Core Features
Some things are removed for better but this is really long list for a game that took year off to improve.
- No single-player story/campaign mode
- No standard server browser
- Fewer standardized game modes (Can't even play TDM or smaller scale modes without relying on community servers. Really?)
- Fewer base game maps than any other title (even including portal the map count is only 13)
- No persistent lobbies (seriously why do I have to matchmake after EVERY round?)
- Fewer in-game assignments (none outside of cosmetic unlocks)
- No class system
- Less character customization options (than BF5)
- No profile progress/stats page in the menu
- No battle log/stats tracker for other players
- No global leader boards
- No end of round assignment progress screen
- No dog tags (they still sort of exist I guess?)
- No custom emblems
- Fewer achievements
- No medals
- Less destruction (only a small handful of destructible buildings on each map)
- No map altering levolution (There sort of is but the maps are so big, anything that changes doesn't really affect how you play)
- No cross-game profile screen (BF 4, HL, 1, and V were all linked by a menu if you owned them digitally, was a neat feature.)
- No spectator mode
- No permanent community servers (would be useful for clans and events)
- No test range (this one is sort of compensated for with single payer servers vs bots)
- Fewer guns (even including all the portal guns, BF4 still had more at launch)
- Fewer infantry gadgets
- No manual leaning
- No diving while swimming
- No high wall vaulting
- No crouch sprinting
- No backwards prone
- No explosion knockback
- No rolling after falling from heights
- No ammo or health pickup off teammates
- No scope zeroing
- No thermal optics
- No indirect fire gadgets
- Less anti-tank launchers (Come on man only one?)
- No lock-on launchers (The M5 works with the SOFLAM but that requires 2 people)
- No AP mines/claymores
- No static weapon emplacements
- No fortification building
- No static resupply stations
- No suppression mechanic (This one I don't mind but I'm including everything)
- No first person takedown animations (whether this is a downgrade is up for debate, but I think it is)
- Fewer vehicle types (and separate vehicle progression per faction even though they are functionally identical... why???)
- No naval vehicles (Except I guess the hovercraft technically)
- No small transports (i.e. ATVs, motorcycles)
- No vehicle gunner direction indicator
- No lock on direction indicator
- No vehicle enter/exit animations
- No tank turret decoupling (This was so great in BF4!)
- Less vehicle driver/pilot customization options
- No tank zoom customization options
- No tank gunner customization options
- No heli gunner secondary weapons
- No separate heli/fixed-wing controls
- No control input while looking behind/free looking in aircraft (BF1 and V pilots, this one is gonna absolutely suck for you guys)
- No joystick/non-generic gamepad support
- No squad wipe scoring
- No player damage points
- No vehicle damage points
- No vehicle kill assist points
- No headshot bonus
- No long-range kill bonus
- No assist counts as kill bonus
- No multi-kill bonus
- No killstreak stopped bonus
- No comeback bonus
- No squad objective play bonus
- Oversimplified teamplay scoring (i.e. healing a teammate always gives you a flat +5xp rather than being based on how much you heal them)
- No commander
- No special squad call-in abilities
- No squad field upgrades
- No in-game VOIP (coming soon[SUP]TM[/SUP])
- Fewer factions (with almost nothing to give the 2 factions any distinction)
- No cross-team chat
- No "create new squad" option
- No clans/platoons
- No view of squadmates while in the spawn screen
- No "Medic incoming" indicator in downed state (coming soon[SUP]TM[/SUP])
- No rank names/icons, just a number.
- Less control customization options
- Less UI customization options
- No HUD/icon opacity customization
- No HUD scaling customization options
- No gunsight reticle customization options
- No network performance graph
- No individual player scoreboard
- Less detail in the 'who killed you' screen
- Less ultrawide monitor support (hud ratio is locked in at 16:9)
- Very poor friend joining system (Lack of server browser makes playing with more than 4 friends completely impossible)
- Poor console aim assist (big fat fuck you to console players there, dice. Hopefully this will come with the D1 patch)
- No in game crossplay toggle option (you have to change your global console settings)
- General consensus seems to be the audio design is bad, especially compared to both BF3 and BF1.
- 3D soundscape is almost non-exsistent
- Less impactful soundtrack (menu music is very dull and repetitive)
- End of round music is dull and uninteresting (compared to BF1 and V this is a big downgrade)
- End of round voicelines are just awful. I can't describe how much I hate them. (Tried to keep the rest of the list objective, but I had to add this. You guys understand)
r/battlefield2042 - Fuck it, here's a list of absolutely everything either removed or downgraded from previous games in 2042
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Some things are removed for better but this is really long list for a game that took year off to improve.