It's better than where it was at launch. For sure. But my God, have DICE's standards hit rock bottom. I really hope this was a lesson for everyone involved. For the players: to not get hyped over reveal trailers and empty promises For the devs: to stick with what works and to stop chasing trends
i doubt it was a lesson. as soon as you're owned by a moloch like ea, it all goes downhill. i speak from actual experience. not in the gaming industry but in another one. our company got bought by a huge global firm. it took roughly 6 months to wipe all the soul, character and passion our company had away like it never existed. granted. ea bought them in 2006. so i would have expected shit like this much sooner. but ea in 2006 was also not the ea we have today. and while it may have taken 14+ years in this case, i think finally the moment is here where dice might have no soul left anymore. apart from the trailer guy, i guess.
I've played the game since launch. Stuck it through even when the game hit sub 1k players. And you know what? There is just something about the gunplay and gameplay loop now that I just can't get enough of it. It's crazy fun, even for a lil mid battlefield game.
I feel like the issue with 2042 is that they tried so hard to make it like COD (Supercustomizable and fast paced) and Rainbow 6 (Specialists) in the hope that they would attract a new playerbase, but the end result was that they alienated the faithful battlefield players
I agree with you but the player base has spiked up since it released on psplus, I’m really enjoying it and there’s like maybe more than 200k players just in the first week back
I dont feel alienated at all, I appreciate the new type of gameplay but I was hoping they didnt remove features from previous bf games but they did on launch unfortunately. Im proud of any changes as long as it is additive and not replacing previous systems
I'm kind of happy that you can get any gun (apart from the snipers) in any class. It was always annoying for me to have people just become a class for the guns. So there'd be medics that wouldn't help at all because they were just medics for that gun.
Tbh the specialists are kind of neat. In a way, it's just a buff to the field upgrades from previous battlefields and a way to split up gadgets between classes. I also don't mind the shared weapons, as other bf games already had something like this with shared weapons classes. I think that this system does at least promote the use of weapon classes that were underutilized. The actual weapon buffs the classes provide are actually all pretty good imo, especially the medic sprint-to-fire smg buff. The worst problem I think is the lack of persistent servers, all chat, and squad options. It's lame that this game will just throw you into like 4 rush games in a row that are about to be over instead of just doing so once and letting you stick around to play the next round in full. Rush is genuinely fun, as the lower player counts and excellent map remasters make for a classic battlefield experience. Breakthrough on the other hand... Well at best it's fun to frag out in the chaos. At worst, you're playing Spearhead and are left wondering why exactly 2 sectors are located in a fortified chokepointy area with minimal entrances and the ability to drive vehicles inside. Conquest is actually alright, but there is just too much distance between points. Despite all that though, this game is fun as of 3.2 and captivates my attention way more than bf5 ever could.
Dice straight neutered by guy Angel so badly first they took his ability to give you 20% plates,now you can't even refill your tactical equipment on the load out drop. I loved Angel the way he was.
The short time I played the game, Angel was the only character I used just because he had the best all round support abilities, I think I only used the guy with the drone maybe like 5 times and Mackey a handful of times otherwise I was all in with Angel haha. I miss his lines as out of place as they are though, but saying that I've not played this game in over year now.
@@FreakinShane I destroyed sh*t with angel when the game first came out, he's the first player I unlocked my tier 1 with. Now I don't even look at him, but dice made sure Sundance was a all powerful Sift Lord
Hey ranger, just referring to 11:00 minutes in here. S4 has the final specialist being added. And since we know that S5 is coming, I'll put my bet on there being a full Y2. It seems we'll most likely be getting double or triple the gadgets in replacement of these specialists as well.
@@TheDeviantStrain got the game by ps plus, I am on ps4 and it runs worse than bf5. Even tho they didnt really add anything, such a dumb game for old gen. Also there are lots of noobs right now, even I got in the first 5
@@TheDeviantStrain You have a point, but as I said bf5 runs better and you play 2042 with 64 player and smaller maps too. I think they didnt even try to optimise
Just played my first few rounds of conquest bf 2042, and my god it actually feels really smooth. The time to kill is also perfect, as someone who sucks at fps games, being able to kill someone with just a few well placed body shots is Fantastic, especially because if you die, there isn’t some 30 second respawn timer, you’re practically right back into the game almost immediately.
To me, its too little too late. When the game launched they said that its going to be the way they wanted and stuck with it. Game was buggy, unbalanced, and a downgrade from every previous game. It failed, then they tried to get people back. This is the right step in the right direction, but they already lost my trust. Not to mention it is still lacking in content and other features that were from previous games. Had they delayed the game for a year, I think it would be successful with the state its in and I would be playing it. Im sticking to 3,4, and 1 though, I have way more fun playing them.
Bro how are you mad they are trying to fix the game. Also with the exception of bf1 all of them released pretty bad. Not to mention this started as a BR and was retooled during the middle of covid. The game is good now and it's only getting better I hope u can get over launch soon.
January's big "Class" update for Battlefield 2042 was the one that myself and a LOT of other players have been waiting for and DICE worked hard to get the news out about the changes. But, over a year after the game launched can it drop enough tweaks to get players back in? I'm not convinced even though the improvements to the game in those 12 months are obvious.
idk. ive been a diehard battlefield fan since the early days and idk if i want to redownload the game and give it another whirl. keep up the great work on the videos!
I never had an issue looking for enemies vs friendlies nowadays, I see red dorrito that’s an enemy, simple as that, or lack of name it’s an enemy most likely, and often times faction uniforms would confuse players more because you’d most likely not know or care what faction you are on playing as
16:29 You can change the colors and opacity of the HUD, even the sizes of some parts of the HUD can be changed. As for the Specialists, they will be there for the entire life of the game. It's part of the core of this game. So an unwanted element, but there's no point in complaining about it after a year. But with season 4, the last specialist comes into game and after May 2023 they will focus only on weapons, gadgets, vehicles and maps. I agree that a bigger penalty would be needed, for example, an assault uses a sniper rifle, etc., but that's just a small pain. Overall, the game has come a long way and at least turned from an unplayable piece of crap into the playable and funny average shooter. The second year of support and the next 4 seasons are ahead of us, so let's see what else they have in store for us 😉👍
Ikr ranger is just coping at this point now, don’t play the game If u don’t like it, and if u can’t accept it then wait for the next bf game which would hopefully be better.
If you were to look at the YT comments on battlefield videos you sure do get the vibe that people have fallen in love with it, some people really want to shout from the mountain tops about how great the game is now when it's in release state and it's really frustrating to see. It feels like people have gotten tired of negative feedback that you get called a hater the second you try to point out flaws in the game
Out of all of the social media apps with the battlefield community, discord is the least toxic and more critical one compared to something like Twitter and reddit.
My guy the very same people who compliment the game are the ones who hated it day one,they’ve shown recently they care and that’s why people are happy I’m dumping hours into and I’ve played every bf,maybe the ttk is just too fast for u
@@rolandoalbanes1443 Oh right, thanks for reminding about the other thing. Instead of addressing the feedback presented everyone seems to be really quick to make assumptions on the person pointing it out. That and apparently everyone in the comments ever seems to have all of a sudden started from 1942, it doesn't matter if you served in the actual damn WW2 for the argument, it's completely irrelevant to the topic much like bringing up ttk for some odd reason
@@HelloCube4295 no idea what ur talking about,and I have played since 1942 lol,games getting better BECAUSE of criticism but people like you will just say “it’s bad I don’t get why people like it” then go on to complain about something dumb, like ttk lol
Idk why but I love this game, it’s a meh game now( used to be bad), I just have so much fun playing it and I even stopped playing COD because the ground war made me miss 2042. It’s the same thing that happened to me with battlefront 2 where even when it was bad I still loved and played it.
