United Kingdom, Aug. 10 -- Battlefield 2042 failed to meet the "excellence" set by Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 6 producer Jeremy Chubb has said.

Battlefield 2042 was criticised by fans when it released in 2021 due to its poor performance, missing features and underwhelming gameplay, and Chubb has now said the development team at DICE looked to the 2010 fan-favourite when designing the next title in the long-running series to avoid making the same mistakes.

Speaking to PC Gamer, he said: "When you look for excellence in our legacy, [Bad Company 2] is where you find it.

"That game particularly delivered on a level of fidelity and a sort of intimate destructive experience. Blasting out a single wall, bringing down a partial bu...