Battlefield 2042 currently has 74% negative user reviews on Steam.
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TheDeeGee
Maybe they should look into remastering Battlefield 1942.
cryohellinc
Modern day gaming - Trash.
Dragam1337
I would like steam to use a rating system, instead of just positive or negative... cause it's more nuanced than that.
I would give the game a 5/10 for the many many many retarded decisions dice has made with this game - why i dont give it a lower score is because the core gameplay is still fun.
If i had to go by steams rating system however, i would be forced to just give it a "negative" review.
Oversemper
Take Battlefield 4. Make new graphics, make new maps, increase players count, add BLM, add LGBTQ+. Done. But they decided to flush the whole series down the toilet for sure this time.
Karl
I remember reading some quote by EA that said why there won't be a campaign. It went something like "... so DICE can focus on what they can do the best - multiplayer". Which is kinda ironic now loll
0blivious
They did make one good decision. They brought back bots. I like it for that part alone. As for all the other odd design choices, I don't know what they were thinking. Many of these bad choices can be easily rectified but the first impression damage is already done.
mrrulez911
Horus-Anhur
Catspaw
its been a while since we got a good game, has it not?
Ghosty
Krasus
It is like Nvidia tech demo more than a game, though it looks worse than Bf 1 and 5. Somehow they messed this up too. Self note, never ever ever pre order anything again from any publisher. Currently, game is more like buggy running simulator than proper war game. I suggest wait for a month or two before buying it, when they at least fix critical bugs and performance.
Dribble
I thought "not working properly for the first year" was how BF had always done it - I remember as far back as BF2 and that was a buggy mess for at least a year.
KissSh0t
Ghosty
mbk1969
Zooke
You have to be very talented to move franchises in new directions for the better, Mario and Zelda stand out as having been able to do this.
Battlefield doesn't sit in such esteemed company.
Some franchises go the simple route, sports ones in particular. Every year they release basically the same game with just a few changes and improvements.
Battlefiled could easily have gone down this route and and even though I am not advocating this approach, I cannot see how the result could possibly have been worse than 2042.
You have to have respect for yourself and the people spending their money by releasing a game in a reasonably polished state.
The Battlefield developers fail hard here.
I don't see how current social politics in a specific country or part of the world has any place in Battlefield. I'm not trying to be controversial here, quite the opposite. Do I really want devs purposely adding specific groups of people for players to shoot at ?
No problem with adding bots as an option, but 'forcing' bots is a decision I am uncomfortable with. In fact the whole philosophy of trying to force players to do as the devs want raises my blood pressure.
Want to play AOW or Breakthrough with 128 players on your choice of map ? The devs have been listening to J. Allen Brack too much, because when I want to play on a certain map at a certain time, I do.
The poor reviews on Steam are a result of the above, it's so simple to analyse that it makes me wonder exactly what goes on at DICE HQ that they are unable to comprehend what players want.
If they want a game that encompasses all of the current fps trends, then create a spin-off and let Battlefield be Battlefield.
Horus-Anhur
Forget these AAA games.
Peppa the pig has a higher score than BF, COD and GTA combined. 😀
Silva
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I bought BF1 for 5€ and enjoyed it for a bit, then I got tired of the constant hackers BS.
I loved battlefield, bought: 1942 and expansions, Vietnam, 2, 3 and "1".
Unfortunately it's a dead game, EA killed it.
Jawnys
i played two maps, then i asked for a refund, the game is emply, graphic are bad, animations are bad, gun play is okish, game is boring af. this has to be one of the worst triple A release in the last decade
anxious_f0x
The main killer for me has been the complete lack of balance, anti-vehicle weapons are super weak, SMGs have zero recoil and insane range, LMGs are laser beams with a couple of attachments and assault rifles are useless.
Progression wise, I don’t mind that it takes a while to unlock attachments, but a lot of the attachments are purely cosmetic and do exactly the same as the previous attachment you unlocked which is just a waste of time.
Then there’s the specialists, while some of their unique abilities are interesting I don’t see why they didn’t just keep the old class system and have these abilities as something else to unlock as you play, seeing everyone running round as the same characters doesn’t sit right.
As people have said though, the core of the game is fun, but it’s going to take time to balance things, definitely feels like a game built by multiple studios with a lack of communication between them, hopefully they can fix things.