battlefield. Maybe genZ will enjoy it or anyone born between 2015-2021 but a true fan won't. COD with Overwatch characters. Noone asked for this. Portal is great but only 2 maps gets boring QUICK. DON'T BUY IF YOU'RE A TRUE BATTLEFIELD FAN
  16. WarmMilk
    Nov 19, 2021
    3
    The least Battlefield, Battlefield, in the series. DICE has been on a downward path since their last release, and after having built so much hype on a game seemingly designed for “BF Veterans” - the game couldn’t be further from what BF Veterans enjoyed in years past.
  17. Jack1146
    Nov 19, 2021
    1
    A serious step back for the series. They removed many features that made these games fun and unique and added many to make it feel like just another generic fps.
  18. SketchyBehavior
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    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
  19. PSki17
    Nov 19, 2021
    2
    I don't know if critics even played the same game as the rest of us. I have never written a review of a video game in my life, but this warrants it.

    Maybe I'm just getting too old. I've been with the series since Battlefield 1942 on PC, making me one of the players they're trying to placate with their Portal mode. More on that in a bit, but as for the base game: what on earth is this? I    I don't know if critics even played the same game as the rest of us. I have never written a review of a video game in my life, but this warrants it.

    Maybe I'm just getting too old. I've been with the series since Battlefield 1942 on PC, making me one of the players they're trying to placate with their Portal mode. More on that in a bit, but as for the base game: what on earth is this? I remember people being upset at BF4's launch, which I didn't mind. People were upset at BFV's launch, while I completely enjoyed that iteration start to finish. I don't hate for the sake of it, I love this franchise. This is why it is so painful to admit that I don't foresee playing it for the next several years while I hope for a correctly built game.

    This thing has more bugs than an NYC flophouse, but that isn't what worries me. Bugs are practically a tradition at launch for this series. Instead, the CORE gameplay is destroyed. I'm not sure that's fixable. The maps are 85% wide open space with no cover. This, combined with the abundance of vehicles makes for 5 minutes of straight running each spawn, only to be mowed down by a vehicle. It's not enjoyable even in passing.

    There's no scoreboard which is mind-boggling for an FPS made post-1996. The dissolution of classes in favor of specialists may work for tweens and monetization, but it destroys the traditional experience. Everyone is now a one-man-army and whatever teamwork existed is gone. 'Army of One' didn't last long as a slogan for the US Army, maybe it'll fizzle here as well.

    4/5 of the guns are ineffective at any range. Since there are only 22 to begin with, that essentially means there are only four usable weapons. So much for variety. Many classic Battlefield features are missing. Incoming medic indicators are gone. So are squad cameras when deploying. Or a map you can see at deployment. Or fortifications. Or suppression. Or, oh yeah, SCORING. There are no points and no scoreboard to put them on anyway. It's "Whose Line is It Anyway" with hovercrafts.

    The Portal mode is a nice thought, but feels closer to an afterthought. Map selection is 2 maps per game, not enough to keep sufficient variety for those attempting to escape the root-canal-like main game experience. The 2 points out of 10 I'm awarding this game are for the thought of at least putting Portal into the game. That said, Portal is to classic battlefield what a splash of gin in a bottle of Dasani is to a gin & tonic. Not quite right and heavily watered down.

    What a disappointment from the last franchise I had stayed loyal to. Maybe my gaming days are just finally done, but man was this sad.    … Expand
  20. Sylviorj
    Nov 20, 2021
    10
    menus confuso, falta de conteúdo e multiplayer quebrado, apresentando falhas de conexão constantes e bugs, clássico lançamento de BF, se vc é da geração antiga ou tem um Pc de geração antiga, não compre!!!
  21. Grizzly234
    Nov 21, 2021
    1
    This game has been the biggest disappointment and I genuinely regret making the purchase. An absolute waste of money. That said I have had a few minutes of gameplay here and there where I enjoyed the game. None of those minutes of gameplay have amounted to anything though as getting into the game is a force. Since the game launched it has been plagued with “error loading persistent data”This game has been the biggest disappointment and I genuinely regret making the purchase. An absolute waste of money. That said I have had a few minutes of gameplay here and there where I enjoyed the game. None of those minutes of gameplay have amounted to anything though as getting into the game is a force. Since the game launched it has been plagued with “error loading persistent data” messages. Despite all my best efforts I haven’t been able to solve this issue. I found that the time of day determines whether or not you will get into the game from the main screen. If you try to login at 1am you might get it, however anything much later than that you might as well give up. I figured dice would make it a priority to fix this issue but the latest patch didn’t address it at all. That is perhaps the most frustrating part for me is even when I want to play, the game has other plans. Furthermore the game for the most part it is total trash. The maps are large which I like, but they are mostly open and when you get caught you are absolutely screwed. If you don’t have a tank or a helicopter your odds of survival are miniscual. The graphics at least on the Xbox one, leave something to be desired as well. Comparatively the graphics from BF4 are leaps and bounds ahead of 2042 which is saying something. The game play is prohibitive to getting large numbers of kills due to the fact that it is so open, lack of cover and places to be make to difficult to move around and find people. This game was clearly rushed, and I feel like a fool for buying it. Don’t waste your time and hard earned money, it’s simply not worth it, I myself may go out and purchase a gallon of paint to splash against the wall and watch dry instead. I suspect it will be more entertaining and happen faster than trying to get past the main screen.… Expand
  22. 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
  23. nemesis464
    Nov 20, 2021
    1
    Just about everything feels like a downgrade compared BFV. It’s embarrassing. Played my free trial and uninstall before that was even finished. One of the worst FPS game I have ever played.

