"You'd spend most of the war sat down." Thats 100% accurate to how I play the game.

Wait that was it? He didn't really explain or go into much detail...

That's it? They got a historian there and that's all that was discussed? What a waste, Lol.

I was hoping he would explain if the weapons were accurate and more details like that.

"I'm a historian" couldn't be more vague...

The historian didn't find it odd that every German Sniper is black.

That handshake zoom tho.

Let me sum up the video: -huh, a game? -handshake zoom the end

why did they zoom in on the handshake. what could it mean

He asked for a handshake hahaha

What does a historian think of Battlefield 1? - As i can see, it's a video game and it's based on WW1 - historian Thanks, i didnt noticed that

"so what did you think" "well I will as inoffensively say it is an okay representation" "alright thats a video"

Too many blacks in multiplayer.

"Takes you to other places, that's good" Sounds like a historian from IGN

Battafiel : We Wuz Kaizars n sheeet 'dition. 100% historically accurate.

Next battlefield will be in Africa with White Zulus....

Well this was pointless lmao

He didn't explain if it was historically inaccurate or not...

Apparently, the corrupt historian was paid very well...

I felt like he was pressured to say something positive

What bothers me most is the overrepresentation of black soldiers and the underrepresentation of the white soldiers for the sake of political correctness. It adds nothing to the gameplay but it simply changes history in the favour of blacks, this is the new kind of racism. I find this quite disrespectful to those who actually did fight in the War.

He's a historian but he somehow forgot to mention the fact the characters are practically all black. Give me a break

I didn't notice the video was under 3 minutes long. I honestly thought I was going to learn a lot more about the differences between the way the game handled this huge piece of history and how it was in real life (at least how it was represented in historical documents). The only thing I got out of this video was that during the war you would mostly be fighting laying down or sitting to lessen your chances of being spotted, shot, etc. To be honest here, I feel like a 15-20 minute video probably would have been more appropriate and a lot more informative than a nearly 3 minute video, especially if you're going to bring in a historian that would have a vast knowledge of what transpired during this war. You had a good opportunity here to share knowledge that most people likely don't know, and you squandered it.

I'm boycotting buying this game. It misrepresents my white ancestors.

I like the close-up where they shook hands, that added a lot to the video, would've downvoted it if not for that.

That was literally 30 seconds worth of info.

well, that was awkward...

This just in... apparently what's interesting is that the fact that they can stand up and move around. Also, the most awkward request for, and then an actual handshake!

Nice zoom on the handshake there, wouldn't want it to get awkward.

"Can we shake?" 😂😂😂

Whilst there aren't 'too many black people' like some are claiming, it is rather unrealistic that there are white and black men fighting together. Due to segregation during the first ww there were entire battalions of black people as any / most of all the white men would've refused to fight with the blacks. But because cultural insensitivity and politically correctness is a thing this part of the war wasn't implemented in the game.

subtle unskipable bf1 ad before video. GG EA

Why was this so awkward to watch. "Can I shake your hand?" "Yeah sure" **Zooms in on the hands shaking

When they zoomed in on the handshake I came

That seemed so awkward

He asked for a handshake lol

the real history is at 2:37

h-he didn't talk about race. He didn't talk about race.

"Can We Shake Hands" lol

The way it zooms in on the handshake

They both looked so awkward watching that lol

"Can I get a handshake?" You dont ask. You extend the hand and will find out if you get one at that moment. is every gaming rep in media an absolute anti social?

That guy giving the interview is so socially akward "can we do a handshake?"😂

All those black Imperial Germans. I think he's a historian of the evaluation of snails.

Every historian that doesn't condemn the use of black people in this game is a joke.

Why the zoomed in handshake?

Battlefield 1 Likes 2,000,000 Call of Duty Dislikes 3,000,000 Battlefield 1 VS Call of Duty

i'd rather play Verdun

That handshake tho

This kind of video could be a really interesting new thing for CBC to do with movies and games. Could be much longer.

So apparently there are 38 comments on this video and I only see 1....

Can we do a handshake Oh boy that's not awkward at all

"can we do a handshake?".... lol - awkward!

Hand shake at the end was awkward af

So you get a historian (supposedly) to comment on a game about ww1 for 1½ minute. 1½ minute. 1½ minute. Ridiculous.

An a Historian, the moment you see a Black guy like that... even though there were Black ppl involved it was to a MINIMUM. And there were like 5 known Black people served in Europe on the German side. I'm Asian.. it won't make sense to us if there's an Asian dude in the court of Medieval England. We Asians get it, Diversity isn't necessary. But, Black people don't get this, they want to be everywhere. But sometimes White people mess it up too such as Prince of Persia, Exodus: God and Kings, or Gods of Egypt. They castern all White, when it should have been Middle Eastern & Northern Africans.

