So it's back to the future...

Gameplay reveal next Wednesday - 13 June.

More details here:

https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/ba ... lized=true
[128 players! 64 vs 64 - I'll need a new system let alone a new gfx card]

It's available for pre-purchase on Origin AND Steam:
Std 49.99 Gold 79.99 Ultimate 99.99

Well looks bad news for my old PC

Cock-a-doodle-doo.....

Gameplay trailer:

Creators and media have just played the Battlefield 2042 Beta – Here’s what they thought.

https://gamingintel.com/battlefield-204 ... -bad-ugly/

Probably best to leave this one alone, at least for now...

https://kotaku.com/dice-forgot-about-bu ... 1848110213

Yeah. This is a shame. It's getting hammered in reviews on Steam. When I last looked it was showing as mostly negative.

Yeah, if you have a few minutes read this review:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/11/ ... aningless/

To save time here's the final paragraph:-
"...If it wasn't clear by now, Battlefield 2042 is a mess in more ways than should be reasonably expected, with the laundry list above barely scratching the surface of its wreckage
(I didn't even mention lag, persistent server issues, no game search, or countless other concerns).
But for all the failures, missing elements, and bizarre revisions, the most telling thing I can say about it is also one of the simplest:
I rarely wanted to keep playing."

All in all a really successful venture.... for Vanguard.

A shorter review, but it pretty much echoes the one above

https://www.vg247.com/battlefield-2042-review

"...I am hopeful that 2042 will be a more interesting Battlefield game at some point next year, but having been through varying degrees of rough launches with this series - from BF 2142 through BF 5 - I can’t say I have the stamina to perform the dance of chastising DICE for technical problems and missing features, only to turn around and celebrate when the game is inevitably ‘good now, actually’ a year into it.

Version tested: PC. Code provided by publisher.

3/5
"