“Battlefield 2042” Beta rocket lift-off explosion and tornado, expert skill experience first look | 4Gamers

“Battlefield 2042” (Battlefield 2042), developed by EA DICE Studios, opened early beta testing for EA Play and pre-order players this week. The game is expected to be launched on November 19.

This time the test only has a 128-person conquest mode with the new map “Orbital Launch Site”. The purpose is to allow players to experience the familiar team battle gameplay, while experiencing the skills of the four experts and the main game mechanics.

The orbital launch site has a total of 8 large areas. The left and right sides are the headquarters of both sides, competing for the central area A to F. The party occupying the point can accelerate the consumption of the other’s resources until one party’s 1,000 points are exhausted.

Free accessories are great, but the degree of change is not high

The feature of this game is flexible firearms accessories. After joining the battlefield, press the T button to adjust the sighting magnifier, magazine, muzzle and grip at any time, allowing players to respond to different battlefield conditions.

Actually used in the game, the freedom to adjust the magnification lens does change the ecology of Crossfire, but because there are not many accessories, most of the parts that can be adjusted are mainly the magnification lens, and most of the other parts will not be changed too much so as not to affect Feel.

Expert demo: use “hooks” to be a “pathfinder”

Since the Ping value of the editorial department in this test is above 150, the shooting experience is not good, but I can experience the skills of various experts.

The offensive expert “Webster”, “Hook Cable” launches a rope that can hook the building. The rope will retract and pull the player to the attachment point. The most convenient one is that when the target is hooked and moved forward, the main hand will Switch back to the firearms, allowing the player to deal with the enemies that appear temporarily. Because of the convenience of “hooking”, it can be said to be very useful for adapting to the complex environment of the battlefield.

The defensive expert “Polis” is characterized by the ability to set up a turret. Although the turret may not be able to hit a flexible enemy, it can at least detect and mark the enemy’s location, just know which bunker the enemy is hiding in. It’s much worse.

The reconnaissance-type expert “Casper” has the skill to release drones and detect the battlefield to mark enemies. It can also release EMP to paralyze electronic devices, but it should be noted that when controlling the drone, you are completely defenseless.

Finally, the supportive expert “Maria” can restore the life of allies with a healing gun, but the embarrassing thing is that during the test, the teammates around him either were full of blood or fell to the ground. There is no middle value of blood to heal. The gun works.

Call support

In the vast map, the vehicle battle can be said to be another highlight of “Battlefield 2042”, or it should be said that the vehicle basically holds the key to the outcome of the game.

When the player first enters the battlefield, he can press the B button to call for support, such as the LATV4 scout car to transport, or directly call the robot dog Ranger to come out to help. However, compared to these two dispensables, the armored vehicles on the ground can most directly penetrate the enemy’s area.

Map events: rocket base, and tornado

There are three map events in the “Orbital Launch Site”, namely the launch of a rocket, a rocket explosion, and the approach of an extreme weather “tornado”.

At present, it is not known what the trigger mechanism of the rocket event is, but whether it is the lift-off smoke or the range of the explosion, it is quite shocking, and it will also have a serious impact on the field of vision.

Another thing that excites players the most is the tornado.

When the field starts to wind and rain, there is a high probability of a tornado sweeping the battlefield in the second half, and the outer wind circle of the tornado can even reach 1/3 the size of the map.

Although the editor did not have the opportunity to fly into the tornado to find out, at least overseas players helped us to test: after entering the tornado, you will not die immediately, but slowly deduct your life to death.

The strange “dragonfly” phenomenon

Of course, you can’t forget the air domain, but this is also the most frustrating part of “Battlefield 2042”. What I mean is that, just like the kill streak rewards in “Decisive Moment”, usually only a few players will gain the advantage of streaks and show strong dominance in the sky.

Some people who are good at driving even show off the way they hang the enemy with the main rotor.

Yes, this game naturally also has a tracking bazooka “FXM-33 missile” for air defense, and the opponent’s thermal decoy can’t even be released. What’s the difficulty of shooting down a few aerial helicopters or planes…

I think so too, but in reality there is a very strange phenomenon, that is, these planes will accelerate in the air, like a “dragonfly”, the missile can still escape when locked.

Because of the high-latency situation, I was not sure whether it was a personal test problem for the editor, until it was discovered that some live broadcasters had also witnessed a similar situation. Because the suppression power of combat helicopters and airplanes is extremely powerful, and the rockets on the ground are difficult to shoot down, this is also the most insoluble part of the current experience.

In addition, the environmental details of the map still maintain the previous level. Until the game is launched, “Battlefield 2042” will continue to make final adjustments to the game. It is hoped that the environment and mode after the launch can satisfy players.

“Battlefield 2042” will be released on November 5, 2021, and is expected to be on PC Origin, Steam, Epic Games Store, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and other platforms.