A series we’ve all loved for years, Battlefield, once a first person shooter that was revered for its fun and consistent gameplay that appealed to loyal gamers. Unfortunately this is not the case for this years game due to a forced political agenda within the game itself. Call of Duty and Battlefield have been rivals in sales because they are some of the hands down most popular games. According to analysts at CNBC Business, Battlefield preorder sales trail Call  of Duty’s by a whopping 85%. Call of Duty is also having poor sales so for Battlefield to be trailing that much shows the extreme disapproval.

The hashtag #NotMyBattlefield, is trending on Reddit showing how much players detest the agenda of the new Battlefield. The game’s beta was recently played and received poor remarks from gamers. Poor gameplay plus social justice agendas equal an unsuccessful year for EA the makers of the game.

EA responded to the backlash in one of the worst ways possible saying “If you don’t like it don’t buy it.” An utter disrespect to loyal fans who have supported Battlefield even before the massively popular 2016 game Battlefield 1.

After years of service at EA Chief Design Officer Patrick Soderlund has left the company after the debut of BF5. Many fans remain upset with being mocked as sexists or intolerant by EA.

“I will not be buying the game this year,” sophomore Adam Benmbarek said. Many people like Adam have put their foot down with this ridiculous agenda EA has thrown at us. Just to clarify people against EA have no problem with women in video games when the setting is proper. Tomb Raider and Telltale’s the Walking Dead are revered as some of the best games and they have great female protagonists but playable female characters in a World War 2 setting is laughable.

“Woman had a role in World War 2 but it was nothing like the one they were given for the game” Benmbarek said. In the official game trailer it shows a woman with a literal prosthetic arm jumping out of windows sniping enemies which is completely historically inaccurate. It’s as if EA has lost their mind and just given up on giving the fans the game they want.

During the Battlefield beta EA went so far as to pay gamers to play and upload the game. The player reaction to the beta was so bad that there isn’t even going to be a second beta. Call of Duty had its beta for multiplayer and then a second beta for its Battle Royale mode, both betas received fair and positive reviews.

“Why would the creators even do this?” Benmbarek said, this is the same question that gamers are asking worldwide.

The absolute most ridiculous feature of the game is the phrase “white man” is banned in the game chat. The phrase “asian man” or “black woman” is fine but apparently the game needs to censor the words white man.

“I think its ok and people are sort of making a big deal out of this” History Teacher Erin Truesdell said. Along with Truesdell there are many who think that even though the game is based around World War 2 it’s still fantasy and the player has a choice on being a female or not.

       Many people have an answer or thought as to why EA made this decision no matter if they support it or not.

“It’s still about money and by doing this they expand their demographic” Truesdell said during her interview.

While Truesdell and some people are tolerant to EA’s decisions, gamers world wide are unhappy because at the time of this article Battlefield’s trailer has 337,00 likes and 485,000 dislikes.

Now it’s the players choice if they want to sink $60 into the game or pu their foot down.