The chief designer of the classic first-person shooter title Battlefield 3 has criticized the recently released Battlefield 2042.
The lead designer of both Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2, David Goldfarb, recently took to Twitter to criticize how badly Battlefield 2042 has turned out.
Battlefield 2042 was expected a lot, but the product when launched made the gaming community and EA both consider this a big disappointment. Rumors of the game being able to become free have been circulating for the past several weeks and the game’s player base has also suffered a severe drop. Now, the lead designer of the critically-acclaimed Battlefield 3 game is also criticizing some of Battlefield 2042’s issues.
The lead designer of both Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2, David Goldfarb, recently took to Twitter to criticize how badly Battlefield 2042 has turned out. He didn’t play the game or even see any gameplay footage until February 7, 2022. After he got a grasp of how the new title works, he was surprised and wondered that it was the game itself. Exactly how everything in the game could turn out to be so bad.
In a series of tweets, Goldfarb said he was trying to understand why the “questionable” design choices in Battlefield 2042 were made. He openly wondered if anyone was really in charge of quality control for this game. Although he knew that there would be obstacles from higher up in the development process, he did not expect so many failed designs, that this is clearly not a game that can honor and expand the experience. Classic Battlefield experience.
Goldfarb suggests that DICE should be to take Battlefield’s setting even further into the future as Battlefield 2143 and try to regain the main appeal of the series.
Goldfarb went on to express his sympathies to the friends and colleagues who worked on Battlefield 2042. Additionally, he also noted that he was pleased to see Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3 revived in such a way. their own via the game’s Portal mode. However, this doesn’t change the fact that a lot of Battlefield 2042 gamers are so unhappy with the game that they have to sign a petition demanding EA refunds across all platforms.
Goldfarb ended his criticisms by suggesting that DICE’s next move should be to take Battlefield’s setting even further into the future as Battlefield 2143 and attempt to regain the series’ primary appeal. He specifically mentioned that EA DICE should re-integrate the “cool” features they created before that made this IP truly unique.
While Battlefield 2042 had some things done well, it was generally considered a disappointing launch by many gamers. This is especially evident when compared to Call of Duty: Vanguard, another first-person shooter game that came out around the same time. With luck, maybe the developers of Battlefield 2042 will listen to Goldfarb’s advice and find a way to save the situation.
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