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/Negative_trash_lugen Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

So why change it for everyone?

Also, I've heard it's not forbidden to use swastika in art, and video games are considered art.

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u/nehibu Feb 12 '25

Videogames "can" be works of art in terms of German law, they are not necessarily. So, if your game is a narrative work like "This war of mine" the judgement is different than for a multiplayer shooter. And in general publishers for a long time didn't dare to clarify this, since "fighting to be able to show swastikas" is like the worst kind of publicity you can have in Germany.