    * maps * gunplay * game audio * movement * specialists/classes * soundtrack * downed screen (seriously, why are there no revive distances) * squad screen * amount of guns * amount of    Just about everything feels like a downgrade compared BFV. It’s embarrassing. Played my free trial and uninstall before that was even finished. One of the worst FPS game I have ever played.

    * maps
    * gunplay
    * game audio
    * movement
    * specialists/classes
    * soundtrack
    * downed screen (seriously, why are there no revive distances)
    * squad screen
    * amount of guns
    * amount of vehicles
    * lobbies
    * stats
    * leaderboard
    * vehicle/character/weapon customisation
    * melee kills
    * HUD
    * UI
    * building destruction
    * server browser
    * general ambiance and atmosphere    … Expand
  24. NrvXenon
    Nov 20, 2021
    2
    What a let down this is. This game had so much potential, and here we are, looking at another unfinished product. But this time, things get worst. Because this game, by throwing away the single player campaign show how massive the multiplayer experience must be.

    And yeah, believe me, it's a massive experience. Massively atrocious. There is currently a ton of bug, from the simple    What a let down this is. This game had so much potential, and here we are, looking at another unfinished product. But this time, things get worst. Because this game, by throwing away the single player campaign show how massive the multiplayer experience must be.

    And yeah, believe me, it's a massive experience. Massively atrocious.
    There is currently a ton of bug, from the simple display bug to some more annoying ones (impossible to respawn after being shot, staying down during an infinite amount of time). This exemple is one, but there is a ton. Hitmarkers not displaying properly. Allies marked as ennemies. Impossible to equip new stuff on weapons.

    And to that, there is a ton of ugly things.
    Impossible to disable crossplay without editing Xbox system preferences (yep, there is an option in game, but you can't edit the value, it stick to the system default value. Great).
    Impossible to find a specific game mode or map. There is no server list, which means you can only pray to find a game in a gamemode you like or a map you like.
    There is no matchmaking, which means once your game is done, you're back at the main menu and you need to start another game on your own (spoiler alert : you're most likely gonna end up on the same map just done, happens a lot).
    Impossible to track how good or bad you're doing in your game as there is absolutely no scoreboard (on a competitive game. What a nice idea)

    They got rid of the amazing class system going on for a "specialist" allowing you to combine every single possibility between equipment, weapons, abilities. This end up in every one playing the same specialist as some are really overpowered. And as they can use anything alongside, there is no "counterpart" to it.
    Squad space is still limited to 4 while 5 persons in a squad was an absolut blast.
    Maps are empty, with almost no destruction elements.

    They wanted to celebrate Battlefield. All they did is remove what is making Battlefield what it is, to add some stupid grappling hook, tornados and wingsuit.    … Expand
  25. KosmaLunae
    Nov 20, 2021
    2
    On Steam's store page for BF2042, there are a few reviews by the following individuals that are concisely written and deserve recognition. I also mean to piggyback my review off of them because they speak the same thoughts and opinions as I.

    - MR NOBODY - InfiniteFaux - MjeeD It truly baffles me how far off the mark this game is from being what everyone expected. I expected an    On Steam's store page for BF2042, there are a few reviews by the following individuals that are concisely written and deserve recognition. I also mean to piggyback my review off of them because they speak the same thoughts and opinions as I.

    - MR NOBODY
    - InfiniteFaux
    - MjeeD

    It truly baffles me how far off the mark this game is from being what everyone expected.

