Battlefield 2042 - A Year Long Rant (Strong Language)

[@DownwardThrust]

This video includes F words.

[@SimplexPL]

Justifiably so.

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

The return of Battlefield Friends is the only good thing about BF 2042.

[@dannyd464]

Fanny ?

[@lonleybeer]

Good

[@rahelkenway3387]

Thank you for your time, also you can change squads.

[@naturalfitness-1]

It's insane how DICEs goal was to make the ultimate battlefield game and ended up making the worst by far

[@josephguzman4737]

Its a lOvE lEtTeR tO tHe fAnS

[@tacticalgengar420]

Sad

[@mdc123-v2v]

It's insane you think that was their goal. It wasn't.

[@naturalfitness-1]

@@mdc123-v2v before 2042 they made good games

[@mdc123-v2v]

@@naturalfitness-1 Agreed. BF1 was their peak after 4. DICE trying to chase trends is what killed the studio, you can't just make another Warzone. It's such a shame as 2042 could end up being the death of the franchise. When MW:2 releases it'll literally kill the game. Invasion and Ground War provide a far better Battlefield experience than Battlefield 2042 does.

[@madfighter56]

On a positive note, thanks to the abysmal state of gaming in 2022 I decide to go back to school for my grad degree. I just found my self having time to kill and no motivation to sit around playing games. Thanks Dice and shout out to 343.

[@BigCaucasoid]

That's awesome

[@alejandroflores8979]

Bro same!😊

[@lilbu223]

lol same i havent touched games in a while

[@calarcadarn]

I would say 343 is even worse. They destroyed everything that was great about Halo and provide absolutely no content for Halo Infinite except the stupid armors.

[@kyoseryt]

Legit this, I had a drug problem and all I usually did was play video games and smoke, after last couple years with games being so dogshit it finally brought me to go to rehab. A realisation of a hopeless life of addiction wasn’t enough to make me change, having nothing to do within that life is what brought it about. Now I’m almost a year sober and finally can connect with my family members and I’m a better person in general for it

[@rawnchydeard4669]

I love how DICE continues to ignore how they alienated most of their players. 2 fucking maps in a year???

[@traviswells6938]

They refuse to take the blame and say the only reason all of the bad decisions were made is for money

[@JustGetBlazed]

I like to see you go make two Battlefield maps

[@IlNamelessKinglI]

@@JustGetBlazed imagine defending those garbage tier devs. Older Devs from DICE used to make 16 in the same time span and they used to announce them even before or little after launch day for the game.

[@sparda9060]

@@JustGetBlazed in a year BF4 they released like 4 maps packs which is over 14 maps i think with a lot of new guns, vehicles, and also new gsme modes!!!! So stfu and stop defending devs when they fucked up. You people are the reason why the devs dont care about screwing over the players who are their customers and just move on to make the next garbage sequel.

[@sparda9060]

@@IlNamelessKinglI BF3 and BF4 had 4 expansion packs within like a year or little over a year. That includes new weapons, vehicles, and also new fucking game modes!! Current devs cant hold shit to the old devs who left the company before its a sinking ship.

[@thatzaliasguy]

Imagine 7 years ago that you'd admit BF Hardline was a better battlefield than what we get in 2021.

[@rustyshackleford4514]

Hardline was an awesome game but not a battlefield. Loved that game and the fresh game modes.

[@thesenate1844]

Hardline deserved better

[@sadferrarifan7483]

@@rustyshackleford4514 exactly, there was something in that game which i don't know what it was, that made me just playing it nonstop, completed the campaign in 2 days (i normally take a really long time to complete games but this one was just different)

[@rustyshackleford4514]

@@sadferrarifan7483 I didn’t play the campaign but the multiplayer was a blast. It had some neat songs on the car radios too.

[@Bozzyman2]

At least hardline worked

[@misplacedmodifier46]

I'm 76 and so happy I watched your upload - all those bugs you talked about, I didn't know they were bugs, thought it was my system - now feeling great about myself. I should mention that I'm not a run an gun sort of guy, more dash and die but still enjoy playing. BF 2 was my fav because you had a general that could direct squads.

[@T0asty-]

Battlefield 2 and 2142 were so good. Shame what EA has done with the series.

[@intellik56]

Yes a dam shame but the. Again doesn’t ea do that with every title it gets it’s dirty little hands on smh

[@wickedwu22]

I love to see more experienced gamers such as yourself. As the other guy said, it puts a smile on my face. See ya on the Battlefield!

[@user-yo8ab1ys9e]

You reminded me of an old geezer I used to play BF3 with. His name had Shellshock or something in it and he loved running Support. Whenever you needed ammo he was there and I loved hearing him cuss out the enemy lol! Haven’t spoken to him in a long time, hoping he’s doing well

[@TheGXDivider]

76... why does this number bother me ?