The main reason i dislike the game is the fact it came out as this buggy dumbass mess and was the product of a hissy fit because people complained about BF V, which compared to past games only got ONE expansion (the japanese stuff).
This is my favorite fps right now. The action, the chaos ! I just love it. I think it’s better than people give it credit for. I don’t have any issues with specialist nor the HUD. I do hate the original soundtrack but the map reworks are doing wonders in my case. I’m really enjoying myself and it’s getting better. I hope the support at least another year. They are on the right track and I’m sure 2042 was a great learning experience for them. Most people who Ive seen retrying the game have enjoyed it. I think it deserves your play time.
The orbital rework is my fav I’m curious how the hourglass map rework would be. I defo want them to use the stadium in breakthrough and possibly more tunnels
@@dova238 hourglass can go from worst to top 3 im sure. I love the sandstorm and the builging when the light up. Looks so good. For me its breakaway my favorite rework and I hope the make Hourglass a top tiers map. I know it can be!
The sad thing is they didn't need specialists to sell battle passes or cosmetics they could have had the gadgets themselves introduced like in bf4 and they would have had packs with a style for each team for a class in one pack, still making it different but unique to that team and that class aesthetic
How am I alive...exactly. I've been surprised at how much they've put into it after it was released and obviously wasn't finished or even thought through...
They can do what they did on BFV where you can use certain character and cosmetics depending on what side your on like Boris is Russia only and Dozer is US only
They need to make the specialists the same way star wars battlefront 2 (latest game) made them. You gain point from playing the match and when you die you can use these points to spawn in as a specialist, their gear is locked but can change a few perks to fit your play style. This would still allow DICE to keep the specialist, that they spent so much time on, but allow players who don't want to play specialists the joy of enjoying a game like the pervious battlefields. JMO
the problem is... its not battlefield neighter cuz Unlike Battlefront, battlefront rely on ROLE units, in the same way what Battlefield 2 did back then, the engineer and Antitank where 2 different classes and the locked specialists are just another class by itself, that mean, what whatever the other free choise class you had before you lock the rest, will be AS limited like og battlefield 2 was back then and of course a line you had in the modern battlefront, so in equivalent, you will have a assault class with just assault role, the anti tank will just have a rocket launcher with not much options agains infantry, and the engineer will be mostly the fixing guy, something what not everyone like for modern Bf what wants shitons of weapon choises for each class,
I mean it is good that they are at least putting some effort in the game, more than I ever thought they would. Nevertheless, for me personally this is still the worst entry of the series that I ever played. It is great that they put back classes into the game, but everything happened way too slow. I mean they should not have been removed in the first place. I am simply tired of this release now and fix later mentality. I want a Battlefield game to be polished at release and not having to wait more than a year for it to become somewhat playable. Therefore, no matter what else there is to come I will not come back to this game. Most of my former clan mates have also abandoned the series and will also not come back to 2042. I really hope they will nail the next game, but somehow I do not have a lot of trust in DICE to have learned their lesson.
YESSSS! Thank you Dave! I'm honestly impressed with what they've done with the game since launch, but with that being said this game has a fun ceiling for me. I only play it once a week when my buddies get on, I don't feel the desire to play it nearly as much. BREATHLESS is the perfect way to describe the pace! I don't like it at all! The movement isn't grounded in reality at all, its all about fast twitches, insta-jump/crouch, etc. It still feels like I'm getting killed from too many angles that it doesn't make sense. The grapplehooks, wingsuits, etc. are the only way to flank now adays
Battlefield 2042 was quite literally the epitome of hubris. BFV was their warning sign that they had to get their things in order, or their next game would bomb. But they thought they could pull a W out by rapidly quitting on their prior title (which should have been a BIG Red Flag for everyone) and focusing on their next title for the franchise... While DICE cares intrinsically for the player and their experience. EA doesn't. I wouldn't doubt that, if this "revival" lite doesn't get player counts back up to where EA can make some type of long term funding and monetary return in it... They'll cut the game like they did BFV... And I would doubt that DICE would get cut too since now its been going on 5 years since they've seen resounding, unmitigated, absolute success. And in those 5 years, only 2 games and both of those games received immense criticism and were left to rot by the community almost as fast as they were released... I think, for this, DICE is panicking. Because they know what EA does to companies that can no longer produce income. Over a dozen other companies and franchises were proverbially put on the chopping block and dismantled by EA, because they couldn't produce what EA wanted. And what they did produce under EA, ruined their reputations as their IP's were altered or manipulated to meet EA demands.
If that update surprises you that they screwed it up. Look at star wars battlefront 2. They destroyed that franchise with there b.s. looks like they are doing it again by destroying the best titles they have. The only game they truly care about is fifa with there pay to win, loot boxes micro transaction! The only thing EA cares about is 💰 from fifa.
I’m it giving BF2042 another chance until Dice adds a dozen new weapons as a start, new smaller maps that actually work with 128 players instead of being massive and making fights sparse and difficult to reach before they finish, they get rid of the Crysis attachment system and reinstate the weapon customization screen from BF4, they add more attachments instead of only giving us a total of 12 attachments for every gun, if even, and give us generic soldiers instead of this Operator BS. If they do all of that, then I’ll be willing to give BF2042 another chance.
they’ve done all that, look at the weapon count now, all the maps are smaller now and work great with 128 players, and they added the class system and all the skins they’ve been adding have really looked on-point for soldiers of the era. I’m not disappointed or displeased at all. You should give it another chance.
@@samhyatt4863 I don’t want the operators to look like faceless soldiers, I want actual generic faceless soldiers, because the operators can keep their fucking mouths shut. And no, there are twenty five or so weapons, that number needs to be doubled, I want actual choices in what guns to use in the main game, where there’s twenty five at best. I want to use an LMG? I’ve got four or five options, cool. Where are the other six LMGs I should be able to choose from? Where are the other eight SMGs, other ten assault rifles, where are the other DMRs, shotguns, sniper rifles, carbines, and PDWs? Maps are still too big, I don’t want large maps, I want small maps, think Operation Metro but three times as big in terms of map size. I want maps where combat is plentiful and I don’t have to spend three minutes running to an objective area, which shouldn’t even exist either, I want actual flags and objectives, not three areas split into two to three capture zones. I want BF2042 to feel like a Battlefield game, which it most certainly does not, I don’t even know what the fuck it’s trying to be, but a Battlefield game it most certainly is not.
@@samhyatt4863 Nah, I just find 2042 to be a complete and utter shitshow that should’ve had actual work be put into it, instead of being released as an unfinished, buggy mess requiring two additional years of work after being released to even be considered in some state of actual completion. Therefore until they actually fix 2042, I’ll stick with the best game in the series, BF4.
@@decimation9780 i was gonna say, all your arguments were completely incorrect in the first reply, as well as the second. to start, there aren't 25 guns. there are around 85, and if you think I'm exaggerating, count them yourself. and if you don't count portal, (you should count portal but I'll say it anyways,) there are currently 46. The other thing I'll note is that the attachment system is much more varied and has more diverse options than in previous games. while previous games like bf4 have a larger weapon arsenal (in AOW), lots of those guns are near identical in performance and even looks. at least in 2042, every gun has pros and cons, and are vastly different from each other. second, the maps are perfectly fine now. not only have they shrunk them down like you wanted, but they also have several maps that are exactly what you're looking for with that metro/locker vibe. stranded and exposure have amazing close quarters zones. but those are only a couple examples. also, wdym "actual flags/objectives"? how do the grouped zones play literally any differently than a single zone? and why do you care so much about that? the game has 128 players with larger maps. that was a clever and necessary system. you're the first person i've ever seen complaining about them. It definitely feels like a battlefield game. To me what battlefield is defined as is large scale fights with lots of players and vehicles, cinematic moments, good gunplay and teamwork. 2042 does all of that amazingly. I'm sorry if you had one bad experience like maybe you jumped in and played Hourglass, the worst map in the game, and didn't know what the call-in system was, and just ran the whole time and died over and over. (yeah, if you ever need to run a long way to an objective, you can just call in a transport wherever you are.) but that experience isn't representative of the whole game, and you need to give it another go. play seasons breakthrough. play rush or something small scale. or play literally whatever game mode you can imagine in portal. The gaem is in a great state, with basically no more bugs and optimized performance. there's no reason not to give it a try. :)
I get why people don’t like 2042, but there’s just something about it that keeps bringing me back. I mean 4 and 1 are way better, but I put thousands of hours into those and the graphics for 4 are pretty dated on console. I like the game and that’s all that matters to me.
