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Re: Battlefield 2042 PS5 beta experience

Agreed @SolidCrusader89 ,

I played the beta testing first two days on PS5.  And it was shockingly poor and horrendous!

I did though try and visit a friend who had it running on PC, where it was still poor but though markedly better in some performance aspects.  So cannot say exactly way, but it was definitely different and average in better shape to play on PC versus the absolute disaster on the PS5.

I come to think about this might be the cause why some posters here actually claim they even 'enjoyed' the beta gameplay, though I personally would consider you need to be a masochist to have found any pleasure in that painful experience.  But yes, the many shortcomings and catastrophic game experience was less so when testing it on PC versus new gen console.

From what I experienced on the console then it will take several months for the dev team to get that into just a reasonable playing state.  And next to this, additional several months on top to fix the long list of severe bugs that we also found.

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  • CristophrWalken's avatar
    CristophrWalken
    Seasoned Newcomer
    4 years ago

    Agree as well.  I have 1Gb connection and typically average 20ms or less latency so I know its not my "connection",  Performance was bad during the open beta.  it seems better during the early beta and improved again near the end of the open beta - I assumed fewer people were on (ex Europe) ending their beta window.  But there were times I saw chunky frames (ex helicopter part flying past) at maybe 20 fps.  I should have recorded that.  The lag made ADS extremely frustrating no matter how I tweaked the sensitivity.  I noted there was no aim assist. Not that I am a fan of strong assist, but it is present in most consoles FPSs due to the lack of precise control of controllers vs MKb.  So I'm assuming a lot here that they will fix tine bugs, interface, specialists, vehicle jerkiness, etc but the main priority should be smooth, accurate gunplay (like BFV is now).

  • @CyberDyme Did you happen to test it on PS4/Pro?

    I completely forgot to check it out on last gen. Just wondering if it played any better with fewer players on smaller maps?
  • Its_Travis_199's avatar
    Its_Travis_199
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @BFB-Praetorian i just realized a clear difference graphics wise between my PS5 and PS4pro but didn't pay too much attention to the overall gameplay as it had some general Beta bugs/glitches.

    But gameplay was running smooth in both cases. 🙌

    Greets,

    Travis 

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