I played a bit when they opened it to everyone and I'll play some more. I thought it was pretty cool. The map size really makes some of the engagements long range which makes some of the fights more interesting. It's not all cqb and 360 no scope. You actually have time to find and use cover and...
I'm definitely not preordering. BF6 had a Beta, which I hope this does also. I enjoyed the beta for BF6, but I knew I wasn't going to be super into it. I don't think I've missed anything, especially since everyone is still playing BF4.
This one looks promising though. Holding out hope.
This is a pretty good write-up on the new features. If they do the hooks and ziplines like they did in Special Forces, I'm in.
https://wccftech.com/battlefield-2042-deep-dive-with-dice-128-players-ai-bots-huge-maps-dynamic-events-specialists-and-more/