Player Count Up 500%? Second Year Confirmed? What is Happening To Battlefield 2042?!

[@basedlibertyprime]

I miss the first person executions

[@cameronj4y]

bf 4 were my favorite

[@nicholaschristian1784]

They should have at least made a knife called BF Clasic that gives you the first person take downs.

[@Urix9999]

No monetization in FPS takedowns. The current takedowns showcase the players skin and specific unblocked takedown animation. It’s truly garbage. At least give us the option lol

[@BLACKBEARD-117]

Facts bro. Would be cool to be able to change it

[@ziyadomar5891]

I swear there was a glitch that changes it to first person, which means they could easily implement it

[@GGJD100]

They probably can't change it for this game, but there is still a significant lack of destruction in this game. If it was possible, I'd love a destruction overhaul, but I know it's not going to happen. I just hope they keep it in mind for the next title.

[@modiixx]

Facts, I see so few people mention this now, but it's still a huge issue for me. I wish more people would really drill it into DICE's head that destruction is indeed a core pillar of the franchise, because if people stop talking about it, then I fear DICE will also leave it out of the next game too.

[@TheFredp62]

They advertised that the building on Flashpoint, I believe E1 suppose to fall. Haven't seen that happen yet,. Has anybody seen it fall yet?

[@IronDio698]

I remember Bad Company 2 where you could destroy an mcomm station by collapsing the building in which it was stationed…fantastic!

[@SirHootsifer]

I absolutely agree going from bf5 for bf2042 I was shocked how little you can actually destroy and I miss the building system from bf5

[@dnt_alert5806]

Destruction was really important in old battlefield games, you were able to easily shift the tide of the game just by destroying the houses in bf4

[@ThePackman627]

Just like a few other people have said in the comments, a big thing for me is lack of destruction in 2042. That's probably because they pushed for 128 players and that needs to go back to 64 players in order for better levolution/destruction and to make it feel like your squad actually has the power to turn the tide

[@xbotnpc420]

50 v 50 would be the sweet spot imo

[@c0ya1]

@@xbotnpc420 this is a better choice over 128.

[@mackey5054]

Yeah that but I think they could add more destruction if it isn’t for ps4 and Xbox one which maybe was holding it back

[@Crusina]

No way. 128 is so much fun.

[@chadantonio]

​@@Crusinamy two friends and myself were taking over A1 on Hourglass and we had half the enemy team come in and annihilate us. There was literally 30 people who rolled up.

[@frickenwicked]

I would honestly love to see a campaign story in this setting

[@jweezy_864]

Honestly think DICE should branch out into other forms of media. The world of 2042 has way too much potential to not explore.

[@biggydx]

@@jweezy_864 Based on what EA mentioned last year, it sounds as if they want to make Campaign missions their own singular titles (i.e. decoupled from Multiplayer).

[@gpheonix1]

not if the expats are the main characters. They need to abandon that completely. focus on the US vs RU. Start teasing the beginnings of the new factions we see in 2142. I wouldn't even mind it if they retconned the factions in 2142 to be a mix of the western nato hegemony vs eurasia. Rather than simply EU vs RU and CH

[@R-SXX]

Yeha, the Lore and Story Bits inside the Game is actually very cool, it's modern and mature

[@buzzfunk]

Dice never said that they are “Done” with the specialists. They simply had no more specialists planned. The last things the game needs are still - server browser, all chat and some infantry maps. IMO.

[@daraht8730]

They had a few more planned but I guess they stopped working on them after community backlash. You can still see their names with the voice actors in the talent section of the game credits tab. Interesting to see what we could’ve gotten bc the guy that voices the unrealeased specialist William Cho is pretty talented. Wish we got at least 2 more so each class would have an even amount of specialists

[@plaguedoctor6134]

More content for portal, dont cate if I have to pay for upgrade.

[@blackman8603]

We need HIMARS and secondary weapons for attack helicopter gunners also they need night vision for them too. Also tanks need night vision

[@V3ntilator]

There is so many toxic people in 2042, and is probably why there is no "All Chat".

[@V3ntilator]

@@plaguedoctor6134 They did at least making it possible to do weekly challenges in Portal recently, so they haven't totally forgot it. 128 player mode sure needs more than 5 maps.

[@johnwstruhar]

I think that both 128 and 64 player versions need to be permanent. I enjoy both. I miss being able to play 128 Breakthrough. However there are times I want the more focused mode. Having both available is the best option.

