Portal allows people to spin up their own servers with custom rule sets, scenarios and maps and weapons from across the BF franchise. For example, this video from JackFrags shows a match that plays entirely different from the fast paced and much higher TTK vanilla BF2042.

With BF2042 on sale, I would encourage people to give it a shot, if not just for the Portal servers. There are some genuinely awesome experiences to be had there and it can only get better with more players.

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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someday I still have to try this on Game Pass, but I might not even be the target market for the other Battlefield games. The instant death from long distance snipers and zero squad play tends to reduce my interest.

[–] ledditor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel you on getting insta-sniped. The squad play thing unfortunately seems like a problem in a lot of games these days. People just seem less interested in using in game voice chat in general.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There’s games where squad play comes naturally through mechanics, even if some players don’t like voice. Apex gives people a LOT of ping options, and Deep Rock Galactic mostly lets people be independent except for traversal tools - which have great use for the team.

Ideally, I think a Battlefield game would have frequent reviving between squad members, a spotting system, and a lot of ammo sharing, but those mechanics don’t end up being very relevant to the game’s lone wolf desperados shooting through large groups with their all-unlocks LMGs.