Battlefield 2042 (Series X|S)

Anyone get bad stuttering on Discarded the shipbreaking map ? It's especially bad on point B1 & B2.
 
Loaded this up last night, about 10pm, and played some 64man Breakthrough. Couldn't tell you the map but had a jolly good time :) game played well, none of the matches were unbalanced, felt like a good ol' battlefield experience, kinda. Yes all the quality of life issues remain and i still can't understand some/most of the game choices Dice made but last nights experience made me want to play more
 
I come to the realise just how terrible this game is after playing Hell Let Loose. So wish I got that refund a while back, anyway I hit the uninstall button to hopefully wipe it from my memory once and for all.
If anyone has not played HLL I strongly recommend giving it a go, it's a game that actually encourages squad and team play and the use of comms.
 
Free to play for this weekend on Xbox.

It needs it!

Couldn't even fill 64-player matches with cross-play on or off on Series X when I played during my night shift lunch breaks the last few nights. At this rate, there won't be anyone left by the time the Season Pass starts in March.

It's sad to see Battlefield in such a sorry state.
 
Despite the state of this game, there are flashes of fun in there and I'm still on my Specialist T1 mission. Got Casper, Rao, Angel, Paik, Falck, and Irish. Mainly working on Boris now, with a bit of Mackay and Sundance depending on the situation. Haven't put any effort into Dozer yet.
 
Despite the state of this game, there are flashes of fun in there and I'm still on my Specialist T1 mission. Got Casper, Rao, Angel, Paik, Falck, and Irish. Mainly working on Boris now, with a bit of Mackay and Sundance depending on the situation. Haven't put any effort into Dozer yet.
I've had some fun with it & played it for what it is but players today have far less tolerance. I'm hoping they can turn it around with new content & fixes but I fear the damage has already been done for many.
 
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I’ve tried to persevere playing this. I’ve now deleted the game. Terrible game design choice by EA Dice. They’ve removed so many of the core features of past BF games that the franchise is in its current state unrecognisable. It’s sad to see the game end up like this. I’ve had so many years of enjoyment playing Battlefield with friends from this forum. I don’t think the Battlefield franchise will survive this release.

I’ve been watching WW3 streams. Not a perfect game by any means but could fill my need for a no frills straightforward FPS. Fingers crossed 🤞
 
Friday afternoon and....

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I’ve tried to persevere playing this. I’ve now deleted the game. Terrible game design choice by EA Dice. They’ve removed so many of the core features of past BF games that the franchise is in its current state unrecognisable. It’s sad to see the game end up like this. I’ve had so many years of enjoyment playing Battlefield with friends from this forum. I don’t think the Battlefield franchise will survive this release.

I’ve been watching WW3 streams. Not a perfect game by any means but could fill my need for a no frills straightforward FPS. Fingers crossed 🤞
Hell Let Loose & Insurgency Sandstorm are highly rated on these forums.

I think the Battlefield franchise will continue, but DICE Sweden might not.
 
Dice Sweden the makers of BF1942 which was a remarkable game. Time moves on, people leave, new starters come in, new EA management with overall control, guess you can’t expect a classic game to come from there now as time moves on.

It was starting to decay in BF V really, ladies screaming when they were killed, stupid remarks by Dice Sweden saying it’s everyone’s Battlefield, different depts going their own way, the armour model was only half implemented because of that, new starters don’t know what they are doing.

BF 2042 was bound to be a mess but it’s unbelievable how bad it is particularly with the terrible maps it’s unbelievable how bad they are, so bland and there’s no frost bite engine because of new starters don’t know how to program it.

It’s probably students who do know how to make basic graphical elements from studying a degree but no work experience, that’s what the maps look like.
 
The problem with it is its gone in the wrong direction to try and please the masses, but failed hard.

They seemed to think everyone would be happy including hardcore BF players if they copied similar methods of other games like Cod and so on, slowly implementing premium themed content for your soldiers in earlier versions to then specialists in the latest bf2042, its now just become another run of the mill shooter with no identity.
You then include all the bugs it had at the start as well as the atrocious maps, missing elements like server selection, scoreboards, then the rubbish UI menus and layout.
It's a complete shambles.
I'm still trying to work out how I managed to play it for so long, lol. Most times I would play a few rounds, exit the game and think to myself that was so boring why did I just play that!

Uninstalled the other day. I hope it improves for those that enjoy it.
 
Changed my mind about this game , i was stupid .
IT'S A COMPLETE TURD
 
Ah just realized I posted in the PS5 Thread. Any ways....

This really is a poor man's BF. Oh well wait for it to hit EA Play and see if it's improved then.
So glad I didn't pre order or buy at launch.
 
Changed my mind about this game , i was stupid .
IT'S A COMPLETE TURD
Ah just realized I posted in the PS5 Thread. Any ways....

This really is a poor man's BF. Oh well wait for it to hit EA Play and see if it's improved then.
So glad I didn't pre order or buy at launch.
Have you guys tried Hell Let Loose, it puts BF to shame. It’s got squad play, scoreboards, proper comms, proximity chat, unit/squad chat, awesome maps, great atmosphere. I just had an awesome game with a random squad that all communicated, a few Germans and Brits in our squad, and we worked so well together.
Yeah there can be times when you find yourself just running around a lot, but when the action comes its brilliant.
It feels like your in an episode of Band of Brothers. Honestly after playing HLL I feel really annoyed I gave EA/dice money for this rubbish.
 
