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History Buffs Discover Inaccuracies In Battlefield 1 Trailer (hothardware.com)
MojoKid shares an interesting article from Tom's Hardware. While the new Battlefield 1 trailer may be the most-liked trailer in the history of YouTube, it's also historically inaccurate, according to a popular YouTube channel about World War I. "Some of the scenes feature some unusual or experimental gear," reports Indy Neidell, the voice of the video series The Great War, "and some weapons are carried by soldiers from the other side."
Thousands of people joined the YouTube channel after the release of the game's new trailer, prompting this special video review of the historical accuracy of the Battlefield 1 trailer. "Some of the most spectacular moments in the trailer, such as the tanks bursting into trenches or giant, ominous zeppelins hovering, are actually historically accurate," reports Tom's Hardware, adding that the YouTube commentator "ultimately applauds Battlefield 1 for incorporating so many different elements of WWI. Many people often forget that much of WWI was fought through hand-to-hand combat or that battles took place throughout Eurasian landmass."
Thousands of people joined the YouTube channel after the release of the game's new trailer, prompting this special video review of the historical accuracy of the Battlefield 1 trailer. "Some of the most spectacular moments in the trailer, such as the tanks bursting into trenches or giant, ominous zeppelins hovering, are actually historically accurate," reports Tom's Hardware, adding that the YouTube commentator "ultimately applauds Battlefield 1 for incorporating so many different elements of WWI. Many people often forget that much of WWI was fought through hand-to-hand combat or that battles took place throughout Eurasian landmass."
that the merkins are late to the party.
That sounds kind of judgemental. Lord knows the Great War caused enough bitterness to go around, but what would you have preferred? Something like this?
"Mr. President, members of Congress, citizens of America: The Archduke of Serbia has just been assassinated. I know that doesn't sound really relevant to us in America, and that we've got our own stuff going on. But since every third country in Europe now has a hyphen in the name, and the political situation in Europe is basically a house of cards soaked in nitroglycerin, the assassination has somehow triggered a massive, hemisphere-spanning war-to-end-all-wars, in which horrible new warmaking technologies have made atrocities a daily occurrence, and where everyone's motivations are murky and none of the parties are clearly either completely in the wrong or completely in the right."
"That sounds like something that we Americans should get involved in without delay! We'll immediately start drafting our nation's brightest and most promising youth, so they can return to us after some unspecified span of years, having witness countless things no man should see, as broken shells of their former selves!"
"Oh, and somebody flip a coin so we can decide which side we're on."