I played 9 hours of the Early Access on Xbox One and here is what I though (and this will probably be all over the place)
Well just before starting I would just like say quickly where I stand with the franchise. My introduction to it was Battlefield 1... and Battlefield 1 is still by far my favorite Battlefield. I loved it for the atmosphere and all. I did play a tiny bit of BF3 and did play a decent amount of BF4 afterward... I liked them but for me they lacks what I love about BF1, they felt like just another shooter, a really good one, but still just another shooter.
Now what they I think of Battlefield 2042
I think Battlefield 2042 is just another shooter... a unfinished one. This game lacks content everywhere... This needed a few more months... maybe even a year, in the oven. I won't get into all the thing that are missing. Plenty of people have done that already (but yeah, leaderboard, changing squad, server browsing, all missing". But this game also lacks... progression. In All out Warfare... there's only a few guns for each class. In Hazard Zone, it takes only a few games to be pretty much set. And Portal as no progression obviously everything is unlocked, tho there's a lacks of map imo. Anyway, imma try to go more in order with the game type now.
But first before game type... What is there before getting into a game. Menu. The Menu in this game are garbage. They are a confusing mess to get into and for some part of the game are just kinda stupid (like how in Portal the menu customization is still design around the + System and all that). The menu of this game are just ass.
All Out Warfare. Conquest is fun, Breakthrough felt like poor man Operation and was just ok. The map are good for the most part. The gun play is ok, I don't like the feel of AR and LMG in this mode, SMG and Sniper feels really good, Pistol is ok, and I haven't played enough with DMR and Shotgun to judge tho. The operator as a system is just bad. It kinda just fucks over the team aspect of the game. Classes were just so much better. As for the operator, I mainly used the one with the Wingsuit, fits my style, I just love moving around the map and ambushing people from behind or above, and travelling super fast. Overall All Out Warfare is decent, tho I do think it could die very fast if some of the missing feature and more guns aren't added.
Hazard Zone... I didn't play much. Personally not a fan of Battle Royale. Out of the 3 games I played, 2 of them were quite forgettable and the third one was extremely fun but ended with my game crashing. Its a fun gamemode on its own but prob won't be able to compete with other Battle Royale and also doesn't have much progression, it need some balancing. One thing I can say is that the Operator system work here, because each squad can only have 1 of each operator, which here can help teamwork, unlike in all out warfare. But yeah this mode probably won't survive long in the sea of Battle Royale on the market.
As for Portal... I haven't played many different thing because the server browsing is god awful, so I mainly stucked with the main 4 thing they promoted. The gun play in Portal feels amazing, way better than in All Out Warfare. Portal was just overall a fun experience but I do hope they add more content (map and gun and maybe style) because I think if they don't this game mode could just run out of great stuff. Heck add in a map creator or something. This gamemode as potential, but they need to add more.
Really that last line is this game in a nutshell... this game as a lot of potential but it isn't ready, it lacks content. This game will probably be very good in a year... but right now I cannot recommend this game unless you get it through a subscription like gamepass. I played for 9 hours and I already got bored of it
Overall in this current states the game is like a 5.5/10 in my opinion
Edit: A year later... played this game again... it hasn't improve and honestly 5.5 was being nice...
Well just before starting I would just like say quickly where I stand with the franchise. My introduction to it was Battlefield 1... and Battlefield 1 is still by far my favorite Battlefield. I loved it for the atmosphere and all. I did play a tiny bit of BF3 and did play a decent amount of BF4 afterward... I liked them but for me they lacks what I love about BF1, they felt like just another shooter, a really good one, but still just another shooter.
Now what they I think of Battlefield 2042
I think Battlefield 2042 is just another shooter... a unfinished one. This game lacks content everywhere... This needed a few more months... maybe even a year, in the oven. I won't get into all the thing that are missing. Plenty of people have done that already (but yeah, leaderboard, changing squad, server browsing, all missing". But this game also lacks... progression. In All out Warfare... there's only a few guns for each class. In Hazard Zone, it takes only a few games to be pretty much set. And Portal as no progression obviously everything is unlocked, tho there's a lacks of map imo. Anyway, imma try to go more in order with the game type now.
But first before game type... What is there before getting into a game. Menu. The Menu in this game are garbage. They are a confusing mess to get into and for some part of the game are just kinda stupid (like how in Portal the menu customization is still design around the + System and all that). The menu of this game are just ass.
All Out Warfare. Conquest is fun, Breakthrough felt like poor man Operation and was just ok. The map are good for the most part. The gun play is ok, I don't like the feel of AR and LMG in this mode, SMG and Sniper feels really good, Pistol is ok, and I haven't played enough with DMR and Shotgun to judge tho. The operator as a system is just bad. It kinda just fucks over the team aspect of the game. Classes were just so much better. As for the operator, I mainly used the one with the Wingsuit, fits my style, I just love moving around the map and ambushing people from behind or above, and travelling super fast. Overall All Out Warfare is decent, tho I do think it could die very fast if some of the missing feature and more guns aren't added.
Hazard Zone... I didn't play much. Personally not a fan of Battle Royale. Out of the 3 games I played, 2 of them were quite forgettable and the third one was extremely fun but ended with my game crashing. Its a fun gamemode on its own but prob won't be able to compete with other Battle Royale and also doesn't have much progression, it need some balancing. One thing I can say is that the Operator system work here, because each squad can only have 1 of each operator, which here can help teamwork, unlike in all out warfare. But yeah this mode probably won't survive long in the sea of Battle Royale on the market.
As for Portal... I haven't played many different thing because the server browsing is god awful, so I mainly stucked with the main 4 thing they promoted. The gun play in Portal feels amazing, way better than in All Out Warfare. Portal was just overall a fun experience but I do hope they add more content (map and gun and maybe style) because I think if they don't this game mode could just run out of great stuff. Heck add in a map creator or something. This gamemode as potential, but they need to add more.
Really that last line is this game in a nutshell... this game as a lot of potential but it isn't ready, it lacks content. This game will probably be very good in a year... but right now I cannot recommend this game unless you get it through a subscription like gamepass. I played for 9 hours and I already got bored of it
Overall in this current states the game is like a 5.5/10 in my opinion
Edit: A year later... played this game again... it hasn't improve and honestly 5.5 was being nice...