    I expected an experience reminiscent of BF4: being one among dozens of nameless soldiers, locked in dispassionate conflict taking place on a landscape that was indiscriminately chosen to be the victim of the ravages of war.

    Feeling truly immersed in a world stricken by poverty, natural catastrophes, and high inter-governmental tensions.

    Keeping with the integrity and foundation of BF4 - war adornments (ribbons & medals), extensive customization (tangible & cosmetic), distinct and iconic roles and playstyles (assault, engineer, medic, sniper).

    The feeling of cooperative embrace, of being one team fighting for each other's survival.

    What I got: a pitiful amalgamation of the most marketable and fast-paced, eSports-esque attributes of Apex Legends, Rainbow Six: Siege and CoD: Warzone.

    Right away, playing the beta made me realize how much of a misrepresentation the official trailer was.

    It's an ongoing, frantic frenzy of ants on a picnic blanket, running huge stretches by foot while all the vehicles are currently away partying on the top-floor penthouses of skyscrapers. It's basically a cross-country running simulator most of the time while the dysfunctional drivers and pilots steal a helicopter at the start of the round to go on a leisure tour the whole game. It shouldn't be that hard to manufacture or purchase dirtbikes or quads en mass in 2042.

    Quirky, superfluous 'specialists' that crack cringy corn-ball quips at the end of the round like, "That was fun," or, "I'm just better than everyone else!", completely dismissing the harsh atmosphere and aesthetic that the initial cutscene paints. That's the kind of flaunty animation sequence you'd see in... perhaps... a battle royale game? I wouldn't be surprised to start seeing first place do the [insert viral physical motion here] at the ends of rounds in the next couple of months. Am I playing Battlefield or Apex Legends?

    I hate seeing a group of identical clones running around while I try desperately to cling onto the tiniest sense of realism or familiarity. This was an issue that others may feel indifferent about. To me, after being subject to this "hero shooter" direction for the past several years, it's the last thing this game needs.

    It's a haphazard mess with several discrepancies and misplaced decisions, flat out lacking many emblematic facets of Battlefield (or ANY triple-A FPS title, for that matter) such as a scoreboard, squad switching, classes, and more.

    What's with this whole No-Pat freedom fighter militia - mind you, with no actual basis or story (R.I.P. campaigns in games) - but then it's just the typical USA vs. Russia trope again?

    Conquest (one of **** two available game modes) is an endless series of frustrating and hectic interactions with soldiers and vehicles, including but not limited to: missing hit registers, sporadic fire patterns, nondescript vehicle damage, inconsistent and poorly designed driving & piloting mechanics.

    The number of bugs, coding mistakes, balancing issues and content voids will probably result in a patch timeline that competes with even those of No Man's Sky and Cyberpunk 2077 because clearly, EA's focus was on "making a game meant to sell, not to play. (~Mr Nobody)"

    I've seen people say they still have hopes for the game's potential.

    The thing is, these aren't issues that can be solved with a 12 to 20-month service life like we thought would solve our complaints of BFV.

    These are inherent creative decisions that go completely against what a Battlefield game is, and would require a literal re-design of most of the game itself.

    There is an utter lack of variety and things to do in the game. I feel like I'm playing a $30 Kickstarter game that got popular on Twitch.

    Battlefield 2042 is just so clearly the outcome of the executive imbeciles at EA believing battle royales are still the absolute formula for good game design, completely overruling any one person's desire to remain faithful to an authentic Battlefield experience.

    There are so many things that they got wrong... the way helicopters behave, the limited gameplay variety, the questionable issues latent in the settings menu, the confusing and unfulfilling weapon & vehicle progression, the unbalanced nature of combat, and more.

    I'm just really disappointed.    … Expand
  26. 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.
  27. DAEMONIUM520
    Nov 20, 2021
    7
    So much fun but a 7 cause of bugs, fix the bugs and this is game of the year
  28. Irish005
    Nov 21, 2021
    1
    Absolutely do not buy.