The game is a good bit of fun now, but the old first impressions saying really applies here. Dice has made the game a lot more fun and it plays mostly great now. For many, however, the ship has sailed and they'll simply wait to see how the next game turns out. The game has more combat depth than bf1 (the last big hit in the series) but strayed a bit too far from its roots and launched at least a year before it was close to ready. BF4 didn't become the game everyone romanticizes for over a year after launch, but that was a different time before f2p games were the norm and player choice wasn't what it is today.
Imo this game does have a fun game play loop but has nowhere near the amount of replay ability as battlefield four or one and dice did too many wrong things for the release that this will go down as the worst battlefield game.
I dont mind the named characters at all. Glad they got sorted to classes though. The newest season 4 specialist will be the last one added. I don't really get the "read enemy by their looks". I have never shot my team mate because i had thought they were an enemy. I only do this when prefiring a corner or a team mate scares me, like coming around the corner out of nowhere but those are just natural reactions and are not tied to how they look. After playing the game for almost 200 hours i don't really mind the chat. There's always some people talking about stuff and reacting to enemy epic plays. First when the game came out it felt a little bit like playing against bots. The big reason was well. New players. After all this time it feels like any other battlefield game but without the cross team chat. Also 10k on steam is ok. You need to remember that not everyone launches the game through steam.
Hey Dave! Great review! With how the new battlefield experience is would you consider looking at another game with similar gameplay to old battlefield, but lower graphics? It's called Battlebit Remastered and is looking really hopeful/intresting!
No this game is ass I played two games and I literally want to die the gunplay is fun but the maps are ass and there is no reason I’m getting sniped with an LMG with a red dot from 300+ meters always genuinely a terrible experience
it was marked down 75% last weekend so i went ahead and got it. It's pretty ok in its current state. It plays more like a BF game now. The only thing i take issue with is that specialists are clearly rip offs of COD Operators. COD is much more in tune with the heroes that populate its cast. BF was always more along the lines that you're just a dude working for another dude who is being told what to do by another dude. So having super cool looking characters running around in 2's and 3's where now everyone looks likeSuper Secret Commando Nightvision Ninjas...it sort of ruins the whole aesthetics of being another soldier on a battle field. I played it at launch and found it difficult to enjoy...but this time around...it was worth the price of admission: $14.99 plus tax.
So you think a rocket, that leaves you vulnerable for the duration of the rocket flight, is better than being able to give yourself bullet proof cover where/when there is none, along with the sentinel that blocks explosives (ROCKETS)? AND that guy is now a support guy so always access to ammo and team revives... I agree there is some that will be played more than others, but there is encentive to play certain ones because of the abilities.
The Problems Of Battlefield 2042 That Ruin The Game (for those who don’t know battlefield is a team based game) 1. Medics Don’t Revive Their Teammates 2. Players Are Only Focused On Their Individual Stat Line 3. Getting Shot And Killed From 200 To 300 Meters Away Is Totally Unrealistic 4. Pretty Much All Guns Have Massive Hit Point Issues Where It Doesn’t Register All The Shots Released
I recently started playing after realizing mw2 is just going down the same path mw 2019 did and I was in a stupor for another shooter so I picked this one up despite the negative backlash and I’ve been loving it so far, 2 weeks in and I have enjoyed every game. I thought the specialist were going to be a problem but in fact they wernt all of them seem balanced and fun to use. (Especially coming from MW2.) no skill based matchmaking is a huge plus for me to. Overall if dice keeps this good streak going it will surpass mw2.
The main reason this game failed at launch was because the people that really knew how the new engine worked had either left or were laid off. So when Dice hired a bunch of new devs they obviously were way behind and had little experience working with the new frostbite engine, aside from the stupid gameplay decisions that's why the game was a buggy disaster
Has Portal gotten anything? I really thought portal could have been the redeeming quality of 2042 but all the videos I watch on the updates don't mention it at all.
Thank you for your honesty, I really can't explain it better, well done sir. I played the game for some time and the most funniest thing even the devs can't make it up is the Uniforms 🤣. The matchmaking is a hazard sign tells you to not play the game again. Thank you for your review.
Oh man, there's a great example of how the matchmaking system can decide what your game experience is like: even before I stopped playing back in the early fall I don't think I had seen Exposure pop up in months and by the time I was recording this video I had completely forgotten that it existed!
Coming from BFV disappointed I decided to skipped this game altogether because of the bad reviews. Got Xbox pass on PC last week and decided to try battlefield 2042 to check out the flashpoint map for myself and I have to be honest I really like it, I been having so much fun
I don't even call this Battlefield 2042. Mostly because 2142 was my favorite battlefield title and this is like a disrespectful homage to 2142. It's just battlefield now
I havnt played battlefield really since 4, ya I played 1 and v but not like I did with 3 and 4 and hell even bad company 2, I even played 3 and 4 more than I did any of the CODS at that time, 2042 dosnt look bad now but is it worth even getting at this point?
I really find weird when people say they can't recognize enemies because the specialists. Haven't had any issues with that. Visibility and enemy recognition was way more problematic in BFV. On the other hand I don't want a slow game. BF was never a mil sim. People still stuck in BF2 days. I do miss the all chat yes, but it promoted a lot of "toxicity". And yes. I hope they double down on 2042 because that would make the game better and gives time to the next to be really polished.
It doesn’t really matter for me what they do to this game. They’ve broken my trust with the ridiculously rushed launch of Battlefield 4 which was unplayable because they wanted to compete with Call Of Duty’s yearly release window and didn’t want to wait for it to be polished and ready, they did a good job patching it up after the fact so I gave them a second chance. But here we ended up in the exact same boat again with 2042. They learned nothing about respect and trust with their customers so I just straight refuse to buy this game despite being a huge battlefield fan since BF2. It’s not like I don’t have other games to play. 2042 is dead to me.
Unpopular opinion, but it sounds like you didn't learn. You didn't learn to wait for AAA titles to fully-fledged out their games. Maybe someday you'll stop buying games at release, like I have, and now have a complete-game to look forward to
It is too random and chaotic it's sort of fun for a little while but I never feel like playing more than 1 or 2 games. Also not happy about the lack of server browser.
Man, this game will be one of the biggest “what ifs” in recent memory. If the game had launched in its current state and removed specialists I guarantee it would be lauded as the best bf game ever. I find myself interested in the game but I can’t bring myself to buy it because I feel like it will drift off into obscurity once the next one comes out. I still play BF4 to this day. EA continues to lose fan support when they release unfinished games and further damage their reputation.
Here because BF2042 is free for playstation plus members right now, tought i would put it out there so hopefully i will have someone to play with while i try it out for the first time ;)
i bought EA Play 1 month subscription for a less than a 1 dolar to try 2042 ... and i didnt really enjoyed it ... downloaded BF5 instead and i think it plays better ... kinda weird feeling, sad to see what Battlefield have become ...
