Since its launch, Battlefield 2042 has been heavily criticized by fans of the series for its quality. Even though the current situation continues to improve compared to when it was first released in November last year, the number of games for this game continues to decline, at least on Steam. The number of people on the platform is already lower than the previous game “Battlefield V” (Battlefield V).
If the explanation is not clear enough, it may be even more shocking to see the SteamDB data chart. As of now, “Battlefield 2042” started on December 20 last year, and the peak number of people as above came to the intersection with “Battlefield 5” , the peak is just above 10,000 people, and it continues to bottom out, gradually approaching “Battlefield 1” (Battlefield 1).
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Although the DICE team has continued to update and fix many bugs and game experience issues since the game was launched, over time, overseas forums have not slowed down the official criticism, because there are always new bugs.
For example, some players have recently discovered that when modifying accessories for firearms in the battlefield, they can reduce the vertical recoil by 25%, or see invisible people who disappear for unknown reasons and only the firearm module floats in the air.
More interestingly, according to the tweet of Tom Henderson, an overseas reporter who previously reported that the production process of DICE was too short, it is said that a plug-in developer notified cheating players on Discord that they would stop updating the plug-in cheating program of “Battlefield 2042”. It’s not that the anti-plug-in program is obstructed, but because the performance of the game itself affects the operation of the plug-in program.
It is worth mentioning that in the screenshot of the dialogue, the cheater even suggested that cheaters who subscribe to the service can transfer to any “Call of Duty” title to use the cheat service.
A #Battlefield2042 Cheat provider is suspending it’s services to the game… And no… It’s not because of Anti-cheat.
It’s because the games performance makes the cheats not work properly ???? pic.twitter.com/IuHMNSWMfe
— Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) January 12, 2022
Of course, all of this is only getting worse for the Battlefield 2042 team. Shortly after the end of the year in 2022, overseas Reddit sub-versions are full of players complaining about game performance problems, and many discussion threads are not enough for the follow-up updates of the DICE team.
Such a violent bombardment made the entire discussion board full of sour people and ridicule memes. If the 2042 moderator once published the article and continued, it will be dealt with as a closed version.
Although the final discussion board was not closed, but because the player community questioned the DICE team for not trying to fix the update and went on vacation, Andy McNamara, EA’s global community communication director, came forward and responded bluntly that “people need rest”, which once again caused community dissatisfaction And delete the text.
For the “Battlefield” brand, such a strong community backlash can be said to be the first time in the series. Although every player has the right and freedom to express their dissatisfaction with the game, there are still a few strong attacks. Sexual remarks are seen as malicious and have contributed to the deterioration of the community in Battlefield 2042.
“expectations are brutal” LOL. Stop lying to the community and mainly stop selling pre alpha games. And expectations won’t be that “Brutal”. ???? #Boomer2042 https://t.co/2l0shYEatS pic.twitter.com/92J7tD8gal
– Fala Shas (hasShasFala) January 6, 2022
Of course, the failure of “Battlefield 2042” is not alone. Activision’s “Decisive Moment: Pioneer” has also been heavily bombarded by fans of the series in terms of content performance, including battle characters and firearms settings that do not match the history of World War II. At the same time, the legal storm faced by Activision itself is still the focus of overseas attention.
And now, Call of Duty may be welcoming a bunch of cheaters who jumped over after the Battlefield 2042 plug-in stopped being updated.
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