[@rogeliorodriguez8518]

BF2042 was a hit job. The COD developers were part of the team. Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself.

[@Frogswilly]

❤❤❤

[@robrfoster]

this is the only theory that makes any sense 👍

[@M4xXxIkInG]

yeah after playing the beta of 2042 i went and bought vanguard since it was 100% impossible for CoD to produce a game thats worse than what i played in the beta. (for explanation, i enjoyed the shit out of MW2019, so seeing its playstyle/gameplay return was a positive for me.) what killed vanguard for me tho was the absolutely fucking insane time it took to get a single gun to gold-status, and the fact that about 85% of the attachments were just useless bullshit like in BO:CW so you had to play with shitty attachments forever until you finally got a properly set up gun, at wihich point i was tired of playing said gun. in MW2019 i could gold a gun in 3 days at average, it took me way over a month to get the golden MG42 and when it was gold i was already max level. fucking stupid imo.

[@DayWalker745]

@@robrfoster Nearly all the so called "theories" are actually true. Look into them.

[@ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507]

No even fucking worse... THEY'RE CANDY CRUSH DEVS no fucking joke

[@maxchronicler]

This game is like rolling a Dice. They got me once but I will never pay for a Dice game ever again.

[@Mr1machine1]

I was so hype for a new modern setting battlefield after bf1 and bf5 that I even bought the 90€ version of the game. In my mind there was no way that they could make a game worse than all the previous ones. My mistake was buying a game based on the previous entries in the franchise and not critically looking at the actual game in question. Dice has lost my respect so I will not be making that mistake twice.

[@juandiegov]

Absolutely. I'm done with Dice

[@kfirdrake8711]

More like never pay for a EA game ever again. They fucked all their other franchises too.

[@ryanrobertson9744]

Rather play this than any other

[@ReeseyMoney]

@@ryanrobertson9744 sad life

[@brodybircheat7273]

This really hit me with nostalgia. I remember when I used to come home from school, fire up my 360 and play BF4 for HOURS with my friends. Crazy how we used to HATE siege of Shanghai with the tower down; crazy how even with the tower down is better than all the maps on 2042. We still play BF4 to this day almost 10 years later. Crazy how the mighty have fallen

[@KA-vs7nl]

Ngl the tower down is great. The close quarters combat in the rubble is really fun

[@billwolf3818]

This is what happens when you build a game around monetization

[@caldwellkelley3084]

Was inevitable once EA does what EA does ... Chase money. Time to move on.

[@ididntaskverified3663]

It’s a mobile game

[@baltazardiazhumphreys4860]

i mean bf4 kinda was build around that aswell but with content people actually liked

[@noobsaibot8199]

I don't understand how we went from battlefield 1 and modern warfare 2019 to what we have now. Those two games were monumental in terms of attention to detail and the obvious passion and care that went into them. It's like nostalgia but for a time that was only a few years ago.

[@BadMoody420]

In terms of its aesthetic and detail, MW19 was the definition of a lifelike and beautiful fps. However they kind of flopped on the gameplay side of things, they focused way too much on realism and looks.

[@DownwardThrust]

same

[@Chubzdoomer]

Battlefield 1 was gorgeous and sounded phenomenal, but lord it was a mess of a game. So many terrible mechanics (Elite pickups, Behemoths, gas grenade (spam), "sweet spot", random bullet deviation, the list just goes on and on). The perfect Battlefield would've been BFV's "oldschool/hardcore" elements (no-nonsense gunplay, limited ammo, more reliance on squadplay/teamwork) paired with BF1's visuals/atmosphere. It's just a shame we never got that.

[@falcoon_f_zero9450]

@@Chubzdoomer It definitely wasn't a mess of a game, especially compared to BFV that we got after. BF1 got too heavy with explosive spam but otherwise plays really well. The elite pickups and behemoths are not for everyone but they're a part of what makes the game unique. I thought they were fun and original additions to the game and was kinda bummed out that huge war vehicles did not return in BFV. It was the peak of the newer Battlefield releases.

[@Nazylexx]

BF1 is one of most immersive fps out on the market. I love maps and voice acting for it. For sure it has its problems but they nailed WW1 fps vibe in that one.

[@justarandomstranger6467]

Battlefield 3 and 4 were the peak of battlefield.

[@BagYbien]

bf1 was amazing and still is but so are 4 and 3

[@adimain0340]

@@BagYbien bf1 is shallow

[@effinjamieTT]

BF4 was also completely broken for the first 12months

[@Sixstringman]

@@effinjamieTT BF4's launch makes Bf2042's launch look half way decent.

[@GlaciaDay]

@@Sixstringman Are you serious? The netcode issue and countless bugs of BF4 on launch were terrible, made the game barely playable but at least it was playable unlike 2042.