BF5 wasn't as good as it could've been either but I still had a blast. I'm having fun on 2042 too. but there are things I don't like about it. I don't like the map rotation, there's not enough maps and weapons, and I don't like how they throw out the lobby on the end of the round
If they REALLY want to keep these cardboard hero characters they could just simply cut the head of them & make them a face preset when creating a character JUST like they did with BFV. That game has named heroes & i don't remember or see anyone else complaining about it.
I think they should keep making this game better for at least another year while they take time on the next battlefield game so that we don’t see another game like this
If they would add generic soldier, I would use that. Feels so weird having characters in a war where hundreds die... Also the abilities makes the game weird and annoying.
I tried this game for a while since the other BF editions were so great. To me, this was just pure chaos that I could not catch up to. I have played many hours in BF5 and it is far better, even with the hackers and cheats. BF3 and Bad Company 2 were arguably better then 2042. BTW, I used to play with you and JERM in the WAR clan many years ago!
still looks janky. I don't think you can fix this game and glad I missed this boat and will probably never play this. I still play BF1, BF5, and sometimes BF4 or 3 if I TRULY need a modern fix. There is just something magical about BF1. Something in the pacing and aesthetics. Never thought BF1 would be one of my favorite all time Battlefield games right next to the original 1942 game. I REALLY wanted BF5 to be my favorite game but the immersion is broken with all the screaming wamen characters and the pacing is kinda fast but oh man BF5 single player is one of my favorite SP campaigns of all time.
Bf5 is alot smoother in movement and gun play plus there's alot better features then dog shit 2042. The game is still garbage i played it last night and it was horrible you can still see what EA wanted to do with the game turn into a skin selling game. Bf1,4,5 are still better even on console when u turn cross play off you can't even get a full server lmao 🤣 that says alot
@NateZurlent the numbers are there buddy but you can keep eating their 💩 and kiss their boots i don't think their going to give you battlefield coins lol ;)
Better late than never. Game may not be a valid battlefield and never will, but they put a lot of effort making it a perfectly functioning fps. The fact they will deliver more seasons than expected is reassuring.. i personally played 2042 since beta and i love it now more than ever.. it had rough times, but it is over-hated for sure. Every game deserves a revenge
I’m presently surprised at how much better 2042 is now than at launch. It’s still rough around the edges but way better than a year ago. If it had launched like it was now, I think it would’ve been ok. Still not worth more than $25 at most.
i forgot that this game exists, when i have the itch to play bf i play the new cod with the boys, is free and it has a bigger players base, back in the day there was a competition, now is a dead game and the new free cod.
Found the 2 stooges defending a micro transaction mess of a game , that badly wants to be BF but using a tank , you cant even go through a fence or a bush 🤣🤦🤣 yeah way better !
@Jérôme Cordeau imagine having solid fences and 100x the player base on steam 💀, but new cod vs new bf is 2012 bullshit The new bf is also full of microtransactions A true bf fan just play bf4 to bf5., cod or even Squad.
they literally added a class system which fixed the entire issue with specialists… the issue with specialists was never their looks, it was the gameplay, i do not care about the looks of the specialists, they look completely fine as soldiers of the era.
@@samhyatt4863 they didn't fix it tho cuz any class can use any gun lmao also one of the problems most people have is enemies and friendlies look exactly the same.
@@leopard_52 having weapon restrictions isn’t a good idea to start with. I play this battlefield over old battlefields BECAUSE i have more freedom to use the loadout I want. also, leveling and unlocking weapon stuff would be terrible since if you wanted to level a certain gun, you would be forced to use a certain class that you may not like. It also means that when inevitably there is a meta weapon, then that associated class will also be meta. this is an issue in every prior battlefield title. at least now, when there is a meta gun, you are still going to have a diverse roster of class picks on the battlefield, and more teamwork as a result. Dave is wrong on this one imo. Really glad they didn’t restrict guns.
@@samhyatt4863 You can think that all you want but every battlefield fan that was born from every game before this one will disagree with you bud. The resurgence of bf4 as a result of this failure of a battlefield should tell you all you need to know lol.
I have loved playing battlefields for year and year. I was so disappointed in the bf game I stopped playing after 2 months. It doesnt feel like good old school bf when it was popular, too much cod feeling, and the game should of been delayed a year plus to fix all the problems. I will never play this bf again. Will try the next 1 but confidence is an all time low.
@15:50 I don’t think most people have such positive reactions to getting killed in crazy ways. In most games I see cross-team chats just filled with raging and racial slurs.
The biggest problem was with this game is the performance, map design, mouse input and lack of content...the class system was not really necessary to enjoy the game so if people think they gonna like the game now, they are wrong...if you don't like the base concept these changes won't make you like the game more 🤷♂ to be honest after the class rework theres LESS revive and ammo on the ground, still not enough engineers to deal with vehicles because everybody is playing assault because ARs are still better 🤷♂
It's better than where it was at launch. For sure. But my God, have DICE's standards hit rock bottom. I really hope this was a lesson for everyone involved.
For the players: to not get hyped over reveal trailers and empty promises
For the devs: to stick with what works and to stop chasing trends
How can they do that if EA Forces these half baked games to release Early
WTF? Open beta was a disaster. Everyone could see it clearly in advance. Only blind fanboy simps could not.
i doubt it was a lesson. as soon as you're owned by a moloch like ea, it all goes downhill. i speak from actual experience. not in the gaming industry but in another one. our company got bought by a huge global firm. it took roughly 6 months to wipe all the soul, character and passion our company had away like it never existed.
granted. ea bought them in 2006. so i would have expected shit like this much sooner. but ea in 2006 was also not the ea we have today. and while it may have taken 14+ years in this case, i think finally the moment is here where dice might have no soul left anymore. apart from the trailer guy, i guess.
I've played the game since launch. Stuck it through even when the game hit sub 1k players. And you know what? There is just something about the gunplay and gameplay loop now that I just can't get enough of it. It's crazy fun, even for a lil mid battlefield game.
I've been having fun for awhile
Spittin
It's still bad. Personal opinion doesn't justify it.
@@shintenkai1648 personal opinion is all there is, no such thing as objectivity
Same I hated on this game for a long time but always kept playing it for some reason and now I'm having a lot of fun
I feel like the issue with 2042 is that they tried so hard to make it like COD (Supercustomizable and fast paced) and Rainbow 6 (Specialists) in the hope that they would attract a new playerbase, but the end result was that they alienated the faithful battlefield players
I agree with you but the player base has spiked up since it released on psplus, I’m really enjoying it and there’s like maybe more than 200k players just in the first week back
I dont feel alienated at all, I appreciate the new type of gameplay but I was hoping they didnt remove features from previous bf games but they did on launch unfortunately. Im proud of any changes as long as it is additive and not replacing previous systems
I'm kind of happy that you can get any gun (apart from the snipers) in any class. It was always annoying for me to have people just become a class for the guns. So there'd be medics that wouldn't help at all because they were just medics for that gun.
Tbh the specialists are kind of neat. In a way, it's just a buff to the field upgrades from previous battlefields and a way to split up gadgets between classes. I also don't mind the shared weapons, as other bf games already had something like this with shared weapons classes. I think that this system does at least promote the use of weapon classes that were underutilized. The actual weapon buffs the classes provide are actually all pretty good imo, especially the medic sprint-to-fire smg buff. The worst problem I think is the lack of persistent servers, all chat, and squad options. It's lame that this game will just throw you into like 4 rush games in a row that are about to be over instead of just doing so once and letting you stick around to play the next round in full. Rush is genuinely fun, as the lower player counts and excellent map remasters make for a classic battlefield experience. Breakthrough on the other hand... Well at best it's fun to frag out in the chaos. At worst, you're playing Spearhead and are left wondering why exactly 2 sectors are located in a fortified chokepointy area with minimal entrances and the ability to drive vehicles inside. Conquest is actually alright, but there is just too much distance between points. Despite all that though, this game is fun as of 3.2 and captivates my attention way more than bf5 ever could.
