Stew, I think the biggest problem in most players eyes is that battlefield 2042 lost its masculinity. It is the cheesy lines for them and non-military looks of characters etc. it does not change the gameplay for me at all and I don’t mind them but I’m OK if they change them too. There is also the herd mentality at play. Lots of people don’t want to lose friends over this or seem uncool making up their own minds not joining them with the hate. Also for some people it’s hard to admit that they were wrong before or hard to change their minds if convinced. It’s just a human condition. The game has problems, yes. But as Stew stated it’s not as bad as people paint it for sure. I for one try to post constructive criticism because I want the game to thrive I don’t want it to die off. I would like to play it for a few years. Portal has a lots of potential as well.
@Tank2042ManI'm 52 years old and are way past "masculinity" or "fragile ego" issues and I find the voice-lines to be really stupid and very annoying.
It's all about setting. I have played some Apex Legends and have no issue with the voice-lines in Apex (which are as 'cringy' as any BF2042s voiceline).
But for BF it is wrong. BF is "brutal warfare" (you die a lot) and the existing specialists are so out of place in that setting. Making the specialists behave like children/teenagers, is intelligence insulting, it doesn't hurt my "masculinity" in any way.
@cso7777
On that we agree , i want the game to feel serious and Dystopian but sadly DICE wanted there to cater to the " Fortnite/Apex " kids who want colorfull silly characters ..
But overall it remain that BF2042 is back to Large scale Combines arms gameplay , I get behind specialist choices but i dislike most of their cosmetics .. The new Mckay skins they will give us for free , or Dozer skins etc. are fitting for the game .. but the Sundance " INstagram model " type of wannabe look army with hairstyles and so on its ridiculous for a game like this .
Cosmetically I dislike many of 2042 choices but on design and balance i think they got a lot of stuff right . especially conquest 128 , specialist and loadout are mostly fine to me . But all the cosmetics and even some of the map feels need to be revised
And corny one liners need to be remooved
The last levelcap videos recap a lot of what i am thinking about the game myself