[@deviousdude4162]

Its good to see someone still going after the hard issues of this game, instead of just saying 'its good now, needs battleroyal' ala Levelcap. Honestly he's become a complete detriment to the battlefield community too because DICE actually listen to him, and he too doesn't understand what the community actually wants. Anyways, good video keep it up.

[@DownwardThrust]

thanks

[@damienlee1165]

Its kind of sad seeing Level become so complacent and settling for such a C/D-grade BF title. Used to watch his vids all the time in high school.

[@H3LLGHA5T]

dunno why people still watch shillcap and shillfrags and other shillconsorts

[@J.Wolf90]

omg battleroyal doesn't need to be in every damn game these days

[@homi1001]

The worst thing of all of this is, everybody knows they are not really trying to fix the game because they are really looking forward to pulling the plug as soon as Season 4 ends. There is no future so there is no reason in "fixing" it. The current Dice couldn't fix shit to begin with, but we all know they aren't even trying.

[@JustGetBlazed]

Just stop dude, every update fixes a lot of good stuff, there's been a ton of updates since the game came out. Ever since season one came out the game has been getting better and better, you just like to hop on the hate train because the internet tells you to

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@JustGetBlazed. Cope, clown.

[@matthewk4912]

Will there not be a Season 5?

[@arman_6340]

@@JustGetBlazed It's alright buddy, we know Dice tricked your ass into buying this shitshow.

[@babyhoho6745]

@@JustGetBlazed you would literally enjoy human feces if it had a bow on it… Also, your comment history is pathetic 😂

[@JADEK111]

"If you don't like it, then don't buy it." I guess DICE and EA never learned the consequences of that statement since BFV, though they didn't say it again, but you gotta see it between the letters of Battlefield 2042's name now.

[@GaryMood10]

What about 343

[@jordan9292]

You know this just struck me…. Maybe when dice named the game battlefield 2042 it wasn’t referencing futuristic warfare but rather dice was preemptively telling its player base this game won’t be ready until 2042 and none of us caught it

[@insiainutorrt259]

if the money is in the game is done theyve done the same with since bf3 or so they are tricking and laughing at you

[@robrfoster]

or their goal was having a total of 2042 players

[@jordan9292]

@@insiainutorrt259 not exactly sure what you’re trying to say but they don’t have my money I refunded this piece of garbage after the beta I wasn’t dumb enough to fall for this was an “older build” so they can laugh all they want they ain’t got my money

[@jordan9292]

@@robrfoster hahaha mission accomplished and failed at the same time. 128 sucks

[@insiainutorrt259]

@@jordan9292 smart of you to keep your money... most dont... i meant they are using the name/brand and just tricking people with minimum effort and bullshit to extract ALL!!!! of the money til its all dead and they think its funny when it causes suffering

[@percypringles4163]

As a long time BF fan with 1,000s of hours in the franchise, 2042 hurts my soul

[@adamdurham16]

Same… couldn’t have said it better.

[@qinlongfei]

I got Angry Joe's '2 HOURS' vibe when Downward Thrust said '2 New Maps'.

[@LightningRaven42]

FOUR HOURS!!!

[@calypso]

Do people still watch joe? Who wants to watch a dude sperging out for hours?

[@Arcademan09]

@@calypso he still maintains a healthy amount of views, most reviews easily reach 1 million

[@LowKiiSavage]

@@calypso I mean it is funny watching him rip shitty games a new one for 30 minutes straight and thanks to the AAA industry, he has unlimited angry reviews

[@hydrophilicchristopher9874]

@@calypso because it’s fun watching him tear up bad games.

[@Kevin-Schmevin]

They released the game at least a full year early, then stopped dev almost entirely. I'll never pre-order another dice game ever again.

[@Steve-mx9rr]

how difficult can it be to design a BF game when there are countless predecessors from your own company?! just unbelievable how DICE forgot it. these will be sad years as a BF fan until maybe a hopefully good game will come out..

[@cleanerben9636]

Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

takes humans to make a game. when using different human; you get different vision of game. don't blame the company. blame the designers who are no longer from the same team; 10 years ago.

[@CozyHumanoid]

Uh. cause some of the developers who made the previous games left? Being a dice employee doesn't pay well as a long term occupation that is one factor that can affect their new games.

[@MaXiUmImPuLsE]

They didn’t forget because the data is there they say the same thing with Madden. We don’t have the data for the old madden so we had to make a new one and make it worse

[@DownwardThrust]

Very hard apparently bro

[@nexjagg]

This video hit the nail on the head. I would also add that most of the battle pass and MTX cosmetics are ugly so it’s kind of a double fail lol. Also, yeah, apparently DICE thinks thermal and night vision will be gone in the year 2042 but replaced by no new technology… or they just rushed the game or are too lazy and didn’t put it in.

