Battlefield 2042 Reviews
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If you can get past that idea, then you really ought to jump into Battlefield 2042 now, especially at its discounted price across digital storefronts. Who knows? EA might surprise us by announcing Season 7, given the game’s re-emergence.
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Republished on Wednesday, 1st March, 2023: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of March 2023's PS Plus line up. The original text follows.
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“Full of worthwhile multiplayer content, Battlefield 2042 brings the long-running shooter franchise to new heights.”
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Battlefield used to be the king of the squad based first-person shooter games. Back in the days of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, and Battlefield 4, I would put way too many hours into these squad-based shooters, but the franchise hasn’t been relevant in the eyes of the mainstream audience for a while, all thanks to some underwhelming titles and DICE’s inability to release a stable game at launch. Is it time for Battlefield to reclaim its position at the top with its latest en...
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In my opinion, especially with all of the bugs, you should save your money on this one or wait until a heavily discounted sale. Maybe in a year or so they’ll iron out some of the issues that plagued its release and work on the “fun factor”, but it just isn’t there right now for this reviewer to feel comfortable recommending it to our readers or friends.
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Disappointing is the best way to describe Battlefield 2042. It can be fun at times, but also frustrating and downright dull. Its maps are impressive in scale, with weather effects that are a sight to behold. But they’re just too big, filled with vast open spaces that don’t do the game any favours. Mix in a variety of bugs and unfortunate design decisions, and you have the weakest Battlefield game in years. Can it be turned around? Possibly. But whether you’re a fan of the series or not, you’re definitely better off waiting for it to receive some more updates...
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When Battlefield 2042 works, it works well and can be fun but it sadly feels like this game really should have been delayed again with all of its issues.
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It's not all bad, of course. Battlefield 2042's Specialist system is entirely the wrong direction for the franchise – a point that couldn't be stressed enough if one were to write an entire book on the subject – but some of the equipment they bring to the table changes up the experience in interesting ways. The best example of this is the grappling hook gun that Webster Mackay uses, which allows players to take up interesting angles against enemies. But while the extra verticality is nice, it's an element that all players should have access to regardless of their specialist...
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Battlefield 2042 is the latest entry of the Battlefield franchise, and the first of the “next Battlefield generation”. There’s plenty of attention drawn to its stunningly detailed environments, up to 128-player battles on staggeringly large maps and new unique Specialists with which to conquer them.
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Battlefield 2042 feels like it could become a cool game, but it’s tantalizingly out of reach today. There’s enough promise with the satisfying-when-it-works gunplay, large-scale chaos (that’s starting to feel more controlled over time), and fantastic legacy Battlefield content in Portal that I’ll stick around for a bit. It didn’t have to be this way, though.
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Battlefield 2042 has the potential to be a fantastic Battlefield game, but its server problems really put a damper on it. At this point, wait for a couple more patches before checking it out.
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I wouldn’t say that Battlefield 2042 is the worst iteration in this series because it does add some new gameplay and brings back elements like complete loadout customization from previous iterations. But as of right now, a lot of the gameplay is skewed, and the weapons, attachments, and vehicles don’t really feel like they work as they should. As a triple-A game, I expect better.
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The series has refocused on its original pillars, and the result is a messy and fun contemporary shooter.
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Battlefield has always been the largest and loudest multiplayer experience in the business. It’s the video game equivalent of Texas, and its bombast cannot be overstated. Battlefield 2042 offers a variety of ways to participate in simulated near-future warfare. Whether you prefer to fight via land or sky, you can experience dizzying on-screen explosions, tense firefights, and more vehicles than teammates who know how to drive them. Unfortunately, Battlefield 2042 is full of almost as many bugs as bad pilots, dragging down an otherwise solid online shooter.
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The Battlefield franchise has been notorious for its buggy launches ever since the infamous “long neck” glitch from Battlefield 3 went viral nearly a decade ago. As an outsider looking in, it’s always been entertaining to see clips of off-the-wall, crazy stuff happening in the game. Arguably, these incidents are what makes Battlefield, well, Battlefield—at least according to some members of the fan community.
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Battlefield 2042 has a serious identity crisis. It clearly wants to be like Call of Duty: Warzone, with its overreliance on fast-quip Specialists that will serve as mannequins for endless cosmetic microtransactions. It also wants to grab some of the audience who religiously play Hunt: Showdown or Escape from Tarkov with its undercooked Hazard Zone mode. Finally, it also wants to be Battlefield to what’s left of a dedicated fan base that’s been left to watch the franchise chase the tail of its competitors for years. We loved Battlefield because it wasn’t Call of Duty or Counter-Strike or Fortnite or...