    This game is boring, unfinished, laggy, and absolutely awful. There are so many design and UI issues, bugs, and constant lag and frame drop. I’m glad there is a 10-hour free trial. Do not waste your money
  29. 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
  30. Woodsi3
    Nov 21, 2021
    1
    Hugely disappointing, fundamental mechanics missing or broken, odd moments of fun to be had but they’re so few and far between and clouded by issues that the overall experience is poor. Hit registration is completely all over the show, weapon bloom is far too exaggerated. Barely any choice of weapons, poor unlocks, I could go on for days about how bad this game is. Lastly it’s gone so farHugely disappointing, fundamental mechanics missing or broken, odd moments of fun to be had but they’re so few and far between and clouded by issues that the overall experience is poor. Hit registration is completely all over the show, weapon bloom is far too exaggerated. Barely any choice of weapons, poor unlocks, I could go on for days about how bad this game is. Lastly it’s gone so far away from the battlefield franchise and tried to hug new players and stop them getting upset because they’re bad that it’s almost just not a battlefield game.… Expand
  31. Max16744
    Feb 25, 2022
    0
    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!
  32. Baybolius
    Nov 22, 2021
    1
    Верните классы. Нет командой игры, огромные пустые карты. Пропала атмосфера серии БФ.
  33. BeansJunior
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    Game is a unfinished buggy mess. They made no campaign which is fine is they finished the multiplayer but, they didn’t
  34. YuryKor
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    Я отдал 90$ что бы начать играть раньше. Игра вылетала через раз. Вы не успели все отремонтировать и уже сделали скидку на 30%. Месяца не прошло...
    1 из 10 за такую наглость и обман.
  35. 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.
  36. 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
  37. 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.
  38. Arthuga
    Nov 23, 2021
    5
    O jogo não esta legal, falta muita coisa, obviamente o jogo foi apressado para ser lançado, a falta de conteúdo e certamente o maior fator pela nota que estou dando, mas ainda consigo me divertir, claro que não poder trocar de pelotão pra me juntar ao meus amigos somete sendo possível saindo da partida e aceitando um convite, a limitação do cross play entre as gerações oq e ridículo, masO jogo não esta legal, falta muita coisa, obviamente o jogo foi apressado para ser lançado, a falta de conteúdo e certamente o maior fator pela nota que estou dando, mas ainda consigo me divertir, claro que não poder trocar de pelotão pra me juntar ao meus amigos somete sendo possível saindo da partida e aceitando um convite, a limitação do cross play entre as gerações oq e ridículo, mas não posso reclamar de estabilidade ate o momento não tive nenhum problema relacionado a isso.… Expand
  39. 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
  40. 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.
  41. jwchristensen12
    Nov 25, 2021
    5
    After updates and patches game is great. Breath of fresh air from call of duty
  42. d0gl1nh4
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    the trailer was incredible, but trailers is the best thing that EA games can do.
  43. 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.
  44. Lethal_Euskal
    May 27, 2023
    7
    Je reviens sur ma note. Techniquement bien, beau, fluide. Contenu bien plus fourni, des saisons sympas au fil des saisons. Il commence à être bon, mais il y a encore du chemin. A voir avec la saison 5...
  45. Letsplaymeta
    Nov 26, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Many people claim that this doesn't feel like a battlefield claim, I disagree, but there is still valid criticism, like the ui missing alot of features, but, to me aleast, the massive large scale Battles are what makes battlefield battlefield. It has that chaotic insane game play. Howevery, there are criticism about the maps, they are too too flat and need more cover. Now, this may be different for people playing on 64 player servers, as there are less people trying to kill you, but 128 servers, there are too many people trying to kill you. Many people don't like the specialist system, personally I don't see it as better or worse then the 4 class system, just different. Many people claim it promotes selfish playing, but I strongly disagree, there are specialist that are design to play by themselves, but there are also specialist that promote team work, like one that allows people to change load outs, the shield op best played in pairs, one to shot, one to block, a medic, and one that puts shields for everyone. One specialist effects enemies, electronics making them easier for your entire team to kill. Also I have seen people use a wide spread of gadgets that help the entire team. I have been revived plenty of times by other players. The gun play is not as good as bfv, it just feels clunky and awkward, but not the worst, it's definitely playable. The portal is great, just feel like it should have more progression to them, also the guns in portal should be in bf2042, I thought it was very weird that they weren't there. The game is kinda buggy on Xbox series s, but most definitely playable, can't talk about pc. This isn't the best bf, but if you are willing to put up with glitches and plain maps, the I recommend this game, it is very fun and chaotic.… Expand
  46. ONE-NUT-WONDER
    Nov 26, 2021
    4
    For now I will the game a generous 4 but there is still work to be done. As of the most recent patch they fixed you not being able to revive teammates and increased server stability. However there are some glaring bugs and issues such as the character hit box's, almost no destruction, game crashes trying to pull up pause or leaderboard menu's, and also when you revive a teammate theFor now I will the game a generous 4 but there is still work to be done. As of the most recent patch they fixed you not being able to revive teammates and increased server stability. However there are some glaring bugs and issues such as the character hit box's, almost no destruction, game crashes trying to pull up pause or leaderboard menu's, and also when you revive a teammate the sniper scope will go from a 6x or 8x zoom to a 1.25 zoom similar to a dot sight. Overall the game has the potential to be a blast, but if your skeptical you should definitely wait for a couple patches to be released.… Expand
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. Jonasillus
    Nov 30, 2021
    2
    Returned - sorry Dice/EA, but this is really a bad game. Back to BF 4 and 1.
  50. TheForestCity
    Nov 30, 2021
    0
    Unfinished. Not fun. Horrible. Doesn’t even look as good as I would have expected.
  51. 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.
  52. 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
  53. Fjdoaosbd
    Dec 1, 2021
    1
    This game has no potential. It has zero replay ability. I played for 2 hours. Instantly bored on the same 2 and only 2 game modes. Absolute **** No team death match? No domination? No rush? No nothing? The portal mode is just old games with modern graphics. Trash
  54. 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
  55. Wooooooooohoo
    Dec 1, 2021
    0
    BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
    Game
  56. 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
  57. Roozie
    Dec 2, 2021
    0
    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.
  58. Bateman254
    Dec 2, 2021
    1
    Imagine you buy a brand new phone and find out that it doesn't turn on. you bring you phone back to the phone store to get it fixed. But every time you do, they only fix one thing at a time. Now also imagine the phone is completely broken and you spend ungodly amounts of time to get it fixed,also imagine you spent a small fortune to get it before everyone else
  59. Aim4TheBushesX
    Dec 3, 2021
    2
    Unplayable. When I try to play the game I get constant error messages. And the few times I have got on I can't pick my loadout. Long time fan and I hate this game in its current state.
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. RaWrBM
    Dec 5, 2021
    2
    Dead servers flooded with bots, no scoreboard in a competitive game? WTF? Glitchy and just sad.
  63. Arush-KS
    Dec 6, 2021
    7
    I give a 7 as I remain hopeful that they fix the issues with this game. The lack of basic things are surprising but with the announcement of Vince zampella from respawn(titanfall/ infinity ward OG) I remain a positive outlook on the future of the game. They also managed to include all maps and the fact that the browser for games hosted is fantastic. I love that we have variety available toI give a 7 as I remain hopeful that they fix the issues with this game. The lack of basic things are surprising but with the announcement of Vince zampella from respawn(titanfall/ infinity ward OG) I remain a positive outlook on the future of the game. They also managed to include all maps and the fact that the browser for games hosted is fantastic. I love that we have variety available to us and they’re supported going forward. I can always jump into a game played on a bad company map or battlefield 4. It’s all here. The shooting mechanics so far I have found no issues with. And overall, it’s fun.… Expand
  64. justheretocomme
    Dec 6, 2021
    10
    So this is review of the game - not beta/pre-release. I'm old school BF fan from the first game onwards.

