Battlefield 2042

I'm a huge fan of BF franchise, and I preordered the Ultimate Edition right when it was available. But I didn't think I would regret it. So huge disappointment.

Something has shifted fundamentally in development, these games are completely under delivered on every time they release. The players are also partly to blame for the state of games. I don't know how many times I've seen people saying things like "of course the game is buggy and incomplete, it just released", or "in six months will be a good game".

Dice has been doing this type of large scale games for years and for some reason instead of getting better they're getting worse.

This game doesn't have a scoreboard, no server list for all out warfare, no persistent lobbies, less game modes in comparison past games, no meaningful customization, no enjoyable progression, you can't select what squad you will join, you can't diving while swimming, no "medic nearby" indicator when you are downed, no spectator mode, no single-player campaign, very few weapons (Just 22 in total), the UI is absolutely horrible (We don't have any UI customization from the previous games), no voip or global chat, this game has one of the worst gunplay in modern gaming (terrible weapon accuracy/hit box isn't consistent and the bloom system is so much worse than in any bf that came before/uncontrollable), very few maps (Big maps with way too much space between points of interest and with no cover. Turns the game into a running simulator), downgraded destruction over it's predecessors, the physics are non-existent, and performance in general is trash (It's so badly optimized that they couldn't even create a trailer without frame drops).

I could cite more things, but other people already have done it better than me.

This game is an insult to video games and to the BF franchise. We deserve better. Don't buy It! Dont waste your money.

Plot

In the near future the world has entered a set of constant chaos with a massive immigration crisis birthing a rebellion against the last all encompassing world government.

Cast

Not familiar.

Verdict

I grew up with first person shooters, but by that I mean Doom, Wolfenstein, Hexen, Rise of the Triad and more. When the multi-player generation kicked in I was rarely impressed, Medal of Honor? No thanks. Call of Duty? Meh. Online CoD bored me whereas Battlefield I got a level of enjoyment from. I could never understand why anybody would choose CoD over Battlefield.

Battlefield had bigger environments, more players in battles, vehicles (Ground, water and air) it was just superior in every way to me.

When Battlefield 2042 came out I remember hearing wall to wall complaints, people hated it so when I went in I assumed the worst. The thing is the complaints were never really specific, they were just claims they didn't like the game but rarely an explanation of why. Yes it had bugs, but what AAA games doesn't shortly after release? The trouble is it's over two years later and there are still bugs present, mostly frustrating graphical ones.

The game itself is solid enough, though a bit all over the place as it's set across multiple time periods and tries to be a bit too grandiose for its own good. WW2 battles? Sure. Modern battles? Sure. Futuristic battles? Sure. It makes loadouts a pain in the butt and I didn't like that it was so all over the place.

Everything else however is fine, the mechanics are solid, the locations are varied, every box is ticked so why the hatred?

It's not the best Battlefield game, but it's a decent enough entry.

Rants

No seriously, why do people choose CoD over Battlefield? I believe it's changed recently but prior the environments were tiny by comparison. You couldn't turn a corner without running into an enemy. No vehicles, fewer players....why!? Battlefield saw you riding a jeep across a sprawling environment, tanks roaring beside you, planes engaged in dogfights above, superior in every conceivable way.

Breakdown

Lots of environments Great logistics Multiple time periods don't work Unforgivable bugs.

I really tried enjoying bf2042. Went in positive, even after reading all the negative reviews. Sometime after launch I played it for about a week and I just didn't like it at all. I stopped playing for months and recently came back to this game after reading that it was "fixed". Yes the game did become a bit better, but it was still the bf2042 it was just after launch. The maps are just so bland, really open and boring. It's pretty much just a big field or desert with some stuff on it like 3 big buildings or a big boat and for the rest a few small builings or houses with nothing really in between them. Also so few of them. The guns are okay but also not really special... they don't have that satisfying feel to them.

Portal is kinda cool but the fact that you cannot really unlock anything for the weapons is a bummer too. There really isn't anything cool to unlock in general.

Throw everything what was great on BF over board and try to copy CoD, Overwatch, Fortnite... and you get BF 2042 in addition with uncountable number of bugs and terrible design choices. BF had always an edge but they lost it.

R. I. P. Battlefield. I was a big fan once.

We play BF because COD is stupid, too fast and unplayable. When I first played BF4, it felt good to find a game the complete opposite of COD. Slower game play speed, easy to stay on target and just fun! My friends and I would stay and play online for hours! You guys have completed ruined BF by trying to turn it into COD!

All you had to do was take BF4/BF1 keep all buttons and game play the same (Aiming, movement, destruction, etc) and just update some maps, graphics and guns and this game would have been perfect! It's sad that people always have to come in and ruin something that was great! Please just make the next BF just like BF4. Bring back what the people want!!!