Battlefield 2042 has had a rough time of it. Leading up to the game's release, it was looking like a strong return to form for the multiplayer shooter in many ways, but at launch, it didn't quite live up to the promise. Fans have been voicing their concerns and frustrations ever since. Fortunately, developer DICE has been paying attention, and it's announced plans to make sweeping changes to the game's maps.
Over on EA's website, a new post goes into detail about how the studio will be improving map design in response to community feedback. The first point of contention is the long walks from spawn points to get back into the action. "While the larger maps offer more playspace and freedom, a side effect is that gameplay is now spread out more, resulting in an overall increase in time to combat when related to playing the objective," the developer admits, noting that some are calling 2042 a "walking simulator". To remedy this, flags and spawn points will be moved around to make those journeys shorter.
Another common complaint is that the game can simply be too chaotic in certain modes, such as Breakthrough. With 128 players all vying for single objectives, it can become overwhelming all too easily. DICE is looking at reducing player counts or reducing the number of vehicles available in Breakthrough to make it more enjoyable.
Players also feel that some maps are far too flat and open, leading to ridiculous line of sight for snipers and making it so you have nowhere to hide. The studio says it plans to "ensure there are more opportunities to hide yourself from enemy line of sight while traversing from objective to objective".
Elsewhere, pathing towards objectives is another area bookmarked for improvement, as is the amount of cover available in any given space. The things listed are pretty major changes, and DICE emphasises they won't be amended quickly, needing "substantial development time". Improvements will come map by map, with Kaleidoscope the first port of call.
Are you still playing Battlefield 2042? Does all this sound good to you? Reload in the comments section below.
[source ea.com, via eurogamer.net]
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“Walking Sim” haha
The games pretty much dead, they need a miracle to bring it back
DICE has just lost it for a while now. It's been downhill since BF3, but especially after BF4. The world war BF games played like absolute dogdumpings and it doesn't feel satisfying too shoot anything anymore. Terrible destruction and vehicle combat. That was what made BF in the first place, so what's the point anymore then?
I'm fine with Apex and Last of Us still as my main shooter and hell, even the new COD's feel good to shoot in
Triple A in a nutshell; sack all of your QA staff to save money and do it after release
Too little too late.
Nothing will do will bring this game back to life. It’s dead let it die. We’ve all moved on already
@Kairu
Still is as I've recently picked it up again. Though some of the veterans can get really salty lol
@Scarla88 I came here to say EXACTLY that. I will never touch this rotting, steaming, festering pile of trash ever again.
Well i was bouncing between bf2042 and valhalla and then this little game called elden ring just arrived out of the blue and things kinda changed for me..
@BoldAndBrash I’m still in shock they didn’t release tlou 2 with multiplayer and they still haven’t set a release date on it.
I bought BF2042 because I’ve always loved the gameplay. Big open maps, play how you want and objective based. I loved 1942, Vietnam, 1943, all the bad companies and even one was fun. This game is just so unbalanced and has ridiculous exploits. I even bought the deluxe to play a week early. They still haven’t put out the battle pass. EA should refund that portion of the payment for starters. Having to level up to get anti tank mines and anti aircraft is plainly stupid. Operators are broken. Air being overpowered being able to spawn camp incoming vehicles and fly off map to heal back up. You can drive the hovercraft up vertical walls like a boat and even a mountain. You can drop vehicles on sky scrapers to camp capture points. I don’t know what they can do to make me go back as a staple in my gaming regiment.
I loved Battlefield 1 and still play it
It was a sad state of affairs when going into portal and playing their old games was better than the new one.
They should just concentrate on portal and adding loads of maps to that
I'd love to see people dig out their old copies of Bad Company 2 and revive it.
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