    If this game was called something other than Battlefield, it would actually be fine... give it a ten! However - BF is different from the rest because of things like massive wars, absolutely destruction of the environment, and great vehicles/weapons. All of these things are missing    So this is review of the game - not beta/pre-release. I'm old school BF fan from the first game onwards.

    If this game was called something other than Battlefield, it would actually be fine... give it a ten!

    However - BF is different from the rest because of things like massive wars, absolutely destruction of the environment, and great vehicles/weapons. All of these things are missing in 2024. This is basically a reskinned COD.

    Hardly anything can be destroyed no matter how many times you hit it with a tank shell. No classes - which is weird I can look like a sniper running around with machine gun.

    What happened to all the cool vehicles from BF past? This one is lame. Basics. Nothing more really. Tank, Jeep, Transport heli, 2 attack heli, and a plane.

    This is basically a redone Battlefield 4 with a new engine, yet somehow poorly done if thats even possible..

    So anyways, if it was released as another name, it would be fine, but using the Battlefield name and taking away EVERYTHING that was battliefield is insane... back to BFV I go - funny never thought I'd say that.    … Expand
  65. Joikkeli
    Dec 7, 2021
    1
    This is what a game looks like when it looses it's soul. Sad that this franchise has fallen so far from it's roots and what made the game unique. Now it's just like any other copypaste hero shooter but just worse.

