@-DFA-ThumpOh I forgot that whinge.....
Video games MUST be 100% historically accurate.
Shall we ignore the fact that where maps depicted a historical battle, the side that in reality, lost could actually win?
There is a difference between 'authentic' and 'accurate', you might want to look that up.
@Trokey66The way they presented it...yes, it needed to be that way. Do all video games HAVE to be historically accurate, no. But when they tout that it will be the most authentic (read: Marketing made it sound as if it was going to be along the lines of OG CoD where you stormed normandy's beaches), they have an obligation to live up to that standard. But in good DICE/EA fashion, they went for the trend chase. There is also nothing authentic about one armed prosthetic wearing women on the front lines in WW2. There is also nothing authentic about two people being able to take down an entire Nazi facility in the dead of winter.
Again, it has to do with EA/DICE misleading their customers. It was supposed to be the return of the BF1942 days (just like 2042 was supposed to be the return to the BF3/4 days) and it turns out it was the first iteration of trend chasing even if it meant going against the franchise's history (funnily enough).
@Trokey66Defend the multi-billion dollar corporation all ya want bud, they still sold the game incorrectly. The fact that these aspects existed in the era (women, prosthetics, and missions involving nations in conflict) doesn't mean that it is authentic.
Definition of authentic
1a: worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact
paints an authentic picture of our society
----There is nothing that makes me believe that two people can take out a Nazi heavy water plant, there is nothing to make me believe that prosthetic wearing women were on the battlefront wielding cricket bats. If they really cared about being authentic, they would have done a mission that reflected the experiences of Lyudmila Pavlichenko...but then again this "authentic" WW2 game didn't even have the Russians iirc.
b: conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features
an authentic reproduction of a colonial farmhouse
---There is nothing in BFV other than "it's a world war ii setting" that reproduces essential feeling of what it was to fight in that era. Just because they put a M1 Garande in there with some enemies wearing a Nazi uniform doesn't make it an authentic experience. It's about as authentic as Tropic Thunder's depiction of the Vietnam War.
c: made or done the same way as an original
authentic Mexican fare
---This definition doesn't really apply, but if you can argue that BFV was made the same way as BF1942, knock yourself out.
Also, throwing in "sensible people" as an insult tells me more than enough. Video games are more than "just entertainment" (or at least could be) as it is a medium by which people can interact directly (moreso than a book or documentary). Brothers In Arms proved this to an extent along with Verdun and Medal of Honor as well as multiple other non-FPS games.
Lastly...not sure how you're lumping Saving Private Ryan in with the likes of BFV. The accuracy and authenticity of that movie was so great that it actually caused distress to those who survived the beaches of Normandy.
