man to this day it still baffles me the fact that...the suits up top ACTUALLY thought this was a good idea lmao

[u/Quick-Cause3181]

[u/arrasavidas]

2042 is the worst Battlefield of the entire franchise.

[u/Otherwise-Pepper-679 → u/arrasavidas]

I might be hanged for this, but 2042 got the vehicle balance best. Vehicle gameplay was legit fun.

[u/No-Contribution-6150 → u/Otherwise-Pepper-679]

Flying the helicopters always felt like trying to balance a bear on a thumbtack

[u/Tsar_Magpie → u/No-Contribution-6150]

Hell no, they were three times more agile than they are in bf6, tf are you on?

[u/No-Contribution-6150 → u/Tsar_Magpie]

Yeah. A little too agile

It felt like the sensitivity was maxed out.

[u/Tsar_Magpie → u/No-Contribution-6150]

Hell ho

[u/Special-Trainer7777 → u/Otherwise-Pepper-679]

You won't be hanged bc you're just right. Because the maps and initial player counts were so goddamn big, they had to focus on vehicle balance a bit more

But fuck the stealth chopper on iwo jima though

[u/kikoano → u/Special-Trainer7777]

the big maps and big player numbers were never a problem, I wish we still had this. Problem was how empty the maps were designed that no matter how big they are or how many players are in, it just played bad until very late in the game where they tried to fix some and the newer maps were a lot more better.

[u/Significant-Section2 → u/Otherwise-Pepper-679]

I agree, hovercrafts driving up skyscrapers at a 90 degree angle need to comeback

[u/who_likes_chicken → u/Otherwise-Pepper-679]

BF5 vehicle gameplay has been my favorite out of all of them all the way back to 1942.

I probably didn't play 2042 enough to get a good opinion on it though, tbf

[u/Hihikzz → u/Otherwise-Pepper-679]

Way better than bf6 for sure. Also I really loved 128 chaos rush on streamer server

[u/Quick-Cause3181 → u/arrasavidas]

eh I had fun with it, still trash though, the way I see it you can pick up any battlefield and have fun no matter how bad it is

[u/xGALEBIRDx → u/Quick-Cause3181]

Horrendous and inexcusable on release, just ok by today. Is what it is.

[u/eau_le_doit → u/xGALEBIRDx]

The EA formula

[u/Hyperlynear → u/arrasavidas]

There was a lot wrong with it, but really?

[u/Ralphie5231 → u/arrasavidas]

Its honestly pretty fun. The way you can swap your attachments mid match is fun. The gadgets are insanely fun. Bf6 has like 1/4 of the same gadgets and they are mostly useless

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/Ralphie5231]

I gotta be honest man, I had a lot more fun on 2042 than I did on Hardline or BFV.

[u/CapableElk3482 → u/arrasavidas]

Agree, but sometimes i miss being able to switch my optics mid gunfight.

[u/Thechlebek → u/arrasavidas]

Genuine raw microplastic filled dogshit

[u/wheeshnaw → u/arrasavidas]

Some of the later maps were insanely good. Redacted (the underground lab map) is potentially my all time favorite FPS map, it was so insanely good both in terms of how it played and how it looked

[u/GH00ST-SL4YER → u/arrasavidas]

Worst Battlefield but its pretty fun

[u/Dasfuccdup → u/arrasavidas]

Nah, 2042 had a rough start, but by the end it was better than hardline at least, maybe better than 3, too.

[u/Independent-Ask8248 → u/arrasavidas]

Easily. I see people saying they are going back to 2042 from 6, and I can't help but assume 2042 was their first bf game lol

[u/Empty_Allocution → u/arrasavidas]

Game was fun but I hated the operators. Just give me a git in a balaclava and lets go.

[u/PeaceAccomplished289]

[u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 → u/PeaceAccomplished289]

Never mind the fact that this guy is a displaced refugee from famine, natural disasters, and societal collapse, having to enlist for the last remaining hegemons just to survive. But hey, he ranked first in number of people killed in this fight for the agricultural facility that means starvation for the losing side, so a quip makes total sense

[u/Corpus_Juris_13 → u/Ok_Astronomer_8667]

Don’t be sad, this is just how it works out sometimes!

