Battlefield 2042

I think it has, but not drastically. It also depends on what platform you plan on buying it. Ps5 seems pretty solid, reports of hard crashes on Series X and a majority of complaints coming from Pc users in regards to getting frame rates above 70-90 etc.

There are numerous bugs, but nothing to spoil the game drastically (but other people mileage may vary but it’s easy enough to jump into a game and get your battlefield fix.

Apparently there is going to be three patches in the next month so I would maybe wait till they’re out? Or at least watch some streams and see how you think you get on. Dice seem to be on the ball communication wise and they doing hot fixes here and there.

Personally, on the ps5 it’s been pretty stable. In the 5/6 hours of play I’ve had, i had one deploy bug (where I couldn’t start the round) and one revive bug where I got stuck and had to quit the round. It’s a little janky in places and it’s a little barebones when it comes to unlocks and half baked in that it’s missing voice chat and scoreboards (though you can check your squads) but the core game is there and personally think it’s plays pretty well - though I’m still undecided whether I like the changes to player count and the larger maps but I still have the itch to play it each evening.

Hope that helps. Problem is framerate stuff and little bugs don’t bother me too much, so perhaps not the best person to ask.

I didn't realise a different studio developed portal. Do the guns handle differently in the main game? I haven't played it enough to properly notice as I've spent most of the time in BC2 rush

Excellent info dump there oldskool, thanks!

I definitely remember them making you pay for servers on BF3. Maybe that was for private servers, not publics servers.

Shameful either way.

So they had 3 teams working on this? Dice, Criterion and Ripple Effect?
No wonder they are rushing to launch before the holiday season...

Another thing I forgot to add that's an absolutely stupid design decision is that tank health regenerates automatically now...(Tested in Portal, Arica Harbour)
There were already matches that saw some people jumping into a tank and not dying the whole match, what's this change good for?

Is this going to make my not so leet engy skills redundant? It's my favourite role, even if i do get abandoned by stupid drivers driving off/pilots bailing out when i am fixing stuff.

I imagine they had to do that to balance out the fact that now everyone can just pick whatever kit they want , the sheer number of helicopters, hovercrafts and tanks means you basically have to choose a launcher of some kind rather than a repair kit.

Which is fine for the new modes (and BF3), but it seems daft to add it in for BC2 maps.

Regarding spotting, it works well in portal, but useless in the main game (just seems to ping a location behind the enemy instead). Also, the recon motion sensors a get you a lot of spot assists in BC2

Spotting certainly doesn't work in 2042 and if it does its intermittently. Early BF games required a button press but I believe you spot in this when you aim down your sight at the enemy or use your crosshair. The ping button is one press to mark where you are going(green) and double tap to highlight danger (red)

Well that's my take on it anyway

Reading above just makes you think more and more they should just spruce up BC2 and be done with it! They're overcomplicating matters, same as everything in life I guess!

Haven't played 2042 yet but it sounds incredibly reminiscent of the BFV launch. In two years they never really delivered on their pre launch promises then gave up. Pretty cautious after that experience. Might give it a year at least.

I absolutely loved BF1 though, had something absurd like 500hrs on it. That was great at launch and every dlc just made it better.

It’s a lot worse than BFV was at launch. A lot.

New trailer too. 

What about the Ultimate Edition for £120? Not tempted?