The Swastika isn't banned in the UK, Canada and the US which is where the CoH franchise has made most of its capital, so if Relic were to add swastikas(I wouldn't want them on vehicles since most German vehicles had the iron cross on it instead of Swastikas) I really can't see it affecting the franchise.
just because you aren't restrained by law, does not mean you shouldn't restrain yourself.
maybe there are jewish developers in relic, which is very possible
Plenty of games just use alternate textures for German laws.
0. There's no reason they couldn't use the current textures for Germany, and more historically accurate ones for everyone else. Much like how Wolfenstein did it.
1. What is your point? Yes, the Germans used symbols in WWII, and those symbols should be present in a game depicting them in a historical context. You'd be hard pressed to find a long-standing symbol in human history that doesn't have some terrible atrocities associated with it. What makes nazi symbols any worse than soviet symbols? The campaign directly touches on the issues of Soviet war atrocities for fucks sake.
2. Thinly veiled ad hominem attacks are still attacks at a persons character. I'm not sure about Coh2, but I know the original game certainly has the SS in it.
It makes every effort to be historically faithful. Accountings of real companies, real war situations (OKW being late 1944-1945 german forces for example), and the Soviet campaign contending with real war atrocities. Sure, Relic bungled their research for Coh2 but they also went out and did quite a bit of research. Especially in regards to the visual portrayal of uniforms, vehicles and environments.
3. They didn't shy away from offending Russia, why should they shy away from offending Germany?
0. wolfenstein is over the top ridiculous murder-all-nazis fps. because of its such arcade-ness made it more ok imo. while coh2 is technically an arcade, it isn't so trivial like wolfenstein
1. nazism caused the most deadly human conflict and very recently. soviet symbol is just as bad to me, but since they were technically invaded by nazis and that they were allies during the war and existed for longer time, which brainwashed a lot of ppl ( i had a half ukrainian and russian roommate who was defending stalin lol) make them ok i guess. i don't agree with it, but that's just how it goes.
2. all german armed forces was invloved in systematic murder of jews, occupied subjects etc etc. but since it is better to forgive and forget, people generally don't hold grudges against ww2 wehr soldiers etc etc. but what SS, especially ones assigned to guarding death camps and carrying out systematic killings, went too far to be either forgiven or forgotten.
3. that is because russians are very very proud of their nation and history, to put it nicely. i palyed the campaign many times, but it makes superior officers and stalinst government look evil, but noooooooooooooo, even that is too much. you mustn't offend the great bear.
just watch stalingrad(2013) if you want to know how some russians see the war as.
Back to topic: i don't mind current symbols in game. they are really small and look fine to me.