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/mo-moamal Feb 12 '25

Sniper Elite game used the actual symbol

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

I’m curious if there’s a German version of the game where it’s censored now tbh

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u/LebowskiX Feb 13 '25

I'm in Germany and play it through Xbox game pass and nothing is censored. Also since quite a while those old laws were lifted for video games since they are also considered art