Battlefield 1 Twitter account publishes controversial tweets under #justWWIthings [Update]
We all know Battlefield 1 is fun, but these tweets were just wrong.
It appears Battlefield 1’s servers aren’t the only things to catch fire over the weekend. That’s because the official Battlefield Twitter account shared some images from Battlefield 1 that probably shouldn’t have been published.
In the screenshots below, the Battlefield Twitter account attempted to entertain its audience by sharing some GIFs tied to the #justWWIthings hashtag. The images, which have since been removed, show a flamethrower being used with the caption “When you’re too hot for the club.” An additional tweet vein was published of a Zeppelin crashing in the background while a soldier points a gun with the caption “When your squad is looking on point.”
While we can certainly understand why the Battlefield Twitter account published these tweets, many found them to be offensive given how it glorifies the terrors that stemmed from World War I. While we found Battlefield 1 to be a fun and worthwhile experience, we also praised it for its tight-knit and well told campaign stories, which certainly didn’t glorify the experience of fighting in World War I.
Update: An EA representative provided Shacknews with the following statement regarding this story: "We would like to apologize for any offense caused by content in the last 24 hours posted on the @Battlefield Twitter account. It did not treat the World War 1 era with the respect and sensitivity that we have strived to maintain with the game and our communications.”
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we also praised it for its tight-knit and well told campaign stories, which certainly didn’t glorify the experience of fighting in World War I.
Wut? There is a mission where you Rambo your way through a fortress. There is another where you ride a flaming Zeppelin over London...of course after your training missions where you down 30 or 40 Dr. Is (which would be a large percentage of those ever made.)
The Cambrai mission had you solo taking on many German tanks (which didn't exist at Cambrai). Germany deployed a total of 20 tanks in the entire war.
Defending this "game" as being respectful of WW1 is not a good tactic. The voice overs and the white text on the black background is respectful, very little about playing the game is respectful. -