Battlefield 2042 review – war in the eye of the storm
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/nov/24/battlefield-2042-review-war-pc-xbox-one-series-x-s-playstation-dice-ea
PC, Xbox One/Series X/S, PlayStation 4/5; Dice/EAIn a series known for its scale and spectacle, climate change and technical issues are the new enemies
They say war is hell, don’t they, and also that hell is other people. So perhaps we should all have seen the chaos coming, when Electronic Arts proudly announced that 128-player matches were coming to Battlefield. We should have learned from trying to board the tube at rush hour what 128 people all vying simultaneously to complete an objective feels like, and it’s not often pleasant. Battlefield 2042 has many problems, but much potential. The ingredients for awe-inspiring war games are here, but don’t always come together – at least, not yet.