Category: Gaming

Battlefield 2042: The Excitement is Real!

It’s finally coming! A new Battlefield game has been long overdue, but will it be just as good, if not better than previous games? Only time will tell.

From the trailer (which can be seen here) we can see that the graphics look amazing! This is definitely a “next gen” game…or a high end computer game.

What I like, is that while it does take place in the future, it’s the near future. Most of what we see in the trailer we already have in the modern age. This excites me for a couple reasons.

First of all, I loved Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V. They were fun to play and I liked that all the guns and attachments weren’t that overpowered. The guns were from WWI and WWII. That meant no fancy thermal scopes for once. I always managed to find a way to get sniped by a guy with a thermal scope.

Secondly, the only place they could go was the future. The past had been done and the modern day had also been done. But they were smart about it. Unlike Call of Duty, it doesn’t seem like they went so far into the future, that things are unreasonable. The worst part about futuristic Call of Duty was the Exo Suits. I HATED when people would bounce around, land behind me, and kill me. MASSIVE RAGE QUIT.

From this trailer, I don’t see anything like that and I hope it doesn’t become a thing. That would ruin the game for me. It also appears that there will be plenty of map destruction available. One of the big things I loved about Battlefield games was the ability to destroy the map as you played. It added a fun dynamic to the game. And we can’t forget about the ability to jump out of a plane, shoot a rocket at another plane, and then land back in the plane. Classic Battlefield!

Overall, the trailer shows a lot of promise. I’m very curious to see if changes in the weather on the map play a role in how the game is played. In past games, sandstorms made it hard to see. They might amp it up for this game and make the weather devastating.

Nonetheless, I’m definitely excited for Battlefield 2042 and you can bet I’ll play it the day it comes out (work permitting of course). The first Battlefield game I ever played was Battlefield 4, many, many years ago on my PS3. I fell in love with it from the moment I played it. I just hope that Battlefield 2042 is as good as it looks.

A World of Battle Royale

The first battle Royale I ever played was Fortnite. Fortnite was a new kind of game for me. It was something I had never played before. Playing a shooter was nothing new. I’ve been playing shooters since Wolfenstein 3D. But Fortnite added a new element to the game: building.

Fortnite exploded. And I firmly believe it was because it was the first full cross-platform game. PC players could play with Xbox and Playstation players. And later they added Switch and mobile to the list. It was truly a game you can play with all your friends. And while it was fun at first, Fortnite had become stale and filled with try hards. Playing casually doesn’t exist anymore. Maybe I’m just bad at the game, but always being out-built makes me want to rage quit.

I spent some time on Warzone but it felt like there was too much going on. I’d always get killed super fast. I couldn’t kill anyone and my team always carried me. I don’t think I’ve ever won a game of Warzone either. But that’s ok. Warzone is the past.

Aside from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, the only other game to really have my attention is Apex Legends. Apex is a game I dabbled in earlier on. I’d play a game here or there and then quit. It was fun, but I wanted to play other stuff. Recently that changed.

I’ve been all about Apex lately. I love the gameplay. I love the pace of the games. I love the choice of weapons and the legends to play as. Apex takes some getting used to, but once you figure out the mechanics. it’s super fun to play. It’s been the one game I’ve played the most in the last week or 2. I just can’t stop playing it.

I don’t win often, but when I do win, it feels like a major accomplishment. It feels like I earned a win. Fortnite wins don’t always feel earned. They are sometimes really easy to get. Apex is hard, but not impossible. And while I’m still learning about all the little aspects of the game, I’m sure I’ll be playing Apex for a long time to come.