Metacritic currently has Battlefield 2042 rated at 74⁄100 based on 41 critic reviews. It’s user score is 2.4⁄10 based on over 2500 user reviews.
Critics are just corporate shills at this point. The gaming journalism industry might as well just admit that it’s paid advertising. There is no way that 41 “game critics” working for major tech publications have a more valid opinion than literally thousands of players who spent real money on the game and collectively agree that it’s shit.
The fact that the “metascore” is the only number listed most places at first glance is also incredibly misleading. Even though 74⁄100 is not a great number to begin with, it’s sure a whole lot better than 2.4⁄10 and I’m sure that a lot of people who see the critic number but not the one from actual players like them have no idea that the game’s reception is so much worse than what the industry shills want to show. …
I’d logged 25 hours in the game, requested my refund before I went to bed last night and woke up the refund notification.
I stated how broken the game is and how the negative reviews reflect this.
I also commented on DICE disabling progression in Solo/Coop play against bots, despite promising that it would be a feature of the game.
Don’t give up, go get those refunds.