I can see what you mean, however it's worth noting that Battlefield has not become more bombastic in past years; it has actually become less. DICE's approach has always been to grab historical battles and treat it's elements as fun toys for a sandbox multiplayer experience.
As whimsical the reveal trailer for BFV was, it was more of a return to the original games where one can play the BF theme in vehicles (which trailer directly alluded to), and it doesn't come close to something like Battlefield Heroes.
As for controversies, I think the actual size of the controversy is overblown, simply because news headlines like that travel quickly simply due to the current political climate. The amount of people offended, or even aware, of some perception of inaccuracy is probably really, really small.
As for tone, the idea that the interpretation of the war in popular culture should always be focusing on its misery, loss of life, and loss of goodwill is really restrictive.
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