Battlefield 2042

[Iceman]

Trailer dropped recently:



No single player campaign.

 

[Dave McFly]

not sure what was cooler the guy driving the ATV off the building into the helicopter, or the guy jumping out of a jet at high altitude taking out another jet with a rocket launcher and then jumping back in in his jet wow.

 

[Dave McFly]

 

[Filmfan93]

Yep, after the E3 gameplay reveal from a few mins ago, I am sold.

Obviously I won't pre-order, but I will most likely get it Day 1.

 

[psylockolussus]

Battlefield 2042 Will Feature a Single Player Mode With Enemy AI Soldiers

 

[henzINNIT]

Looks fantastic so far. Great trailer. Exactly what I wanted to see. After the absolute disaster that was Battlefield V, the guys at Dice could use a win. I'll keep an eye on this for sure but will remain skeptical whenever EA is involved.

not sure what was cooler the guy driving the ATV off the building into the helicopter, or the guy jumping out of a jet at high altitude taking out another jet with a rocket launcher and then jumping back in in his jet wow.

Genius touch putting those in the trailer. It's what actual players did back in the old Battlefield 3 days.

 

[Iceman]

It's looking good and hopefully a big return to form for the series. I played BC2 and BF3 a ton.

 

[Gee]

 

[Filmfan93]

First impressions (PS5 - early access):

-Aim assist is non-existent. It's absolute pain for a console gamer. This needs to be fixed ASAP.

-The settings menu is overly complex and difficult to navigate. And for the love of god, the loadout selection/customisation is a NIGHTMARE to toggle.

-No scoreboard = no incentive to play, track your stats, etc.

-Maps are way too big and open and by the time you come across an enemy, you are dead. Repeat 5 mins of walking to the objective, as vehicle spawn availability is non-existent.

- Vehicle controls are horrific. I can see no one can deal with that and several times me and my squad got wiped, because our pilot/driver didn't know what they were doing.

Honestly, this is not a good launch and currently an overly-cluttered mess of a game.

COD got it right, because it made everything simple. Sometimes simple is best.

Fingers crossed patches make it better along the way. This has a potential so keeping my hopes up.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Yeah, it's not the smoothest launch. A few bugs for sure (like my loadouts will disappear for entire matches etc). But I'm sure they'll be quick with the patches for this one.

I reckon it's taken me the weekend to finally start clicking with it (unlocking attachments for the weapons makes a maaaaaajor difference to combat effectiveness.

Also recommend starting with Breakthrough instead of Conquest to get a more focused intro to the maps etc.

Also Portal is incredible. It's not just maps from 1942, Bad Company 2 and BF 3, it's like all the original player class loadouts and weapons from them too. If they keep adding maps for all those games, the value of this game just shoots through the roof for any franchise fans. I mean, they're essentially soft launching a Master Chief Collection style platform inside the existing game, which is very cool (especially if it brings everyone to these servers)

Agree with the above post though in terms of the aim assist for console. You need cross play on to find quick matches but the number of PC players outnumbering console is brutal and I need all the help I can get haha

 

[Iceman]

Battlefield 2042 shares update roadmap

 

[Iceman]

Yeah, it's not the smoothest launch. A few bugs for sure (like my loadouts will disappear for entire matches etc). But I'm sure they'll be quick with the patches for this one.

I reckon it's taken me the weekend to finally start clicking with it (unlocking attachments for the weapons makes a maaaaaajor difference to combat effectiveness.

Also recommend starting with Breakthrough instead of Conquest to get a more focused intro to the maps etc.

Also Portal is incredible. It's not just maps from 1942, Bad Company 2 and BF 3, it's like all the original player class loadouts and weapons from them too. If they keep adding maps for all those games, the value of this game just shoots through the roof for any franchise fans. I mean, they're essentially soft launching a Master Chief Collection style platform inside the existing game, which is very cool (especially if it brings everyone to these servers)

Agree with the above post though in terms of the aim assist for console. You need cross play on to find quick matches but the number of PC players outnumbering console is brutal and I need all the help I can get haha

Bad Company 2 maps being in is huge for me!

