User blog comment:N7/Battlefield 3 "99 Problems" trailer released/@comment-3479148-20110927163244/@comment-1715386-20110928042404

People are mixing up "authenticity" and "realism". DICE said they wanted an "authentic" feel of the game such as capturing the feeling of being a tank gunner and stuff like that. However, people end up twisting "authentic" into "realistic".