[@GuardianGunner]

ok but you said it yourself. battlefield 5 they saved battlefront 2 they saved hell even battlefield 4 released very shakily from what i remember hearing. the problem is is they have to STOP releasing unfinished unrealized games. i had every expectation and knew it'd be good....in 2-5 years when they actually finished it.

[@Flakfire]

100% agree

[@jonmorrowvektor5805]

It feels good to hear Flakfire genuinely enjoy talking BF again. I've reinstalled but haven't played yet.

[@K_FI_L_Y_P_S_O]

Isn't it wild what happens when they make a game for the players and not the investors? They implement the things we want and we play said game. EA must be losing their minds with this breakthrough concept!

[@blackman8603]

Big facts 💯

[@darpachief]

Class system is ultimately the inclusion that put the game back on path.

[@tacobandit1926]

Surprisingly because the "class system" is a joke 💀

[@BLACKBEARD-117]

Eh, it doesnt really make as much of a difference on gameplay but I agree it is good to have back. They have made A LOT of actually gameplay changes that were also necessary.

[@GazDaLad]

Not really...the weapon proficiencys hasn't really had an impact on the game at all. It was just a stupid decision.

[@MumboJumboZXC]

@@GazDaLad we aren’t talking about the proficiencies though

[@GazDaLad]

@@MumboJumboZXC that's literally what the class system is tho m8. Sure you got the gadgets but the weapons are still available to every class.

[@StillBrokeOff]

this is like flushing the toilet after you already sat in the room for 5 mins after yøu finished

[@thechosenone2016]

All I want is battlefield 4 with destruction turned up to 100. 32v32. No specialist. One can hope

[@PoeticWhisper]

Seriously the biggest issue I have with this game is the lack of server browser and persistent sessions. I like to play rotations. I also like to decide which map I want to play. I ALSO don’t want to play exposure 24/7

[@steve081372]

2042: FINALLY READY FOR LAUNCH 1.5 YRS AFTER LAUNCH!!! Still missing numerous core items!

[@TRENT698-]

It's not a battlefield game without destruction hope the next new battlefield game they can take battlefield back to how it used to be

[@Vice1-4]

I’d say the only things that I could think of that you didn’t mention in the video would be adding more jets and allowing players to use the AI player models for specialists. ( US marine and Russian naval infantry )

[@yollmanontherun9074]

Yeah, i miss just looking like a normal Soldier eventho we are nopads or whatever they call them self

[@V3ntilator]

In Titanfall 2 MvP you could have 5 personal AI's or something, making it look like Battle Royale.

[@Redd_270]

I mean, every specialist does have a handful of "normal" non flashy looking soldier uniforms.

[@Davonallen08]

@@Redd_270 yea but there’s no difference in opposing sides, it takes away from immersion

[@EASY7356]

@@Redd_270 the standart outfit of every Specialist should have a Russian and US Variant depending which Team you are on And Players could still mix their unique uniformes or helmets in if they want to Another Option would be to make the AI Outfits available for Players maybe even with special class abilities.

[@OlderThanAverageGamer]

I'm not sure it can ever FULLY become the Battlefield so many people want but it's become an enjoyable experience now. I will say, I REALLY wish wall/ledge peeking was in this.

[@visiblehiggs130]

This game is still like the release, the core mechanics of what made this game is still there

[@K_LeShaeya]

If DICE wants to repair their image and connections to the community, how about they start by going back to roots, and building the next Battlefield game to be a true love letter. Remaster an Old game, Like Bad Company or Battlefield 2142, or take what they've done from previous games that were smash hits and revamp and build off those great ideas. I have found myself reinstalling Battlefield 1, and Battlefield 4, granted the BF4 playerbase is less than 2K players and finding full servers is a challenge, but both games are just sooo much more enjoyable. BF1 is nearing 7 years old and BF4 is literally 10 years old, and they're both 500X better than anything I've seen or done in 2042. If a game requires 2+ years of fixes, back-pedalling, cutting content in favor of adding things that should have been in at the start of development, and eventual abandonment for the next project, then they should quit while they're behind, kill the franchise and move on. What they should do, NO, what they *NEED TO DO*, is not release the next game in 2024, they need to take at least another year on, tack that on and build the next game correctly.

[@Benjaxiso]

I'm still surprised that they thought that in a world that is ending and climate change is so big that people have no country anymore characters like Angel and Mackay used to say real cringeworthy quips and phrases like they were having the time of their lives

[@DivineBeast-mj7uy]

If you ask me... I love battlefield 5. Absolutely PEAK game play. Feels like a real war. I get so immersed when leading a charge up a beach and tin grassy fields to on a bridge with tanks. The scenery, the ability to look around and see the countless teammates pushing onward with you is just cinematic. I like it.

