History VideoGame / BattlefieldV

** Averted in the War Story "Tiralleur" (if previews are to be believed), where you play as one of two Senegalese brothers, fighting for France. They're confronted by the racism of the French people they're fighting and dying for, segregated from the white French troops, and fighting for an Empire that will continue to deny them their freedom until 1962.

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Aside from the mandatory NoSwastikas, the multiplayer customization has shades of this. Characters of all races appear fighting side-by-side (at least in the Allies-- the German side only has white characters) in a time where people were segregated into colored regiments and different units. Females (let alone women of color,) are also seen fighting in the front lines in equal capacity and in uniform when historically the only notable female combatants in World War II were that of the Soviet Union sniper divisions, Soviet tankers and the various partisan forces in Europe.

** ''Nordlys'' stars a mother and daughter team sabotaging a Norwegian heavy water plant, in the end managing to destroy it by destroying the last submarine carrying a shipment of heavy water. The actual mission the war story was inspired by was carried out by a team of Norwegian commandos fighting in the British army. There was also no heavy water submarine destruction as shown in the game, it is believed to be based on an unrelated boat sinking that was done in a different area, and only connected to the mission because it was sunk for having heavy water.\\

** ''Nordlys'' stars a mother and daughter team sabotaging a Norwegian heavy water plant, in the end managing to destroy it by destroying the last submarine carrying a shipment of heavy water. The mission the war story was inspired by was carried out by a team of Norwegian commandos fighting in the British army. There was also no heavy water submarine destruction as shown in the game, it is believed to be based on an unrelated boat sinking that was done in a different area, and only connected to the mission because it was sunk for having heavy water.\\

** The "Narvik" map shows the battle taking place in the village of Narvik while in reality it actually took place nearby. And as with most other base maps, the British are portrayed when in real life the Norwegians fought instead.
*** The Same goes for "Panzerstorm" and "Rotterdam" (As well as "Devestation"), the former featuring British instead of French troops (With the corresponding Grand Operation taking place during the night when in reality it took place during the day), and the latter never happened in real life, as only a few minor skirmishes occured after the bombing.

** The Norwegian heavy water sabotage plan in game involves a mother and her daughter taking care of the mission, in the end managing to destroy it by destroying the last submarine carrying a shipment of heavy water. This is not at all how the mission actually went about. For starters, the actual mission was by a group of Norwegian and British men who had to sneak in with various issues dropping in to make mission. Also, there was no heavy water submarine destruction as shown in the game, it is believed to be based on an unrelated boat sinking that was done in a different area, and only connected to the mission because it was sunk for having heavy water. Basically, only the pretense for the mission is accurate, everything else was made up for the game. The ending to the campaign mentions the real-life historical mission and also mentions that many civilians died resisting the occupation with their deeds left unrecorded, implying the events of the campaign were something that ''could'' have happened and not been recorded in history.

*** The Same goes for "Panzerstorm" and "Rotterdam" (As well as "Devestation"), the former featuring British instead of French troops (With the corresponding Grand Operation taking place during the night when in reality it took place during the day), and the latter never happened in real life, as nobody fought after the bombing.

** ''Nordlys'' tries to portray the heavy water facility and what it produces as a fight against monsters that it seems to forget that there was a nation in the war that actually completed and used nuclear weapons against which all the criticisms made could also be used. Beyond that, it's retroactively applying a modern perspective - at the time, nuclear weapons were largely regarded as simply bigger bombs. Cities were being leveled every month by both sides.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:In ''Tiralleur'', Deme and his unit manage to secure Chateau Vieux and is congratulated by the French Captain, having a photo with his the other French troops for future generations to see. However, Deme and his unit are [[{{Unperson}} erased from the photo and forgotten]], despite his involvement in the operation. He's still proud of it nevertheless.]]

* NoSwastikas: Nazi and S.S. emblems are noticeably absent from all the German soldiers you fight, and the one soldier that screams "Heil Hitler!" at you during the first firefight in the game is the only person who ever mentions the German chancellor by name (he is [[TheScottishTrope sparingly referred to as "the Leader of Germany"]] elsewhere in the game). Most notably, the many Nazi flags flying over Cologne in "The Last Tiger" have an iron cross instead of a swastika.

* AnyoneCanDie: Almost every single character you control in ''My Country Calling'' will die at the end of their respective segments. Müller and Kertz are the only exceptions, though until their confirmed appearance in ''The Last Tiger'' (which was added post-launch a month later), their fate following their tank receiving a crippling hit was unknown.

** "Tiralleur" has the titular colonial soldiers continually being denied to fight on the frontlines. While the Tiralleurs certainly were not always treated as equals to the main French forces, they were not discriminated against at the level the game depicts. By 1944, the Tiralleurs had already fought multiple battles with distinction in the Battle of France and in the Italian campaign. By the time they returned for the liberation of France, their fighting abilities were no longer in doubt.

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* BattleRoyalGame: "Firestorm" is your standard BR mode, featuring a literal ring of fire enclosing on the players. This game standouts from other examples of the genre with the ability to use vehicles and destroy most structures in the process.

* DontLikeDontRead: EA's handling of the criticism on their actions with the game.

It follows on from its predecessor, ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'', and is set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII once again after ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'', ''Battlefield 1943'', and ''VideoGame/BattlefieldHeroes'' previously covered that era. For that matter, the development team has placed emphasis on the fact that the campaign will focus on the [[TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold "untold stories"]] of World War II.

The game was set for release on October 19, 2018. It has since been delayed to November 20, 2018. Upon release, the game received favorable reviews from critics.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: Just like Battlefield1942 and Battlefield 1, Battlefield V also has shades of this...