Really delved into that guys mind didn't you? He made like 2 points wtf.

As a historian myself, I agree that BF1 is very authentic and very realistic! It is very well made and I can't wait to play it

Wow how insightful. Thanks historian

Every comment is complaining about too many black people lol

"can we have a handshake" ha!

"can we have a handshake" "yeah" *wtf*

That handshake made my day

"Do we do the handshake" 😂 *zooms in on hands*

Wow this was fun. Can you give me a handshake. Yea sure

he said 2 things and the video ended. BRUH

"Would you handshake me" he says right at the end

"Can we do a handshake?" *Zoom in* lol

Well that was a waste of time

Cool just show him a cut scene and let him talk for a little. Why even use a controller?

99% of comments: Blacks blacks blacks blacks blacks blacks blacks blacks 1%: other

An historian from EA .!. don't miss that thing

i love how he understands that they had to change some things for the game to be fun and for it to be a true Battlefield experience, unlike another historian i know... *cough cough forgotten weapons of history *cough cough

So... That's it ? It more looked like a sponsored video than anything else

The close up on the handshake at the end really sealed the deal for me

“ww1 was mostly sitting, the fighting was the exception. Having different countries is good. Thanks bye.” - Historian

I'm sorry, but as a student of History myself, this was perhaps the weakest examination on a subject with a plethora of information available - from an actual Historian, that I have ever seen. This game is full of historical inaccuracies and blatant re-writing of history to push a politically correct narrative. From the ethnic makeup of the armies (ie far too high a representation of African and Indian troops in the European theatre - this is nothing more than a push for "diversity"). The mass use of semi-automatic and fully automatic weaponry, most of which was only developmental at best during the period is not representative of the wider war or the employment of firearms during the conflict. The actual combat is pure fantasy, the late period during which the game is set, had mostly devolved into a trench war, where gains were made metres at a time often at the price of thousands of troops. If he's a historian, he's certainly not being overly critical or academic in his critique of the game. Now from a gameplay perspective, most of these things are fine, as a mass market game, having only single shot bolt action rifles and the odd water-cooled belt fed machine-gun might make gameplay fairly boring, so I'm fine with that, and the gameplay is actually quite fun when you can look past that. However, the issues with representation of ethnic backgrounds in the game is obviously aimed at a social norm based on today's world view, not the view of 1917-18. This war was by a VAST majority fought by white Europeans from across the continent or people of European descent, ie; Australians, white South Africans, Canadians, New Zealanders, Americans etc. Sure there were a few hundred thousand troops from Africa and India based in Europe, and I am not for a second discounting their service or sacrifice. However, troops from these countries were predominantly based in their own countries, not in Europe. India for example had approximately 130000 men in Europe, but had roughly 700000 in Mesopotamia fighting the Ottomans, with the rest securing their own borders and internal security issues back in India. Of all the Black American soldiers who were deployed only roughly 38000 were combat troops (the 369th being the most famous) with the rest being support. Troops from Africa were used predominantly to provide security in their own countries, securing British or French colonial territories/assets. The French made the greatest use of African troops with almost 450000 serving in the French Army. However, when the war was fought by roughly 62 million soldiers, the high representation of African/Black American and Indian troops, particularly in the multiplayer component of the game is utterly incorrect and historically baseless.

WTF so much cringe!! He talked about 2-4 things. Only 1 minute of actual talking. And to finish it the interviewer asked for a handshake (ultimate cringe)

I like how most of the time they are looking at each other and not at the game

So basically you hired him to say two things? Guess you don't want to tick off Dice.

This kind of content is a good idea. could possibly be a little longer and more fleshed out.

ok

Plot twist, he was an American Civil War Historian

"Yeah" "uh huh" "uhhhh" "mhm"

I want to see them do Battlefield V

too many blacks its insulting to history

Please do more videos like this!

He made a good point though about how in war you are not supposed to show yourself because in a lot of these situations, someone once told me the essence of surprise should be on your side

can we have a handshake? why ask lol...

well that was a waste of time

Wow you showed him the starting cutscene...

irony is i got a ad about cod ww2

most disappointing gaming video ever

Didn't get much out of that interview.

this is like when you tell your parents a joke then it turns into a lecture.

"thats a good thing showing you more about the war"

Wait till he sees BF5s trailer...

Well that was in depth :-/

They zoomed in on the handshake LMAOO

“can we get the handshake”