@ZathexGreat post, and I agree completely. It's had it's moments here and there, but I think there's just too much missing or off. So when they change things like Liz's rocket, it unravels for you. Because you still have to overlook no server browser, terrible spawns, bad launch maps that they are trying to rework, matchmaking that consistently drops you into maps you don't want to play, 128 players shoved into maps that should be 64 players max, no vehicles on the map, on and on...
I agree with a lot of the other posts here too:
- 128 players is way too much. As @DigitalHype said, I feel like I'm getting shot from 360 degrees.
- like @Gterror8, I find myself sort of forcing myself to play. Really the only way I can play is to let go of the idea its a Battlfield game, and just play like its COD.
- I agree with @l_Grand_Vizir_l that BF1 was a turning point, and so much of what Battlefield was before has been stripped away with each release.
- As @sk1lld said, I too beleive BF4 to be the last truly great Battlefield. I still play and its a breath of fresh air. BF1 with the WWI theme is actually well done enough it also feels good to play.
Which brings me to a suggestion...maybe you and your friends should start playing the legacy games again, especially if your on PC or Xbox. You play 3 times a week? You could rotate between:
1) BF3
2) BF4
3) BF1
All 3 are alive and well and have enough playing to find games.
Played since 1942. Played online since BF2. The game as a whole doesn't really play that much different from previous titles, except its quicker, with better overall movement. The ultimate issue is honestly just player base for me. Its honestly atrocious these days. Teamplay takes a back seat to KDR seekers, and the general feel of play against other people is like a COD game.
There are also WAY too many obvious cheaters. People pulling off suspicious play repeatedly, like when they multikill you 3 or 4 times back to back no matter where you are, with minimal shots, always with a headshot. Or when you shoot a player point blank with the weapon that obliterates you, and they're carrying the one you had earlier when the roles were flipped, and you die instantly to a headshot two separate times in virtually the same way.
2042 is the most frustrating of the series to play overall, because I feel there is so much low level hacking going on that just isn't addressed at all.
I'm tired of them over designing and under developing. I'm tired of them spending so much time on silly gimmicks than delivering a good core gameplay experience. I'm tired of the games being broken at launch and taking months to fix. I'm tired of them having to make the same gameplay fixes every game and then forgetting to implement those fixes in the next game. I'm tired of them trying to fix what isn't broken with solutions that are objectively worse than what they already had. I'm tired of long standing gameplay issues being present for over a decade across multiple games not being addressed, improved upon or sometimes not even included in the next game.
What I want them to do is to start their whole design process from scratch. Scrap everything they think makes a Battlefield game and build the next game from the bottom up with objective, squad, communication and teamwork at the centre of gameplay. Battlefield should not be an ego shooter. It should not be a hero shooter, it should not be a battle royale or an extraction shooter. They need to stop chasing the current market trends and just make a good Battlefield game.
And they need to drop Frostbite. It's difficult to work with, horribly optimised and visually it is looking really dated for what it is providing.
Battle Pass challenges and rewards do not motivate me to play. They never have. I am already annoyed with trying to do these chores. I play to win. Where are the rewards for that?