Don't be sad Dave, I'll still keep reminding you of Angel's legacy 6:58
Dice straight neutered by guy Angel so badly first they took his ability to give you 20% plates,now you can't even refill your tactical equipment on the load out drop. I loved Angel the way he was.
The short time I played the game, Angel was the only character I used just because he had the best all round support abilities, I think I only used the guy with the drone maybe like 5 times and Mackey a handful of times otherwise I was all in with Angel haha. I miss his lines as out of place as they are though, but saying that I've not played this game in over year now.
@@FreakinShane I destroyed sh*t with angel when the game first came out, he's the first player I unlocked my tier 1 with. Now I don't even look at him, but dice made sure Sundance was a all powerful Sift Lord
Hey ranger, just referring to 11:00 minutes in here. S4 has the final specialist being added. And since we know that S5 is coming, I'll put my bet on there being a full Y2. It seems we'll most likely be getting double or triple the gadgets in replacement of these specialists as well.
will they remove specialists and bring a class system? it might be a bad idea because they already added lots of skins but class system is better imo
@@duckzilla7777 they aren't going to remove specialists but they are now sorted into classes.
@@TheDeviantStrain got the game by ps plus, I am on ps4 and it runs worse than bf5. Even tho they didnt really add anything, such a dumb game for old gen. Also there are lots of noobs right now, even I got in the first 5
@@duckzilla7777 I mean you're on last gen and it's a next gen game, they do generally run worse on the weaker platforms.
@@TheDeviantStrain You have a point, but as I said bf5 runs better and you play 2042 with 64 player and smaller maps too. I think they didnt even try to optimise
This game is damn good right now.
I just accept for what it is without any "battlefield" expectation.
I dont mind the specialist. They just need to need increased perks for using class specific weapons.
It's fine for just one game, given its current state. I definitely don't want to see it in any other game I play
no specialist suck
Just played my first few rounds of conquest bf 2042, and my god it actually feels really smooth. The time to kill is also perfect, as someone who sucks at fps games, being able to kill someone with just a few well placed body shots is Fantastic, especially because if you die, there isn’t some 30 second respawn timer, you’re practically right back into the game almost immediately.
To me, its too little too late. When the game launched they said that its going to be the way they wanted and stuck with it. Game was buggy, unbalanced, and a downgrade from every previous game. It failed, then they tried to get people back. This is the right step in the right direction, but they already lost my trust. Not to mention it is still lacking in content and other features that were from previous games. Had they delayed the game for a year, I think it would be successful with the state its in and I would be playing it. Im sticking to 3,4, and 1 though, I have way more fun playing them.
You’re missing out. Game is amazing, especially breakthrough mode
bad take
Get out the Past.
Bro how are you mad they are trying to fix the game. Also with the exception of bf1 all of them released pretty bad. Not to mention this started as a BR and was retooled during the middle of covid. The game is good now and it's only getting better I hope u can get over launch soon.
@@warv6039 their lost bro
Remember when they said this game supposed to be a love letter to the community?
I can barely handle the appreciation
January's big "Class" update for Battlefield 2042 was the one that myself and a LOT of other players have been waiting for and DICE worked hard to get the news out about the changes. But, over a year after the game launched can it drop enough tweaks to get players back in? I'm not convinced even though the improvements to the game in those 12 months are obvious.
idk. ive been a diehard battlefield fan since the early days and idk if i want to redownload the game and give it another whirl. keep up the great work on the videos!
You can change HUD colors in settings from a few patches back and you can change minimap size from the last patch.
I never had an issue looking for enemies vs friendlies nowadays, I see red dorrito that’s an enemy, simple as that, or lack of name it’s an enemy most likely, and often times faction uniforms would confuse players more because you’d most likely not know or care what faction you are on playing as
16:29 You can change the colors and opacity of the HUD, even the sizes of some parts of the HUD can be changed. As for the Specialists, they will be there for the entire life of the game. It's part of the core of this game. So an unwanted element, but there's no point in complaining about it after a year. But with season 4, the last specialist comes into game and after May 2023 they will focus only on weapons, gadgets, vehicles and maps. I agree that a bigger penalty would be needed, for example, an assault uses a sniper rifle, etc., but that's just a small pain. Overall, the game has come a long way and at least turned from an unplayable piece of crap into the playable and funny average shooter. The second year of support and the next 4 seasons are ahead of us, so let's see what else they have in store for us 😉👍
Ikr ranger is just coping at this point now, don’t play the game If u don’t like it, and if u can’t accept it then wait for the next bf game which would hopefully be better.
2042 is a seriously fun game, but its not a *battlefield* game. Its a game with the battlefield title.
If you were to look at the YT comments on battlefield videos you sure do get the vibe that people have fallen in love with it, some people really want to shout from the mountain tops about how great the game is now when it's in release state and it's really frustrating to see. It feels like people have gotten tired of negative feedback that you get called a hater the second you try to point out flaws in the game
Because most people don't expect people who criticize the game to stay long. They have the *if you don't like it stop playing it* mentality
Out of all of the social media apps with the battlefield community, discord is the least toxic and more critical one compared to something like Twitter and reddit.
My guy the very same people who compliment the game are the ones who hated it day one,they’ve shown recently they care and that’s why people are happy I’m dumping hours into and I’ve played every bf,maybe the ttk is just too fast for u
@@rolandoalbanes1443 Oh right, thanks for reminding about the other thing. Instead of addressing the feedback presented everyone seems to be really quick to make assumptions on the person pointing it out. That and apparently everyone in the comments ever seems to have all of a sudden started from 1942, it doesn't matter if you served in the actual damn WW2 for the argument, it's completely irrelevant to the topic much like bringing up ttk for some odd reason
@@HelloCube4295 no idea what ur talking about,and I have played since 1942 lol,games getting better BECAUSE of criticism but people like you will just say “it’s bad I don’t get why people like it” then go on to complain about something dumb, like ttk lol
Idk why but I love this game, it’s a meh game now( used to be bad), I just have so much fun playing it and I even stopped playing COD because the ground war made me miss 2042. It’s the same thing that happened to me with battlefront 2 where even when it was bad I still loved and played it.
The game is 💩 portal with mods are carrying it lol
It’s funny how you say it’s a “Meh” game but then carry on with how much fun you are having.
The main reason i dislike the game is the fact it came out as this buggy dumbass mess and was the product of a hissy fit because people complained about BF V, which compared to past games only got ONE expansion (the japanese stuff).
BF 4 went out with total buggy mess too the problem is Weak maps in 2042 and tons of cheaters even on consoles
you cant even remove weapon attachments on guns
now im stuck with 3 scopes on a gun i like but only wanted 2
that shit is actually pretty aggravating
This is my favorite fps right now. The action, the chaos ! I just love it. I think it’s better than people give it credit for. I don’t have any issues with specialist nor the HUD. I do hate the original soundtrack but the map reworks are doing wonders in my case. I’m really enjoying myself and it’s getting better. I hope the support at least another year. They are on the right track and I’m sure 2042 was a great learning experience for them. Most people who Ive seen retrying the game have enjoyed it. I think it deserves your play time.
The orbital rework is my fav I’m curious how the hourglass map rework would be. I defo want them to use the stadium in breakthrough and possibly more tunnels
@@dova238 hourglass can go from worst to top 3 im sure. I love the sandstorm and the builging when the light up. Looks so good. For me its breakaway my favorite rework and I hope the make Hourglass a top tiers map. I know it can be!