[@VertietRyper]

I suspect it was rushed (lol) but a lot of players really hated it in BF4. I liked them but didn't think they needed to be on every gun.

[@Space_Chief]

This is really strange. I've never experienced or even HEARD of some of these bugs, but my favorite that I have gotten so far is the "I know you're holding M1 but Im gonna simulate a jam and just stop firing for a split second" bug.

[@matt2.052]

There are or were so many bugs that everyone experienced something different almost

[@sparda9060]

The game devs who made thisngame are so bad that every platform that game is on has different bugs and glitches. Tells you how garbage it is to send your game to 3rd party dev who dont know jack shit about making mulyiplayer fps game like BF. FFS the original game was not even a BF game to begin with, they try to slap a filter or game mod over that game and try to turn it into BF game is insanity.

[@jfygt2623]

Same here. I never encountered some these bugs. And the rubber banding bug is gone for me after the update in S1. Probably it might be an isolated case for him. But definitely there ARE still bugs. Like the delayed grenade throw, and the newest one in the Avancis were you will notice a delay on continuous fire.

[@sirjarko8762]

Yea thats kinda the thing though, Frostbyte always had bugs that some people would get and others wouldn't alongside the common ones. This varies from platform to platform. After BF3 is started to slowly get worse, This game is like a showpiece of what not to do in game dev and for a franchise but also the Engine its self. 2042 is battlefield and Frostbyte at its absolute worse with the worst parts of every entry dialed up 10 fold.I didn't get his bugs that he mentioned but I get entirely other ones that are equally game breaking.

[@KushtieM8]

You're telling me you never ran into the hit registration bug? Emptying a whole clip on a dude for him to kill me made me instant uninstall. Shame I'll never get that £100 worth of 'ultimate edition'

[@BigHugsFromHell]

It turns out when you make a game where even some of the bugs have bugs, all you can do is fix the bug's bugs, and as a player when you realize the entire game might be some kind of mega-bug, the best way to deal and live a bug-free life is to delete.

[@drakonorkan1372]

i will always make the argument that teamplay in videogames have always been an issue. there are plenty of times when you would ask for help and nobody answers. however, this can only get worse when everyone can take care of themselves and nobody has a reason to ask for help in the first place.

[@KushtieM8]

That's the sad thing with 2042, you don't know who to get help from. In previous battlefields, you KNEW who to go to for ammo, or who to heal you. You'd run up to them, ask for ammo and they'd give it. It meant you actually needed medics on field to revive you. Now everyone can resupply, everyone can revive. It's BS. Not BF... BS.

[@prezzeruk4054]

in bf4 i got quite pally with a team mate. we would both play engineer class and concentrate on keeping enemy aircraft out of the skies! alot of the time, just hearing that lock on sound would cause a chopper to take cover. while its taking cover, its not bothering our players! obviously same applied to land vehicles too. soon as they heard that lock on sound, they would rush to break line of sight. they hate having the multiple kill machines destroyed!

[@bbsugarsmurf19]

just another reason why 2042 doesn't embody the traditional spirit of past Battlefields, it was designed as a competitor to Warzone instead of a genuine entry of the BF series, sad for all of us BF veterans it definitely seems aimed at bringing in a different audience

[@expressrobkill]

Honestly i prefer the new system, i can heal and revive people i can give them and myself amo, or i can have amo and a launcher. If your not reviving your team mate and your a revive class then your just not good at using your class. Its just more customisation with is generally better

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

Dog they literally fixed this issue in Hardline by having friendly players be able to run up to a medic or support and just press the interact button to grab ammo and health off them. I have no idea why they never brought this feature back. Too many blind/deaf medics and supports out there.

[@sakshamsingh4383]

I’ve come across your channel for the first time today and dude, I’m blown away by the quality of the content. You’re so good at expressing your thoughts on a subject in the most sharp and concise manner which is often very relaxing and an absolute delight to watch. The capture quality is phenomenal and needless to say you’re good at most of the games even if you’re shitting on them. Heavily considering making another KZbin channel only to be able to sub twice!

[@DownwardThrust]

Thanks a lot. Appreciate it.

[@PaleRust]

As always, really nice video. I just have to say I got distracted by you chasing the sliding body for the tbag and that pretty much made my day haha 24:16 good stuff.

[@DownwardThrust]

haha. hell yeah. you gotta t-bag.

[@Zach0451]

Good to see you Tonald, hope you're doing well

[@MasterPhilbo]

Good to see our Lord and saviour Tonald Loke still making videos. And with a huge more amount of added slow-nald

[@pangling2217]

Indeed 👍

[@DownwardThrust]

Same to you.

[@yootchoobe]

My God, the aim snap bug...I didn't even know this was a thing... This happened/happens to me so often, I always genuinely thought there was just something wrong with my controller lol 🤣🤣

[@DownwardThrust]

No man. It's real.

