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The centenary of the Rising brought much greater awareness of how the wider war presented Irish rebels with the opportunity, rationale and psychological motivation for insurrection, and how BritainвЂ™s fateful response was driven by broader considerations. Long after independence, accounts of Irish participation in the first World War and the Easter Rising existed as parallel narratives, the latter overshadowing the former despite vastly contrasting levels of fatalities. One striking development in 2016 was the extent to which Irish experiences of war and revolution were seen as interconnected. Maybe IвЂ™m naive, but if it was interesting to me, hopefully it will be the others.How might we best understand вЂ“ and commemorate вЂ“ the revolution that occurred in Ireland a century ago? Was it largely determined by events on the island? Or was it shaped more by the wave of unrest which redrew EuropeвЂ™s borders, and those of other parts of the world, after the first World War? It shaped the world many times more than other events that I thought were more important to history. All of the things we take for granted, from females actually going in to factories and being allowed to work. 'ThereвЂ™s so many things, all the inventions - trenchcoats to zippers. ' changed our world more than I have ever known,' Gustavsson said. Just as theyвЂ™ve gained interest in it, the goal is to get others excited about the First World War in the same way that they are about World War II or futuristic warfare. To rectify that, EA Dice has been watching the History Channel and reading about the era. 'I almost wondered whether I was asleep in school because I know so much about the Second World War and nothing about the First,' he added. The more we dug into it, the more we learned. 'The fact that they actually fought with the French troops, they werenвЂ™t allowed to fight with the American troops.

'They surfaced quite early in discussions,' Gustavsson told us.

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For some, itвЂ™s the first time theyвЂ™ve even heard of the group - and itвЂ™s thanks to Battlefield, a series that has previously faced controversy for how itвЂ™s made use of social events for its promotional efforts. The Harlem Hellfighters, an important if little known troop of African-American soldiers who fought in France, are a major part of the gameвЂ™s marketing. More interestingly, though, are the less well known elements from the period that surface in Battlefield 1. A demo we checked out had us playing as soldiers from the Ottoman Empire, defending their territory against the British troops our weapons ranged from zeppelins to bayonets, in keeping with the period. ThatвЂ™s due to EA DICEвЂ™s commitment to historical accuracy, with operations in the campaign mode portraying legitimate historical moments from the war. 'I almost wondered if I was asleep in school' Although Battlefield 1, first and foremost, is an evolution of the sandbox-style gameplay that the series has iterated on over the years, it could also prove to be more educational than players expect. These preconceived notions of what World War I was served as both the strongest barrier of entry as well as the most compelling reason for the team to focus on the era.

There were naval battles outside of South America вЂ¦ really big perspectives that I, to start with, hadnвЂ™t really heard of.' 'The perception of slow trench warfare, it isnвЂ™t really true,' Gustavsson said. After development wrapped, however, the idea of tackling World War I - something no Electronic Arts game had done since 1994 - came back up. These people who were kind of strong ambassadors have constantly been going at it.'ДЄt that time, EA DICE was working on Battlefield 4, a game set several years in the future. While its biggest competitors head further into the future, the Battlefield franchise is stepping back into the past - and thatвЂ™s purely by coincidence, EA DICE design director Lars Gustavsson told Polygon at Gamescom 2016.

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