The sad thing is they didn't need specialists to sell battle passes or cosmetics they could have had the gadgets themselves introduced like in bf4 and they would have had packs with a style for each team for a class in one pack, still making it different but unique to that team and that class aesthetic
How am I alive...exactly. I've been surprised at how much they've put into it after it was released and obviously wasn't finished or even thought through...
This is a great game. If you can play warzone with like 1 damn map over and over again you can't complain on this game.
If don’t know, now you know.
They can do what they did on BFV where you can use certain character and cosmetics depending on what side your on like Boris is Russia only and Dozer is US only
They need to make the specialists the same way star wars battlefront 2 (latest game) made them. You gain point from playing the match and when you die you can use these points to spawn in as a specialist, their gear is locked but can change a few perks to fit your play style. This would still allow DICE to keep the specialist, that they spent so much time on, but allow players who don't want to play specialists the joy of enjoying a game like the pervious battlefields. JMO
the problem is... its not battlefield neighter cuz Unlike Battlefront, battlefront rely on ROLE units, in the same way what Battlefield 2 did back then, the engineer and Antitank where 2 different classes and the locked specialists are just another class by itself,
that mean, what whatever the other free choise class you had before you lock the rest, will be AS limited like og battlefield 2 was back then and of course a line you had in the modern battlefront, so in equivalent, you will have a assault class with just assault role, the anti tank will just have a rocket launcher with not much options agains infantry, and the engineer will be mostly the fixing guy, something what not everyone like for modern Bf what wants shitons of weapon choises for each class,
@@Warfaremachine0095 I'm having such a hard time can you run this through grammerly then re-upload please
I mean it is good that they are at least putting some effort in the game, more than I ever thought they would. Nevertheless, for me personally this is still the worst entry of the series that I ever played. It is great that they put back classes into the game, but everything happened way too slow. I mean they should not have been removed in the first place. I am simply tired of this release now and fix later mentality. I want a Battlefield game to be polished at release and not having to wait more than a year for it to become somewhat playable. Therefore, no matter what else there is to come I will not come back to this game. Most of my former clan mates have also abandoned the series and will also not come back to 2042. I really hope they will nail the next game, but somehow I do not have a lot of trust in DICE to have learned their lesson.
2:10 nothing like a surprise jet to scare ya
The only thing I wish the kept was the spider hovercrafts. It never really worked but by God it was entertaining AF driving up the side of a building
YESSSS! Thank you Dave! I'm honestly impressed with what they've done with the game since launch, but with that being said this game has a fun ceiling for me. I only play it once a week when my buddies get on, I don't feel the desire to play it nearly as much.
BREATHLESS is the perfect way to describe the pace! I don't like it at all! The movement isn't grounded in reality at all, its all about fast twitches, insta-jump/crouch, etc. It still feels like I'm getting killed from too many angles that it doesn't make sense. The grapplehooks, wingsuits, etc. are the only way to flank now adays
Battlefield 2042 was quite literally the epitome of hubris. BFV was their warning sign that they had to get their things in order, or their next game would bomb. But they thought they could pull a W out by rapidly quitting on their prior title (which should have been a BIG Red Flag for everyone) and focusing on their next title for the franchise...
While DICE cares intrinsically for the player and their experience. EA doesn't. I wouldn't doubt that, if this "revival" lite doesn't get player counts back up to where EA can make some type of long term funding and monetary return in it... They'll cut the game like they did BFV... And I would doubt that DICE would get cut too since now its been going on 5 years since they've seen resounding, unmitigated, absolute success. And in those 5 years, only 2 games and both of those games received immense criticism and were left to rot by the community almost as fast as they were released...
I think, for this, DICE is panicking. Because they know what EA does to companies that can no longer produce income. Over a dozen other companies and franchises were proverbially put on the chopping block and dismantled by EA, because they couldn't produce what EA wanted. And what they did produce under EA, ruined their reputations as their IP's were altered or manipulated to meet EA demands.
I'm back on bf1 after mw2(2) has gotten boring and just totally filled with sweats.
If that update surprises you that they screwed it up. Look at star wars battlefront 2. They destroyed that franchise with there b.s. looks like they are doing it again by destroying the best titles they have. The only game they truly care about is fifa with there pay to win, loot boxes micro transaction! The only thing EA cares about is 💰 from fifa.
I’m it giving BF2042 another chance until Dice adds a dozen new weapons as a start, new smaller maps that actually work with 128 players instead of being massive and making fights sparse and difficult to reach before they finish, they get rid of the Crysis attachment system and reinstate the weapon customization screen from BF4, they add more attachments instead of only giving us a total of 12 attachments for every gun, if even, and give us generic soldiers instead of this Operator BS. If they do all of that, then I’ll be willing to give BF2042 another chance.
they’ve done all that, look at the weapon count now, all the maps are smaller now and work great with 128 players, and they added the class system and all the skins they’ve been adding have really looked on-point for soldiers of the era. I’m not disappointed or displeased at all. You should give it another chance.
@@samhyatt4863 I don’t want the operators to look like faceless soldiers, I want actual generic faceless soldiers, because the operators can keep their fucking mouths shut. And no, there are twenty five or so weapons, that number needs to be doubled, I want actual choices in what guns to use in the main game, where there’s twenty five at best. I want to use an LMG? I’ve got four or five options, cool. Where are the other six LMGs I should be able to choose from? Where are the other eight SMGs, other ten assault rifles, where are the other DMRs, shotguns, sniper rifles, carbines, and PDWs?
Maps are still too big, I don’t want large maps, I want small maps, think Operation Metro but three times as big in terms of map size. I want maps where combat is plentiful and I don’t have to spend three minutes running to an objective area, which shouldn’t even exist either, I want actual flags and objectives, not three areas split into two to three capture zones.
I want BF2042 to feel like a Battlefield game, which it most certainly does not, I don’t even know what the fuck it’s trying to be, but a Battlefield game it most certainly is not.
@@decimation9780 if THAT'S what makes you not play this game then you have bigger problems to deal with
@@samhyatt4863 Nah, I just find 2042 to be a complete and utter shitshow that should’ve had actual work be put into it, instead of being released as an unfinished, buggy mess requiring two additional years of work after being released to even be considered in some state of actual completion. Therefore until they actually fix 2042, I’ll stick with the best game in the series, BF4.
@@decimation9780 i was gonna say, all your arguments were completely incorrect in the first reply, as well as the second. to start, there aren't 25 guns. there are around 85, and if you think I'm exaggerating, count them yourself. and if you don't count portal, (you should count portal but I'll say it anyways,) there are currently 46. The other thing I'll note is that the attachment system is much more varied and has more diverse options than in previous games. while previous games like bf4 have a larger weapon arsenal (in AOW), lots of those guns are near identical in performance and even looks. at least in 2042, every gun has pros and cons, and are vastly different from each other.
second, the maps are perfectly fine now. not only have they shrunk them down like you wanted, but they also have several maps that are exactly what you're looking for with that metro/locker vibe. stranded and exposure have amazing close quarters zones. but those are only a couple examples. also, wdym "actual flags/objectives"? how do the grouped zones play literally any differently than a single zone? and why do you care so much about that? the game has 128 players with larger maps. that was a clever and necessary system. you're the first person i've ever seen complaining about them.
It definitely feels like a battlefield game. To me what battlefield is defined as is large scale fights with lots of players and vehicles, cinematic moments, good gunplay and teamwork. 2042 does all of that amazingly. I'm sorry if you had one bad experience like maybe you jumped in and played Hourglass, the worst map in the game, and didn't know what the call-in system was, and just ran the whole time and died over and over. (yeah, if you ever need to run a long way to an objective, you can just call in a transport wherever you are.) but that experience isn't representative of the whole game, and you need to give it another go. play seasons breakthrough. play rush or something small scale. or play literally whatever game mode you can imagine in portal. The gaem is in a great state, with basically no more bugs and optimized performance. there's no reason not to give it a try. :)
I get why people don’t like 2042, but there’s just something about it that keeps bringing me back. I mean 4 and 1 are way better, but I put thousands of hours into those and the graphics for 4 are pretty dated on console. I like the game and that’s all that matters to me.
