Battlefield games have always been my favorite "casual" fps games growing up. After a day of practice or scrims in whatever game I was competing in at the time CS, Quake, Halo, COD, or whatever the flavor of the year was for me, it was nice to pop on a Battlefield game and not care about doing well. The games are made to be chaotic and for a lack of better words "random" in a sense. And in a Battlefield game that is exactly the thing I am looking for. With Battlefield, I don't give a shit about learning angles, utility usage, set ups, spawn traps, and the rest of the things that come to my mind when I play a more "balanced" and "competitive" 4v4/5v5 shooter. Battlefield lets me be a neanderthal with a gun. Battlefield 2042 if you don't know is one of the most objectively hated games to ever be released. I did not play the game on release, but the Twitter timeline was full of crazy clips of the game just imploding on itself. Hovercrafts could scale the sides of skyscrapers, you could spawn under the map, bullets would go feet from where you were actually aiming. Just do yourself a favor and YouTube "2042 Bug Compilation" and feast those eyes until they go crossed. The reason why my brain is on Battlefield is because a couple of weeks ago it was on a sale for 15 dollars via Steam. Before that, Battlefield 1 was 5 dollars on steam and that was one of the most immersive games I have ever touched. I know many of the Battlefield hardcore fans aren't impressed with its mechanics, but in my humble, yet accurate opinion it's still one of the greatest online multiplayer experiences you can ever allow yourself to have. Battlefield 2042...is an experience. Not an immersive experience. I don't even know what to call it. When you can shoot your gun at actual players it's not terrible. When I can spawn on one of my squad mates without being put DIRECTLY in an enemy's line of sight it's not terrible. When I'm not surrounded by tanks, helicopters, or transport vehicles that have fucking cannons attached to them it's not terrible. The game has INSANE "clip potential" and as frustrating as the game is, getting a nice multi-kill is very satisfying. I also feel like it's the last standing "pub stomping" games left out there. If you are above average at shooters, you will do pretty well...in general as long as your encounters with the fleet of vehicles is low. The skill-based matchmaking that makes you sweat your ass off in casual matches in games like COD or Halo is much milder in this game. Which is a breath of... not fresh air because this game is not that, it's more of a breath of "did you fart? Or is that low tide?" kind of air. As much as this game makes me want to throw my mouse across my office I do think if this game goes on sale for 10 bucks...people should buy it and give it a go. If you do, good luck and use a controller or mouse and keyboard that you are comfortable with breaking.
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