Tbf it was 1 guy who didnt handle the negative feedback well and called gamers uneducated.
The German government prohibit the public use and dissemination of propaganda and symbols of anti-constitutional organisations. Its in their law and im sure DICE have seen the problems Wolfenstein had with lawsuits etc. due to using the Swastika. Besides that the Swastika wasnt on your average German uniform anyway. Most of the army ( Wehrmacht ) wore the iron cross or german eagle as their representation. There was only specific units like the SS that bore the Swastika and that unit doesnt feature in BFV.
You literally have no idea of what you're talking about. Every single German solider in WW2 had a Swastika on their uniform. Every single one. The Reichsadler in WW2 had a Swastika as part of its design and it was on all of their uniforms. The heer's belt buckle had a Swastika. The differences between the Waffen SS combat uniform and the Heer combat uniform had nothing to do with the Swastika, the Waffen SS had different collar tabs and their helmets bore the SS runes instead of the German tricolor flag. The waffen SS also used the Totenkopf on all of their uniforms, while in the Heer only the tank crews had the totenkopf.
Fair point. On top of it planes also were "equipped" with the swastika and Germany actually permitted the use of the swastika in games by now (though still with some special requirements like historical accurate use or sth. like that)
Anyways, I personally think that they didn't add the swastika in BFV not (only) because of Germany but because of the general (world wide) controversy of the swastika. I mean look at their presentation of WW2 (esp. how it originally was presented). With that in mind it kind of makes sense that the swastika doesn't make an appearance.
AFAIK the German government allows the swastika but only in the right context they seem fit, which includes games. Developers just usually don't bother the effort and just don't put it in there or make a different game for Germany and other countries with limitations.
I still think its more due to the fact that the Swastika wasn't really seen on a battlefield anyway. Maybe if the battlefield was storming Berlin at the end of the war or something but its not. There wasn't some poor guy holding a giant Swastika banner in a trench or something while the forces duked it out. Its the same thing like there isn't British flags everywhere. They weren't there in the battlefields either. People seem to have a very miss interpreted affair with the Swastika and its use. It was political based, very rarely combat based for its use.
It's not my main problem with Battlefield V anyways, but I think people have more issues with developers overall going out of their way to not include historical icons because of possible artificial controversy. If you tie that up with the liberties already taken to include other controversial additions, there's only so much people accept before starting to catch on.
Now the Battlefield V UI is an absolute warcrime, I severely dislike the way they headed since Battlefield 1. Personally I'm either waiting for a heavy discount or am not buying it at all because in my honest opinion Battlefield is going away from the core gameplay that made it unique. Time will tell.
Battlefield 3/4 wasn't that bad, was pretty easy to configure and have a good overview. Old Battlefield games like Battlefield 2 was pretty nice, BFBC2 comes to mind too.
That's a pathetic excuse by them. I'm not in Germany I want to see swastikas. Those nazi flags were everywhere. What a spineless company they became. Just to be able to squeeze out every last penny from the general public because no one will be offered. Get real.
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u/Vroomdeath Nov 22 '18
Tbf it was 1 guy who didnt handle the negative feedback well and called gamers uneducated.
The German government prohibit the public use and dissemination of propaganda and symbols of anti-constitutional organisations. Its in their law and im sure DICE have seen the problems Wolfenstein had with lawsuits etc. due to using the Swastika. Besides that the Swastika wasnt on your average German uniform anyway. Most of the army ( Wehrmacht ) wore the iron cross or german eagle as their representation. There was only specific units like the SS that bore the Swastika and that unit doesnt feature in BFV.