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They should not have released a broken game. Plain and simple, I would have waited another year and continued playing bf4 just like we are now anyways over playing a game with as many issues as this has. Indie games are doing better than this multimillion-dollar empire.

You're right. I shouldn't expect basic features like a scoreboard to be included in a full price AAA game at launch. That's a brutal expectation.It's also a brutal expectation to expect these devs to have discussions about "legacy features" before launch and not afterIt's also a brutal expectation to expect them to consider whether or not these heroes not only belong in Battlefield but to consider if their awful jokes and quips should existSorry for being so demanding

unfortunately my issue is that they just are not taking responsibility for the mess they delivered us. I mean really half the guys who are pissed about the game being broken would probably be cool with a "hey guys we see this game was not ready for release, but we are working on getting it to a playable condition" (insert ROADMAP) Its just being stupidly managed, its not that hard to keep gamers happy

The problem isn't that they didn't communicate or release updates over the holidays, its the game itself. I can't see any amount of patches and balancing making this feel like Battlefield instead of COD (although with the current state COD Modern Warfare did it better).

I can see this from both sides. On one hand, you have someone who is thinking about their employees who I have no doubt have been working hard and were likely promised a much deserved rest. They are also being realistic about some peoples expectations that things can simply be added and changed to the game in short order. They are obviously considering a lot of the feedback in including those "legacy features" the game was missing from the start. ....but they need to weigh what is possible, what to prioritize, how it fits into their vision of the game, etc. Right, wrong or indifferent, they need time. On the other hand, you have consumers, paying customers who are upset and rightly so. When you cut through the BS insults and irrational remarks, there is a lot of good feedback to be heard and fair statements about how EA/DICE have let down their fans. Some feeling cheated and misled. EA/DICE could communicate better IMO and quite frankly, I see the posted remarks a little off-putting. I get standing up for your employees taking a holiday break but they are not running a charity here. They took peoples money and if there weren't problems with the game, we wouldn't be having this conversation now. ....they could handle the fallout better IMO. They could keep people clued in on what is being worked on, etc. to help let them feel involved and appreciated. Personally, I never liked their vision for BF2042 and still don't. My friends and I only bought the game because of Portal and quite selfishly, that's really what I want to see come through all this and thrive. If the other elements of BF2042 get fixed to others satisfaction, that's great but personally, it doesn't matter much to me as I simply don't see the other parts of the game being changed to the point I would be interested in playing AOW, HZ, etc. It's too far gone from the formula I grew to love to be honest. If it wasn't for Portal, I would made a hard pass on this game as I intended to do the first time I saw the reveal.Anyhow, that's how I see it.

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deplorable76
4 years ago
I was personally expecting different soldiers for different sides (uniform), less problems with pc, 64 maps run smoothly during events like exploding rocket on orbital map. It is 2042 I was expecting thermal, night vision googles, scopes on vehicles and weapons. AP mines, proper launchers I.e. javelin need 2 rockets to destroy 1 tank, better range of AA for planes, choke points where you can put mines or ambushes, more launchers, weapons, vehicles, score board, voice chat for team, plane literally bounced off the skyscrapers with belly, in comparison to BF1/others too maps are very open and hard to defend. Hope to see sea map with that ship, The Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular, ENVG-B, map for infantry only. On other hand they start to listen community, looking forward to see how it plays out and you can upgrade all your vehicles and weapons over co op mode and not pay for that (people forget about that part).
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Psubond I gave up, you are totally missing the point of the example but applying that to BF2042!
dirtytamato
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
@CantGetRight Dice, you've had 3 years of rest, hence the crap game y'all call battlefield 2042
VBALL_MVP
4 years ago
@Ahhnuld wrote:
@trip1exYou sure do assume a lot, rather than ask questions to understand.
My memory serves me just fine. I have been playing this franchise for the past 20 years, and I recall all the patches and updates to improve the game. What I do not recall is any of them missing major key components at launch, and after having paid full price for a release, not a beta. My opinions are based on my own observations and experiences, not whats on reddit, youtube, or any other medium.

It appears based on your snarky tone that you are just trolling and not adding any real value to the discussion. And if you expect that a company release a final version at full price, but fails to deliver the advertised expectation, the real problem is you. Let me sell you a flashy new year model car that I show you a picture of and when you get it, there are no wheels or seats. Just be patient and dont complain, you didnt HAVE to buy it, right?
BF4 and BF3 were completely broken at launch.
L1gmuh_J0hnny
Rising Ace
4 years ago
@trip1ex so you must have a butt ton of fingers so to speak.
Psubond
Legend
4 years ago
@Trokey66 i understood the point of the example, i was just saying it was a poor choice ;-)
Psubond
Legend
4 years ago
@WienerBeard <--- what he said. the amount of people complaining about joystick support (i'm not one of them, i play on xbox one) indicate that it is at least midly popular. personally i couldn't care less about joystick support but it appears a lot of people want it
Jozso987
Rising Veteran
4 years ago
They obviously will provide new content and bug fixes and a few new features for a good year to year and a half as always.
Yeah, than after 1-1.5 years, they drop this game and BF6 comes.
trip1ex
4 years ago
@Psubond wrote:
@WienerBeard<--- what he said. the amount of people complaining about joystick support (i'm not one of them, i play on xbox one) indicate that it is at least midly popular. personally i couldn't care less about joystick support but it appears a lot of people want it
define mildly popular.
trip1ex
4 years ago
@Jozso987 wrote:
They obviously will provide new content and bug fixes and a few new features for a good year to year and a half as always.
Yeah, than after 1-1.5 years, they drop this game and BF6 comes.
Exactly. And everyone will buy it who whined about this game at launch. And the cycle starts again.

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