"Can I get my money back?": Battlefield 2042 community reacts in anger as DICE discontinues second game mode in a week
It is now official. DICE has discontinued another game mode in Battlefield 2042 as Hazard Zone has failed to work. Earlier in the week, DICE decided to remove the 128-player Breakthrough mode, which hasn't sat well with fans. With the discontinuation of another mode in the game, it is safe to say that the players aren't happy. They even discussed the possible reasons why Hazard Zone failed to kick off in the first place.
Hazard Zone was Battlefield 2042's adoption and adaptation of the Battle Royale genre. It would send squads of players with the task of finding data drives and competing with each other. Despite DICE's ideas and objectives, the model has failed to work as expected. While Hazard Zone will continue to be in the game, there won't be any active work on the mode from the developers. It will only be supported for critical bugs and error fixes when required.
The original news was shared with the community by a Redditor with the username u/ImSaimo, who shared a screenshot of the official message from DICE. The developers explained the reason behind the decision and what fans could expect moving forward. They clearly stated that the mode wouldn't be discontinued like the 128-player Breakthrough.
One player stated that DICE should have made the battle royale mode of Battlefield V free-to-play. The player claimed that while the mode was really fun, it got outcompeted with free titles like Call of Duty: Warzone and Fortnite. Battlefield 2042's battle royale mode is the second instance of it failing in a Battlefield game.
Some players blamed EA for these debacles and claimed that this is to be expected from any video game made by them.
One fan even believes that Battlefield 2042 getting the same level of support as
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