Not returning to 2042. I'm having so much fun with BF4!
Then why watching . Go and watch bf4 videos and complaint .
The game is a good bit of fun now, but the old first impressions saying really applies here. Dice has made the game a lot more fun and it plays mostly great now. For many, however, the ship has sailed and they'll simply wait to see how the next game turns out. The game has more combat depth than bf1 (the last big hit in the series) but strayed a bit too far from its roots and launched at least a year before it was close to ready. BF4 didn't become the game everyone romanticizes for over a year after launch, but that was a different time before f2p games were the norm and player choice wasn't what it is today.
Kinda strange to complain about hud colors when you can change them to whatever colors you want?
So specialists are still a thing, and they haven’t restricted weapons to specific classes. In other words, no, it’s not worth playing.
It is worth playing I’m having a blast
@@Truthnfactsmfmy condolences
@@noneed4sleep64 for what? You enjoying the repetitive warzone ish?
Imo this game does have a fun game play loop but has nowhere near the amount of replay ability as battlefield four or one and dice did too many wrong things for the release that this will go down as the worst battlefield game.
I just want to be a nameless, faceless grunt playing a class that has its own identity and skillset.
I dont mind the named characters at all. Glad they got sorted to classes though. The newest season 4 specialist will be the last one added. I don't really get the "read enemy by their looks". I have never shot my team mate because i had thought they were an enemy. I only do this when prefiring a corner or a team mate scares me, like coming around the corner out of nowhere but those are just natural reactions and are not tied to how they look. After playing the game for almost 200 hours i don't really mind the chat. There's always some people talking about stuff and reacting to enemy epic plays. First when the game came out it felt a little bit like playing against bots. The big reason was well. New players. After all this time it feels like any other battlefield game but without the cross team chat. Also 10k on steam is ok. You need to remember that not everyone launches the game through steam.
Hey Dave! Great review! With how the new battlefield experience is would you consider looking at another game with similar gameplay to old battlefield, but lower graphics? It's called Battlebit Remastered and is looking really hopeful/intresting!
Specialist should have been specializations. Not specific characters, but another customizable element in addition to the classic class system.
No this game is ass I played two games and I literally want to die the gunplay is fun but the maps are ass and there is no reason I’m getting sniped with an LMG with a red dot from 300+ meters always genuinely a terrible experience
it was marked down 75% last weekend so i went ahead and got it. It's pretty ok in its current state. It plays more like a BF game now. The only thing i take issue with is that specialists are clearly rip offs of COD Operators. COD is much more in tune with the heroes that populate its cast. BF was always more along the lines that you're just a dude working for another dude who is being told what to do by another dude. So having super cool looking characters running around in 2's and 3's where now everyone looks likeSuper Secret Commando Nightvision Ninjas...it sort of ruins the whole aesthetics of being another soldier on a battle field. I played it at launch and found it difficult to enjoy...but this time around...it was worth the price of admission: $14.99 plus tax.
So you think a rocket, that leaves you vulnerable for the duration of the rocket flight, is better than being able to give yourself bullet proof cover where/when there is none, along with the sentinel that blocks explosives (ROCKETS)? AND that guy is now a support guy so always access to ammo and team revives...
I agree there is some that will be played more than others, but there is encentive to play certain ones because of the abilities.
No, next question
The Problems Of Battlefield 2042 That Ruin The Game
(for those who don’t know battlefield is a team based game)
1. Medics Don’t Revive Their Teammates
2. Players Are Only Focused On Their Individual Stat Line
3. Getting Shot And Killed From 200
To 300 Meters Away Is Totally Unrealistic
4. Pretty Much All Guns Have Massive Hit Point Issues Where It Doesn’t Register All The Shots Released
You're late. The game has been amazing for months
I recently started playing after realizing mw2 is just going down the same path mw 2019 did and I was in a stupor for another shooter so I picked this one up despite the negative backlash and I’ve been loving it so far, 2 weeks in and I have enjoyed every game. I thought the specialist were going to be a problem but in fact they wernt all of them seem balanced and fun to use. (Especially coming from MW2.) no skill based matchmaking is a huge plus for me to. Overall if dice keeps this good streak going it will surpass mw2.
The main reason this game failed at launch was because the people that really knew how the new engine worked had either left or were laid off. So when Dice hired a bunch of new devs they obviously were way behind and had little experience working with the new frostbite engine, aside from the stupid gameplay decisions that's why the game was a buggy disaster
Has Portal gotten anything? I really thought portal could have been the redeeming quality of 2042 but all the videos I watch on the updates don't mention it at all.
Portal has gotten a few new weapons and vehicles but no new maps and most servers are ghost towns unfortunately
@RangerDave Thats sad to hear. Really wish they would take the time to polish that up. Had so much potential.
Can you still spawn tanks on top of building? That was the worst idea in history
Thank you for your honesty, I really can't explain it better, well done sir. I played the game for some time and the most funniest thing even the devs can't make it up is the Uniforms 🤣. The matchmaking is a hazard sign tells you to not play the game again. Thank you for your review.
Battlefield 4 has become the best battlefield, which I never thought would be my opinion.
There's 3 new maps. Exposure, stranded and spearhead
Oh man, there's a great example of how the matchmaking system can decide what your game experience is like: even before I stopped playing back in the early fall I don't think I had seen Exposure pop up in months and by the time I was recording this video I had completely forgotten that it existed!
It’s a mid battlefield but a fun game I really enjoy the light tank aa thing and the transports when you get a full gun crew those things are magic
specialists were the main thing that fucked it for me, looks much bettter now but i probably won't pick up the game again
has anyone else randomly been added in lobbies completely empty but then retry an it loads in a full game
Coming from BFV disappointed I decided to skipped this game altogether because of the bad reviews. Got Xbox pass on PC last week and decided to try battlefield 2042 to check out the flashpoint map for myself and I have to be honest I really like it, I been having so much fun
Idk why but i kinda missed the hovercraft that climbs building
I don't even call this Battlefield 2042.
Mostly because 2142 was my favorite battlefield title and this is like a disrespectful homage to 2142.
It's just battlefield now
I havnt played battlefield really since 4, ya I played 1 and v but not like I did with 3 and 4 and hell even bad company 2, I even played 3 and 4 more than I did any of the CODS at that time, 2042 dosnt look bad now but is it worth even getting at this point?
If you get it for cheap, yeah it is.
Definitely worth it I’m having a blast. Each match feels fresh. The explosions destruction and chaos can’t be found in any other game.
They should add china as a faction into the 2042 war and add a bunch of maps and weapons from BF4.
So they can get banned by Chinese government . Remember bf4 was banned in China . If banned that means lose of sales .
@@kuriankeralaIndia I couldn't care less what the CCP bans.
china no longer exist in the game lore
@victor suares They could make Russia and the USA fight over prior Chinese territory (BF4 maps).
@@lunarpremonition3399 oke lets asume you want to sell a game in china with that kind of plot,
I really find weird when people say they can't recognize enemies because the specialists. Haven't had any issues with that. Visibility and enemy recognition was way more problematic in BFV.
On the other hand I don't want a slow game. BF was never a mil sim. People still stuck in BF2 days.
I do miss the all chat yes, but it promoted a lot of "toxicity". And yes. I hope they double down on 2042 because that would make the game better and gives time to the next to be really polished.
