Tried BF 2042 since the patch 1.2. I tried it when the game first came out and it was the most junk ass game I ever played (okay slight exageration). If someone told me I was playing a chinese clone i'd have believed them.
Fast forward patch 1.2 and it's still very much... not great. But passable. I'm getting some fun out of it now. The 3D Headphones audio output is baller, it sounds great, by far my favorite part of the game. I think it's been in the past few battlefield games, but man, on a pair of good open back stereo headphones the 3D binaural effect is very good.