![]() Still, I'm in the camp that really hopes Battlefield Portal is more than a novelty. (But not that unusually heightened.)Īs a fairly laid back enjoyer of Battlefield games-I'd rather not publish my K/D ratio, in other words-I didn't hate the Battlefield 2042 beta. The Battlefield 2042 reveal trailer got a lot of people excited for a multiplayer-only Battlefield game that 'gets' what they like about the series, and EA is calling it "the grand return of all-out warfare." Meanwhile, Battlefield Portal has been described as a "love letter" to fans of the series, and DICE's attempt at a more modern mode, Hazard Zone, isn't being stuffed in after the fact like BF5's Firestorm battle royale mode. What I hear from all that is: 'We've learned our lessons from Battlefield 5.' That perhaps helps explain why the reappearance of old Battlefield 5 bugs in the 2042 open beta led to some unusually heightened feelings of disappointment. If the Battlefield beta reaction seems especially harsh this time, it may be because EA and DICE did a good job of presenting 2042 as a game made for longtime fans. digging_the_renewed_appreciation_for_bfv from r/Battlefield No Battlefield game can be truly loved until the successor has had a buggy beta," wrote user Apokolypze in response to a post celebrating Battlefield 5. (I often have to remind myself that when people talk about preferring "old" Battlefield, they usually mean Battlefield 3 or Battlefield 4, not Battlefield 1942.)įans in the Battlefield subreddit are joking about the predictable cycle of Battlefield praise and criticism. BF5's harshest critics from 2018 aren't necessarily the people playing and talking about it today. This seemingly widespread change of heart comes in part from all the improvements DICE has made to Battlefield 5, but probably also has to do with audience turnover. In a popular Reddit comment from this week, for instance, a fan laments that Battlefield 2042 lacks features that were present in previous Battlefields, including building sandbag walls in Battlefield 5-a feature I don't recall anyone seriously caring about after BF5 launched. Most surprisingly, the once-reviled Battlefield 5 is now good according to a seemingly large number of players. Other players complained that Battlefield 1 was too much like Call of Duty and that no one was reviving them, complaints which are exactly mirrored in some of today's criticisms of the Battlefield 2042 beta. "I thought was ridiculous and won't be buying it, even though I am a fan of BF4," said one commenter in 2016. No Battlefield game can be truly loved until the successor has had a buggy beta. If it works, it could be an ideal answer to fans who don't like the new-style Conquest mode: Go to Portal and find a group of players who are using Battlefield 3 classes instead of specialists. Portal will allow players to design and play custom game modes that pull weapons, vehicles, and maps from Battlefield 1942, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, and Battlefield 2042. Fans who are fundamentally opposed to the change have started looking to 2042's other offerings for hope, namely Battlefield Portal. There will be more specialists in Battlefield 2042's release version, so you won't necessarily see so many duplicates running around, although that won't necessarily help with identifying loadouts. "You can't tell who is next to you and who you are shooting," said Xfactor. There are ammo crates, but who wants anything other than rockets and missiles and C5? (That's futuristic C4, I believe.) A sniper can have anti-tank rockets, an LMG user can have anti-air missiles. Unlike Siege operators, they can otherwise carry any gun and equipment loadout. Like Rainbow Six Siege operators, specialists are characters who carry unique gadgets such as a healing pistol and grappling hook. Another big target of criticism are Battlefield 2042's new specialists, which replace the usual classes. #Battlefield 2042 beta freeNot everyone is convinced that the spacetime anomalies they experienced in the beta will be resolved by launch, though.Īnd even if the launch were wholly bug free (unlikely), plenty of design complaints would remain for players like Xfactor. The beta was also very limited: One map and mode accessible through a stripped down UI. DICE says that some of the issues that were present in the beta are already fixed in the version of Battlefield 2042 that's being prepped for November. ![]()
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