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Fans are demanding refunds for “Battlefield 2042″ following the sport’s disastrous launchThe on-line petition has reached over 16,000 signatures as of writing”Battlefield 2042” stays plagued with bugs months after launch
The battle continues for “Battlefield 2042” after followers put up a web based petition calling for Electronic Arts to grant them refunds following the sport’s disastrous launch and poor post-launch help.
The petition posted on Change.org has already reached over 16,000 digital signatures as of writing. Its writer claimed that EA and DICE “did not keep many promises” made at launch and that the state of “Battlefield 2042,” from launch to the current day, is unacceptable as a result of sheer variety of technical points which have been plaguing the sport.
At one level, the participant outrage over the sport was so unhealthy that Steam, which is understood for its strict refund coverage, defied its personal guidelines as a way to approve the refund requests of some gamers.
“Battlefield 2042” loved the franchise’s second-best launch regardless of the controversy, in line with Screen Rant, with roughly 4 million players buying it on the primary day.
However, numerous gamers opted to refund the sport shortly after resulting from a myriad of causes, from the bugs to gameplay and even the general tone of the sport. EA even refused to reveal the sport’s gross sales figures after claiming that it didn’t meet their expectations.
Battlefield 2042 brings again traditional jet dogfighting present in different trendy Battlefield titles Photo: Electronic Arts
On Steam alone, “Battlefield 2042” peaked at over 100,000 concurrent gamers throughout its first month, however this quantity step by step declined to simply 13,156 Steam gamers prior to now 30 days as of writing. This doesn’t account for gamers who purchased the sport on console or by way of EA Origin.
Many gamers lamented the game-breaking technical points that “Battlefield 2042” suffers from. However, the true deal-breakers for different gamers have been poor recreation balancing, odd design selections and the borderline parody-like tone of the sport the place participant characters handled conflict like an informal sport.
User critiques on Steam complained in regards to the needlessly-large scale of the sport that ended up breaking the circulate of fight as a substitute of including something significant to it. Players additionally criticized the dearth of content material, lackluster development and EA’s try to chase after tendencies.
Recently, the builders introduced that they have been delaying the discharge of “Battlefield 2042’s” first season to present themselves extra time to work on bettering the core recreation expertise.