 

[Iceman]

EA reveals plans to build "connected Battlefield universe" across multiple games and studios • Eurogamer.net

 

[metaphysician]

EA reveals plans to build "connected Battlefield universe" across multiple games and studios • Eurogamer.net

Because when someone thinks "the benefits of linking together the characters and world into one larger milieu" they definitely think "Battlefield", well known such as it is for both. *ahem*

 

[Iceman]

Because when someone thinks "the benefits of linking together the characters and world into one larger milieu" they definitely think "Battlefield", well known such as it is for both. *ahem*

Yeah, I know everyone wants a universe but what are we doing here - connecting soldier no.42 with tank no.3 and gun no.7?

 

[Green Goblin]

They really need to fix the last-gen version of this. When you start a game the characters look absolutely horrific, like PS1 hagrid on DMT.

 

[Iceman]

Given the problems on current gen hardware I can’t imagine how many more there are on last gen.

 

[Iceman]

So me and my group are skipping this for a good few months at least until we hear things are working smoothly. Shame as I love Battlefield games otherwise (BC2 Vietnam DLC is my favourite).

 

[Green Goblin]

So me and my group are skipping this for a good few months at least until we hear things are working smoothly. Shame as I love Battlefield games otherwise (BC2 Vietnam DLC is my favourite).

There are all the makings of a great Battlefield game in this, but the game clearly wasn't ready for release, and the content at launch is just alright. 6 launch maps are fine, as are 2 game modes. Hazard Zone is even worse than Firestorm in Battlefield 5, I appreciate they want to do something different but it's really just a poor man's battle royale.

Battlefield Portal is a great idea and I think that's really this game's saving grace. Replaying classic games with the opportunity to mix and match (say Caspian Border with 1942 weapons & classes) is fantastic.

I could see this ending up like Battlefront 2 (2017) but yea, I think your in the right for holding off at the moment.

 

[Iceman]

There are all the makings of a great Battlefield game in this, but the game clearly wasn't ready for release, and the content at launch is just alright. 6 launch maps are fine, as are 2 game modes. Hazard Zone is even worse than Firestorm in Battlefield 5, I appreciate they want to do something different but it's really just a poor man's battle royale.

Battlefield Portal is a great idea and I think that's really this game's saving grace. Replaying classic games with the opportunity to mix and match (say Caspian Border with 1942 weapons & classes) is fantastic.

I could see this ending up like Battlefront 2 (2017) but yea, I think your in the right for holding off at the moment.

Thanks for the info. The portal sounds amazing. I would be all over that. But on the other hand it’s annoying enough to me that BRs have somehow taken over shooters but Battlefield is known for the exact opposite! Massive maps and huge player numbers on a realistic “battlefield”. I never liked death matches in BF and BR is taking that to an even further extreme away from the signature BF premise for me.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

FYI, jumped back into this after the updates and I'd say the gameplay is finally more stable (At least on Series X). Patched a lot of those persisting problems for me (E.g. Not being able to choose a loadout sometimes, better scoreboards, being able to see where medics are, better hitboxes).

I'd say for me, it feels much closer to what it should have been at launch. Now we just need to know what their content plans are since, there's been no word of new maps etc

 

[Iceman]

FYI, jumped back into this after the updates and I'd say the gameplay is finally more stable (At least on Series X). Patched a lot of those persisting problems for me (E.g. Not being able to choose a loadout sometimes, better scoreboards, being able to see where medics are, better hitboxes).

I'd say for me, it feels much closer to what it should have been at launch. Now we just need to know what their content plans are since, there's been no word of new maps etc

Good to know. Will probably still be a while before I jump in but at least things are finally looking more promising.

 

[Iceman]

Battlefield 2042 joins Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play soon