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Battlefield 2042 Graphics Comparison Screenshots & Video Shows How Much Visuals Have Evolved

These Battlefield 2042 graphics comparison screenshots and video showcases the Battlfield Portal maps compared to the original ones.

XxINFERNUSxX1003d ago

The PC will really make this game shine, but since I see EA on it...Pass...

northpaws1003d ago

Disagreed for PC this, PC that. Agree about EA.

Powerhug1003d ago

You can disagree all you like. It's a fact that consoles are holding technical advances back. While we're getting 128 players in a BF game in 2021, PlanetSide 2 managed a 1000+ player battle years ago.

Teflon021003d ago

PlanetSide 2 is on PS4 and Mag on PS3 had 256 so that's kinda irrelevant

excaliburps1003d ago

Should look good on PS5 and XSX too. I mean, not as much qs hiigh specced PCs, but good enough to wow.

Zhipp1003d ago

The current consoles are new enough, and high spec enough, that we shouldn't see PC really pulling away from them visually for a good long time. Devs haven't even started to fully utilize their power yet.

abstractel1003d ago

@Zhipp Agreed which is why it's so frustrating to see so few next-gen exclusives. We'll have to wait at leasts a year before that becomes common. Ratchet is one of the best looking games out at the moment on a technical level, and it sold well. It's unusual of Sony to do 1st party games cross-gen and honestly it sucks knowing that God of War and Horizon Forbidden West won't show us what next-gen is really capable of (even though HFB is by no means a bad looking game).

I'm not just talking graphics but also gameplay that is only possible on next-gen (think advanced physics that's integrated into gameplay or raytraced reflections where you can see enemies/other players in MP in the reflections).

Nitrowolf21003d ago

I’ll hold judgment for release, but seems like the dev is listening more this time around

TheExecutioner1003d ago

I am 100% sure you will be one of the first who put hands on this. So why you are putting childlish comment

senorfartcushion1003d ago

I’m the same. I was interested in this but then it became mp only. I’d buy a game from them with a campaign. But this is another multiplayer game trying to eat some Fortnite profit,

ElCapitan0061003d ago

The Battlefield franchise has been around for a long time. How is this trying to eat some Fortnite profit? And you do know that the game originated as an MP only game, and that the vast majority of BF players get the game to solely play online.

senorfartcushion1002d ago (Edited 1002d ago )

Because it doesn’t matter how long something has been around, if something comes and makes more money, the older ones will copy.

Studio Ghibli has just released their first full cgi animated film, Dragon Ball is about to do the same.

Just because something is old, it doesn’t mean that it’s going to remain a certain way forever. Greed always overtakes artistic ambition.

I say this as someone who hates MP games in general. Battlefield has had campaigns since Bad Company, I’m now as interested as I was when they were without campaigns, when I was too young to even know what a video game even was.

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senorfartcushion1003d ago

It’s a shame that it’s MP only, as in for the graphics. Multiplayer games showcase console abilities differently. Because this game is mp, we won’t see what the engine will look like at its prettiest

EazyC1003d ago (Edited 1003d ago )

I suppose one way of thinking about it is that they have poured ALL of their resources into multiplayer. Having to make an SP campaign takes a lot of dev time. Which -- for most people being a ~6 hour experience -- isn't really the greatest allocation of resources.

Considering that fact that a GOOD multiplayer experience can lead to 100+ hours for players, I can see the rationale.

Plus...Bf campaigns are a bit crap when you compare them to proper single player games. Bad Company 2 had a fun one though.

Lostbytes1003d ago

@EasyC , for me your logic is flawed. It is the SP campaign that gets me in the door, and justifies the money spent. The MP is just a extension of the story, MP only feels like half the value to me. Therefore , should be half the price not double.But to each their own....