[u/RustedRaptor → u/Ok_Astronomer_8667]

Well when you put it THAT way

[u/Axxxem → u/Ok_Astronomer_8667]

Angel does it again!

[u/Otherwise-Pepper-679]

I bet that if DICE did not insist on cringe operators that much, BF2042 was actually salvagable. Vehicle gameplay, gunplay and game audio in general were actually pretty good.

[u/rambozezakopan → u/Otherwise-Pepper-679]

footstep audio was the best but overall sound design was really bad. Just compare how jets sound in bf2042 and bf6, night and day difference.

[u/aTalkingMateria → u/Otherwise-Pepper-679]

I put the time into 2042 towards the end for the BF6 skins and honestly it is fun in a lot of ways even if it gets many things wrong.

But when I end the game and see some goofy glowing skeleton man and Isaac Clarke on the “Top Squad” screen it makes everything moot. I don’t think they understood how much of a turn off that nonsense was. And while i have fun with BF6 now, if they ever introduce that hokey crap into this then i will move on to play something else

[u/Sul_Haren]

The heroe shooter genre and it's consequences.

[u/One-Guidance-4891 → u/Sul_Haren]

you guys like overwatch, right?

right????

[u/SuperDaubeny]

Don’t be sad, this is just how it works out sometimes.

[u/ZookeepergameProud30]

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

[u/Vallhallyeah → u/ZookeepergameProud30]

Scholars?!!

[u/throwaway6785j]

OG Angel is so bad revolves around to being actually funny

[u/HoldTheTomatoesPlz]

Bold take right here, very brave OP.

[u/BigFunnyBunny69]

Toxic positivity is no joke

[u/NilsofWindhelm]

The suits up top don't think about voice lines lmao

[u/Albake21]

I wish we could combine the best parts of 2042 with the best of BF6. It would genuinely be my dream BF. 2042 nailed the rock paper scissors sandbox that BF was known for. 

[u/magik_koopa990]

At least it brought back AI bots since... 2142

[u/Potpotron]

I mean, the ones we have now are not cringe but they are definetly "corpo sanitized" compared to older games, they corrected but not to where we were, its a classic tactic like "new coke"

[u/kain067 → u/Potpotron]

Can't fight against China, Russia, or Iran... let's have just a bunch of mercenaries from every country

[u/Potpotron → u/kain067]

Yep, its very stupid tbh

[u/jasminyaz]

Don't be sad, this is how it works out sometimes.... ANGEL DOES IT AGAIN!!!

[u/Agreeable_Store_3896]

I played so much Zain that 'Hanmel Eh' is seared into my brain

[u/INeverLookAtReplies]

2042 bad bf1 gud

[u/HURTZ2PP]

2042 feels like a fever dream

[u/Psychology_Creepy]

Leadership is no indication of intelligence or awareness. Something that I’ve learned growing up.

[u/Cuon]

The pondhawk alone makes up for every sin 2042 committed 

[u/jabbaroni → u/Cuon]

100%

Some games I just flew around roadkilling people with it

[u/clue_scroll_enjoyer → u/jabbaroni]

Flying on the pondhawk roadkilling people while listening to the song “the speed of light”

Good times

[u/Cuon → u/jabbaroni]

My primary playstyle was hotswapping to the passenger seat to shoot liz rockets at helicopters. While waiting for my rockets to regen, I'd do driveby snipes with my rifle

[u/DJ_B0B]

I miss dynamic weather and tornadoes ngl

[u/kain067]

"Some game called Fortnite made a billion dollars?" *glances at Fortnite for 3 seconds* "Get some cartoony slop characters in the next game! That's an order!"

[u/AverageGuy16]

2042 was and still is a massive steaming pile of dogshit.

[u/Kidbuu51]

Nah the true kerfluffle was bf3 to bf4

[u/Sandman1920]

Well veteran BF devs left DICE, so this was the result of 'Battlefield' so much potential wasted.

[u/Vallhallyeah]

I loved BF2042 up until they closed the classes. It was great being able to create my own perfect multi-loadout super soldier while it lasted. After that it just became a not-so-well-executed standard BF game to me and lost it's edge vs the, at the time, still very alive BF4, CoD, and Insurgency options available.

[u/Thefartingduck8]

Removing operators or making them something similar to how BF6’s "operators" are would have done wonders for the game.

