♪ (ragtime music) ♪
♪ (dramatic music) ♪
- Ugh.
♪ (The White Stripes, "Seven Nation Army") ♪
(horse whinnies)
- One of these action movies.
- This a trailer for a movie?
- But it's not a movie, is it? It's a game?
(gunfire) - What is going on here?
- (soldier) Come on, man! Go!
- Ooh! Oh. That's a First World War tank.
- Oh, World War I. Wow.
- Oh. Red Baron!
- Not pleasant.
(tank rattles)
- I think my grandkids play this game.
- A lot of death and destruction.
- Too much violence in it for me.
But I guess people buy that stuff now.
(scene goes quiet for a moment)
- What?
Oh! And now a blimp.
- Oh, a zeppelin.
- "Battlefield 1."
- You know, the games now are really, like... real.
- That's cool.
- Ooh! I'm likin' it!
- (Finebros) Okay, so what do you think
about the video you just watched?
- It makes me think of a phrase: "war is hell."
- It certainly is very active.
(chuckles) There's a lot going on.
- That's great.
I'm a real student of history and World War I.
- It holds no fascination from me whatsoever.
- I think about glorifying violence like that.
This mindset, how deep it goes,
and how much it's influencing youth.
- (Finebros) This is actually a trailer for a video game
called "Battlefield 1,"
the newest in the successful Battlefield series
that has sold millions of copies worldwide.
- Wow.
- (Finebros) We're now gonna show you footage
from the actual gameplay of the video game.
- (sighs deeply) Okay.
- I don't have to play it though, right? - (Finebros) Not today.
(chuckles) - Good. I'm so bad.
(explosions)
- That looks really like a movie.
- Oh, wow. Is it like a first-person shooter game?
- Are there any games where you're not shooting somebody?
- I so like Battlefield. Oh!
- The blimp is going on fire, kind of like the Hindenburg.
- ♪ No pain, no gain ♪ - Obviously, it's bloody.
- Ew! He... an ax to the chest.
- The music makes it exciting.
♪ (percussive music) ♪
- Oh, there's more. But wait, there's more.
(in game: yelling) - The guy looks like he's
Lawrence of Arabia.
- I don't want to see animals dying.
- A lot of action.
I like it.
- That's just really cool.
Really well done. I like that a lot.
- Not my cuppa tea.
Way too much violence in the world.
- It's hard to watch this stuff.
You don't see anybody really suffering there.
You don't see a person without a limb.
I find this hard to be an entertainment.
(movie reel clicks)
- (Finebros) Okay, so what do you think about Battlefield
after watching these videos?
- Well, first of all, I think it's terribly violent.
- Shooting someone in the face is frightening.
And I think it desensitizes us.
- Honestly, I really do like it.
- I think it'd be a great video game to play.
You have a lot of fun, definitely.
- I'm not a gamer.
But I would really, really, really like
to get my hands on that one.
- Gameplay looked fantastic,
because you get to get that personal eye view
of what these people had to deal with.
- (Finebros) Most iterations of the game take place during a war,
like World War II or Vietnam.
While others play in fictional wars in the future.
This new one is set in World War I.
- Yeah. Yeah, it definitely looks like World War I.
- The helmets that the soldiers were wearing were the clue.
- (Finebros) What do you think about being able to explore
actual past events inside of a video game?
- I mean, it's great looking at history, which is good.
- For some of the young people that play,
this is a completely new experience.
They had no idea how World War I was.
- It's so important that young people see what it's like.
And that's the best way to reach 'em.
- I think it would be great if it was more historically based.
- As a teaching aid,
(chuckling) I wouldn't show that in a school
to show kids what World War I was about.
- It's not all glory.
Maybe I'm not an authority on it.
That they only show the parts where
"you can be a hero" out there, is a disservice.
- (Finebros) Many fans of the game love it
because of the advanced graphics and game engine
and how real the game looks. - Right, right.
- (Finebros) There's also an expansive map
that gives you endless amounts of things to do.
What do you think about how much complexity are in video games?
- Well, I think games are really changing.
They didn't used to be this complex.
- They're beyond me. (chuckling)
I'm, like, still back with Atari or something like that. Or Pong.
- The problem with me is
they also keep getting more and more buttons
and more things to do.
It's mindblowing to us old guys.
- (Finebros) The biggest competitor to Battlefield
is the game Call of Duty. - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, Call of Duty's pretty cool.
I played it here. (chuckles)
- Yes, I think I played that.
I got shot 11 times.
- Call of Duty I heard of 'cause my grandson used to play it.
- (Finebros) Even though Call of Duty is very popular,
a lot of gamers criticize it
for not being as complex as Battlefield.
- Oh. I wouldn't know. I have no skill to do either.
- (Finebros) The rivalry intensified recently
when the new Call of Duty trailer came out.
And it became the most disliked video game trailer
in YouTube history. - Oooh. Ooh-hoo-hoo.
- So they're comparing them,
and they still find Call of Duty lacking.
- (Finebros) While at the same time,
the trailer for Battlefield 1
became the most liked video game trailer in YouTube history.
What do you think about a rivalry that is so heated
over a video game series? - I think it's good.
They gotta get more creative on Call of Duty,
and they gotta match 'em over here.
- I think it helps develop new ideas.
I think it takes things further.
- I think it's normal for young people
cheer for one game and cheer for the other game.
- Having all those dislikes, they've proven,
is not always the worst thing.
It's getting attention.
It's not like people are just dismissing it.
- I can't relate to it at all. Heh.
Because how can your video game be that important?
It's just a game.
- (Finebros) So you sometimes end up playing video games
here on the FBE channels. - Yeah, I did.
- I played Muddy Heights. (chuckles)
- (Finebros) How does that experience
playing some of these games
change your thoughts about video games?
- It hasn't really that much.
- I don't know if it's really changed my thought.
I never thought a whole lot about video games.
- I used to think they were a total waste of time.
Now I think that they do develop certain skills
and certain mindsets that are important.
- When we played, like, racing games,
I could see where it would be fun and exciting to do that.
I just, when it gets into the violence,
I'm sorry, I'm almost offended.
- (Finebros) Well, once the game comes out,
I think there's a good chance
you might end up playing some of it on the React channel.
- Oh really?
I better start practicing something.
- (Finebros) Are you looking forward to it?
- I guess I'm looking forward to it
the same as I would a dentist visit.
- I'll be awful at it.
You know, I've tried Call of Duty with my grandson.
I'm a disaster.
- I'm looking forward to it.
If it gives you a mental exercise, I think it's great.
- You be one of the tank drivers, you know.
You could be... a machine-gun guy!
Oh, there's just lots of stuff you could do.
Mm-hmm! Ha ha! Can't wait!
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- Thanks for watching! See you on the battlefield!
Pop. (blows)
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