Battlefield 2042

[Mescalamba]

So far I think it will be decent failure.

Since BFBC2, DICE wasnt able to complete anything worth it. And definitely not anything bugfree.

 

[tabascosauz]

The retail release fixed alot of the issues I was having in the BETA. I don't have to unplug peripherals and keybinds actually work as they should now.

Though myself and others on reddit have noticed server issues at launch, typical with BF at this point.... cannot connect, game crashes in the middle for some generic DX Error that appears in other EA games. I am going to try later with the new BETA drivers and turn my overclock off. I am averaging 100FPS @ 1440p Ultra.

Not enthused about the price but very tempted by Portal. Watched Skill Up's video and there was a lot of disappointment, except for Portal.

Concerns me though, you sound like you had a slightly better experience with your 6900XT. He was struggling to hit even 100fps on low with a 3090 and 2080 Ti. Makes me wonder if this game is a little more CPU-bound than initially thought, his setups were with 3700X and 3950X.

If I get it though I think I will just have to prepare for BF3 netcode again

 

[Space Lynx]

So far I think it will be decent failure.

Since BFBC2, DICE wasnt able to complete anything worth it. And definitely not anything bugfree.

I think people are just getting sick of of the same genres in a general sense. Even Call of Duty sales have year over year overall lower volume of sales. It's only a matter of time before profits become net losses on these "safe bets", unless they start doing some original thinking and innovating with various game ideas.

 

[Dristun]

Tried all 7 AOW maps and christ almighty they're big. If you ever felt some maps in previous Battlefields were bloated and a bit empty - these are even worse! Jokes about running simulator and adding "auto-run" button like in MMOs ring very true.
Personal rating so far:
Great: None. No Strike at Karkand levels of goodness on offer.
Good: Discarded. The only one where action always isn't too far away and it flows nicely from sector to sector.
Okay: Renewal, Manifest. Renewal is cool because you have a colossal choke-point and neverending cat-and-mouse on the flags around it. Manifest has the rat warfare of "LOTS OF CONTAINERS!" maps in other shooter games but on a bigger scale. Still too big for my tastes.
Meh: Orbital. Thought it was pretty bad in beta but compared to the following three it's alright!
Didn't like at all: Hourglass, Kaleidoscope, Breakaway. Especially Breakaway. Who thought of this? Show me the madman! Kaleidoscope and Hourglass at least have cool skyscrapers and lighting going for them but on the balance they're an absolute mess, no rhyme no rhythm.

In general - pretty disappointing purely because of the map design. There's a fun battlefield game somewhere beneath all the hubris - when it occasionally clicks into place and you have a couple of squads and tanks on each side going against each other it's fun - but it doesn't happen enough, and then you die and you're too far away again. Yet to try Portal but I'm not too excited to be honest - paying 60 bucks to play little parts of old games is an underwhelming prospect. Maybe someone will come up with truly fun game modes.

 

[HammerON]

I am on the fence about buying 2042. I haven't really been into BF since BF4. I think I would have bought it without question if they would have included a campaign.
I appreciate everyone's feedback that has played the game thus far!

Glad I'm not the only one. Still my favorite, just because the titan mode was so fun. I would love an updated version with more air vehicles and some more versions of the mechs.

Me as well! That was the BF game that really got me into playing multiplayer games.

 

[Space Lynx]

I am on the fence about buying 2042. I haven't really been into BF since BF4. I think I would have bought it without question if they would have included a campaign.
I appreciate everyone's feedback that has played the game thus far!


Me as well! That was the BF game that really got me into playing multiplayer games.

I agree with this, I personally loved all the Battlefield and Call of Duty campaigns. What can I say, I am easy to please. /shrug

Multi is always exploited with subtle hackers, so I gave up on that world a long time ago. In fact I would prefer a full on campaign like 40 hrs long, a proper FPS-RPG hybrid set in Battlefield or Call of Duty - that could be enjoyable, especially if done by Treyarch. No multi, I'd spend 60 on that.

 

[DannibusX]

Not my cup of tea. I just requested a refund.

 

[Mescalamba]

I think people are just getting sick of of the same genres in a general sense. Even Call of Duty sales have year over year overall lower volume of sales. It's only a matter of time before profits become net losses on these "safe bets", unless they start doing some original thinking and innovating with various game ideas.

True.

Last one original was basically that BFBC2. It even had quite nice solo campaign (okay, at least I liked it). Despite its nearly game breaking bugs and quite a lot of cheaters, really loved that game.

Ive played BF3, BF4 too. But while they both had some fun in them, it wasnt really "it" anymore. Not mentioning how long it took to fix those games to some playable state, and much needed server upgrades etc.

 

[Octopuss]

I can't get over the fucked up interface which was clearly designed by a colourblind person, so that's a definitive nope for me.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Well after reading through these 5 pages, a big FO from me.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Concerns me though, you sound like you had a slightly better experience with your 6900XT. He was struggling to hit even 100fps on low with a 3090 and 2080 Ti. Makes me wonder if this game is a little more CPU-bound than initially thought, his setups were with 3700X and 3950X.

Might just be an issue with Ryzen 3000.... I was getting 120‐140fps at 1440p/ultra with my 3080 ti/5950X in the beta and I'm sure it'd be higher in the retail release.... I got the standard edition so I'll try it out on the 19th

 

[Space Lynx]

True.

