Battlefield V
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Realistic World War II combat with firearms, explosives, tanks, and aircraft against human soldiers, with blood effects but no dismemberment or gore focus.
The in-game Armory and store sell weapon skins, soldier outfits and other cosmetic items for Battlefield Currency, which is bought with real money. The purchases are cosmetic and do not affect weapon performance.
Moderate profanity appears in the single-player War Stories dialogue and can occur in multiplayer chat.
The campaign depicts the grief, death, and moral weight of WWII, including a resistance fighter's sacrifice and a German tank crew confronting the collapse of the Nazi regime.
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What it is
Battlefield V is a first-person shooter set in World War II, offering both a series of short single-player 'War Stories' and large online multiplayer battles for dozens of players. Combat is realistic military warfare: players use period rifles, machine guns, grenades, tanks, and planes to fight enemy soldiers across destructible maps, and hits produce blood though killing is not gory or dismembering. The campaign chapters deal with heavy wartime themes such as death, sacrifice, and resistance, and one is told from the perspective of a German tank crew. The multiplayer is online with voice and text chat, meaning players may encounter unfiltered language and toxicity from strangers. This edition includes all the game's expansion content and cosmetics, with no in-game purchases.
How it's framed
The game frames war as a costly, deadly struggle, presenting its combat as heroic soldiering while the story chapters emphasize human loss and moral complexity rather than glorifying violence. Killing enemy combatants is the core rewarded activity, scored through kills, objectives, and unlocks, but it is set within a historical military context rather than crime or cruelty.
Details
- Developer
- DICE
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Released
- Oct 22, 2020
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