Gamers, it's time to take up arms: the battlefield is calling! EA invites you to immerse yourself in its latest FPS, Battlefield 2042, available on PC, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X from November 19, 2021. Epic battles, armies of enemies, chaos and surprising events await us in this new opus, originally scheduled for release on October 22. The developers have admitted that, due to the health crisis and telecommuting, the game's design was delayed.
In this trailer, we discover a world on the brink of chaos, ravaged by shortages of drinking water, food and energy. Humans struggle to survive as the United States and Russia wage a merciless all-out war. The Homeless, refugees caught between war and ecological disaster, will have to fight for their survival. Among them are soldiers determined to save the world from total destruction.
The player is a Specialist, a stateless soldier with a unique specialty and fully customizable equipment. Each Specialist has a distinctive attribute. Players also benefit from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons, equipment and vehicles.
Oskar Gabrielson, CEO of Battlefield developer DICE, expressed his enthusiasm for the new opus in a press release: " Battlefield 2042 marks an evolution in the franchise and embodies what our players have come to expect: a Battlefield multiplayer sandbox mode pushed to the limit, with intense combat and loads of incredible, unexpected events. Everyone at DICE Stockholm, DICE LA, Criterion and EA Göteborg has had a lot of fun developing this game. Now it's time for players to join the adventure. They'll discover three distinct and incredibly epic experiences that they should really enjoy. "
The game's developers have taken full advantage of the enhanced capabilities of next-generation consoles: on the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X, you can play games with up to 128 people at the same time. Expect multiplayer battles like you've never seen before. What's more, real-time events such as tornadoes and other natural disasters can completely alter your map or the course of the game without warning. Nothing can be taken for granted, and your skills will be put to the test!
In addition to these new features, Battlefield 2042 offers several game modes detailed in EA's press release:
Our test:After two opuses in 1942 and 2142, Battlefield returns to consoles and PC with an in-between story, entitled Battlefield 2042, plunging the player into a dystopian world where global warming has accelerated to the point of generating a war between the world's two greatest powers, each hiring stateless people into their ranks (due to the lack of resources, many have fled...). A soft that's a bit like this world: confused...
Neither good nor bad, the game should undoubtedly appeal to fans of the genre, thanks to a number of factors: its ergonomics, which are simple enough to use and accessible even to beginners, which is particularly appreciable in this type of software; and its game modes, which bring a certain renewal to the genre (without revolutionizing it) and add a certain interest to the whole, with, for nostalgic players, Battlefield Portal, a community space that takes you to the maps of previous softs.
The other two multiplayer game modes (no single-player campaign for this one) are Warfare andHazard Zone, offering epic battles for territory control in the former, and squad-based data recovery in the latter. A Battlefield for all, in short, for the player who's new to the game and prefers to mingle within a large team, as well as for the more experienced player who prefers to play in a small team, with friends.
We also appreciate the freedom offered by DICE in the use of classes, allowing players to modify their equipment to suit their needs, while retaining a certain specificity. The fact that everyone can heal a downed ally (and not just medics) is also a plus, making games longer and smoother.
Despite these good points, Battlefield 2042 is lacking in many others. Starting with its graphics, which are nowhere near as accurate or polished as those of its predecessors (for the record, we played on PS4...). Still, the software looks pretty good on PS5 or Xbox Series, but we'd have liked to see that on other consoles. We also deplore the lack of dynamism of some of the maps, which are too large, making the whole thing very chaotic. DICE seems to have thought too big here, with the possibility of 128 players on the same map (two teams of 64 players), with objectives far apart, making the movement and combat phases rather strange, with numerous dead zones.
Another point is the number of maps, which seems too few for a game that promises to be a great battle. All in all, although there are seven maps available from the outset, it feels like you're only playing on three or four, giving you the feeling that you're going round in circles. Not to mention the dreadful shadowing in the very first tutorial... In short, so many little things thatEA and DICE will have to rework with patches and other updates to improve the experience.
All in all, Battlefield 2042 is a pleasant and accessible game, promising some great games between now and the festive season, unless you get it as a present under the Christmas tree. All that's left is to wish you all a great game!
Dates and Opening Time
Starts November 19, 2021
Prices
PC: €59.99
Xbox One et PS4: €69.99
Xbox Series S/X et PS5: €79.99
Official website
www.ea.com
