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These new stories also make you think about sacrifice, coming of age, comrades, choices, and surviving. The War Stories from the earlier Battlefield 1 were also emotional, moving, and tragic - pointing out the horrors of war in a way that multiplayer can never accomplish. These tales can inspire players to get immersed in the fantasy of World War II, and that is meant to make multiplayer more engaging, Holmes said, so you don’t just think of a Tiger II tank as a “vehicle with a lot of hit points.” The presence of these black soldiers and female operatives makes the diverse characters and tales possible in the War Stories. Were there black French soldiers in World War II? Of course, said Eric Holmes, the design director of Battlefield V’s War Stories. While fictionalized, each story is based on a kernel of truth that makes the stories plausible. These are not tales you’ll find in history books. These are DICE’s version of a single-player campaign, and they depict a different main character and aspect of the Second World War. I played all the War Stories single-player missions in just a few hours.

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These stories are emotional and full of action, and they are meant to hook the players into the fantasy of making you feel like you are in WWII, making choices that define who you are. It shows the epic breadth of the war through four vignettes (one coming in December) that explore distinct characters and stories. The purpose of this prologue - and the accompanying War Stories, or single-player missions - is to inspire you to play the game for many hours on multiplayer. It asks if there is greatness within you and how you will respond to the choices you must make in your finest moments or darkest hours. The prologue is very well done, and it makes you feel like you’re playing a game of consequence. I only wish that the game was better executed. I’m happy to say that diversity didn’t mess up this game. That’s what I did in playing it for the past week. That’s a shame, as everybody should give this game a fair shake. I don’t think this game will be as popular as some other titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 or Red Dead Redemption 2. But DICE rightly responded that playable female characters “ are here to stay.” Sadly, it felt like Battlefield V never really recovered its footing from the initial negative reaction, as if gamers were determined to ignore it. Some of those things disappeared in the final version of the game. Other players also grumbled about seeing black soldiers in the war. They also reacted negatively to the body tattoos and a prosthetic arm that one character had in the reveal trailer, saying they were anachronisms. Some players didn’t like a female soldier on the cover, noting how it was so rare in real history. The approach - where the emphasis is on telling us gritty and not glorified stories about people we didn’t know were part of history - made the experience of war feel both fresh and real.įair or not, the welcome decision to embrace Battlefield’s own historical roots in WWII was overshadowed by the negative initial reaction gamers had when DICE showed off one of the new game’s selling points: diversity. It is a fitting continuation of the approach that DICE took with 2016’s memorable Battlefield 1.

In an era where video games teach our young folks more history, Battlefield V’s mostly accurate and respectful look at World War II is refreshing. Battlefield V’s developers lived up to their promise to tell “untold stories” in places that we haven’t seen a million times before in other shooters. It’s tempting to compare the two games, but they are very different takes on the same war. I welcomed Battlefield’s return to the Second World War, which felt really fresh despite last year’s Call of Duty: WWII.