I've started playing after the Zero Hour update recently.

Having played Battlefield 3 (primarily) and Battlefield 4 on their launch and being a Battlefield-fan since those teams, I'm rather disappointed. Obviously I'm not so much surprised, with all the other negative reviews and news out there. But still I wanted to form my own opinion and see it myself.

And here we go. Exactly as disappointed as others were saying. DICE/EA... just why?

I like the Sci-Fi settings personally, and I would like to see a good, playable Battlefield in this setting as the next one. But you really have to gain back trust from your community, after delivering this mess.

Pro:
+ Sci-Fi setting (personal preference)
+ Available on Steam (I must find something positive, right?)
+ The maps look beautiful.

Cons:
- The performance is awful - only 90-100 FPS with overclocked Intel i7 12700K @ 5 GHz and Asus Strix RTX 3080 Ti. Seriously?
- The maps are way too large. You literally run hours across the whole battlefield (especially when all vehicles are full at start) to get shot in less than a second. And repeat.
- I think 128 players are cool as a gimmick, and they might work in certain situations. But sometimes you're just in a corridor with literally 3/4 of the players, throwing more grenades than the amount of players DICE/EA disappointed. (So, this means many. Just to say.)
- You can't jump between and create squads in-game? I felt trolled and couldn't imagine this is the case. But it really is. Who signed this off internally?!
- After all this mess and months of development, content coming with Zero Hour is just disappointing. DICE/EA states the 'majority' of the team works on BF2042, but the content rather looks like a one-man army project. If so, it would be indeed impressive.
- Stability is awful. It's been about one year after release, and it's still just crashing. Mostly just 'gone', not even a crash reporter (is there any?). Windows doesn't recognize the crash, so it's the game. Get it stable.
- Battle Pass. Seriously. Another one? The game costs 60 bucks, 110 for the ultimate. And there really must be a Battle Pass you need to pay, including some in-game shop?! Being a casual gamer and switching between games a lot, I don't want to invest majority of the month just to farm battle pass and get good gear. That's not what I pay for. Not for a full-price title.
- After all the sh*tstorm about BF2042, there's really still a Season Pass to purchase for 40 bucks? Won't it be a good move and fair for your players to reduce or make the first year free? You've messed up and disappointed here. Time to get trust back.
- The player base. Only seeing about 3 000 - 10 000 players on Steam. A bit disappointing, isn't it? Get players back, or it will die quicker than it is anyway.
- I feel like there's quite some annoying Input Latency. That's annoying.

I've started playing after the Zero Hour update recently. Having played Battlefield 3 (primarily) and Battlefield 4 on their launch and being a Battlefield-fan since those teams, I'm rather disappointed. Obviously I'm not so much surprised, with all the other negative reviews and news out there. But still I wanted to form my own opinion and see it myself. And here we go. Exactly as disappointed as others were saying. DICE/EA... just why? I like the Sci-Fi settings personally, and I would like to see a good, playable Battlefield in this setting as the next one. But you really have to gain back trust from your community, after delivering this mess. Pro: + Sci-Fi setting (personal preference) + Available on Steam (I must find something positive, right?) + The maps look beautiful. Cons: - The performance is awful - only 90-100 FPS with overclocked Intel i7 12700K @ 5 GHz and Asus Strix RTX 3080 Ti. Seriously? - The maps are way too large. You literally run hours across the whole battlefield (especially when all vehicles are full at start) to get shot in less than a second. And repeat. - I think 128 players are cool as a gimmick, and they might work in certain situations. But sometimes you're just in a corridor with literally 3/4 of the players, throwing more grenades than the amount of players DICE/EA disappointed. (So, this means many. Just to say.) - You can't jump between and create squads in-game? I felt trolled and couldn't imagine this is the case. But it really is. Who signed this off internally?! - After all this mess and months of development, content coming with Zero Hour is just disappointing. DICE/EA states the 'majority' of the team works on BF2042, but the content rather looks like a one-man army project. If so, it would be indeed impressive. - Stability is awful. It's been about one year after release, and it's still just crashing. Mostly just 'gone', not even a crash reporter (is there any?). Windows doesn't recognize the crash, so it's the game. Get it stable. - Battle Pass. Seriously. Another one? The game costs 60 bucks, 110 for the ultimate. And there really must be a Battle Pass you need to pay, including some in-game shop?! Being a casual gamer and switching between games a lot, I don't want to invest majority of the month just to farm battle pass and get good gear. That's not what I pay for. Not for a full-price title. - After all the sh*tstorm about BF2042, there's really still a Season Pass to purchase for 40 bucks? Won't it be a good move and fair for your players to reduce or make the first year free? You've messed up and disappointed here. Time to get trust back. - The player base. Only seeing about 3 000 - 10 000 players on Steam. A bit disappointing, isn't it? Get players back, or it will die quicker than it is anyway. - I feel like there's quite some annoying Input Latency. That's annoying.