Battlefield 2042 Feels Kinda Stale

in Hive Gaming2 years ago

As most gamers know Battlefield 2042 is having it's open beta this weekend. Those who pre-ordered the game has been able to test it out for a couple of days already and they let the rest of us sensible people in on the fun today. The Battlefield franchise has kinda lost me a long time ago but this one seemed innovating and different enough so I thought I would at least give it a chance.

I was kinda disappointed to see that the beta only included the one game mode called conquest. Oh well, it will still be able to show off what the game has in store I thought but the next disappointment wasn't far off when I found out it had only the one map called Orbital as well. Sadly not a very good one either.

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DICE has really gone for the big scale with this one. This map is huge. To huge. I ran in a straight line for about five minutes before I came upon my first enemy and firefight. In hindsight I should probably have gotten in one of the many vehicles that was sitting in my sides headquarters. However even when you start using the vehicles this map feels way to big.

There's a lot of open landscapes that never get used for anything but running through. In the three games I played I only ever met one enemy soldier out in the fields and every other firefight happened close to the objectives. There's a lot of space between these objectives as well so when you manage to take over one and prohibit the enemy from spawning there you have a couple of minutes of running to get to the next one. This made me lose focus a lot.

The game looks amazing though which was to be expected when looking at the system requirements. This game recommends you to have a damn RTX 3060 in your machine. The minimum is a GTX 1050 Ti so I was expecting my 1070 to struggle a fair bit. I let the game choose the settings for me and I was able to run it fairly well at 50-60 FPS. If I were to play this game more I would probably have dropped the settings to push out some more FPS.

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One thing that's pretty cool is that the map is quite dynamic. All three times I played the map it started out with sunny and nice weather. Given some time it usually started raining and one of my matches even had a tornado raging through the map. Cars, people and tanks got lifted up and started being thrown around. I even saw people flying around the outside of it with their parachutes just riding the tornado out. It was quite cool.

Apparently the large missile that's part of one of the objective sites can take off as well which is really cool. I wasn't lucky enough to witness this during any of my matches. I bet it's awesome looking.

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Another thing that surprised me was that the game version they're using for the beta is a couple of months old. That definitely explains the bugs I was experiencing. Several times I saw people just flying through the air like they were sitting in a car but without the car. Really annoying being run over by something you can't see. Bodies were ragdolling to all hell when they died as well. That was more funny that annoying.

I don't really get what they're testing here though since they're using an old versions. You would think they would want to get help discovering bugs from their current code but apparently not. Is the beta more of a marketing thing? Seeing as people who pre-order the game get in earlier it sure feels that way. I'm sure a lot of people pre-ordered the game this week just to get in early.

The three matches I played will probably be it for this beta for me. It got more fun as I learned more of the map and the mechanics but at the same time the game just didn't feel good. To much running around only to die in a fire fight instantly. I wish the map was better as well but we'll surely get some better ones for release.

I wish I had got to test the other game modes which look really cool. I'll have to keep an eye on them to see if I end up getting the game once it releases. Based on what I've seen in this beta though it's a hard pass from me.

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Damn, I still haven’t seen a tornado yet. Believe it or not, I am jealous that you got to endure a natural disaster and I did not.

Big maps like this one aren’t for everyone, I know there is a shit ton of running around. If you don’t have a vehicle it can become quite tiresome. I still love the game and look forward to more maps and game modes.

One will sweep through eventually! When I saw it appeared I just dropped everything and spawned in as close as I could to it. The war didn't matter anymore. I was there to behold

I just want to ride a tornado.

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I hope they bring back the old Squads gameplay from bad company 2. 4v4v4v4 on a tight little map.

Me, @oblivioncubed and my brother @pleadthefifth used to play that together a lot. Lots of fun memories from that game and mode.

That would be awesome! I played both of the Bad Company games a lot. I also played BF3 but after that I haven't really cared for them apart from a short tenure in BF1.

 2 years ago  

I don't think the game should only have a single map, from my perspective that would make it quite repetitive.

You haven't played PUBG? At first the game gives the perception that you just loot and move around the map until an enemy sees you and kills you instantly, but then you end up getting used to it and getting better at it. Maybe this map is just the same.

I wish they would release smaller maps as well, a COD Deathmatch style multiplayer wouldn't be such a bad idea. I saw the trailer of this BF and it looks really awesome with all the different additions, so hey, maybe we're rushing to judgment.

They're going to surprise us, I'm sure of it :)

It's only for the beta though. The full game will have a lot more maps for sure. I'm just disappointed the one map they gave us for the test was quite boring.

I've played a ton of PUBG and I'm fine with running around without action in that game because I expect it. It's different in Battlefield though. You go in expecting war and not running across endless fields like that.

This map is huge. To huge. I ran in a straight line for about five minutes before I came upon my first enemy and firefight

Ooof, that doesn't sound like much fun

The graphics look great in your stills but this is another one of those games that I probably wont end up playing. As for why they are using old code to work out the bugs I think your suspicions about it being a "marketing thing" might be spot on. In the gaming section of Odysee virtually every new video is about this game, so the word is definitely getting out there.

Yep! I see it sitting in the top 3 of the top sellers list on Steam right now as well. I guess they accomplished their goal.

People gotta get a little more creative with their marketing these days. I have really been enjoying the videos of bugs that people are making though, those are endless laughs.

Are you low key saying they kept these bugs in the game for marketing as well? 🤔

I hadn't really even thought about it in that capacity but now that you mention it, it very well could be. Maybe they have the fix already but knew that your body flying around in a crazy manner would get a lot more attention on streaming sites than regular awesome gameplay. hmmmmm... it could be

Damn, that was disappointing.I think the only thing they did right was the graphics, that tornado thing looks really good, lol. The graphics combined with the scenery might be the best thing haha, well, too bad Battlefield still sucks.

It might turn out good in the end but they need some smaller maps for sure.

Ya, I know what you are feeling. I am hoping that the other maps are better than this one and don’t involve so much running around just to be sniped by some dude like a mile away. I did see a dead bod my on the ground bouncing around and thought that was pretty funny. There are a lot of bugs that need ironed out before launch.

I'll keep an eye on it but won't buy it unless I see some damn good gameplay videos.

I hate to say it but I do agree somewhat with your opinion. Overtime I started to enjoy more and like playing but having such a big single map and being conquest makes it hard to like.

Also thanks for the info about this being an older version, didn't even notice that.. kind of relieves my stresses about my bad purchase decisions haha

I'm gonna not judge the game from the beta but it doesn't convince. Gonna give them the benefit of the doubt and keep an eye on it. I'll buy it at launch if the other maps and game modes look great.


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