[@4uno423]

Only if it didn’t have female characters and clown outfits, it would feel way better

[@Lugiamaster075]

​@@4uno423 All games would be better without women, can't wait for DICE to realize they belong in the kitchen, not war.

[@MrJuice44]

@@4uno423Russian women fought in the war. Just like minorities fought in the war. Do you even know history ? The only clown outfits is what ruined it. BF1 had women characters and it did it exceptionally well. Reason why you hate it is probably because of that EA executive.

[@4uno423]

@@MrJuice44 BF1 didn’t have women characters, it had *a* woman character and well represented. BFV had like 50% women, and I don’t need to know much about history to know that’s not accurate. Added to that there is like 55% of clown outfits which make the game a chaos in terms of fidelity

[@kenshinhimura9387]

​@@MrJuice44 Dude you're a clown if you think the war had 50% women like they do in the game you are delusional

[@bonelessthincrust]

BF2042 is taking in all the MW2 refugees. I don't understand how they can mess up MW2 so bad after the perfect experience that was MW2019/Verdansk. Literally every update since has been 1 step forwards, 2 steps back, to the point that we're deep into the negative now.

[@theitechlab]

I still hop back and forth between both and 2042 is just so much better. I agree with you though--how they screwed up MWII when they had an incredible foundation to work with in MW2019 is beyond me. They literally could've copy-pasted MW2019, added some better maps, put dead silence as a perk, toned the footsteps down, and updated the UI a little and it would've been a great game. They obviously didn't do that, and we got the mess that is MWII.

[@lucas169]

"MW2019/Verdansk - perfect experience" Say sike right now. It was better than MW2 but calling it perfect is a far stretch.

[@MumboJumboZXC]

@@theitechlab dead silence as a perk would be aids. Especially in warzone

[@nathan-ls8yw]

@@theitechlab not to mention they’ve made it pretty much impossible to play mw19 even if you wanted to butvhey this isvthe same company that refused to fox game breaking issues but magically fixed issues within two day when it involved paid content

[@el_bamboo_third]

And then EA decides to cut-off support similar to bfv and battlefront 2

[@pigskinrode0]

I still find it stupid that the players for both teams look exactly the same. I call it pure lazy. The NO PATS could have worked if you had like a set of different specialists different from both sides. I still find it laughable. The destruction is not even close to BF4 which is sad.

[@GazDaLad]

Absolutely man. If i want to shoot clones, I'll go play star wars battlefront 2 lol

[@matthewgerbutavich4582]

Would love to see Hardline content make its way into the game. Once in awhile Portal will have DICE/EA official servers with a focus on BF3 or BC2 only. The could do that with a Hardline mode. Not a full port, but a rotation of 3 or so of the most popular modes. Hot wire, heist, and blood money. If not, at least more items like the gas grenades, gas masks, or syndicate weapons. Or even maps like downtown, everglades, the hills. Hardline is still one of my favorite BF games and shooters of all time. I also love 2042. I've been playing since launch and it really has come a long way. Hardline has some great content that could really bring some new life into Portal.

[@blackman8603]

Hardline is not BF bro, its mor like GTA

[@donblake1]

I would love to see Hardline again it was a blast to play it , and it's more like Payday with some GTA mixed in

[@steve081372]

STILL MISSING! 1. NO CLAN REPRESENTATION! 2. No server browser 3. No squad mgmt 4. No Factions/Uniforms 5. No staying & playing on a server 6. No map rotation 7. Restricted to playing w/ 3 friends 8. No “assist count as kill” 9.Cannot join a party/squad with another squad Most KZbinrs will not push DICE about platoons and clan tags because they are not in clans and don’t understand the important of clan representation

[@Flakfire]

We still discuss clans/platoons with devs to communicate your concerns and the value of such systems. It's been raised multiple times.

[@allent1152]

The faction uniforms really bug me. If they covered faces on the Russian side or US side they could get rid of the "clone war" feel of the gameplay. And even incorporate country specific camos and uniforms

[@roberttrevino8873]

What he said

[@xbotnpc420]

@@allent1152 i don’t want or need country specific outfits. I want merc company/ private military outfits. They have something there with Yatagara and Nordvik. Build on that. That will set it apart. Country vs country is jaded. Especially in this climate lol

[@blackman8603]

We need ATV missiles

[@raidengoodman8754]

It also helps that the other fps juggernauts like Halo and COD are so down bad and not improving anything

[@BChen2431]

0:36 wait you can kill enemies with the syrette pstol?