Have you guys tried Hell Let Loose, it puts BF to shame. It’s got squad play, scoreboards, proper comms, proximity chat, unit/squad chat, awesome maps, great atmosphere. I just had an awesome game with a random squad that all communicated, a few Germans and Brits in our squad, and we worked so well together.
Yeah there can be times when you find yourself just running around a lot, but when the action comes its brilliant.
It feels like your in an episode of Band of Brothers. Honestly after playing HLL I feel really annoyed I gave EA/dice money for this rubbish.
Yeah that does look good.
At first I thought bf2042 was brillant , played it solid for a month and was excpecting the usual bugs to be fixed and scoreboards , server browser etc etc etc and a proper squad join system to be in place by now........but thats not the worst of it. The main problem is the maps are just utter shite and like has been pointed out before it was supposed to be a huge playing area for a BR style game and not our usual Battlefield conquest game. The ammount of processing power thats being used just to draw huge areas of the maps that we dont even need to go to has then impacted on the lack of interesting areas with buildings, trees, desctruction etc etc on the areas we actually do go to , hence why the maps are a boring. Anyway i can go on all night about how bad the games is after the intial few weeks of play but I'll just unistall the game and block out the £80 ive wasted. Hopefully they can turn it around but iam not sure theyll bother 😭
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Have you guys tried Hell Let Loose, it puts BF to shame. It’s got squad play, scoreboards, proper comms, proximity chat, unit/squad chat, awesome maps, great atmosphere. I just had an awesome game with a random squad that all communicated, a few Germans and Brits in our squad, and we worked so well together.
Yeah there can be times when you find yourself just running around a lot, but when the action comes its brilliant.
It feels like your in an episode of Band of Brothers. Honestly after playing HLL I feel really annoyed I gave EA/dice money for this rubbish.

Yeah I sunk a fair few hours into the trial before launch and a few after. It is good with great atmosphere but also a bit janky and really does rely on Comms which I am rarely on plus playing a round for an hour+ was not ideal sometimes. Great game but just not for me I think. Much preferred Insurgency as found the gun play and gfx a bit better than HLL and you can easily play for an hour and have a few games.
 
Yeah I sunk a fair few hours into the trial before launch and a few after. It is good with great atmosphere but also a bit janky and really does rely on Comms which I am rarely on plus playing a round for an hour+ was not ideal sometimes. Great game but just not for me I think. Much preferred Insurgency as found the gun play and gfx a bit better than HLL and you can easily play for an hour and have a few games.
Didn’t feel janky from what I have played so far, but I agree you need some free time if you plan to play it, due to length of a match.
 
Yeah I sunk a fair few hours into the trial before launch and a few after. It is good with great atmosphere but also a bit janky and really does rely on Comms which I am rarely on plus playing a round for an hour+ was not ideal sometimes. Great game but just not for me I think. Much preferred Insurgency as found the gun play and gfx a bit better than HLL and you can easily play for an hour and have a few games.

Insurgency is another good one that I need to get back on. Some great design going on with that game as well. As you said, well suited for dipping in and out of as rounds aren't too long.

Saw you back on Apex as well, I haven't played that in an age.

Still playing some 2042 and it's ok with a few friends as you still get some funny moments but it's the least Battlefield feeling Battlefield they've made. The maps are shite though, they're that bland I struggle to remember the layout.
 
BF 2042 is not Battlefield at all; I'd say it resembles some Battlefield elements that have been shoehorned into some soulless Warzone / Fortnite hybrid. I'm persevering with it as it's still a good laugh with friends - despite it's obvious flaws.

The maps are ok on Conquest but clearly not suited to Breakthrough - too many vast open spaces with no cover, where you're at the mercy of hordes of snipers or whatever enemy vehicle you just happen to have spawned directly in front of.
 
Played on Series X around 1:45 today. Just one match, as it went on for ages, because it was mostly AI the entire time. I checked the squads at one point and barely enough human players on either side to fill three squads.

This was with cross-play off, but I've also played in the twilight hours with cross-play on and similar struggles in the last few weeks with it filling with half human players if you're lucky.

This was all 64-player Breakthrough as well.

DICE could be with saying something soon about their plans and upcoming changes before they lose even more players.
 
Played on Series X around 1:45 today. Just one match, as it went on for ages, because it was mostly AI the entire time. I checked the squads at one point and barely enough human players on either side to fill three squads.

This was with cross-play off, but I've also played in the twilight hours with cross-play on and similar struggles in the last few weeks with it filling with half human players if you're lucky.

This was all 64-player Breakthrough as well.

DICE could be with saying something soon about their plans and upcoming changes before they lose even more players.

Even V didn't shed players anywhere near as fast as 2042.

What makes me laugh is how everyone is looking back at V with a tear in their eye now after the battering it took on many fronts and I wasn't it's biggest fan either but it played a better game of Battlefield, that's for sure.
 

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