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Battlefield 2042 CM: "No Value" in Pretending Reddit a Constructive Place; Explains Why It's Avoided

Battlefield 2042 Community Manager explains why the dev team aren't active on Reddit anymore, and adds, "no value" pretending it's a constructive place.

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Inverno1224d ago

Translation: we don't wanna see the thousands of posts constantly telling us how shite we are so we don't use reddit anymore. That way we can continue making bad games and making the same mistakes.

It's no secret you rather take the word of an influencer than deal with the wrath of your consumers constantly pointing out all the mistakes you should've avoided. People needa toughen up, we've allowed "toxicity" to be an excuse for lack of engagement between devs and their players. A few a holes can be easily dealt with and aren't a reason to just avoid reddit all together.

IanTH1224d ago (Edited 1224d ago )

It's interesting. They did say in that message that they will continue to read reddit as a source of information on what needs fixing, but they won't be participating in replies.

I am sure that no matter what he replies to, he does get an avalanche of toxic assholes replying, and with personalized crap instead of focusing on the actual game. On the one hand, I agree that you should be able to let it slide off your back & ignore it. On the other, I'm not sure how much I'd be interested in dealing with that day after day either. Regardless, I don't think the solution is to throw your hands up altogether and quit replying, but to come up with another solution.

Perhaps comb reddit (et al) and then after a week or two, make one post under a company account (instead of individuals) that summarizes what you've seen are the problems, what you think good ideas are, what solutions you plan to implement. Don't reply to individual comments, and let the discourse continue without the potential for individualized abuse. There's gotta be a middle ground.

excaliburps1224d ago

Yep I agree. I get that it is super toxic having to filter through hate messages, comments whenever they post there, but that's what mods are for? They can easily lock or ban users who are toxic, yeah?

I dunno. If my game failed this hard, I'd be posting on Reddit, Twitter, etc and trying to win gamers over. Staying silent is not doing anyone any favors.

Extermin8or3_1223d ago

Honestly I think the toxicity is worse as a result of them staying so silent about matters

Crows901224d ago (Edited 1224d ago )

Wow. The words of an anti critic.

Obviously you don't need to pay attention to all criticism...that's just dumb and I don't think anybody expects that.

All you gotta do is filter all the loud children out and focus on the criticism you can work with.

It s what you do with the criticism that matters not how you take it...and these guys are opting to not take it at all.

-Foxtrot1224d ago

I get that Reddit can be a toxic place but I mean anywhere on the internet can be bad if you look hard enough.

If you can't look at a place like Reddit then I doubt they are looking anywhere else unless it's a place where most people are licking their arse.

No wonder Battlefield and their other games have turned to shit, they just ignore everyone's criticism and pretend what they are doing is right.

ChasterMies1223d ago

Reddit is it’s own kind of toxic culture because there is the pretense that upvotes spread valuable information.

annoyedgamer1224d ago

PR damage control is in full swing lmao

Father__Merrin1224d ago

The game isn't too bad but needs improvement. Just go back to normal classes and ditch the operators add many more old maps in the alternate modes but I read on pc at least the player count has dropped really hard

Majin-vegeta1224d ago

Operators are here to stay.They just need to lock them into classes

Nitrowolf21224d ago

Yep they are here to stay indeed, but at least they can be reworked

PS-Gamer-19861223d ago

Yup lock them into classes, get rid of their voices lines and make players able to put them behind different disguises from the getgo to avoid clone armys fighting against each others

MadLad1224d ago

I doubt it's much better on console, but that's one of the positives of PC. You have a lot of options, so you can drop games that aren't up to snuff.

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Extermin8or3_1223d ago

The game is in a appalling state.

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Mass Effect Content Lands For Battlefield 2042

This is an interesting mix but two popular franchises have combined.

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June 2025

This month, join forces to tackle the paranormal crises of a mysterious federal agency under siege in the cooperative first-person shooter FBC: Firebreak, lead your team to victory in the iconic all-out warfare of Battlefield 2042, test your skills as a new Fazbear employee managing and maintaining the eerie pizzeria of Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 or live for the thrill of the hunt in the realistic hunting open world theHunter: Call of the Wild. All of these titles and more are available in June’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup*.

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theHunter Call of the Wild is the best hunting game ever made. I understand it may not be everyone's cup of tea, it can be really slow going. But the environments (they look phenomenal, especially for a 2017 game!), the satisfaction of finally landing a Gold or a Diamond keep you coming back for more. I have over 600 hours in it, my dad in his 70's has around 1,500 in it! The only game he plays, even bought a PS4 Pro for it back in 2019 lol We get on almost every week to catch up bc we live about 4,000 miles apart overseas. New Snowy Canadian map is coming out this next Tuesday. I highly recommend this one! 👍

**I'm really happy to see Eiyuden Chronicles on here. I was about to buy that one after replaying the Suikoden Remasters recently!

jznrpg12d ago

How’s the ballistics in the game? If it’s done well I may check it out.

OtterX11d ago

they've gotten better with some updates throughout the years, but I wouldn't say they are perfect. But they're good enough that it's still a lot of fun. If you hang around their discord a while, you'll see quite a number of avid real life hunters who are pleased enough.

andy8512d ago

Yeesh. Pretty awful tbh and the PS premium support is shocking

repsahj12d ago

They should combine the premium and extra subscriptions and use the extra pricing for it.

OtterX11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Yea, that was my biggest complaint. If it weren't for my Portal, I would have cancelled my Premium. But it looks like they've leaned in on the streaming aspect as a selling point of Premium now, instead of the Classics. :\ I do like the streaming on Portal!

Npugz712d ago

Ps plus extra has been garbage this year

KwietStorm_BLM12d ago

Firebreak has been surprisingly fun. Can't wait for the full game. And Deus Ex!

Profchaos12d ago

Will be giving dues ex a crack

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Battlefield 2042: Players Fed Up with Rush Mode Campers

Battlefield 2042's Rush Mode faces criticism due to passive playstyles that hinder objective-based gameplay.

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isarai261d ago

Wow, another site writing entire articles based off a single reddit comment.

pwnmaster3000260d ago

Just redownloaded the game. I wonder if it is still active

Steve_Gamer260d ago

Yeah it will be, the game just recently got a Update 1.59 Patch in September.

XiNatsuDragnel259d ago

Interesting and understandable lol

mostarr258d ago

Exactly why conquest is the one true god