It's not the first time EA has addressed the backlash, either. As for the game's detractors? 'Well,' he says, 'you have two choices: either accept it, or don't buy the game. Soderlund says his team stands by their choice, and won't 'take any flak' for the decision to include women in the game.
It's true - there's a rich history of women fighting in the Second World War, from Russian sniper teams to the French Resistance.Įven if it wasn't a historical fact, Soderlund seems to argue that it would hardly matter.
There were a ton of women who both fought in World War II and partook in the war.' 'The common perception is that there were no women in World War II. 'These are people who are uneducated - they don't understand that this is a plausible scenario,' he told Gamasutra in a recent interview. The initial backlash was laced with cries for historical accuracy, but EA's chief creative officer, Patrick Soderlund, says this gets the facts wrong.
