18 November 2021

DO NOT BUY Battlefield 2042 - Terrible Game

18 November 2021 · 9:50

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Summary

Using EA Play’s $3.99 monthly plan, he tests Battlefield 2042 early; impressive effects give way to disappointment, repetition, and boredom. Huge 64-versus-64 maps leave infantry stranded and vehicle-vulnerable; classes, weapons, medics, and futuristic equipment feel interchangeable or pointless. He criticizes bland, empty environments and repetitive spawn-capture-death cycles, rating it 6.1/10: not worth £50, perhaps acceptable at £25.

Insight

As with his recent Halo review, spectacle and nostalgia fail to overcome shallow, repetitive mechanics.