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Battlefield 2042 does not yet live up to its ambitious design goals and is a regression in many respects.
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Battlefield 2042 wants so many things that it succeeds at almost none of them. There's a good game buried beneath it all, but you'll wade through a lot of sludge to get there.
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Unless they had a helicopter or jetski, most players would have to walk through the towering building, which also posed a threat because it could easily collapse. There was always danger, whether it be from the impending doom of a crumbling building or players who would collide in the middle of the map. Battlefield 2042's maps don't have that. Orbital has a building that overlooks a majority of the map and is a prominent hotspot for engagements, but there is no reason to really go there because there are so many other objectives around the map which are easier to...
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Battlefield 2042 occasionally captures the epic scale and multiplayer madness the series is known for. But the game often stumbles due to poor design decisions and technical issues.
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When Battlefield 2042 hits the mark with its enormous, gorgeous, destructible maps in All-Out Warfare, it’s good, but it sometimes tends to crack under the weight of its own massive scale.
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Taken as a whole, Battlefield 2042 sports a robust launch day offering if you’re willing to jump between its three modes. But questionable design choices alongside noticeable performance issues take away from its strong enough core formula that continues to carry the game on its back. While you’re still prone to get those epic moments in which you down a helicopter with an unguided rocket launcher, or make your way behind enemy lines ann help capture a point that wins you the match, battl...
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A mix of old and new, Battlefield 2042 features more maps, more pomp, and more customization tools. But is more always better?
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Battlefield 2042 is a strong foundation for future expansion. DICE's multiplayer-only FPS has scale and spectacle, but there are elements in need of careful refinement and optimization.
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Battlefield 2042 has a lot of problems. From its optimization, questionable design, and various bugs, it is clear that this game was not completely ready to be released. Yet despite all of that, I have still found myself having a good time bathing in the chaotic fun that is Battlefield. It needs some patches for sure, but Battlefield 2042 is by no means a lost cause.
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Battlefield 2042 is another rocky launch in the series. Our advice? Wait for those infamous DICE patches before diving in.
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The lack of a campaign also hurts. Although not a big deal for a decent part of the fanbase, I did love to play through the campaign to get a nice feeling of the game before jumping into the online portion — plus, I cannot help but feel the game has lost a bit of value while also costing $10 more than the last iteration.
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Overall, Battlefield 2042 is an excellent effort and filled with a ton of competitive multiplayer content at launch with much more planned in the near future. There are some technical issues such as respawns and visual bugs to sort out, and some game modes and specialists might need some tweaks, but DICE is off to a great start and Battlefield 2042 should likely be relevant and popular for years to come.
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There's a good game to be found within the Battlefield 2042 and fun to be had as the spectacle of Battlefield's signature gameplay is taken to new, more expansive heights, but it's marred by a handful of unsuccessful gameplay design changes, hurriedly implemented features and bugs at launch.
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It’s clear DICE doesn’t know what it wanted Battlefield 2042 to be and couldn’t figure out how to make everything work together. There are too many bugs and too many balance issues. No voice chat at launch to coordinate in Hazard Zone? Unacceptable. It’s not that I don’t have any fun, but the bad constantly intrudes on what fun I do have. Even with Portal and its classic maps, it’s not enough to save Battlefield 2042 from mediocrity.
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Battlefield 2042 is more than just another iteration of the nearly 20-year-old shooter franchise. For DICE, it is at once the opportunity of winning the fanbase back after the underwhelming Battlefield V (which in comparison to Battlefield 1 sold less among customers and was rated lower by critics) and of striking at the Call of Duty behemoth when it's arguably at its weakest, with Vanguard largely failing to generate the usual level of excitement we've come to expect from a new entry in that series.
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Battlefield 2042 feels like a game made specifically for Battlefield fans. Multiplayer is fast-paced and chaotic, and while new modes like Hazard Zone and Portal are a mixed bag, they provide an excellent foundation for the game to build on going forward.
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Welcome to Battlefield 2042, the seventeenth instalment in the long-running and fan favourite war franchise. The first-person shooter and tactics game is multiplayer-focused, being the first entry not to include a single-player campaign since Battlefield 2142 in 2006. It’s clear developers DICE and publishers EA want to make an impact with Battlefield 2042 – but does it breakthrough?
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After three brief hands-on sessions, I'm thinking it's a solid FPS with big-team hijinks, but it's the Portal mode that holds the most potential.
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