Battlefield 2042 (PS5)

Apparently a must have for PlayStation owners. For me at Christmas, these gifts are very expensive. But they’re sent out quickly and well packaged and always well received

I’ve already spent quite a few hours playing this. It looks beautiful. At the time of writing this review (Feb 2022) the game seems to crash every time on the first play. I’ve worked out that if you close the game rather than turn the PS5 off and leave the game in the background it doesn’t crash.

good points; Amazing maps, good weapons, looks beautiful, access to some older BF maps through Portal.
Bad points, crashes, Not a fan of ‘Operators’ personally, No official Hardcore servers.

But overall I can recommend this game.

So I have been playing battlefield 2042 since release day and I have to say I’m enjoying it and I’m not to sure why it’s getting such poor reviews. Yes there is no campaign and the load out screen is complicated at first but once you’ve sat down and played for a while it becomes normal. The game itself is fun to play and if you do buy it give it a chance and you will enjoy it too. I’ve played all the previous battlefields and this is as enjoyable as them you just need to stick with it and give it a chance without giving up on it straight away which some people obviously have.

Firstly, I didn’t get this game with pre access. I got it day one. There’s plenty of ways to grind the guns and level them up quickly so that you can compete. Drop into a solo game or two and you can easily unlock all attachments within an hour max. Secondly, the mechanics/gun play of this game are really high end, yes the maps (albeit visually stunning) probably need more cover in areas and better flow, but it’s not even season 1 yet! All 3 patch updates so far have massively improved the game. Yes there’s a few bugs about but I’m confident they’ll be fixed by the end of Jan 2022. If Season 1 drops with a new map or 2, new guns, cosmetics and game modes then I’ll be very happy. I like the specialists. Alot of people seem to want the traditional classes back (assault, support, medic, sniper) but I don’t. By the time of BF5, classes were getting boring. Specialists let you build your own niche class. You could be Sundance, wingsuit to the back of the objective and place down a spawn beacon. You could be Mackay and grapple up for height advantage with your sniper. You could be Falk, running around like a mad medic, but have a nice SMG set up for the frontline action. Let’s remember, battlefield has had to adapt and evolve to the new age of gaming. Unfortunately, gamers need to adapt otherwise it will get left behind in the dust. With a rumoured BR for late 2022 and the fact Season 1 hasn’t even started yet, I’d buy this game, perservere with it and you’ll end up with a brilliant game going into next year. I haven’t even mentioned Portal which opens up so much variety to play all the classic modes on all the old remastered maps, as well as new modes and classics such as TDM, Gun Game, free for all, Gun Fight etc etc. Remember, Its like any FPS, You need to put the hours in to get good. Don’t play it for a day and say it’s not for me, wait it out. Remember, it’s not run and shoot like the main rival. Think about your movements, where the enemy is, get used to the map layout, play the objective, push when needed, hold back when needed. It’s futuristic Battlefield. Squad up + have fun!

This game deserves so much more credit than it gets and is one of the best battlefields in a long time. The ability to go back to the old games maps makes this an incredible experience.

The game is great fun overall. Stunning graphics on next gen consoles. Admittedky there are some performance issues at launch with the servers but these have massively improved with the constant patches since launch.

The portal mode is absolutely fantastic bringing in maps and weapons from previous battlefield games.

Overall I’ve had fantastic fun playing this game since launch. And its one of those games that will only get better through future updates and more content.

Apart from the lack of a score board, this feels very much like BF4. Had a few good matches, just need to find my rhythm.