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Battlefield V has a moving prologue for its War Stories

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Battlefield V got a negative reaction from a small, vocal segment of fans when it depicted a woman warrior on its cover instead of a manly man and highlighted tales of diversity from the Second World War.

But I have to say it has a fine beginning for its single-player campaign, a collection of vignettes called War Stories. It’s got beautiful orchestral music that sounds human and respectful, not militaristic or gung-ho. It’s not pretty, but it’s moving.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.