*** The Official Battlefield 2042 thread***

A compilation of things missing in this vs previous games, still being updated it seems.


Core Features

No single-player story/campaign mode
No standard server browser
Fewer standardized game modes (Can't even play TDM or smaller scale modes without relying on community servers. Really?)
Fewer base game maps than any other title (even including portal the map count is only 13)
No persistent lobbies (seriously why do I have to matchmake after EVERY round?)
Fewer in-game assignments (none outside of cosmetic unlocks)
No class system
Less character customization options (than BF5)
No profile progress/stats page in the menu
No battle log/stats tracker for other players
No global leader boards
No end of round assignment progress screen
No dog tags (they still sort of exist I guess?)
No custom emblems
Fewer achievements
No medals
No cross-game profile screen (BF 4, HL, 1, and V were all linked by a menu if you owned them digitally, was a neat feature.)
No spectator mode
No permanent community servers (would be useful for clans and events)
No test range (this one is sort of compensated for with single payer servers vs bots)

Infantry Gameplay

Fewer guns (even including all the portal guns, BF4 still had more at launch)
Fewer infantry gadgets
No manual leaning
No diving while swimming
No high wall vaulting
No crouch sprinting
No backwards prone
No explosion knockback
No rolling after falling from heights
No ammo or health pickup off teammates
No scope zeroing
No thermal optics
No indirect fire gadgets
Less anti-tank launchers (Come on man only one?)
No lock-on launchers (The M5 works with the SOFLAM but that requires 2 people)
No AP mines/claymores
No suppression mechanic (This one I don't mind but I'm including everything)
No first person takedown animations (whether this is a downgrade is up for debate, but I think it is)

Vehicles

Fewer vehicle types (and separate vehicle progression per faction even though they are functionally identical... why???)
No naval vehicles (Except I guess the hovercraft technically)
No small transports (i.e. ATVs, motorcycles)
No vehicle gunner direction indicator
No lock on direction indicator
No vehicle enter/exit animations
No tank turret decoupling (This was so great in BF4!)
Less vehicle driver/pilot customization options
No tank zoom customization options
No tank gunner customization options
No heli gunner secondary weapons
No separate heli/fixed-wing controls
No control input while looking behind/free looking in aircraft (BF1 and V pilots, this one is gonna absolutely suck for you guys)
No joystick/non-generic gamepad support

Scoring System

No squad wipe scoring
No player damage points
No vehicle damage points
No vehicle kill assist points
No headshot bonus
No long-range kill bonus
No assist counts as kill bonus
No multi-kill bonus
No killstreak stopped bonus
No comeback bonus
No squad objective play bonus
Oversimplified teamplay scoring (i.e. healing a teammate always gives you a flat +5xp rather than being based on how much you heal them)

Squad and Teamwork

No commander
No special squad call-in abilities
No squad field upgrades
No in-game VOIP (coming soonTM)
Fewer factions (with almost nothing to give the 2 factions any distinction)
No cross-team chat
No "create new squad" option
No clans/platoons
No view of squadmates while in the spawn screen
No "Medic incoming" indicator in downed state (coming soonTM)
No rank names/icons, just a number.

Maps

Lack of persistent servers means poor map rotation (I played for 10 hours and never saw Kaleidescope, Orbital, or Breakaway)
Fewer base game maps (not including portal maps)
No static weapon emplacements
Fewer destructible buildings
Very poor balance between vehicle and infantry gameplay
No infantry focused maps
No game changing levolution
Absolutely zero cover between capture zones
No fortification building (given how open all the maps are, this could have been super useful)
Fewer urban areas
No naval maps

UI and Quality of Life

Less control customization options
Less UI customization options
No HUD/icon opacity customization
No HUD scaling customization options
No gunsight reticle customization options
No network performance graph
No individual player scoreboard
No ability to zoom in on the spawn map
Less detail in the 'who killed you' screen
Less ultrawide monitor support (hud ratio is locked in at 16:9)
Very poor friend joining system (Lack of server browser makes playing with more than 4 friends completely impossible)
Poor console aim assist (big fat **** you to console players there, dice. Hopefully this will come with the D1 patch)
No in game crossplay toggle option (you have to change your global console settings)

Audio

General consensus seems to be the audio design is bad, especially compared to both BF3 and BF1.
3D soundscape is almost non-exsistent
Less impactful soundtrack (menu music is very dull and repetitive)
End of round music is dull and uninteresting (compared to BF1 and V this is a big downgrade)
End of round voicelines are just awful. I can't describe how much I hate them. (Tried to keep the rest of the list objective, but I had to add this. You guys understand)
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Vega said:
All that did was turn off DLSS for me in game (greyed out), confirmed with subsequent FPS drop, the same if DLSS wasn't enabled.



