Battlefield 2042

I think the problem is that everyone wants a different version of every game they play. It was for a while grand, BF had it's style, CoD had it's style, and other shooters had their own fanbases and differences. Now, every mainstream game is trying to be everything to everyone and alienating nearly all the original fans. I will say, this BF is more like CoD than any other one, whereas Vanguard feels less like CoD and like something new (and horrendous). Fortnite is still to blame, they all want to be Fortnite rich. Warzone got some of that, and now everyone wants the success of Fortnite/Warzone.

It's why I want future war stuff, give me IW/AW 2, or BF2152. There's nothing to compare it against in real life, so the colourful skins and stuff don't look as out of place. The hardcore WW shooters really require proper squad play to enjoy, so that alienates a lot of people who don't like/can't squad up.

I also think that these games are listening too much to streamers. Vanguard specifically feels like it was designed so that those who play nothing but it can easily be the boss and wipe the floor with everyone else. It just feels too hectic and designed for people to take advantage of OP weapons. I said it before, and I'll say it again, every weapon in a MP game that can be levelled up should have a limit. Once you hit that limit, you're forced to use other weapons, and so on until they're all locked due to max use and then you have to prestige to unlock everything again. Would force people out of their comfort zones and prevent OP weapon abuse. But "teh fanz" wouldn't be happy and it would probably bomb.

Gutted I paid full price for this on launch for xbox. €89.99! The game hasn't worked for the last week and still lags horribly at times.

Hoping to get this at some stage having come from BF4 and really enjoyed that, but will probably wait until new year and further fixes.

When it works is there the guts of a great game there or even if and when fully fixed would it still be crap?

I played the free weekend . I had some fun moments , enjoyed the gunplay. I have owned and enjoyed all entries to the series from 1942 onwards , but this one needs a little more time in the oven.

Conquest has always been my favourite mode . The 128 player in 2042 is not right yet, spawning is a mess with too many people left to run huge distances , what's wrong with having more ATVs or other very light vehicles ? Squads just aren't working in general for me , orders never given , never working as a team etc.

Anyway going to give this one some more time and come back to it in a few months.

its still awful. I say minimum 6 months before they get to where it should be.

Squad play is a joke, no ingame viop...4 player squads needs to be increased to minimum 6 at least especially with 128 players.

The vanilla maps are simply awful. Not one of them has anything good about them.

The game modes don't support 128 players.

If they had mini objectives outside of capture a point then you could end up with a decent 128 player mode.

You could even incorporate hazard zone into it a little, and drop satellites (with hard drives to retrieve) in random locations to fight over. The more intel your team retrieved from the satellites the more resources to call in back up you would get. If you got a tank or two extra it could really turn the tide.

One of the reasons Warzone is so popular his that it offers something to do for players that are not great at the shooting part. You can spend 15 minutes running around getting loot and doing the objectives (supply runs, recon etc) and never fire a shot in anger. But you still feel like you are playing, helping, and in turn having fun.

I've basically given up on 2042 and resigned to hoping the next version being better. Which I highly doubt. I think Batttlefield's best years are behind it.

I downloaded 4 last night and trying to decide between that or 5.

Anyone playing any of the older battlefields?