Method Acting: In order to simulate the physical strain and labor experienced by their characters, DICE made the voice actors wear backpacks full of weights and had them play catch with cinderblocks while recording their lines.
The official Artbook shows Concept Art for potential War Stories, thus truly emphasising the global nature of the Great War.
More female characters like Zara are shown in the trenches; some appear to be part of the Russian Women's Battalion of Death, while another one appears to be a civilian medic on the Western Front.
It appears that the Central Powers were in consideration for their own war stories, scenes of regular German infantry in muddy trenches and notable character sheets alongside them.
An early Levolution concept for the multiplayer map "Monte Grappa," would give players the ability to create landslides by bombing the mountains, similar to what happens in the "Avanti Savoia" War Story.