![]() "The features of the map make it very recognisable and brings to life the 'old Rotterdam' from before it was bombed." "I think it is impressive of DICE to have made the map so realistic," Zoe told me. Zoe explained she'd been inspired to take the photos after playing the map on the recent beta weekend, and had noticed many of the similarities between the game and her hometown. Zoe says you can still find bullet holes in the building to this day. As the first high-rise building to be constructed in Europe, it became a useful sniper point for the Dutch army during the Battle for Rotterdam. The Witte Huis, meanwhile, played an important strategic role in the city. Apparently the church's beautiful stained glass windows were "removed before the bombings to prevent damage," and eventually re-installed after the war. Zoe writes on her blog that the Laurenskerk church, which can be seen in the first set of photos below, was one of the only buildings in the city centre to survive the war. There's some truly fascinating history behind many of the real-life buildings included in the game. From the near-identical trams to the replication of Rotterdam's Erasmus statue, it's clear DICE has spent a lot of time studying the Dutch city for inspiration. Travel blog writer Zoe, who runs a site with her partner called Together in Transit, posted several photos and screenshots comparing the two, and the similarities are remarkable. In the case of Battlefield's Rotterdam map, however, there appears to be little to debate. The uproar has mainly centred on the game's cosmetics, particularly over the inclusion of women and black characters, and has mired the game in controversy straight from the get-go. If you've stumbled across the Battlefield 5 subreddit in recent weeks, you'll have inevitably encountered the ongoing debate surrounding whether the upcoming game is "realistic" enough. ![]()
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