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Battlefield 2042 Delay Is "Smoothing Out Rough Edges;" Dog Tags Will Appear in Some Form

A DICE dev says the Battlefield 2042 delay is more about "smoothing out the rough edges." Dog tags seem to still be in the game.

ArchangelMike1362d ago

How much do you want to bet that the lauch will still be a fuster cluck. I really don't understand how after releasing however many online multiplayer games, and having so much experience with network code, they always still manage to bungle the launch everytime. I mean who can remember the last time a mainline Battlefield game had a smooth launch.

Anyway here's hoping, this time will be different...

...yeah right!

PhillyDillyDee1362d ago

I remember! BF1s launch was quite smooth. It also happens to be the last feature complete battlefield game they made.

That said, I agree with you. And calling next week a “beta” is laughable as there wont be enough time to fix any major problems that pop-up before launch.

RaidenBlack1362d ago

Their launch luck alternates with every BF release.
BF3, BF1 were comparatively smooth.
BF4, BFV not so much.

pr33k331362d ago

doesnt matter tbh, since a ton of people still buy it despite the problems.

1nsomniac1362d ago

This is DICE. They have always since day one been the worst game developer in the world at fixing bugs. They’re completely incompetent. There’s still game breaking bugs in the frostbite engine that have been their since it’s inception. BF games especially on PC have never run correctly at launch and I have my suspicions that this one will be particularly bad. Let’s see just how long it takes them to fix it to a correct release standard.

jeromeface1362d ago

Id rather have innovation and bugs than the same old call of duty on the same engine year in and year out... it took the recent MW till there was any innovation and that's just because they strapped ray tracing on it.

jeromeface1362d ago

How many AAA launches were you responsible for that went smooth?

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PhillyDillyDee1362d ago

And if this game doesnt go over well, they can just abandon it and promise the next one will be amazing!

RaidenBlack1362d ago

Yea ... still hate them for abandoning BF:V . It had loads of potential. Could've added tons more nations, weapons, maps and vehicles. Gave it the same love as BF:1.
And they even fixed much of stuffs with the Pacific update. But alas, they chickened out later.
Just look at No Man's Sky.
But i guess the problems with EA's management rather than the devs.
Devs were interested to fix the game they worked so hard for.

PhillyDillyDee1362d ago

I really couldn’t agree more. BFV was well on the right path and the community was hopeful after the Pacific update… then they just abandoned it. I swore after that I would never buy another battlefield at launch. A modern WW2 battlefield and they completely wasted its potential.

ArchangelMike1362d ago

Yeah, when the upper management started forcing DICE to mess about with the TTK to appeal to the newbies the whole thing just went down the pan. I'm glad the devs were able to get it back on track - but unfortunately by that time BFV sales had already tanked below expectations; and upper management by that time would'nt want to invest in a sinking ship.

Hopefully, with the inclusion of Portal, Dice will have a gem on thri hands this time.

FGHFGHFGH1362d ago

They made 6 free dlc and a br mode. You can get full 64 player games 24 hours a day still. (on pc) I'm glad they made a new bf game with modern weapons. Tired of using old ass guns + choppers are back.

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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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OtterX12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

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.

pwnmaster3000261d 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