[@davidinass]

Yeah

[@SGVSOUTHSIDE]

Yes..

[@Flakfire]

Yep

[@tacticalartist2231]

The Hippocratic Oath has several questions

[@chrisrowe2308]

​@@tacticalartist2231 underrated comment

[@biohazardultra7227]

I just want to feel like a cog in the war machine again. A soldier. Not a specialist.

[@quixano2465]

Some things i would really love to see are Faction specific uniforms, and the movement system from BF5 returning.

[@Epiousios18]

Still won't play the game unless they change the "specialist" abilities to class based instead.

[@whereitsatent5362]

They Are

[@Epiousios18]

@@whereitsatent5362 So anyone using the Assault class can use the Wingsuit or the Grapple Hook?

[@whereitsatent5362]

@Epiousios18 I see what you're saying. Yeah I'd be down for that makes sense to me.

[@szymussmilitaryfreak]

I bought it at 70% discount on Stema some time ago. And unistalled after 80 h of playtime. Even fter so long support this game is messy in so many instances: - unnecessary loadings and waiting: started game, seeing greeting/welcome screen... then LOADING AGAIN and after that i see menu, leaving/ending match, then waiting for another is the same story. Disbanding lobbies is pure cancer - why they aren't persistent??? WHY JUST NOT START NEXT MATCH WITH REMAINING PLAYERS, THEN FILL GAPS WITH BOTS???????? - spatial audio is atrocious - hearing enemies footsteps AFTER they kill you in close quarter - transport vehicles are assault ones truly - too much weaponry, including enourmous amount of additional stations, filled with stuff like mortar/missile pods. - fighting vehicles also have the same issue - THYE ARE UNNECESSARY!!! - netcoding is poor - there is many issues with communication between client and server, especially hit registration got screwed by this (and i have 300mb via newly installed fiber wire) - class rework shown how in BF2042 we have too much stuff for equipping - 1st in specialists gadget, then equippable THEN core for class like defib/repair tool. It is too much to properly balance game and making switching a bit tidious to fk enraging - reviving is UNNECESSAARY locking you in animation while using defib. It should apply ONLY for reviving by squadmate. Fast reving as med is tidious and feels garbage in comparison to BF3, 4 and 1. ALSO SAME KEY IS BINDED FOR REVIVE, SWAPPING GUNS AND ARMING DIASRMING MCOMS!!! So many times i COULD NOT FK ARM/DISARM OBJ BECAUSE GAMES WANTS TO REVIVE SOME WHO DIED NEAR IT!!! - balance fixes ARE TAKING DICE FOREVER, they don't react quickly to bs like quintuple grenade launcher Zain (with XM, SPH and UP TO FK 3 UNDERBARREL!) or SPH being godlike with 2 shot before reload - specialists are complete mess in terms of balance, with movement dynasty by Mackay and Sundance, Zain ythe Mass Murdere (look upward), Lis being by far the best engineer choice, Casper the most useful recon and Falck the true essence of OG assault the best support and - for me - best choice overall. Rest varies from mid with specific use in specific situations (Rao, Blasco) to trash (Dozer, Boris - which got picked by me ONLY to unclock Lis) - ping system a'la BR - it is fk trash, locked together under one key with spotting (which I liked as working for single squad only) and giving orders cherry on top is plus system - completely worked with BR game in mind, if looking FROM HOW MANY FK OPTION YOU CAN SWITCH BETWEEN FREELY!!! 3 FK TYPES OF AMMO, EACH WITH FULL AMOUNT!!! 3 TYPES OF UNDERBARREL GRENADE LAUNCHERS!!! Even currently this game screams how FKED development was. They could EASILY gave us game that could rival launch state of BF1, considering 3 years of developing, even with whole pandemic. But nor EA nor DICE menagement gave a sh1t about it. Being too busy with CHASING TRENDS always ends with failure.

[@noobyham7887]

Chill dude

[@NemechekFan87]

Regardless of the community feedback the fans gave to dice, and change it, im not going back to 2042 and no one will convince me otherwise. Why the hell do they think Specialist and removing core features makes it a "good" game on release great? Fuck that, even i still enjoy BF5. At least it still have its core features to this game anyway regardless of the amount of bugs it has.

[@johnoneill3654]

Same for me I'm afraid. They could make it the best multiplayer in years but if I buy it now it signals I'm ok with heroes and that they can leave out things like server browser. I won't do that personally. I'll wait and hope the next game gets rid of them. If not then I guess I'll stay enjoying HLL which I didn't think I would but it's a blast tbh.

