Never again.
Sorry for DICE, maybe everything is EA responsibility, but what happened with BF2042 was so dishonest.
I can't imagine how fooled must, the people who bought gold / ultimate edition, feel. And no apology / explanation, no promess to fix things... It's like "you bought our * because you believed all the trailers and announcements, eeeh, that's your problem dude. Now we will enjoy some holidays, financed by your money!".
The communication since the release is an absolute mess. I mean, I think we're a lot of players expecting that things will get better, that the game can be improved. And there's no transparency on what is happening. Now they're rumors about the season 1 coming in 3 months, with 1 new map... Some people paid 100€ for an uncompleted game, and no one even bother to tell them if / when new content will be released.
We still have absolutely no idea about the reasons of the poor performances of the game. Is that inherent to 128 players mode? Is that because they were so in a rush that the optimization work hasn't been done? "Hey customer, figure it out yourself!"
In short word, we've been screwed before the release, and apparently they think we like that, because they aren't changing anything.
When you're developing multiplayer games, with a 20 years old community, you have to respect those who are supporting you. If not, keep your future *, we keep our money (my opinion).
And as you said, BF V is so great nowaday, all it needs is a last patch to fix few more bugs, and some admins to manually ban cheaters. But even that, is asking too much.
First there's the FIFA rehash... Stopped buying those yeaaars ago...
Next there was BioWare with Mass Effect Andromeda, wasn't bad but wasn't that amazing either and obviously could have used more time.
I skipped BFV because of the disasters I read about plus I didn't like WW1 or 2 stuff anymore.
Then, there's Anthem... The live service horror that got the plug pulled just before the reworked Anthem 2.0...
Now its BF2042... Bugs and technical issues aside, the game is just so frustratingly badly balanced and it feels more like CoD than BF. Honestly, I feel like I've paid 90 euros for a beta version while EA should have been paying us to do their QA playtesting because so many things in this game just don't feel right.
So NO. This has been the last game I purchased that has EA's logo on it.
Battlefield is the only EA game that I care about. However with 2042 they have started to head into a direction that I cannot support any longer.
So if the next game is building up on the poor design changes made (specialists, large and empty maps, lack of platoons, 128 players, downgraded graphics etc.) here, I am definitely out. I would rather burn my money instead of giving it to EA/DICE for another game like this. Glad I already cancelled this after the Beta. Looking into my friendslist which comprises around 70 people also manifests that almost no one cares about this game any more.
I will only return to Battlefield if they return to their DNA. I want to see classes back, interesting maps with cover, decent quality control, 64 player conquest as a permanent mode, platoons + all the other "legacy features".
At this point I would be happy if they they took any orientation from Battlefield 5. This game has had plenty of issues, but in contrast to 2042 it feels like a Battlefield game at least. Back then I thought that it could only get better, but they really managed to hit a new low for the series with 2042. My only expectation from now on is to get another Battlefield game in the Battlefield-franchise one day. Because this game has nothing in common other than the name printed on it.
So my answer is: No, I will not buy another game any more unless they make a true Battlefield game again that is worthy of its name.
I certainly won't pre order a game from EA but if the next Battlefield game is amazing then yeah sure I'll buy it, but only after release and I learn all I need to know about it before buying it. Simply blacklisting EA games for life is just immature as you'd potentially be missing out on the best Battlefield game ever just to "stick it to EA" which when it comes down to it, no one cares about, especially EA themselves. Life's too short to hold grudges especially if you end up losing out because of it. If there's a unique product out there that I'll enjoy and get a lot of use out of then yeah, I'll but it, regardless of who made it. Sticking it to the man is all well and good until it starts impacting you negatively.
Sure not. Never ever again.
BF Veteran in the mid 40s... no kid. But enough is enough.
Never again will I knowingly spend money on EA. FU you * holes.
