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i think you're asking a similiar question that was answered already so i'm just going to post it here , if it helps ....


GnrlWarT: Using Saving Private Ryan as a reference, there were basically never more than five moving people visible at any one time in that movie. We used this as the inspiration that we could actually do DDay without requiring way more guys on screen than the engine could handle. The majority of guys on the beach are generally dead guys. We don't have quite the same body count as SPR, but we put as many in there as we could afford. Regardless, the constant movement, bullets, mortars, smoke, ambient sound, and the yelling more than compensate for that, and we still get a very nice and chaotic feel to DDay.

this is from the developer Q&A