{"id":419569,"date":"2025-11-04T05:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-steam-reviews-mostly-negative"},"modified":"2025-11-04T05:37:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:37:41","slug":"battlefield-2042-is-now-one-of-the-worst-reviewed-games-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/battlefield-2042-is-now-one-of-the-worst-reviewed-games-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield 2042 is now one of the worst-reviewed games on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/battlefield-2042-is-now-one-of-the-worst-reviewed-games-on-steam.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re reading this page, you probably know our opinions on <strong>Battlefield 2042<\/strong>: our own Sherif has said that the latest FPS effort from EA DICE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-launch-impressions-hot-mess\">is in a sad and disappointing state right now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are myriad problems; whether it&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-weapon-bloom-random-bullet-deviation-frustrating\">severe random bullet deviation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-misaligned-hitboxes-specialists-missing\">misaligned hitboxes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-fps-boost-pc\">shocking PC performance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-weapon-attachment-misleading-description-performance\">a misleading weapon customisation screen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-classic-scoreboard-design-community-response\">the lack of a traditional scoreboard<\/a> or any of the problems that still persist now that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-day-one-patch-0-2-1-fixes\">the game&#8217;s day one patch is out the door<\/a>, you&#8217;ll undoubtedly find something wrong with the game if you boot it up today.<\/p>\n<p>And it seems we&#8217;re not the only ones being critical of Electronic Arts&#8217; latest title: at the time of writing, Battlefield 2042 has gained over 17,000 &ldquo;mostly negative&rdquo; reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1517290\/Battlefield_2042\/\">Steam<\/a>. Not bad for saying it&#8217;s only been formally available for two days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-steam-reviews-mostly-negative\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-steam-reviews-mostly-negative\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re reading this page, you probably know our opinions on Battlefield 2042: our own Sherif has said that the latest FPS effort from EA DICE is in a sad and disappointing state right now. There are myriad problems; whether it&#8217;s the severe random bullet deviation, misaligned hitboxes, shocking PC performance, a misleading weapon customisation screen, the lack of a traditional scoreboard or any of the problems that still persist now that the game&#8217;s day one patch is out the door, you&#8217;ll undoubtedly find something wrong with the game if you boot it up today. 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