[@Reezy884]

What pisses me off the most is that they took an extra year off to develop the game.

[@babyitsnatural]

I have to say that was some excellent usage of the Jordan meme. It was totally unexpected yet extraordinarily effective thumbs up!

[@sliceofheaven3026]

Battlefield series has been on a downward descent for a few years now. Think they were so keen on chasing trends that they kinda forgot the fact that the older Battlefield players might not like the changes that they are making that much. I think next Battlefield game is the breaking point and if that game is anything like Battlefield 2042 the game series might be done for a while. I still remember how awful all assault rifles were in the beginning and the endless running between the wide maps with nothing much going on between the control points on those maps.

[@Fightrec]

Word you be jogging for ages to that container ship and splatted by one silent camper

[@ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507]

It's candy crush devs now, may as well download the finals when it comes out since it's old dice making it

[@nicksantana93]

This is not true as battlefield V was literally the best battlefield. Best movement. Environments solider customization the only reason people didn’t give it a chance was because of the shitty trailer with the female solider with a metal arm ( which wasn’t even in the game)

[@ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507]

@@nicksantana93 the game was broken af on launch and had the shitty premise amongst other issues, one of if not the worst selling in series says it all

[@x_HuLiMaKaFLip_x]

Everything you said from “…saying that out loud is depressing”, to “….blowing up a building because there’s a b-- sniper inside”……I felt that. To my core.

[@LightWthoutTheStatic]

I'm well aware of my own disappointment or even sometimes cynicism with the Battlefield at this point, but with that said it genuinely is hard not to come to the conclusion that they are actively trying to sunset the series. It feels like they are trying to fail with the decision making from the top. It feels that bad to me. Every added month of 'nothing in for 2042' and 'another decision that hurts the game more than helps it' just feels like it was planned.

[@StealthCloudchaser]

I went back and played Battlefield Vietnam and Battlefield 1942 way more fun to be had in this two games than that catastrophe.

[@johnguy7178]

“Strong Language” Oh we’re in for some good content

[@ethanmcmaster8857]

Used to play bf 1942 on my grandpa's laptop back in the day, loved bf4. Not just annoying but Genuinely sad at the state of battlefield, just want things to be like they used to :(

[@broncoxy]

3:42 _'When we praise a map for being better than it used to be or a game for getting better, we resign ourselves in the realm of mediocrity forever.'_ Thank. You! Very well said! This is a thing that I could never understand, a thought process that was and is alien to me; just because something is better than before, it doesn't mean its good. If a luxury diner sells me the greatest burger in the country and then serves me the bread of a 2 days old McDonalds cheeseburger, it is bad and I'm disappointed. If they now serve me an uncooked patty and a tiny bit of wallmart sauce, yes, it _is_ better than before, but it is still not good in the slightest and not what was advertised and bought.

[@cygnus_x1227]

My favorite 2042 feature is the "pay for it twice" feature that i have. I bought the base game before the beta.... then decided to upgrade before launch to the gold edition and when I realized they didn't just charge me for the difference, I had to try and get the original purchase refunded. that didn't happen. no-one responded to my emails and the time passed that i could be refunded. Great experience

[@trent5501]

I like this guy he's coherent and patient with voicing this frustrations with this game made a lot of points I agree with

[@DownwardThrust]

thanks t

[@balongaboy]

Thank you! Finally someone else agrees this hero shooter should’ve just been done as a BF Heroes remake. A game that already had a cash shop and all the things they wanted here without being shoved in a mainline title.

[@BrunoMontanhez]

This not a bug, this is a one year feature from season 0/Beta!

[@lRedPosion]

When I hear first things first my fingers always go to the screen to tap away thr sponsor. But glad you get straight to the point with your video :)

[@petertobin7214]

I only bought it the other day from John Lewis for £17. I honestly wouldn't have paid any more than that having played it for about 5 hours. It's fun at times but in all honesty the most satisfaction I've had is spending the entire game in the passenger seat of a vtol with the repair torch. That's basically what I resort to as I struggle to feel like I'm having any impact on matches.

[@Galm276]

You’re still around!!! You haven’t been in my recommended forever literally one of the first people I subscribe to years ago

[@matony19]

totaly forgot about the 120 price tag. I genuinely laughed when you said that. I would never pay that much money for cat in a bag. people who did are part of the problem.

[@Setsuna012]

When your game can't beat a decades old console version of an old Battlefield title. You know you fucked up. Battlefield 3 and BFBC2 which are horrendous on PC.

[@ghostofdre]

The bug that exposes the map when you get close to some objects is something that has been in every battlefield game. I remember exploiting that to track enemies coming up on my position. In old battlefield games you could kill someone in a knife animation.

[@Lodus_beatbox]

Battlefield 2042 is literally just Dices version of Call of Duty Black ops 4.

