Battlefield 2042 has a new live-action trailer — and fans are roasting it

Battlefield 2042 has a new alive-action trailer — and fans are roasting information technology

(Image credit: Die)

Battlefield 2042 has received a new live-action trailer, and information technology's non been particularly well received past members of the Battlefield community. The trailer currently has virtually two,000 dislikes on YouTube and the comment department is viciously roasting the minute-long video.

The trailer itself features real-world recreations of a range of scenes from the game, set up to a encompass of Iggy Pop's iconic 70s track "Lust for Life." The trailer is fairly tongue in cheek, and there's even a joke that Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady will even so be playing professional football in 2042 and nevertheless earning MVP awards.

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While the trailer is definitely purposefully comical in nature, its reception has been less than stellar. Accept a quick scan of the YouTube comment section and you'll run across large a number of fans diggings the trailer. One highly upvoted post labels it "physically painful" and another poses the question "this can't get whatsoever more cringe, can it?"

Ane of the biggest complaints fans have with this trailer is that it doesn't really fit the usual tone of the Battlefield franchise. Commentators take suggested that the jovial tone is more in line with shooters like Fortnite or Overwatch, whereas Battlefield has always been beloved for its more realistic deception of warfare — or at least realistic for a video game.

"R.I.P. Battlefield. It was a long good journey for us. Only information technology ends hither. Adept good day, erstwhile friend," said i comment, mayhap melodramatically.

Some other reason that the trailer has received criticism is its inconsistency with Battlefield 2042's previously explained lore. In-universe, past 2042 the Earth'south natural resources take been seriously depleted and conflict has broken out over supplies similar h2o, food, and medicine. It'south a pretty grim future. However, this trailer centers on grinning soldiers declaring "what a time to be live." It feels at odds with the previous marketing materials.

soldiers on a Tuk-tuk in Battlefield 2042 — (Image credit: Die)

Of form, the surprisingly stiff backlash does beg the question: are fans taking this trailer a fiddling too seriously? After all, it's just a brief promotional spot that is probably designed to entreatment to players of games like Fortnite, in the hopes of disarming them to requite Battlefield 2042 a chance this winter. In that location's no indication that the comedic tone of this trailer volition be present in the game itself.

Battlefield 2042 is scheduled to launch on Nov 19 on PS5, Xbox Series X and PC, as well every bit last-gen consoles. There was an open up beta earlier this month, which suggested that the game has plenty of multiplayer hope but also a metric ton of bugs that need squashing before release.

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