Teflon021003d ago

How is MP an extension of the story when MP is just literal war situations in different spots with no real story? If your a SP guy, just say that and keep it moving. BF ain't never been about single player and the Bad Company games are the only ones with good ones lol. BF4 I played the campaign and that was the last time I played more than 2 hours of 1 because they're all mediocre. Plus, last time I checked, ppl cried that they knew more than dice last time they were doing campaign stuff. People gotta accept not every game needs to waste resources on things that aren't needed

senorfartcushion1002d ago

Nah. AAA studios don’t apply all of their resources to anything. This is a cost cutting venture and nothing more.

kryteris1003d ago

evolved on the same hardware, imagine a current gen battlefield.

Lostbytes1003d ago

Can look like real life, still a pass..... No SP, GaaS service model, Mandatory Battle Passes, and paid DLC. More cost for less value, has been the theme for the last couple BF games.

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An Update on Battlefield 2042 and Welcoming Motive Studio to the Team

EA:

While we’ve enjoyed and are proud of creating these seasons of additional content for Battlefield 2042, it is now necessary for us to turn from the present to the future. What this ultimately means is that Season 7 will serve as the final season for Battlefield 2042. After Season 7 concludes, we will continue to support the game with new in-game challenges, events, modes, and of course, ongoing maintenance, but we are moving away from delivering official seasons.

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Streamer Claims DICE Paid Over 60 Content Creators for Battlefield 2042 Feedback, Then Ignored It

Streamer Shroud says that DICE paid 60 to a hundred content creators to help develop Battlefield 2042, but ignored every single advice.

GoodGuy0927d ago

No wonder the game ended up the way it did
What they should've done was ask BF fans. Most general content creators typically go for the trend and the top creators stream games like LOL, fortnite, dota, gtaV, battle royale etc.

_SilverHawk_26d ago

A lot of times people want a game to be something else and I'd probably guess a lot of people wanted call of duty or a lot of it's features.

Bf2042 is amazing now but was not so much at launch. A lot of improvements made the game an amazing game with its own identity. I'm hoping the new battlefield game coming next year improves upon everything in bf2042 and is more akin to bf3 and bf4.

Gamingsince198126d ago

I want them to do a new bad company instead

DustMan25d ago

A ton of people have written the game off now. Which is unfortunate because I find it to be one of the best multiplayer shooters available now. I've been aware that a Battlefield game has not launched in a good condition since....I don't remember. So I never played at launch due to the horror stories, but it seems to have pulled a Battlefield 4 and really turned itself around. Good stuff. Love getting 4 kills on an apc with a well placed RPG, or Stinger to a loaded chopper lol. No other game has given me that kind of joy. lol.

Kornholic26d ago

To be fair, I would not listen to content creators/influencers either.

BISHOP-BRASIL26d ago

Look, I wouldn't pee on an influencer if they were on fire, but why pay for their feedback only to ignore it?

Kornholic26d ago

I don't know. Maybe they thought it was a good idea at first but eventually found out that it was best to ignore influencers' opinions?

jznrpg26d ago

I’ll give some advice and take money for it. You can use it or not use it just make sure to pay me

badboyz0926d ago

who would've thought🤷‍♀️

Yi-Long26d ago (Edited 26d ago )

Battlefield fans just want Battlefield to be Battlefield. Which means a focus on Conquest-mode (5/6 flags), some gorgeous and fun maps to play on, 4 balanced classes, and that's it.

The suits keep wanting to turn Battlefield into everything else BUT Battlefield, so first they wanted BF to be more like Call of Duty, so they copied a bunch of stuff from CoD. Then they wanted to take advantage of the Battle Royale stuff, so they went after that crowd. Then they saw the heroes stuff in Overwatch and so they brought in specialists. Etc.

Guys, we just want Battlefield. Not every games has to be everything to all people. Specialize in what makes (made) your series great, which is large(r) maps (appropriate size for the amount of players, which IMO should be 24-32 max, so not just big for bragging brights), integrating vehicle-combat, and just allowing the freedom and flow which made those matches in older Battlefield games so special at times.

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BF2042 Battle Pass Progression Bug, Haven Map Freezing Issues After Season 7 Patch

Battlefield 2042's Season 7 patch has not only brought in new content, but also Battle Pass progression bugs and Haven map freezing issues.