[@CulltureShock]

Some of those bugs seem out of this world and some of them i've never experienced It seems like The experience you get with BF2042 is determined with which copy of the game you get

[@DownwardThrust]

there's probably a million bugs and everyone gets different ones.

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

Look unless you're playing some kind of SWAT game all I can say is that I hate ballistic shields in FPS, especially when they have some BS ability to deal damage back to you while keeping the user completely safe from the front.

[@Animemaniacman]

This video covered pretty much every gripe I have about the game.

[@Skitzotech]

How I use the slide mechanic in this game. 1. Sprint up to a corner. 2. Around 10 feet before you hit the corner jump. 3. Instantly slide. 3. Instantly jump. 4. Turn in the direction you are expecting to see enemies and ADS. What the "sprint-jump-slide-jump" does is it somehow doubles your speed at the second jump... UNTILL your feet touch the ground again. I use it to run faster through the wide open areas... I use it to launch my character around a corner twice as fast and far as enemies are expecting a character to jump around said corner.

[@westberlinerbuoi70]

PARACEL STORM OMG ❤ Miss that map so much, levelution in general! Shanghai, Oman, Metro, Locker, Hainan, Flood Zone, Golmud, so damn iconic maps. Never thought I'd ever wish for BF premium to return...

[@Safarichromosomeslol]

Based

[@joshuarandall2159]

What sucks is I have a buddy who never really played battlefield till this “game” came out. I have been a hardcore BF fan since 2005 and I for years tried to convince him battlefield was a awesome franchise and he should get into it…2142 came out and it was the first BF game he bought. Never again will he play BF now…

[@arattactician5697]

A great and comprehensive overview of the current state of the game as well as the "progress" that has been made since launch, Mr. Thrust. For this entire time I've kept up a sliver of hope that DICE could somehow manage to bring this game back from it's deathbed but I think I'm about ready to pull the plug, so to say. Easily the biggest disappointment of 2021 and 2022 for me.

[@DownwardThrust]

thank you kindly.

[@vasper7582]

I subscribed during the ad just because you added strong language to the title haha

[@RedRum.]

Only bug ive ever came across was I died the same second I revived someome else and it turned me into a ghost the enemies couldn't see me and I couldn't hurt them. Low key I thought I was on a prank show cuz I ran around a corner and 6 people where all just sitting there staring at me not shooting 😂

[@RegularJohn53]

There's only a skeleton crew keeps working on the game so they don't get sued but it's abandoned.

[@FireWalkMusic]

I completely agree with everything you said. As a longtime battlefield fan I was stupid enough to preorder this game because I was so hyped. However, I quickly realized how bad this game really was, so I refunded it and haven't touched it since, nor am I going to. BF2042 is actually the only game I've ever refunded. As a long time battlefield player, this game felt like an abomination... I'll give the next game a chance. Hopefully they can redeem themselves. If not, then the franchise is dead.. In the meantime, I'll be playing BF4. There are plenty of people there, and plenty of servers. :)

[@vurhn2009]

I never preordered except for re2 remake and doom eternal but yes just waiting for sale is a safe bet but not for triple a games mostly as I buy indie games and Japanese games.

[@BadMoody420]

This is why people need to stop preordering games, especially now with this new trend of “release now, fix later” motto. The only game I’ve pre ordered in the last 8 years was Elden Ring, last game I preordered before that was Black Ops 3. We can’t give these companies the satisfaction of preorder numbers and sales until we know that they’ve learned their lesson and they actually need to finish the game before launching it, or else people will get scammed and disappointed like you. And trust me I don’t want fans and consumers to face that because that’s just despicable on the devs’ part.

[@ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507]

Just check out "the finals" it's the old dice devs and the map teased looks exacy like sienne crossing

[@ARIXANDRE]

The very first Battlefield I have ever skipped. I still keep watching videos like this in the hope that someone will say "now is the right time".

[@spyderchaos6331]

Pretty good video, you supported your points well with your in-game examples. Hope it wasn't too painful acquiring them.

[@DownwardThrust]

Nah, Shadowplay is a breeze for capturing things.

[@TroutTruck]

I made sure to hit that like button because it helps a lot and only takes a second, especially because I could tell this video took hours to produce

[@DownwardThrust]

appreciate it man

[@LightningRaven42]

I would love to see your take on Super Giant Games. They blew up with Hades, but they have been releasing great game after great ever since they started.

[@DownwardThrust]

I like them a lot. Perhaps one day we can talk about some of their games.

[@JustinAdie1]

The final straw for me was when they released an update that completely broke horizontal look movement and told players to fix it in the config file for PC.

[@canneverthinkofaname]

I think a large issue might be the team at DICE these days. Not necessarily the developers but the people that command what the developers do. Many of the people that were at DICE moved to Embark Studios which is a new studio. If you check out the demo of their game called The Finals and look at the destruction alone, you can see where the talent went. BF3 was peak BF and has been on a steady decline since.

