# Battlefield 1: Realism vs Authenticity - Poolshark edition! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlefield-1-realism-vs-authenticity-poolshark-edition/102370 "2016-06-21T18:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stil3r](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Stil3r](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Stil3r)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlefield-1-realism-vs-authenticity-poolshark-edition/102370/21 "2016-06-21T22:36:00Z")
I hate the way anyone who brings up suggestions that lean toward realism are villainized and told they are doing it wrong and battlefield isn’t realistic and therefore they are /stupid/wrong. Many people making suggestions that lean toward a more realistic approach are NOT asking for absolutel realism to the point it is no longer fun, rather realistic things that work more toward making the iww1 setting more authentic and feel more like a ww1 era fps then a re-skinned bf4. How many threads have I read where people say “But if you want this it’s not battlefield!” when they themeslves don’t understand that the older BF games WERE like that. Things like slower movement speed, limited sprint, limited ammo, no health-regen, airfields for vehicles, etc. I have seen many of these brought up and people dismiss them and say “Battlefield isn’t realistic or meant to be” and they can’t grasp that there’s a balance and the older BF games leaned more toward that type of thing His entire argument over the female announcer with the objective callouts like “apples” and things is a prime example. There are ways to make this more realistic, have the order be shouted out by a nearby team-mate (many fps games do this with commands and commentary already, it’s not like it’s hard to do), that’s realistic and a lot more authentic, it has zero affect on gameplay and makes it better then having some weird magical “voice in your head.” A lot of people just like to jump down anyones throat who makes a suggestion that wasn’t in bf3/4 or something that would make the game more difficult as though we are satan himself and trying to “ruin” the Battlefield franchise, when many of the things we want were in fact in older BF titles. Like no 3d spoting, I hate that and wish it’d go far away. Having weapons open to more classes, mainly bolt actions (Battlefield 1942 did this). [Previous page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlefield-1-realism-vs-authenticity-poolshark-edition/102370.md?page=1)