    Hopefully some day there are wise and passionate people in the decision making department of this frachise who knows what fans of the series wants and how to deliver it
  66. scoutjacky
    Apr 4, 2022
    1
    Battlefield is one of the best video games ever. The series has a good streak till this one. Battlefield 2042 is one of the worst games, it is not even better then Battlefield 3. EA and Dice have been doing a great job at the series for a very long time. There is a huge gap so maybe this is the game. Nope! So many features missing like Voice chat. Bloom is making miss my shots as well.Battlefield is one of the best video games ever. The series has a good streak till this one. Battlefield 2042 is one of the worst games, it is not even better then Battlefield 3. EA and Dice have been doing a great job at the series for a very long time. There is a huge gap so maybe this is the game. Nope! So many features missing like Voice chat. Bloom is making miss my shots as well. This is battlefront 2 all over again. This is bad. Graphics are also worse then Battlefield 1. Goodbye EA, Hello Amazon!… Expand
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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.
  70. 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
  71. New-mombasa
    Mar 22, 2022
    6
    The game in its core is very good. But there are a lot of bugs and obviously the game is unfinished. Please Dice stop doing this to yourself and the gamers.
    Thanks
  72. Diehl2076
    Dec 13, 2021
    3
    RIP battlefield. This game has some great graphics. This game is a hero shooter. This game has vast empty spaces. This game is not battlefield.
  73. 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
  74. Balou24
    Dec 20, 2021
    2
    I Gave this game a 2 only for portal mode because of some bf3, bc2 maps that I missed.
    Everything else is don’t even bother
  75. Mendez39_9
    Dec 20, 2021
    5
    Una franquicia que esperaba mucho pero resulto algo mal, una de las cosas que me gustaba era como los escenarios se destruyen en este caso para esta juego ya no existe y algunos bug también decepcionan un poco y que le quitaran el modo historia una parte bastante entretenida que en entregas previas me encetaron en esta decepciona.
  76. CharlieW13
    Dec 24, 2021
    4
    Not a great game. Needed at least another year. Its sound design and graphics are mostly a downgrade from the previous games. The weapons don't feel anywhere near as good as the previous games either. The time to kill in this game is also too long which is why I play in milsim servers on Battlefield Portal. The maps are too big for conquest so you are essentially forced to play rush or theNot a great game. Needed at least another year. Its sound design and graphics are mostly a downgrade from the previous games. The weapons don't feel anywhere near as good as the previous games either. The time to kill in this game is also too long which is why I play in milsim servers on Battlefield Portal. The maps are too big for conquest so you are essentially forced to play rush or the 64 player modes so that you are not running all the time which annoyingly still happens on some maps. The game desperately needed another year, if only to fix the map sizes. The specialists are also a bit boring and don't work very well in this game.
    Overall, this game is very bad and my least favourite in the franchise. However, there is some fun to be had just not in any of the modes that DICE made. I highly recommend going to the portal and searching for milsim servers. They are a lot of fun. I wouldn't recommend buying this game at full price because it simply isn't worth it, when its on sale you should pick it up though. There is some fun to be had.    … Expand
  77. 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.
  78. 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
  79. Vikerrr
    Jan 11, 2022
    5
    That's crazy, but after 10hr played I feel like an idiot and we're pissed of completely .. right now I've played 35hr ... switch to "rush 128" and I start to like this game ... and have some fun playing on series x. The only thing frustrated = in JAN 22 is that today evening game was disconnected 3x times in the row, then during the match my hits stop to be registered ... this amount ofThat's crazy, but after 10hr played I feel like an idiot and we're pissed of completely .. right now I've played 35hr ... switch to "rush 128" and I start to like this game ... and have some fun playing on series x. The only thing frustrated = in JAN 22 is that today evening game was disconnected 3x times in the row, then during the match my hits stop to be registered ... this amount of bugs within 1.5 hr I faced first time ... this starts on series x after new patch?! Also I wannt to add few comments from Xbos Series X user:

    1. IF you play cross platform on the earlier stages of the game on console = you suck! When you switch of cross platform it disconnect both PC and PlayStation ... and the game is almost empty! Keeping an option to play consolses vs consolses w/o PC's will be a great idea!

    2. Visualisation = even on series X the game looks like BF3 = agreed, but also I see bugs and framerate drop down ... how come?!

    3. I cannot choose the server ... when I enter the server and team is OK in 99% after the round game is looking for the new server and I cannot play with the same team even 2x rounds!

    4. Maps = battlewalk 2042 especially in conquest ... it's too long and emty walking distances! In rush the play is much more fun and you see the 128 teammates surround ... 5. Every fraction = same skins!!! How come?! You see no difference between RU and US! When you read something about game you can understand the story behind .. and it seems logical ... but why it was not described in the game? That this is not RU to US conflict and both fractions used 3rd party troops?    … Expand
  80. 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.
  81. cchenders40
    Oct 19, 2022
    8
    I'd call it a comeback!