[@zerg6001]

I wish they would make a “toggle off skins” option. It would be a per player option where you enable it and each team has their own default skins like bf4. I would really like that. That way the Fortnite kids could buy their skins and I wouldn’t have to see them.

[@brentfurtado7580]

When I first downloaded this game at launch I was so excited to play a battlefield campaign that was based in the near future and was instantly disappointed seeing that there wasn’t a campaign. Then I tried playing multiplayer 3 time and every time it put me into a lobby where no one could spawn in and I haven’t touched the game since.

[@s7robe297]

DICE doesnt exist. Embark studios is the new dice. Can not wait for arc raiders!

[@dhauz___7855]

A few months before this came out, I'd gotten back into playing Battlefield with BFV and BF1. I was so looking forward to buying and playing this because I had tons of fun playing those two games and additionally remember the fun times I had playing the BF set in the modern era like BF4 and BF3. I've never pre-ordered games and didn't pre-order this, despite my excitement and I'm glad I didn't after seeing how it turned out.

[@jacrispy219r5]

It says something when mw2 beta ground war experience was better than all of battlefield 2042

[@MrRobotdragon]

Blessed be the Don

[@CapFlipGaming]

1:50 that's so true. That's why Splitgate is so damn good. Simple concept that is fun, has great gunplay, and runs at 120fps easily on a mid grade PC.

[@TheOminousBlade]

Splitgate? That game that fell out of popularity within a month?

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@TheOminousBlade. Says the clown.

[@TheOminousBlade]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 split gate does not fit the bill of a “great” shooter in any respect, it does not have realism neither is it engaging; it is simply mindless fun. So let me ask you something, who really here is the clown?

[@_Devil]

I remember when BF5 came out, I thought to myself "Theres no way it can get worse". Well, lo and behold, Dice managed to do just that. They managed to do worse than BF5. Congratulations Dice. You have permanently ruined your reputation to me and nothing short of Bad Company 3 will bring me back and trust you again.

[@SongsforSpace]

Oh shut up about that old crap

[@SongsforSpace]

Bfv is the best multiplayer game ever made

[@ashr8327]

The Game was out of touch from the moment the world had any notion of it. Nobody wanted the distant future, nobody wanted trailers of people jumping out of jets while simultaneously blowing another plane up and resuming the pilot position. Nobody wanted specialists or battle royale modes, nobody wanted a lack of squads or even a lack of a scoreboard, nobody wanted ‘Nathan drake style quips’ at the end of a game and a participation medal. This was Anything other than the detail and gritty realism of the last few games, the adult of the fps franchises, where soldiers swore like soldiers and the map ended up wrecked, cratered and muddy. People wanted to have firefights in the metro just before a tank crashed through the ceiling and derailed a train in front of you in one of “those battlefield moments”. This game is a lazy, sad, cynical and expedient excuse for a legendary franchises paradigm.

[@Gosu9765]

The fact that I now consider buying CoD pretty much sums the game perfectly. There was a time I would laugh about how BF has CoD centuries behind and would not understand the appeal - now (tho admittedly technical aspects of BF are still far ahead), the gameplay itself is shit (tho it got much better recently and the game at least works - I kid you not - the game couldn't launch into match for few months after release on PS5 and I preordered the ultimate there...). Such a good lesson about something I held as obvious truth a long time ago - never preorder - even you favourite franchise.

[@BadMoody420]

Well I hate to break it to you but cod isn’t much better. I recommend saving your money and just go back to older cods or battlefields. Way more fun.

[@DownwardThrust]

I feel ya

[@masonmaliwauki3673]

Keep up the great work Tonald!

[@stormway289]

I'd give it a go if it went free to play. Maybe they should release a Netflix anime to bring some numbers back 🤣

[@farsjamal6865]

Cyberjoke 2077

[@redbullsauberpetronas]

It's so annoying seeing that game get praised, it was a broken pile of shit for a year fixing the issues doesn't deserve praise it's the bare minimum

[@stormway289]

@@redbullsauberpetronas Even if they somehow got it to a state of quality of Battlefield 4 (like it ever could) I still could never give any amount of money for it.

[@ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507]

@@farsjamal6865 cyberpunk has been fine on pc the entire time

[@ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507]

Chekc out "the finals" it's by old dice

[@alexdasliebe5391]

Great vid, they’ve added things you’ve said were lacking … ex: portal weapons skins & attachments

[@EMUNZTA]

I’ve been gaming all my life- this is the first game I want a refund on

[@dragons_advocate]

5:12 "... a GALACTICALLY more amount ..." -- Aah, what a throwback to the legendary "huge more amount", and you still found a way to one-up yourself.

