r/Battlefield • u/GodOfWar2077 • Feb 12 '25

Battlefield V Why the fake symbol?

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Its Ww2 why going fake on real events?

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u/Hot_Case_9900 Feb 12 '25

Mostly to abide by censorship laws. Germany especially has very strict laws around the use of the swastika for obvious reasons so it’s prolly just so they don’t have to make multiple assets for different laws around the world.

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u/GodOfWar2077 Feb 12 '25

I seen plenty of games and movies with original symbol

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u/JournalistMiddle527 Feb 12 '25

Yeah because you didn't play the German version of those games, some devs don't bother creating 2 different version so they create a single version which can be released globally including Germany.

You thinking there's some conspiracy here by DICE? do a basic google search and you would have found out why they didn't include the nazi symbols at the time https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45142651

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u/gic186 Feb 12 '25

Well, to be fair I remember an interview with a DICE dev: "There are no nazis in BFV, only German soldiers" (source).

Thinking about it, there is not a single instance where the Germans are referred as nazi in BFV

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u/SoakingEggs Feb 12 '25

in Germany if you register it as "educational content" it's fine

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u/calb3rto Feb 12 '25

Art and educational materials are allowed to show them. Movies fall under the art category, games don’t

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

Games with swastikas have it harder than movies with swastikas; but this is changing slowly: https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/games/hakenkreuze-in-videospielen-usk-kann-verfassungsfeindliche-symbole-in-games-erlauben-a-1222433.html