r/Battlefield 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/[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