[@Athyxion]

If you’re playing games in 2022 and still playing mainstream AAA games, you’re doing something severely wrong.

[@MalikATL]

we can't like games that's hated? no way!!!!!!!

[@calypso]

Better than indie trash

[@Urelasir]

@@calypso lol Nice way to tell everyone that you actually havent been trying Indie games.

[@gelul12]

@@Urelasir most Indië games are the same rehashed ideas and aesthetic though. Same goes for AAA but indies arnt the leap forward.

[@TheREALHugo4]

@@calypso Indie games have a way better market nowadays.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

lack of specialists??? I thought 90% of the playerbase didnt even want them in the game to begin with. lack of specialists isnt a problem. Its that they *still are* in the game thats the major problem. I hadnt seen a single person complain about there being a lack of specialists in the game till now lol.

[@KapitanPazur1]

>says that there is strong language >the video does not contain any harsh words bruh Also: STOP WITH THE STUPID MUSIC! Its terrible mixed with your voice. Its too loud when compared to you talking, song is way too repetitive on short loop and gets fast annoying and I don't like that it feel like forced "its sad and depressing topic. CRYYYYY NOOOOW" emotions that it try harding to give. Just don't. Just have you talking in the video. NO "MUSIC" NEXT TIME PLEASE.

[@diarmuidolaoghaire3922]

Not being able to Match Make into any game mode right now bar Exodus Conquest is the biggest frustration right now. They need to bring back the Server Browser.

[@SimplexPL]

👍 It's "Arica" harbor, not "Africa".

[@berzerkercat]

Which means that the guy didn't play BC2 at all)

[@SimplexPL]

@@berzerkercat Or he just misspoke, we can only speculate. I did play BC2 and Arica Harbor will forever be in my heart :)

[@NirodhaLL]

Thanks for this 'review'. I was thinking of coming back, but I'll stick to BF4 or BFV.

[@bradmace6144]

I downloaded this game. Saw no campaign. First map was shit. Sandy city, felt dead. Loads more women than men, (breaks realism for me) and the characters are shit... deleted

[@huebuckle8198]

The game was obviously made by looking at trend grafts. I guess the investors and senile ceo's thought that was the "infinite money glitch". I dont want overwatch and MW combined, I want a sequel to bf4

[@cwatson42785]

I recently bought this game off gamefly for $9.99 so fiqured I can't go wrong. And while everyone else is sick of all the maps being one year old this is gonna be a brand new game for me. And it seems like alot of the recent patches has it going in the right direction at least

[@LuGer212]

waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait Downward Thrust has a face now? And I thought nothing in 2022 will surprise me anymore, my oh my. ps. haven't been on the channel for a while involuntarily, subbed yes but algorithm or whatever. happy he's still around

[@gruntysskim4145]

One of the smartest visual design things that battlefield 1 did right was having each faction (russia, germany, britain etc) have a cohesive visual identity, while also having each class have a cohesive visual identity. Just by looking at a player model, you can tell that its a British Scout or an Ottoman Assault. Supports have weird helmets, assaults look like standard soldiers, medics have crutches on their back, scouts usually have a cloak of some kind, it makes clarity so good because you can immediately know what you're up against, sad to see that level of attention to detail was thrown away in favor of skin garbage.

[@JRPGGUY]

I cant believe they launched this game with so little (new) content. Should've waited a year.

[@TheCopyNinja733]

20:55 These points are kinda goofy, you don’t need a red dot to load above her head to see if she’s an enemy. There’s also the bright, red glowing glow stick on her belly that can be instantly seen and recognized, especially that close

[@familyman1410]

Great video, love your work my bro! Now go out in the sun, often. Vitamin D is a hormone! ☀️

[@VertietRyper]

13:46 this bug is in both BF1 and BFV. It's detecting something above you (no matter how small it is) so the game is "preventing" you from clipping into the material. Truely one of the features of all time, and totally hasn't put me in double digit deaths in BF1 and BFV. players also count as objects which is great in a close combat scenerio where melee on ground opponents is usually a guarenteed kill. At least sometimes I can whip out a lunge mine in V

[@genin69]

I wish youtube can have a muteable background music function. just about everyone uses the same damn background music

[@teusaurus]

I think the bug at 14:15 is due to having a controller connected to the computer. At least I had a similar issue, but not as extreme, that was caused by that.

[@DownwardThrust]

I thought so too, but it hasn't stopped after I unplugged my controller. Now, I think it has something to do with bluetooth... but who knows?

[@RandoOnline_]

Love the thumbnail 😂

[@cgg7415]

I kinda stumbled on your channel and I agree with your video ills definitely subscribe!

[@tq5556]

i remember hating the map kaleidoscope when it launched as i play sniper and there was basically zero cover on the whole map so i would just spawn and insta die over and over