I feel the same! I'm 42 and thought gaming was really on the outs for me. BF2042, even with all of its massive flaws, has been a blast for me.
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as much as i think its the worst BF im still enjoying it in small bursts once gun play is fixed can imagine 12 hour sessions going on
 
Mind you, some of those arent necessarily bad things.. for example "Fewer Guns" , now they mention BF4 there but BF1942 had fewer guns than both BF2042 and BF4, yet was the best BF ever imo. So fewer guns isnt necessarily a negative. Can also apply that to many of the other things on the list, no commander for example. BF1942 didnt have one either and was still the best BF game :)

I wont go through the whole list because that will take too long but like I say, not all of those items are negatives (especially the poor console aim one..which I say HA too, that will teach the stinky unwashed console masses :D )

No naval maps is a good one though and to be fair again, no BF game imo has done naval maps as good as BF1942s. Thats something I REALLY miss in all BF games since BF1942
 
smogsy said:
the biggest issue for me is the 10 cutscenes to get in/out of matches...
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Yeah that is irritating, the starting ones dont seem to appear if you join midgame, just don't see why they have them at all. I'm guessing it has to do with giving people more time to join right at the start of the game...maybe.
 
smogsy said:
as much as i think its the worst BF im still enjoying it in small bursts once gun play is fixed can imagine 12 hour sessions going on
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If you can end up doing 12 hour sessions on it then thats got to be good (if it gets to that stage) because I dont think any of us on here would spend 12 hours doing something we dont like :)
 
Agree completely with the Audio comments in the list above. The music is appallingly bad compared to BF 1 or V. The audio overall just seems really poor and not like previous battlefield games.
 
pcfarrar said:
Agree completely with the Audio comments in the list above. The music is appallingly bad compared to BF 1 or V. The audio overall just seems really poor and not like previous battlefield games.
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Hard to even piinpoint footsteps they generally don't seem to have a direction attached to them.
 
smogsy said:
yeh but most likely portal for 90% of that 2042 maps are cack
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I admit that I play almost exclusively on portal modes, dont think I have spent more than about an hour on a 2042 map. I guess it is what it is, it will tide me over until I feel like getting back into the quite awesome Hell Let Loose. Sometimes its nice to do a few months of something a little more arcadey because Hell Let Loose is quite draining with its more realistic features as it requires so much focus when you play so I end up needing a break every once in a while for a few months
 
starmanwarz said:
Portal is fun and all but why limit myself to 2 BF3 and 2 BC2 maps and only a handful of weapons when I can enjoy these amazing games in their full glory?
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Absolutely no reason at all , thus is the beauty of choice. Those who prefer to play the original BF3 and BC2 can opt to do so and be happy and those who want to play the BF3 and BC2 maps in the BF2042 engine can opt to do so and be happy. Isnt the world a wonderful place when we're all happy :D
 
Tombstone said:
Absolutely no reason at all , thus is the beauty of choice. Those who prefer to play the original BF3 and BC2 can opt to do so and be happy and those who want to play the BF3 and BC2 maps in the BF2042 engine can opt to do so and be happy. Isnt the world a wonderful place when we're all happy :D
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lasst time i played bf4 it was pretty dead (just metro 24/7) and bf3 was worse didnt bc2 get pulled from servers?

however i can imagine EA pulling bf3/4 off for more people to move to portal.

are they popular? now id reinstall!
 
smogsy said:
lasst time i played bf4 it was pretty dead (just metro 24/7) and bf3 was worse didnt bc2 get pulled from servers?

however i can imagine EA pulling bf3/4 off for more people to move to portal.

are they popular? now id reinstall!
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No idea, I did try playing BF1942 again earlier in the year but it was dead as the proverbial flightless bird.
 
smogsy said:
lasst time i played bf4 it was pretty dead (just metro 24/7) and bf3 was worse didnt bc2 get pulled from servers?
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Bf4 servers had a resurgence earlier in the year when ea unveiled this and people thought it was gonna be bf4 part 2, so they'd play bf4 for a bit of practice.. Oh how wrong they were.
 
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