[@connorbranscombe6819]

@@johnoneill3654 They’re literally done with specialists though? Did you actually watch the video before commenting?

[@raidengoodman8754]

@@connorbranscombe6819 specialists are still in the game though

[@johnoneill3654]

@@connorbranscombe6819 I believe I said heroes in my comment. Did you actually read what I said before commenting? 😘

[@GG-zv9ku]

To each their own. Specialist is not that bad. Is basically another gadget in the game

[@glenncolliver3658]

As a PS player jumping in recently with the game being the free monthly game, I'm glad I jumped in i'm having great fun so far. 1 thing tho is I would want them to double down on portal stuff, bringing new returning maps, modes, weapons and era's of battlefield.

[@AB-fr2ei]

They need to put weapon class restrictions and more infantry focused urban maps Other than that, i was surprised by the game, its actually not that bad and even enjoyable

[@thepope2412]

They need to add more weapons and not have a retarded progression system

[@tactical_dingus]

💯

[@idk2865]

For sure, I've seen alot of requests for urban maps hopefully we get one next season or just use portal and get some past bf maps in there in the meantime

[@V3ntilator]

BF 2042 were on PSN+ awhile ago and is why there so so many PS Icons in game. I play on PC. Sometimes i even have 3 PS players in my squad. Nothing wrong with it, but giving 2042 away sure gave it a boost. Around same times 2042 were also added to EA Access / Game Pass.

[@GlockTuah1017]

Same shit that happened with bf4. Not trying to say 2042 is now as good as bf4 was at the same point in its life span by any means. But I’ve been saying since day 1 that this would happen. DICE is always too ambitious with their bf titles so they take way longer to be playable. They should market them as betas and then do full releases a year after the “beta” starts. So that they can have the community itself play test their games since that’s basically what we’ve done for the past year.

[@FreddyBoyBoy]

We need squad management asap. Getting a new random squad on every match is not fun.

[@Konsfps]

The up tick in players also comes from lots of players from COD looking for a fps game because of the state of that game. The improvements in battlefield and the added content has helped move even more players away from MW2. I know this is why I’m on battlefield. Got tried of being shadow banned in MW2.

[@Epiousios18]

BF 2042 is number 48 on Xbox's "most played" games list for North America. It is behind games like "War Thunder" and the Xbox 360 version of Black Ops 2. Not doing so hot still, but a few weeks ago it wasn't even in the top 50 so there is some improvement.

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

I feel like you've got more to say about warthunder with the way you typed that.

[@Epiousios18]

@@ZeSgtSchultz Lol, I don't know anything about the game which is why I did that. When you are behind obscure titles like that it is cleat the population isn't doing too hot.

[@RonaldAsks]

​@@Epiousios18yeah I wouldn't really call war thunder obscure

[@Epiousios18]

@@RonaldAsks I can assure you it is to the general gaming audience, but 2042 is also behind games like Fallout 76 and Farming Simulator 22 if that helps put it into perspective.

[@ryanbandi4774]

8:20 Hey I know that guy standing in the road

[@silasberga6752]

Adding 2042 attachments to portal weapons along with camos and masteries would make the portal weapons feel more like a part of the gun selection. Right now, it feels like they are copy-passed over, or mediocre at best half the time. Rebalancing them and adding these features would make more content with relative ease, and more accessible than other gripes with the game.

[@Crusina]

You are very close to understanding how game dev works.

[@mttrashcan-bg1ro]

It doesn't make much sense to me why the playercount would be up so much right now. As far as I can see, as someone who's casually played a few times a month. It's not improved at all since halfway through last year. It's getting hardly any new modes or maps, bugs that get fixed are replaced with equally infuriating ones, and most of the new guns are Portal guns that should have been unlockable from day 1. Just last week I haven't even been able to play because it doesn't let me use mouse buttons, I can just look around. Getting stucks and having weapons bug out still happens a lot too. The game also is still stupidly heavy on the CPU and performance is inconsistent people claim it's the 128 players but even on an empty server it's higher then the older games by a lot. Dice gotta put in A LOT more work

[@tactical_dingus]

If they're not gonna improve or enhance destruction, they should do a meaningful overhaul to the weather system. Make it impactful.

[@GodsDogICXC]

It’s more what it happening to the first person action MP scene if BF 2042 is doing okay? It’s still got lame aesthetics and characters. Poor gunplay, map design and class design. It’s a mess with some new makeup on.

[@ComradeChyrk]

I'm praying they eventually add more maps to portal mode. I've been addicted to playing the 1942 servers (and I've never even played 1942) but it sucks only having 2 ww2 maps to play on.