** The American troops that you'll encounter in ''The Last Tiger'' wield [=M1928=] Tommy Guns, even though they never fielded that particular model of it in combat, instead adopting the [=M1=] and later the [=M1A1=] models of it. Their use of the 1928 model in-game is simply because the proper modeled weapons weren't in the game when the story was being developed (This however, has changed with the Chapter 5 announce). Additionally due to this, American Anti-Tanks carry Panzerfausts and Snipers carry Lee Enfield's for that exact same reason.

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Aside from the mandatory NoSwastikas, the multiplayer customization has shades of this. Characters of all races appear fighting side-by-side (at least in the Allies-- the German side only has white characters) in a time where people were segregated into colored regiments and different units. Females (let alone women of color,) are also seen fighting in the front lines in equal capacity and in uniform when historically the only notable female combatants in World War II were that of the Soviet Union sniper divisions (with some combat units) and the various partisan forces in Europe.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: Oh so damn much, and even ties in with AnachronismStew above. For the sake of brevity examples of "weapons appearing in scenarios that take place before existence/adoption" will be excluded.

** The American troops that you'll encounter in ''The Last Tiger'' wield [=M1928=] Tommy Guns, even though they never fielded that particular model of it in combat, instead adopting the [=M1=] and later the [=M1A1=] models of it. Their use of the 1928 model in-game is simply because the proper variants aren't in the game. In addition, the anti-tank American soldiers are wielding Panzerfausts, which was a German anti-tank weapon that American troops naturally very rarely used themselves. Most glaringly, American snipers are seen using the Lee-Enfield.

** As of the official release, soldiers on the German side are only white (But you can choose between male or female).

** "Tiralleur" has the titular colonial soldiers continually being denied to fight on the frontlines. While the Tiralleurs certainly were not always treated as equals to the main French forces, they were not discriminated against at the level the game depicts. By 1944, the Tiralleurs had already fought multiple battles with distinction in the Battle of France and in the Italian campaign. By the time they returned for the liberation of France, their fighting abilities were no longer in doubt. The game also implies that the withdrawal of Tiralleurs from France was racially motivated, when in fact it was a politically motivated move due to Allied restrictions on the size of the Free French army.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: At the climax of ''Under No Flag'', Mason and Bridger triumphantly play and sing along to John [=McCormack=]'s recording of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVM-tFAdADg "It's a Long Way to Tipperary"]][[note]]This recording also gets bonus points for being old enough to be in public domain too[[/note]] [[spoiler:as the Nazi horde bares down on them.]]

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: At the climax of ''Under No Flag'', Mason and Bridger triumphantly play John [=McCormack=]'s recording of "It's a Long Way to Tipperary"[[note]]This recording also gets bonus points for being old enough to be in public domain too[[/note]] [[spoiler:as the Nazi horde bares down on them.]]

** The "Narvik" map shows the battle taking place in the village of Narvik while in reality it actually took place nearby. And as with most other base maps, the British are portrayed while in real life the Norwegians fought.
*** The Same goes for "Panzerstorm" and "Rotterdam" (As well as "Devestation"), the former featuring British instead of French (With the corresponding Grand Operation taking place during the night when in reality it took place during the day, and also having Arras as the next map when in reality those 2 battles were never related), and the latter having British instead of the Dutch soldiers, and after the bombing there were no Battles.
* VillainProtagonist: You get to play on the German side (traditionally shown as enemies in WWII titles) as a tank commander facing off against US forces pushing into the German Reich, in ''The Last Tiger''.

* MildlyMilitary: None of the characters shown in the 'Reveal' and 'Company' trailers looked even remotely like actual Allied soldiers. One of them has a prosthetic arm, one has an extremely out-of-regs beard, and one is carrying a [[KatanasAreJustBetter Japanese katana]] (in western Europe). The dev team did finally decide to remove many of these outlandish elements, but they still caused a lot of head scratching upon the initial reveal.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: As like {{VideoGame/Battlefield 1}}'s war stories, many of the campaigns are best regarded as historical fiction, which includes:

** ''Nordlys'' tries so hard to portray the heavy water facility and what it produces as a fight against monsters that it seems to forget that there was a nation in the war that actually completed and used nuclear weapons against which all the criticisms made could also be used. Beyond that, it's retroactively applying a modern perspective - at the time, nuclear weapons were largely regarded as simply bigger bombs. Cities were being leveled every month by both sides.

* BottomlessMagazines: A variation involving the FP-45 Liberator pistol. [[https://youtu.be/o7TZhF5iAbQ?t=97 The reload animation]] has the player taking a cartridge out of a compartment in the grip. By default, the player spawns with only four spare rounds of ammo, but this trope comes into play when you pick up an ammo resupply, bringing up your supply to ''50 bullets''.

* BottomlessMagazine: A variation involving the FP-45 Liberator pistol. [[https://youtu.be/o7TZhF5iAbQ?t=97 The reload animation]] has the player taking a cartridge out of a compartment in the grip. By default, the player spawns with only four spare rounds of ammo, but this trope comes into play when you pick up an ammo resupply, bringing up your supply to ''50 bullets''.

** The American troops that you'll encounter in ''The Last Tiger'' wield [=M1928=] Tommy Guns, even though they never fielded that particular model of it in combat, instead adopting the [=M1=] and later the [=M1A1=] models of it. Their use of the 1928 model in-game is simply because the proper variants aren't in the game. In addition, the anti-tank American soldiers are wielding Panzerfausts, which was a German anti-tank weapon that American troops naturally very rarely used themselves.

* AffablyEvil: The Wehrmacht Lieutenant in ''Nordlys'' is genuinely trying to avoid any unpleasantness, though he's also willfully ignorant of the ultimate purpose of the heavy water the facility is protecting.