“Battlefield 2042” reaps rating shit storm

The latest part of the popular multiplayer shooter series “Battlefield” from Electronic Arts (EA) has been on the market for a few days. The mass battles with modern war equipment on PC and consoles, however, do not go down well with critics and gamers: Because of bugs and small size, the shooter, which costs 110 euros in the “Ultimate” version, receives almost consistently bad reviews.

For example on the PC game market Steam, where 80 percent of the user ratings are negative. Most frequent points of criticism: “Battlefield 2042” is bursting with bugs at the start, and the players also lack functions such as the spectator mode from earlier series parts. According to “PC Games”, for example, players report problems with the collision query, which in the game leads, for example, to the fact that team members cannot be resuscitated because an invisible wall is in the way. PC players also criticize the performance: Many achieve despite Strong hardware does not have stable frame rates, which is naturally particularly annoying in a multiplayer shooter. The scope also earns criticism: “Battlefield 2042” has fewer maps and game modes than earlier parts, and the selection of weapons has also been reduced. There is no single player campaign. Bad ratings from critics and gamersNegative reactions are not only found on Steam, but also from critics and gamers in the “Metacritic” rating database. There “Battlefield 2042” received average critic ratings between 66 (Xbox Series X) and 73 (PC) out of a possible 100 points. The players punished the shooter for the bugs and the lack of content with an average of two to three out of ten points. This is all the more annoying because many of the criticized problems have already been addressed by beta testers. Despite the day-one patch, they stayed in the game, so EA still has a lot of work to do if the “Ultimate Edition”, which costs 110 euros for the multiplayer shooter, is to be saved.

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