[@KevLar-00]

Cool video. Decided to actually play BF2042 recently after not enjoying the beta and trial when it released. Have enjoyed what I've played but still have issues with things like no server browser and the fact that you can't stay in the same game with the players you've played with or against after a match and have to search for another match again. Also if you have cross play off it can be really difficult to find a game to play and often get put in to empty lobbies.

[@wraithwraith3291]

I've already given 2042 a hard pass. It's just sad seeing my favorite franchise going through an identity crisis, as the developers copy Ubisoft's and Activision's homework. It's hilarious how they tried to do away with Battlefield's core gameplay mechanic only to backpedal when the player count bore through the Earth's mantle. Specialists should never have been implemented from the beginning and that there is the general problem. No matter what they do now, they can't fix what's already embedded from the beginning. One can only hope Dice learns from this and rediscovered the magic that gave us BF2, BC 1/2, BF3, BF4, and BFOne.

[@Aviator-Chicken]

I mean I think they have done a good job but I still can’t give any credit because so many issues are still present and a lot of things from the older games are still missing.

[@NemechekFan87]

Same, taken most of the core features was the final straw with this game. They're not convincing me to download this game again

[@caprise-music6722]

Nice. You clearly live by the.. credit where credit is due

[@Dorian_Kellum]

Would kinda be neat to round out the specialists with another Support and Engineer, but that is mostly just my annoyance at the uneven roster

[@Dusty96]

So we Getting a real hardcore mode back?? An on PS5 when u turn off the damn cross play bullshit can you actually find a game?

[@str8ballistik]

This game can't be fixed it has been messed up so bad, they ruined the battlefield franchise. It's a ridiculous hodge podge circus of people jumping off the walls and sliding around everywhere.... Freaking boring chaos.

[@Noblereach36]

I went back and played a couple of the classic battlefield games (that are available on Xbox) And I started at bad company 1 and went up to BF4. I even played 1943. Not 42. I only played multiplayer. The destruction on even the older games like bad company were so much better than 2042. I wish they would focus on destruction considering that’s such a huge aspect still somewhat missing from 2042.

[@Bigcat726]

One the mistakes of the game mostly is the specialists and there are some instances many specialists gadgets just disappear like one of Sundance grenades and Irishes trophy system another blow for the game

[@abukareem6511]

And yet i still am not offered the option to use a mouse on console and instead am forced to play against pc players who use mouse. So no not going to play until i can use a mouse on ps5.

[@maxo.9928]

Lets not forget Battlefield 4's notoriously shitty Netcode that plauged it for most of its lifecycle. Its gone on to be widely regarded as the best game of the series by many.

[@johnbiniek8357]

My friends and I miss the "switch teams" option. We love playing against each other on opposite teams. Nothing like killing your buddy from the opposite side of a map. 👍

[@christophermeyer959]

Kinda jumped the gun on some of the fixes, vehicles are still not balanced yet, transportation vehicles are still very much a problem. Weapons are still lacking, a lot of the portal guns added were brought in but don’t feel right, and still can’t make changes like the main guns. Dice has overall done a good job but still has alot of work to do. Also still won’t give them credit 100% cause it’s been a very slow rollout of changes. Also new content is still lacking, need maps and guns.

[@UnknowDelight]

Exactly

[@agerlowl7709]

I understand that it's mostly the changes they have made. But I also think it could be the fact that it when free on ps plus. That's how I got it. And I'm absolutely loving it.

[@CaptainBones222]

I really wish they brought back the moverment from Battlefield 1. Climbing over things literally just feels like when you're in creative mode in Minecraft and you're flying over block after block. They need to bring back feeling the weight of jumping or going prone like not just moving up or down in the same speed but getting slightly faster when you're up one food and having your camera change direction based off how your face would be looking at while climbing over a fence. Even subtle things like when getting up from being prone your camera would slightly go left and right while you're getting up. I would love if they just brought this back up.

[@m1ng0s]

Great video mate! Absolutely spot on👌👌

[@Scuffkin412]

7:02 no, just actually no. "Transport" vehicles in Battlefield 2042 are still a huge issue that has somehow taken Dice more than a year to resolve. Transports SHOULD NOT have explosive canons at all, yet they do. They should 100% remove all explosive launchers of any kind on transport vehicles it should be obvious but I guess dice cannot see that.

[@Bearonasubmarine]

Imagine what the game could have been now if it had been properly managed from the start.

