Although Battlefield 2042 is officially scheduled to launch on November 19, some gamers are already participating in 128-player chaos thanks to Electronic Arts placing it in Early Access. It appears that Battlefield 2042 has garnered vocal but very mixed reactions from Early Access players.
Players were informed ahead of time that not all the issues found in the Battlefield 2042 beta would be fixed on launch, but this hasn't kept some gamers from pointing out the problems in question. Meanwhile, other gamers appear to be entertaining themselves by stumbling around the battlefield blindly, driving vehicles off skyscrapers, and making unexpected discoveries about the game.
Parris, one of the co-hosts of Gamertag Radio, stated on his verified Twitter account that he was disappointed in Battlefield 2042 and considered it "unready." He stated that, just as he'd believed back during the Battlefield 2042 beta, the game needed more development time. The replies to his post were split between people who were enjoying the game and people who agreed that it was currently a buggy mess.
YouTuber KriticalKris, on the other hand, shared a video that drew attention to one of Battlefield 2042's spectacular set pieces, namely the one that saw players airlifted over an exploding building. He directly compared this trailer-worthy gameplay clip of Battlefield 2042 to a Michael Bay film. While the video is certainly spectacular, one reply from user GFaqan declared that the game is all spectacle and has no substance.
Twitch Affiliate Rebutta shared a 53-second-long clip of himself and several other players ascending an elevator to the top of a building in one Battlefield 2042 map and finding a vehicle on the roof. The group excitedly piled into the vehicle while chattering about the odds that they would all die from fall damage before driving straight off the edge. They got about 15 seconds of hang-time before crash landing in a heap of plant matter, laughing and whooping into their mics the whole time.
ModernWarzone, an account that primarily covers Call of Duty news, has also gone on the record as stating that they are disappointed in Battlefield 2042. They claimed that they wanted Battlefield 2042 to be so good it could provide Call of Duty: Vanguard with some serious competition and are bitter this did not happen.
One reply from user iceberg1980 agreed and went so far as to state that Call of Duty: Warzone would be a better game than Battlefield 2042 if the developers could crackdown on hackers. Clearly, player responses are very mixed thus far, and it will be interesting to see how players feel once the game officially releases.
Battlefield 2042 releases November 19 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.