Re: Why is Caspian Border so ugly in BF2042?

Now after you mentioned it I cannot unsee the roter blades anymore. I'll go crazy now too. Thank your for that.

The most obvious "downgrade" is the missing grass. In Battlefield 3 at control point C it is very hard to spot enemies on the ground, because of all the foliage and grass. In Battlefield 2042 you can see everything because there is no grass at all. Also the trees look downgraded in some way. Also, Battlefield 3 had a darker tone to the overall image, BF2042 is super bright.

And if anybody wants to argue it's because of 128 players ... Caspian Border can only be selected in "Conquest" which is limited to 64 players, just like Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 🙂

However, I would love to hear from the developers / level designers what's wrong here. Is it a bug? Is this the intended look?

@an3k My suggestion is to go load up Planetside 2 on PC or PS.  It's free.  Check out the graphics compared to even BF4.

I was on PS5. Played over 5 hours after launch last night.  I played Caspian Border last night. I was at C flag and it just felt off. I couldn't explain it until this thread. Really, anyone saying BF2042 graphics are good are kidding themselves. It looks like a remaster of a 10 year old game basically, not a brand new next gen experience on a new Frostbite engine.

I do think 128 players is the reason for this. While Warzone does that, BF has to account for a LOT more vehicles and explosions, not to mention the weather effects.

Why do I think this? I've got hundreds of hours into both MAG on PS3 and Planetside 2 on PS/PC. The constant knock on those game from COD and BF players has always been graphics. They can't do the detailed graphics and the massive increase in player count. No MMO has graphics on that level. Not a single one.

What you'll see in Planetside 2 is things like missing grass and lack of detail in a lot of the textures. Buildings will look more plain and standard. None of the detail we are used to in big budget AAA games.

Honestly, I came away from Portal very underwhelmed.  Am I the only one who feels like BF4's Second Assault DLC was a better taste of BF3?

Second Assault DLC added Caspian Border, Operation Metro, Operation Firestorm, and Gulf of Oman to BF4.  It was fan voted from what I recall...favorites from BF3.  I never even liked Noshar Canals all that much.  Would have rather had maps from the Back to Karkand DLC or Kharg Island.

Look at this