[@m1xabl3]

I actually like the idea of having different engineers, medics, with different abilities. It adds some more variety and the ability to equip weapons on any class is nice, but you’re encouraged to use the class weapon with bonuses to it

[@asjdiaosdjasd]

inb4 bf3 have 2 gadget slot

[@LoudnessJP]

I think the game is in good shape now and a lot of fun. Some things need to be added / changed but all in all its very enjoyable

[@DiesOnAToilet]

Does the game give you scoreboard points yet for damaging but not destroying vehicles? Or is it just XP still? I hate that.

[@vinny.g5778]

It's nice to hear that BF2042 is coming back, I've been playing the game since launch and seeing low ranks makes me happy, it sure is a change from lobbies filled with hardcore players that have been playing day and night. I'm also a veteran now since it's been almost two years now since release, but I've never been a hardcore gamer, I've been simply enjoying the game and watching it rise from the dead game list to where it is now. Very glad I never quitted.

[@loweni7460]

2 years is considered vet nowadays?

[@vinny.g5778]

@Loweni when for 2 years you face people the same rank as you (meaning over 100) I think you can at least call yourself a long time player. Maybe not vet for sure that was a bit exaggerated

[@ANIMLFIRE]

Game is awesome now, need more maps, especially proper urban warfare maps and also night maps

[@donblake1]

Yeah I am so tired of looking at shipping containers lol

[@billybobscat6233]

What is Happening?? Ah Well, When A Game Is Released For Free On PlayStation and Xbox It's Player Count Tends To Skyrocket. . 🤣 It's quite simple.

[@orbitalzero8745]

Great content as always, Flak. I would suggest adding chapters & time stamps, two little things that really go a long way

[@Flakfire]

Meant to do, thanks for the reminder!

[@SolidusMark]

They MUST bring factions as well...back in the game...

[@Theworstchannelposting]

6:48 The Hind is the most powerful vehicle in battlefield history!? Still. I'm not speaking from a place of salt I have I have 33k + kills on console, it's from experience.

[@bigboytoy96]

-games free or was -feels close to how I remember bf4 feeling. -genuinely feel excited to hop on play -every game mode is action packed, lobbies aren’t dead. -not a silly amount of “bundles” being shoved down my throat -guns all feel pretty balanced, some of the gadgets where frustrating my first 20 lvls or so. -don’t really feel like any maps are bad All just my observations since starting playing 2042 for the first time about 2 months ago.

[@KiwiPhil.]

wow congrats dice, its almost upto the standard bf3 was, voice chat only works half the time, anticheat is a joke

[@DehLeh]

Purchased this game recently from the steam sale. I am having some pretty decent fun with this game and am hoping for some new updates soon. Mostly been playing the breakthrough mode and have had mixed feelings about it. Hope to see more content from you soon! -Matt from college

[@BILLGOTPILLZ]

Developers these days are just Ls all around is it that hard to get opinions from the player base of a good franchise before it releases? If it was up to me bf2042 would have released until 2022. until it was Atleast up to bf4 standards..

[@randomhero6365]

Maps lack atmosphere so much. But the gun play classes and such are feeling much better

[@barryallen821]

If they add the complete customization for portal weapons that would be huge for the game

[@7napoleon]

Still fcking hate the specialist system.

[@SGVSOUTHSIDE]

Forgot to metion Theyre looking into reworking portal weapons in AOW

[@cerealkillerr9175]

They should bring back dog tags. Getting those was satisfying.

[@anthonysmith8020]

I just want them to get rid of the "toggle grenade" feature. You don't cook off throwables. So it doesn't matter to toggle the grenade and run around with it. On console for example you have to press the grenade button and then physically throw it. Instead of just tapping the button and automatically throwing the grenade. And bring back the plus menu (on console) to L1/LB. It sucks holding Triangle/Y to switch attachments. Change that. And it will control a bit better.

[@Dismal626]

Can we please stop praising developers for making their games work a year after launch? It should have been released this way.

[@Flakfire]

I agree with you, but I'm not going to ignore that devs improved the game either. Many of them are doing their best in spite of poor planning in other areas.

[@FurBurger151]

Lol if that was the sentiment then BF4 would be dead aswell.

[@Dismal626]

@@FurBurger151 I'm not saying they shouldn't fix broken games. I'm saying they shouldn't be praised for fixing a mess they created in the first place.

[@FurBurger151]

@@Dismal626 Yeah they should because that's what motivates then to continue to support a game. Look at BF5 for instance. People Hated on it nonstop they they cut support short and that game had so much potential.