It doesn’t really matter for me what they do to this game. They’ve broken my trust with the ridiculously rushed launch of Battlefield 4 which was unplayable because they wanted to compete with Call Of Duty’s yearly release window and didn’t want to wait for it to be polished and ready, they did a good job patching it up after the fact so I gave them a second chance. But here we ended up in the exact same boat again with 2042. They learned nothing about respect and trust with their customers so I just straight refuse to buy this game despite being a huge battlefield fan since BF2. It’s not like I don’t have other games to play. 2042 is dead to me.
Unpopular opinion, but it sounds like you didn't learn. You didn't learn to wait for AAA titles to fully-fledged out their games. Maybe someday you'll stop buying games at release, like I have, and now have a complete-game to look forward to
It is too random and chaotic it's sort of fun for a little while but I never feel like playing more than 1 or 2 games. Also not happy about the lack of server browser.
Man, this game will be one of the biggest “what ifs” in recent memory. If the game had launched in its current state and removed specialists I guarantee it would be lauded as the best bf game ever. I find myself interested in the game but I can’t bring myself to buy it because I feel like it will drift off into obscurity once the next one comes out. I still play BF4 to this day. EA continues to lose fan support when they release unfinished games and further damage their reputation.
It’s free on PlayStation now
BF2042 is like BFV and Battlefront 2 it was shit during the release but after a couple seasons of tweaking and updates it got good
Is it just me, or does this guy's voice sound a little bit like LevelCap's?
Here because BF2042 is free for playstation plus members right now, tought i would put it out there so hopefully i will have someone to play with while i try it out for the first time ;)
i bought EA Play 1 month subscription for a less than a 1 dolar to try 2042 ... and i didnt really enjoyed it ... downloaded BF5 instead and i think it plays better ... kinda weird feeling, sad to see what Battlefield have become ...
BF5 wasn't as good as it could've been either but I still had a blast. I'm having fun on 2042 too. but there are things I don't like about it. I don't like the map rotation, there's not enough maps and weapons, and I don't like how they throw out the lobby on the end of the round
If they REALLY want to keep these cardboard hero characters they could just simply cut the head of them & make them a face preset when creating a character JUST like they did with BFV.
That game has named heroes & i don't remember or see anyone else complaining about it.
Got the ultimate edition for $55 last night, definitely a steal
I think they should keep making this game better for at least another year while they take time on the next battlefield game so that we don’t see another game like this
It’s truly amazing I’m having so much fun rn . They actually improved the game a lot and it’s great now hope they stay like that from now on .
There's 3 added maps, not 2
no and no
Jesus christ tho the scar is deadly !!!!!! Just watching you mow them down 1 after another was nuts makes me wanna go unlock it
That’s my main.
If they would add generic soldier, I would use that. Feels so weird having characters in a war where hundreds die... Also the abilities makes the game weird and annoying.
Not really, it's finally left the mediocre stage but it's not great.
Pre season 4 there are 3 new maps
I tried this game for a while since the other BF editions were so great. To me, this was just pure chaos that I could not catch up to. I have played many hours in BF5 and it is far better, even with the hackers and cheats. BF3 and Bad Company 2 were arguably better then 2042.
BTW, I used to play with you and JERM in the WAR clan many years ago!
BFV deserves a second chance
16:00 what battlefield game can you talk to the enemy?
You can talk to your squad in battlefield 2042 .
@@kuriankeralaIndia yeah I know.
still looks janky. I don't think you can fix this game and glad I missed this boat and will probably never play this. I still play BF1, BF5, and sometimes BF4 or 3 if I TRULY need a modern fix. There is just something magical about BF1. Something in the pacing and aesthetics. Never thought BF1 would be one of my favorite all time Battlefield games right next to the original 1942 game. I REALLY wanted BF5 to be my favorite game but the immersion is broken with all the screaming wamen characters and the pacing is kinda fast but oh man BF5 single player is one of my favorite SP campaigns of all time.
You’re missing out. The game is amazing
Bf5 is alot smoother in movement and gun play plus there's alot better features then dog shit 2042. The game is still garbage i played it last night and it was horrible you can still see what EA wanted to do with the game turn into a skin selling game. Bf1,4,5 are still better even on console when u turn cross play off you can't even get a full server lmao 🤣 that says alot
@NateZurlent yupp its 💩
@NateZurlent the numbers are there buddy but you can keep eating their 💩 and kiss their boots i don't think their going to give you battlefield coins lol ;)
@NateZurlent insults = truth you sound like a dice dev lmao
Better late than never. Game may not be a valid battlefield and never will, but they put a lot of effort making it a perfectly functioning fps. The fact they will deliver more seasons than expected is reassuring.. i personally played 2042 since beta and i love it now more than ever.. it had rough times, but it is over-hated for sure. Every game deserves a revenge
This is hard copium.
@@dragonbornexpress5650 no, straight facts.
I’m presently surprised at how much better 2042 is now than at launch. It’s still rough around the edges but way better than a year ago. If it had launched like it was now, I think it would’ve been ok. Still not worth more than $25 at most.
i forgot that this game exists, when i have the itch to play bf i play the new cod with the boys, is free and it has a bigger players base, back in the day there was a competition, now is a dead game and the new free cod.
You're not missing anything trust me cod is far better and im a battlefield fan cod is just more fun and better
Found the 2 stooges defending a micro transaction mess of a game , that badly wants to be BF but using a tank , you cant even go through a fence or a bush
🤣🤦🤣 yeah way better !
@Jérôme Cordeau imagine having solid fences and 100x the player base on steam 💀, but new cod vs new bf is 2012 bullshit
The new bf is also full of microtransactions
A true bf fan just play bf4 to bf5., cod or even Squad.
The correct answer is meh, underwhelming and disappointing that’s my answers for these updates
I don't play any EA or dice games anymore.
I think the specialists are the worst decision they made because like you said they are just a boat anchor holding the game back majorly.
they literally added a class system which fixed the entire issue with specialists… the issue with specialists was never their looks, it was the gameplay, i do not care about the looks of the specialists, they look completely fine as soldiers of the era.
@@samhyatt4863 they didn't fix it tho cuz any class can use any gun lmao also one of the problems most people have is enemies and friendlies look exactly the same.
@@leopard_52 having weapon restrictions isn’t a good idea to start with. I play this battlefield over old battlefields BECAUSE i have more freedom to use the loadout I want. also, leveling and unlocking weapon stuff would be terrible since if you wanted to level a certain gun, you would be forced to use a certain class that you may not like. It also means that when inevitably there is a meta weapon, then that associated class will also be meta. this is an issue in every prior battlefield title. at least now, when there is a meta gun, you are still going to have a diverse roster of class picks on the battlefield, and more teamwork as a result. Dave is wrong on this one imo. Really glad they didn’t restrict guns.
@@samhyatt4863 You can think that all you want but every battlefield fan that was born from every game before this one will disagree with you bud. The resurgence of bf4 as a result of this failure of a battlefield should tell you all you need to know lol.
@@samhyatt4863 the entire issue with specialists is that they’re in the game to begin with.
If you bought this game on origin then you will never be able to play a full match with other players
I have loved playing battlefields for year and year. I was so disappointed in the bf game I stopped playing after 2 months. It doesnt feel like good old school bf when it was popular, too much cod feeling, and the game should of been delayed a year plus to fix all the problems. I will never play this bf again. Will try the next 1 but confidence is an all time low.
@15:50 I don’t think most people have such positive reactions to getting killed in crazy ways. In most games I see cross-team chats just filled with raging and racial slurs.
The biggest problem was with this game is the performance, map design, mouse input and lack of content...the class system was not really necessary to enjoy the game so if people think they gonna like the game now, they are wrong...if you don't like the base concept these changes won't make you like the game more 🤷♂ to be honest after the class rework theres LESS revive and ammo on the ground, still not enough engineers to deal with vehicles because everybody is playing assault because ARs are still better 🤷♂
There are 3 new maps and 4th coming next week.