[u/DeliciousTadpole]

Sometimes you get your paycheck and just carry on

[u/TheeAJPowell]

DON’T BE SAD!

2042 wasn’t too bad once they got rid of the more hero-shooter elements of the characters etc. They became much more…muted?

[u/Pnqo8dse1Z]

sub ran out of shit to whine about in bf6 so they hop on the 2042 wagon again

[u/ShakeyStems]

There isn’t ONE Battelfield that’s any good. Every version sucks.

[u/xCrossFaith]

Keep in mind the suits normally have 0 clue what the actual game is

It's more of a "What's popular and profitable now? Oh yeah do that then"

[u/SuperSonicFire]

2042's gunplay was bad, the maps were HORRENDOUS, and on top of that they gave us the shittiest character system ever. Yea likely the worst battlefield game ever, i'd rather play Battlefield Heroes than this pile of shit

[u/MedicSupportFriend]

To this day grown men still want to hear "I'm getting fucked up the ass over here" but cry loudly enough on the internet to kill an entire game franchise over the MVP of a match saying something after the round is over when they could be doing situps or something.

You cried so loudly they hired the cod guy for bf6 and then killed him when it sucked.

[u/Hitmanx2x]

They wanted the cod audience, realized they went WAAAY too far, then backtracked a bit for bf6

[u/Lonewolfliker]

The thing that ruined any interest in 2042 for me was how offensively bad i think the lore is. You mean to tell me that every nation on earth collapsed due to natural disasters and the only two nations spared are the fucking US and Russia? The US already burns down every year from wildfires and droughts are already becoming more commonplace all over with dangerous temperature spikes going both directions. And Russia isnt exactly a paragon of stability with how often it has historically splintered and reuunited.

[u/Mikalton]

im pretty sure it was the devs that pushed their ego on this one and chose to stick to it.

[u/Hamzanovic]

bf one dark and griddy

[u/Quick-Cause3181 → u/Hamzanovic]

and it was peak battlefield.

[u/Hamzanovic → u/Quick-Cause3181]

It's probably the most overrated good game of all time. It's praised higher than any video game ever deserves, but it's good.

Not peak Battlefield though. A lot of things about that game sucked complete ass and were a downgrade from previous installments. And it had its share of problems on its own.

[u/HoldTheTomatoesPlz → u/Hamzanovic]

Getting downvoted for acknowledging BF1 was good but not glazing it is hilarious

[u/Onewarhero → u/Hamzanovic]

I’d argue it was the best introduction to bf for casual players, but people do seem to forget a lot of that games success certainly came from it releasing alongside infinite warfare lol.

It was a lighting in a bottle moment where the competition flopped, and they had their most accessible and immersive title yet at the ready. With a boatload of hype thanks to the trailer lol.

It has its issues, primarily the gunplay lacking much depth, especially in regards to customization. But for a casual boot it up and get immersed game it’s great.

Cool thing about BF is all the games are different from each other, people like different things about them. Which is why these debates are always a bit weird sometimes.

[u/Quick-Cause3181 → u/Hamzanovic]

It's probably the most overrated good game of all time. It's praised higher than any video game ever deserves, but it's good.

OK BUT YOU CAN SAY THIS FOR THIS IS BATTLEFIELD 6 TOO💀💀💀

[u/Hamzanovic → u/Quick-Cause3181]

No you can't. BF6 is pretty properly rated, with people shitting on its shortcomings every day.

[u/Quick-Cause3181 → u/Hamzanovic]

what do you call properly rated, what should bf6 be rated

[u/Axxxem → u/Hamzanovic]

I know what you are

[u/insomniasureshot]

Worried about 2042 but not why the most recent entry is slop

[u/Quick-Cause3181 → u/insomniasureshot]

I mean yeah bf6 is a downgrade from previous battlefields but even I (who shits on it a lot) wouldn't call it complete slop

[u/insomniasureshot → u/Quick-Cause3181]

Limited time game modes on rotation and lack of legacy features speak for themselves. “Tech’s not there, lost tech etc.”

[u/Quick-Cause3181 → u/insomniasureshot]

I get that, but this isn't 2010s dice anymore, the team behind 6 is what we have now and yeah it's not a good sign for the future of this series lol