    My late 2022 review of this game is basically that this game came back in a big way. They have supported the heck out of this game (pulling the Titanfall/Apex team over to work on it and fix its faults). There are tons of new maps and mods, the battle passes are actually pretty good. The game works and plays really well now and they are getting rid of the hero    I'd call it a comeback!

    My late 2022 review of this game is basically that this game came back in a big way. They have supported the heck out of this game (pulling the Titanfall/Apex team over to work on it and fix its faults). There are tons of new maps and mods, the battle passes are actually pretty good. The game works and plays really well now and they are getting rid of the hero avatar system which is a good call. If you are looking for a GREAT battlefield experience, this game is now there and worth your time and money (especially with it now selling for $20 in some places).

    This game's comeback however, does not excuse how bad the launch was, it was in all honesty a broken game with no content at release. Publishers have to start forcing games out like this. With that said this is a great game to come back to now if you want a great battlefield experience on next gen.    … Expand
  82. HoldmanStax
    Jan 16, 2022
    1
    This was supposed to be Battlefield 3 x 2, that would have been great. How about reliving all those memories from Operation Metro in 4k with 128 players. If they only had sticked with the basics like the community asked for, and stayed true to what made it unique. A bit more seriousness and realism, and not fortnite like gimmics. I'm a very disappointed swede and what used to be a sense ofThis was supposed to be Battlefield 3 x 2, that would have been great. How about reliving all those memories from Operation Metro in 4k with 128 players. If they only had sticked with the basics like the community asked for, and stayed true to what made it unique. A bit more seriousness and realism, and not fortnite like gimmics. I'm a very disappointed swede and what used to be a sense of pride has now been corrupted for me. All i wanted was what BF3 was in a modern package.

