Players Infuriated At “Epic” Skin From Battlefield 2042

Battlefield

Today you helped inform us about a name we use for a Skin in Boris' Mastery Tiers.

It unintentionally references a real world issue, and isn't reflective of our team's values.

[SinisterMister]

Hmm.. wonder why they'd do that?

[Fishy Fingers]

"Players infuriated".....

One guys tweet.....

[therealmacoy]

Isn't this the truth lol

[abstractel]

I'm usually not very sensitive to these sort of things but reading the article I actually see their point. Not going to go join a crusade to burn down EA/DICE over it, but it's kind of a shitty move. I think the ISIS/Taliban analogy makes sense here.

[4Sh0w]

Oh I wish people would just shut the front door and play the damm game.

[dbcoops]

Welcome to the era of social media outrage. Simple math 1 = 1,000 apparently.

[Eidolon]

Probably not far from the truth, just as 1000 surveyed individuals could represent a magnitudes higher demographic, focus groups, etc. 1 Tweet could very well mean 1000, to them. lol

[Rude-ro]

It has been THE staple of gorilla warfare marketing/media since inception.

Heck, back in the day before we were connected outlets would just come up with baiting subjects to negatively/positively influence the market..

If you think this is “new”… man has the wool been over your eyes for a very long time.

[dbcoops]

@Rude-ro

The ideology may have been around for some time but the method for spreading it i.e. social media which I was referring to is relatively new.

[zachyBROosevelt]

That is literally everything anymore. Literally actually meaning literally in the real sense

[SmoothC911]

This is the problem anymore… if you look hard enough, you’ll find something that offends someone. This has only gotten worse due to internet and social media. I seriously doubt this was done intentionally, especially after the ‘non-binary’ pandering that has already gone on with this game

[Binarycode]

Its called waaaaa waaaaa.

Babies.

PPL need to grow up.

[giveyerheadawobble]

Given what happened in Ukraine, if you were from there, you'd have the right to complain.

Only seems to be Yanks that get offended when someone else has a valid reason to be offended. Ironic. Then again, I think Americans have issues identifying irony. Once again, ironic.

[InUrFoxHole]

Sorry was dusting off my back 2 back WW Champs trophy. You say something?

[Imalwaysright]

Social media is the plague of the 21st century.

[jBlakeeper]

Yes I agree. This is kinda off topic but isn’t it crazy how much the world has progressed in the last 50 years even? It’s kind of scary to think about considering how old the Earth is. Social media is very new but has completely changed the world.

[DigitallyAfflicted]

It always depends from the point of view, US Army has been raping and pillaging in Vietnam war. And we still see them in every game, so we do see Germans, Russians and so on. If game is about military conflict then that’s expected.
There is always a choice not to buy game which we don't like and I suppose you free to criticisize and campaign against it but surely you would be better of to spent this energy on something what meters...

[jBlakeeper]

The problem with the internet and social media is that people have access to too much of it too often. It has destroyed a large part of normal social interaction and people tend to believe whatever news headline they see.

[senorfartcushion]

Live service bull@&”* as usual.

[bondsmx]

What are you talking about? This has nothing to do with a live service?

[senorfartcushion]

They’re built on skins, skins usually come with bull@&*#. Of course it’s has something to do with service games. Battlefield is a service game..

[anast]

The op is talking about all of the games that make their money on skins, I would assume a huge portion of these games are live service. I wonder how many times an offline single player game (not including UBIsoft here) had the same issue as a live service game with skins...

[AnotherGamer]

What that has anything to do with this?

[MadLad]

Just screaming GaaS at everything is popular with the gaming community online nowadays. Whether it applies or not.

[senorfartcushion]

They’re built on skins, skins usually come with bull@&*#. Of course it’s has something to do with service games. Battlefield is a service game.

[EvertonFC]

Reading helps

[dominicdecoco]

Dude wtf are you talking about, at least read the article

[senorfartcushion]

It’s more important than whatever the article is saying lol

[Surt]

Get off of twitter and go to cvs and buy yourself some tissues and tampon. Where the hell does it state that when your feelings are hurt you get certain rights?! Its whine. Nothing more than a whine.

[Kaozz1979]

Based on this one tweet you could argue that no uniform of any country should appear in a video game because all of them at one point were involved in a armed conflict somewhere and there is always someone that was on the "other side". This is not meant to take any sides or condone that sort of armed aggression if you want to call it that.

[LordoftheCritics]

Be happy you get to shoot those Russian terrorists that invaded Ukraine.

<3 Ukraine

[Smok91]

I mean, did they exist or no? Nazis were terrible so should we ignore their role in shaping the world?

[Inverno]

It's a whole article based around one tweet from a literal no one being offended by what exactly? Oh, ok. So you play a war game to get offended by what was always probable from the start? The inclusion of war related groups and events and references. Don't play it?

[moriarty1889]

This guy is a MORON.

[Rachel_Alucard]

Recently, when Twitter slowed providing good bait articles to rile up attention. A lot of news sites started using literal reddit posts for news articles. I thought they'd at least get with the times on that front.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

A military shooter deriving the look and name of a character outfit from a military group in a combat said group participated... The audacity!

Next up, let's complain about every game that ever depicted a Delta or Seal Team 6 or whoever else went on a "black op" (which, literally, means an operation a government can deny involvement, except that when Russia does it it's called "evil" instead).

[Gexillion]

NA

[KillBill]

They claim the "little green men" were a terrorist group. They were simply Russian forces with unmarked uniforms. The idea they weren't under Russian command is crazy. Did they act like terrorist? Likely but so do many other forces under military commands.