Last one original was basically that BFBC2. It even had quite nice solo campaign (okay, at least I liked it). Despite its nearly game breaking bugs and quite a lot of cheaters, really loved that game.

Ive played BF3, BF4 too. But while they both had some fun in them, it wasnt really "it" anymore. Not mentioning how long it took to fix those games to some playable state, and much needed server upgrades etc.

I actually replayed BFBC2 campaign earlier this year, was my third time since it released. Was a lot of fun each time.

 

[seth1911]

BF 2042 is the best Game ive ever saw in producing BSOD


Today i have a few systems here and though i can benchmark the game in a few ways, no chance i tried it a few times on these Systems:

I3 8100 + GTX 960 4GB (BSOD in the Graphics Menu)
Xeon W2255 + GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 (BSOD in the Start Menu)
I5 6400 + HD 7970 6GB (BSOD and DX12 Driver Crash)
A10 7870K (BSOD in the Battle Start Timer) (my PC)
Ryzen 3350 (BSOD in the Graphics Menu while switch from fullscreen to windowed)


So i pay 15€ for nothing (EA pro 1 Month)

 

[Space Lynx]

BF 2042 is the best Game ive ever saw in producing BSOD


Today i have a few systems here and though i can benchmark the game in a few ways, no chance i tried it a few times on these Systems:

I3 8100 + GTX 960 4GB (BSOD in the Graphics Menu)
Xeon W2255 + GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 (BSOD in the Start Menu)
I5 6400 + HD 7970 6GB (BSOD and DX12 Driver Crash)
A10 7870K (BSOD in the Battle Start Timer) (my PC)
Ryzen 3350 (BSOD in the Graphics Menu while switch from fullscreen to windowed)


So i pay 15€ for nothing (EA pro 1 Month)

Jedi Fallen Order is a pretty fun game, you could use your 1 month sub for that. or this game called "It Takes Two" is also a fun EA game.

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

Not my cup of tea. I just requested a refund.

I wish I could do it as well and I haven't even played it yet (unlocks 19 Nov). Garbage innovation of a scoreboard, can't even shit-talk with the enemies and JESUS CHRIST the recoil pattern. Bullets seems to just wheeze past you
https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qsrqtb https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qsxead

 

[Space Lynx]

I wish I could do it as well and I haven't even played it yet (unlocks 19 Nov). Garbage innovation of a scoreboard, can't even shit-talk with the enemies and JESUS CHRIST the recoil pattern. Bullets seems to just wheeze past you
https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qsrqtb https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qsxead

I just played a 10hr free trial of BF 2042, honestly the graphics in BF 3 and 4 look better than this game. Kind of sad. EA is a joke.

 

[RandallFlagg]

I just played a 10hr free trial of BF 2042, honestly the graphics in BF 3 and 4 look better than this game. Kind of sad. EA is a joke.

I haven't played as much on my trial but totally agree. It looked rather flat compared to say BF 1 Revolution, and in general I haven't seen significant improvement from a visual standpoint since BF3(2011) / BF4 (2013). Those older games wind up being more fun to play as they run great on more recent hardware.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

The more i see about this game the more i think...

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Not enthused about the price but very tempted by Portal. Watched Skill Up's video and there was a lot of disappointment, except for Portal.

Concerns me though, you sound like you had a slightly better experience with your 6900XT. He was struggling to hit even 100fps on low with a 3090 and 2080 Ti. Makes me wonder if this game is a little more CPU-bound than initially thought, his setups were with 3700X and 3950X.

If I get it though I think I will just have to prepare for BF3 netcode again

Battlefields are pretty CPU bound as is. I went from a 8700k to a 5900x and in BFv i got an increase of 50-60fps just from CPU upgrade.

 

[Ralfi]

Apologies if already mentioned, but if anyone has a 6700XT, Ryzen 5600X & 16GB RAM (I have 3600), could you post your FPS with all High settings?

Oh & your monitor size would be good too thanks. (My monitor's a 27", 165Hz fyi).

I'm hoping over 80-90fps is possible?

Agree. BF3 nailed it really in many ways... to me the franchise was really feature complete at that point. Sequels past that refined and didnt necessarily improved for it.

I really disliked no Commander Mode & the GUI colours/minimap of BF3. Every time I see the Aqua/Orange team colours & translucent minimap, it screams cheapness to me.

Much preferred the Red/Blue team colours of BF2 & the more detailed minimap & of course the teamwork-encouraging aspect of Commander Mode.

 

[Durvelle27]

Welp the game is broken for controller users. Controllers don’t work at all which is rather absurd since all others BFs do

 

[droopyRO]

The game seems to have a massive CPU bottleneck especially on 128 players maps.

but if anyone has a 6700XT, Ryzen 5600X & 16GB RAM (I have 3600), could you post your FPS with all High settings?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Welp the game is broken for controller users. Controllers don’t work at all which is rather absurd since all others BFs do

But who plays an fps with a controller?

 

[MxPhenom 216]

But who plays an fps with a controller?

Aim assist brooooooooo. Basically people that can't aim.

Play FPS on PC with controller is the most goofy thing to me.

 

[droopyRO]

Or maybe for vehicles not infantry combat ?