Is Battlefield 2042 worth playing in 2023?

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Back in late 2021, I previewed Battlefield 2042 alongside many other game journalists. The version of the game we played felt great, and I sincerely enjoyed it. Imagine my surprise when it launched; it was an absolute mess. The title launched to a mixed reception, and fans were furious.

It got so bad that a four-year-old Battlefield game, Battlefield V was played with greater amounts of players than Battlefield 2042 was. That’s a painful thing to see. Over the last few years, however, Electronic Arts has put some work into the shooter. But, while some have come back to it, is it worth playing here in 2023?

What went wrong with Battlefield 2042, and what has been done to steer the ship in the right direction? Is it worth playing again? Here’s what you need to know.

To say that Battlefield 2042 was launched with “a few bugs” is certainly misleading. It was released as a nearly unplayable, buggy mess. There were bundles of glitches, crashes, and poor gameplay experiences. The worst ones were glitches that prevented players from getting exp from the matches they played. After all, that’s why we play shooters, right?

The 128-player game modes weren’t tracking exp at all. Battlefield 2042 had other, smaller modes, but the reason people flocked to the franchise has to be the huge “battlefield” style maps like these.

It would be too long of a list to go over everything that was wrong with the game. It would take months for players to see significant changes. Even in 2022, players would find that their loadouts would become invisible, revert to basic loadouts, or characters would just freeze up. Instead, people played Battlefield V, which worked properly.

Although, bugs can be fixed. The biggest crime of Battlefield 2042 is that it