[Traenon]

These guys didn’t fire a single shot in Crimea and Ukrainian forces just left.

[KillBill]

And Iraq forces just surrendered back in 2003 for the most part too. Your point...?

The difference between Ukraine and Russia is similar to North and South in the American Civil War. Ukraine's main mistake was allowing Russia to build up so much in Crimea that they knew they could take it with no battle.

But main point still being... the "little green men" were Russian forces.

[The7Reaper]

Oh it's just a nontroversy from some whiny tweetard, move along everyone

[Aussiesummer]

All you Americans would be having a fit if the Taliban or Isis were referenced but since it doesn't effect you he is a whinger.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

You mean like how every military shooter of the last 2 decades just have to sport a middle eastern looking terrorist group as a major enemy? Yeah, they seem super offended by the chance of shooting at them goatfuckers. COD sells very poorly every other year because of that...

Look, most publishers are spineless and usually they will avoid directly naming like that out of fear of litigation, this is why Dice will back out of this too, just like in 2010's Medal of Honor they backed out of naming the enemy Taliban (not out of player outrage back then either, mind you, some UK politician was running his mouth about the game and they changed it). Still the russian character with spec-ops background, fake name and unmarked green uniform will be there all the same for those who know what they are looking at to be "offended" by it.

[Teflon02]

I'd put money on the fact they wouldn't care. Maybe some middle eastern country may feel offended. But US players would simply see it as a chance to decimate them lol

[Deathdeliverer]

So…. Mfs been playing as the Germans for years and mfs in SPACE know what they did. It’s kinda like Chef on South Park. You can’t suddenly get mad when something close to you is finally brought up. If you played ball before, pick that ball up and continue rotation. Yea that includes putting the Taliban in the game (which I could swear happened already). Is what it is.

[FPS_D3TH]

It was Medal of Honor and they called them Ops-for or something rather than isis or taliban lol

[Teflon02]

They bout to cancel Ann Frank next lmao

[XxINFERNUSxX]

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[dbcoops]

Rut-roh

[Rainbowcookie]

It's a common theme with these games. They accidentally add a skin, people complain, they remove the skin, people rejoice, you game is more relevant by the previous controversies...happenend a few times.

[Trunkz]

Webster Mackay is Canadian yet doesn't have any Red on him, i'm outraged.... To Twitter!

[Nephesh]

Infuriated??! Lol!!

[Psychotica]

“Why not add dunno isis or taliban units to the mix?”

Good question, why not?

[DnBSkillZ]

This Volcano offends me because it killed people in my country TAKE IT OUT!!! the game

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[EvertonFC]

More fannies moaning

[John_McClane]

Players are infuriated but not over some stupid skin.

[giveyerheadawobble]

Not the skin. The reference.

[John_McClane]

Players are not infuriated over the reference either, well maybe 2 or 3.

[giveyerheadawobble]

Are you from Ukraine? Do you speak for all people from there? No? Then shut up.

[John_McClane]

Think I'll say what I want hoss.

[Dirty_Lemons]

It's also a way to trip your mates out when they're high. Many a time my good friends would try and freak me by asking if I could see the little green army men climbing on the table coming to get me. Not everything has just a single meaning.

That said when I read this I expected "little green man" to be a skin similar to Toy Story's sarge. Shame, that would've been amusing.

[EazyC]

Haha wasn't there a game on PS2 like that? It was called Toy Soldiers or something.

[FortWaba]

It is literally one comment. Some random guy on Twitter.

Stop being attention whores. Grow up.

[EazyC]

I won't Google it because I don't want to preach/profess about knowledge as if I already knew this for sure -- BUT, doesn't "little green man" far predate the Ukrainian crisis as a colloquial term? I thought it was a term used to denote a generic soldier or "Cannon fodder".

[Hoaxone845]

Imagine playing socom series where it's nothing but terrorists during 2001 and nobody really cared.

[Bronbron92]

Really so games that have other players play as terrorist should be completely changed too right? Lol

[FPS_D3TH]

Lol a lot more to be infuriated with when it comes to 2042 and honestly this just ain’t it

[ocelot07]

I I'm also questioning this game as well. But for the actuall right reasons. I'm currently playing the trial and I'm just not having fun. I love battlefield have enjoyed them all even hard-line. But this so far is no gripping me at all. It just seems basic and plane.

[Teflon02]

My only issues stem from having to level so much for so decent stuff lol. But that's whatever. Outside of that, I need the CoD players to leave. I'm tired off Plated up groups of like 10 people literally running in a circle. Either that or take out the plates. I just don't see the purpose of adding it. Makes sense for something like Hazardzone but not in the main multiplayer. Outside of that, maybe boost the weather change percentages, I've only had it rain in like 8 rounds.

Breakthrough is absolute trash though. They need to just put old rush back in and make maps convenient for it like bad company and BF3 did. From BF4 onwards they just sucked at Rush style gameplay

[Lulz_Boat]

Wait, let me fix the title for you:

Retarded, Frustrated and Ignorant Players Infuriated At "Epic" Skin From Battlefield 2042

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

It works, though. DICE is already renaming it.

[aaronaton]

I do get why the Russian is complaining though, its a clear double standard as they wouldn't dream of referencing ISIS for instance. Although in years to come, DICE will more than likely portray them as nice moderate oppressed people.

[badboyz09]

F### EA and Dice

[ShadowWolf712]

I just came in here to see if the Russian propagandists and apologists would bother showing up.

Sure enough, they did.

[anast]

This game is going to suck. Don't buy it if you don't like it.

[HansyJ]

People need more things to care about in their lives

[acustomer]

I just want to point out that this game is a murder simulator. Nobody here complaining about that :P