    Hell let loose is the only beacon of light at this moment.    … Expand
  83. Pcp123
    Jan 20, 2022
    8
    Its a very good game I dont know why all the negative me and my buddies think its good. I got it for $35 on series X all these people complaining paid like $100 and whine. Yea the game has some flaws and missing some features so be it. Still a great game
  84. Bazyli
    Jan 29, 2022
    2
    So its 3 months after realease. Game is still broken, with a lot of glitches and bugs. We still got the same, open maps and boring guns with so slow progress. And for me, personaly worse think, is they didnt told us any damn plans for future. 3 months of big fixing witch brings even more new bugs, or old glitches come back. But Hey, we still dunno anythink. Theres no communication, not oneSo its 3 months after realease. Game is still broken, with a lot of glitches and bugs. We still got the same, open maps and boring guns with so slow progress. And for me, personaly worse think, is they didnt told us any damn plans for future. 3 months of big fixing witch brings even more new bugs, or old glitches come back. But Hey, we still dunno anythink. Theres no communication, not one tweet about plans. Its digsusting. The only **** we know, that theres will be update next month. But what will it be, damn You, we dont know. New map? New guns? Bringing 10% of content from older bf's? Or maby just skins and season pass to beg for more money?
    And the last thing about it. The game on realease didnt work, and the 10 day beta also (cose there was no day1 patch xdd). You colndt shoot, there was no hitbox, coundt spawn, change weapon. Who from IGN or other **** give it 8/10? Xdd Did they even play it ffs? I gues time od those portals ended with paid revisions some time ago, but that one is not even funny. Its sad. Like the whole gamę.    … Expand
  85. 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.
  86. 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
  87. MGRODVI
    Feb 5, 2022
    5
    Mapas pésimos, armas horribles, mecánicas aburridas. Por donde lo quieras ver el juego es malo , no tires tu dinero
  88. ShowMeWatYouGot
    Feb 7, 2022
    2
    Cooperative squad play is pretty much mute. Those who say it isn’t either have too many friends satisfied with a poor game or are lying. The game has potential but these late repairs and denied refunds as a result of poor launch have made the game one of the greats in terms of utter loss of players and interest too early on. The battlefield series has been cutting good features inCooperative squad play is pretty much mute. Those who say it isn’t either have too many friends satisfied with a poor game or are lying. The game has potential but these late repairs and denied refunds as a result of poor launch have made the game one of the greats in terms of utter loss of players and interest too early on. The battlefield series has been cutting good features in replacement for more difficult ones to understand, only to create a mess of wannabe hitmen camping long range rather than push OBJs or revive fallen squad mates. Either these guys have zero game awareness or they’re just as likely to cross the stress without looking.… Expand
  89. TheVezyrQ
    Feb 8, 2022
    4
    Vanguard is bad. I thought that BF will shut cod mouth. but they did such a big mistake with publish this game. i had fun ok but it wasnt worth 70$. Performance is bad. Grahpic is fine but i feel that im playing in alpha version. they tried to make something else but they were lost in this. sad dice
  90. CriticalMassive
    Feb 9, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is absolutely garbage. I paid $100 in November 2021 and uninstalled it Jan 2022 after 8 hours of total attempted gameplay. The Season Pass not starting for over 6 months is criminal. I would have NEVER paid for this game knowing even 1/4 if what I know now. Painful lesson.… Expand
  91. Passionated
    Feb 19, 2022
    1
    Thank god i had this game refunded. This game has been infested with bugs ever since beta and the devs aren't listening to the community whatsoever. I cant check the leaderboard mid game to see if I'm doing well or not. You cant even find matches that fast, Battlefield 5 has more player than Battlefield 2042 due to how bad this game is, if you want a good shooter game than you have to waitThank god i had this game refunded. This game has been infested with bugs ever since beta and the devs aren't listening to the community whatsoever. I cant check the leaderboard mid game to see if I'm doing well or not. You cant even find matches that fast, Battlefield 5 has more player than Battlefield 2042 due to how bad this game is, if you want a good shooter game than you have to wait a year for a good one or buy Call of Duty Vanguard.… Expand
  92. chernandez31
    Feb 23, 2022
    2
    Barely any positives lmao, what even is this garbage? Shameful. Anyone who paid at least a single cent for this trash deserves a refund. I payed no money and still feel ripped off and want my time spent on it back.
  93. Lord_Jotnar
    Feb 24, 2022
    0
    What do i even say here? This game is a catastrophic implosion of poor decisions across the board. To hear EA saying they actually believed it was in a playable state come launch, when we all told them during the beta it was nigh unplayable is laughable. To this day the game is a broken mess. You'll be lucky if hit registration is the worst of it, the game struggles to even exist at mostWhat do i even say here? This game is a catastrophic implosion of poor decisions across the board. To hear EA saying they actually believed it was in a playable state come launch, when we all told them during the beta it was nigh unplayable is laughable. To this day the game is a broken mess. You'll be lucky if hit registration is the worst of it, the game struggles to even exist at most times. Weapon balancing is also laughable. The maps are massive swathes of empty nothingness with the odd structure here and there. The worst design choice in this entire game has to be the Specialists. DICE's attempt to make a cash printer a la CoD and R6:S's Operators. The Specialists completely and utterly destroy everything that is battlefield. Teamwork is out the window thanks to their introduction, map control based on class/vehicle makeup is also completely out the window.
    This game is a stain upon Battlefields legacy and marks the death throe of the declining franchise.    … Expand
  94. UhtredTheGreat
    Aug 28, 2023
    3
    Dice ruined this franchise. I am extremely disappointed that the way they treated us games like 2nd hand garbage then started to blame other games for their flop. It has fun moments though.
  95. Azzabro59
    Mar 21, 2022
    0
    Wasted my money. I thought the beta was horrible bit I thought it was connection problems when it was fuiod it was fun. Wich is now worse. Battfield 5 felt better I presented the moment and one on 1 revive mechanic animation.
  96. untitleddd
    Apr 26, 2022
    0
    Back battlefield 4. BF 2042 is sh**t back my money. Maps with no buildings. Runner simulator game
  97. bean141
    Jun 4, 2022
    5
    lacks any destruction, specialists are cringe and character movement feels badly designed . Specialist abilities can be fun, weather hazards are really cool and the actual gunplay feels satisfying. Theres a lack of much content if u really want to dive in and the maps at times feel too empty with little cover.
  98. YaBoyDirtyDeeds
    Jun 21, 2022
    5
    The recent season 1 update was okay but it could be wayyyy better. It lacks on guns and they only added 1 map the game is getting better but it’s quite not there yet.
  99. Gowron
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    Compared to older titles there is so much lacking in this game
    The amount of core features missing is absurd
    For a more detailed list i would suggest visitting the subreddits of battlefield 2042 and search for the top post of all time
  100. AlexandrLypka
    Apr 20, 2023
    10
    Played recently (season 4), outstanding game (audio, graphics and massive battles). Cross-play really helped to find game faster. 128 players on one map is badass! Thanks developers!
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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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