[@Dismal626]

@@FurBurger151 no. They should be praised for releasing a finished game. Not releasing a broken game and charging full price for it to fix it later. People like you are why they get away with this shit. Stop being a boot licker

[@gibran5000]

im sorry but, i cant take your video seriously when you say that they have largely fixed the mouse input and transport vehicles. i see you play on controller so you may be going by the devs word or something but, mouse input is nowhere near fixed and if you play the game you should know that transport vehicles are still in a bad state and need to be nerfed.

[@Flakfire]

Personally don't feel the vehicles are hugely problematic anymore. A good pilot should be a problem and challenge to deal with. As for the mouse input, much of that feedback comes from players. It still has issues, as I said.

[@matthewrichardson2533]

Another version of a fighter jet would be awesome or maybe some special version of a bomber/stealth bomber for a map or two. There's so much you can still do with this, because in reality where would battlefield go from here? Vietnam/cold War, or bad company 3?

[@Denva-EU-penetration]

0:56 Yoo.. tank Turret is flying 😂

[@KirklandShunk]

Would love to see a 120fps option added for us console players

[@ptcapc]

Wait it’s not??? Not even next gen?!

[@blackman8603]

In BF4 I used to be able to communicate with the whole squad, there is a menu that allows player to select Go. And the character used to say Go go Go. Players that weren't in my squad could hear me I forgot what it's called. It's similar to the menu in Bf2042 where you can call in vehicle and ask for ammo but in 2042 its limited to your squad in Bf4 the whole 32 player team can hear you say GO GO GO

[@SwedishNationalist]

Using the go command as a Squad leader in BF1 was something else, that whisle man. Blowing the whistle and then hearing other squad leads do the same as your team charges in an operation was a great gaming experience

[@jweezy_864]

The rest of the team can still here you but for some reason the commands don’t show up in the chat log.

[@TheSteamyPickle]

Squad leaders need more powers. Add a squad score that odd only achieved by squad related actions. When accomplishing this allow for the leader to call uav, mortar strikes or even a large aoe smoke bombs.

[@BW_Drums]

I'm finally starting to enjoy this game like previous Battlefield games, and it has started to draw me back in to play near every day now. My biggest core issues with the game are the 128 player servers (Australia does not have the population to support this all the time), the lack of destruction in maps, which I'm aware can't really be changed now. Finally, the lack of proper server browsers. There are other smaller things, such as Nightbirds still needing to be nerfed, and lack of all-chat is annoying for some (I think it is just going to make the game infinitely more toxic) and portal weapons having next to no attachments, but most of that stuff will likely be resolved going forward. All things said, I'm surprised by how they've managed to turn this game around. Saying 2042 had "arguably a worse launch than Battlefield V or Battlefront 2" was an understatement, as I don't think it was arguable at all haha. I really hope this game makes a full comeback, which is not likely, but at the very least I hope they've learned some valuable lessons for the next instalment of the franchise.

[@FingerStyleGuita63]

Got it for free. Had fun for like 15 hours. It's just a very bland game. I still think it sucks.

[@masterwaxer1502]

Definitely have noticed a considerable uptick in new players. In every match I played I was taking hits from low level almost every other death.

[@canman87]

RE: having Exodus Conquest and/or a 64-player CQ mode available 24/7. I think this is likely to happen once all map reworks have been completed and released. I feel like Exodus Conquest was originally established as a "cream of the crop" of all the available maps in the game that people liked and acted as an option for those seeking to avoid the worst maps that had yet to be addressed. What's noteworthy here is that new maps and reworked ones have been integrated into this mode as they've launched (as far as I'm aware all the reworks have been added, but I could be wrong about that). With those things in mind, I believe that we will eventually end up with both a 64-player and 128-player Conquest mode available at all times and Exodus Conquest will be officially retired as a result of that. There really wouldn't be a reason not to do so as part of their overall "endgame" strategy.

[@PrasathMGM]

Gun sounds, Gunplay and soldier movements must be revamped completely. Because these are the things that we experience every time we play. And add a AOW separate playlist for non specialist.

[@patatilla6727]

Is this game populated on pc ???

[@Flakfire]

yep

[@TheFredp62]

Miss the sqaudleader calling in strikes. Crouch run, prone on your back, swimming under water..why did they take all these features out.,?

[@jonoboio1233]

I'm happy this game is turning around like battlefield 4, 5 and battlefront 2 did

[@drabent99]

Its become 100% sweaty but I guess there is no fixing that.

[@battlefield_moments_4907]

Great video!

[@someonelikejaden]

Ever since the season 4 update with the class system introduced, I’ve been having a lot of fun. I’m finding myself playing this game more often which is a positive but I’d like DICE to continue with two year support.