Former Battlefield Devs Criticize Battlefield 2042, Question Quality Control

It is not a shocker when people say that DICE’s Battlefield 2042 has been quite a disappointment. While the developers are working to fix the shortcomings the game has, which are plentiful, the player base has been very vocal in expressing its disappointment in the game. Not only players, but ex-developers of the series have been also vocal about DICE’s latest outing.

As spotted by MP1st, through a series of tweets, ex-Battlefield: Bad Company 2 lead designer David Goldfarb – who is currently leading The Outsiders and developing Metal: Hellsinger – talked about Battlefield 2042, questioning certain design decisions and choices, while also questioning the game’s quality control.

David Goldfarb wasn’t the only one who has been vocal about this, as Jaqub Ajmal, a former producer at DICE who has previously worked on multiple Battlefield games up until Battlefield 5, has also shared his views on Battlefield 2042, explaining his disappointment with the way the weekly missions have been designed to leverage FOMO, while also explaining how this can be fixed.

Clearly, the game is not really in a good place. As of now, season one of the shooter has been delayed to early summer, while the long-requested scorecard feature is coming sometime in early March. EA, interestingly, believes that the game will do great in the long run.

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I won’t finish the 2042 weekly mission. The first one since launch. It just takes too long to do it when I play normally and with that they lost me. Imo it’s really important to design things so it’s reasonable for people that don’t have a lot of time, specially when it’s fomo.

— Jaqub Ajmal (@JaqubAjmal) February 9, 2022

Nah, it takes a really long time unless you choose a specific character and only focus on getting that done. What they should have done is just added it without a time limit. What's the point in removing it besides creating toxic fomo in a game that is already purchased?

— Jaqub Ajmal (@JaqubAjmal) February 10, 2022

A very easy fix would be to add a weekly, but then just keep it forever. I don't understand why it gotta be removed. We already payed for the game, its not F2P.

— Jaqub Ajmal (@JaqubAjmal) February 10, 2022