Modern Warfare 2 Opening Is Real, Aussies Flip Out
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Anyone who has played Bioshock and has gotten to the part wherein;Furism said:
Ryan forces the player to beat Ryan's skull in with a golf club, against their wishes, whilst he is defenceless through cutscene, but still First Person Perspective
Knows that forcing a gamer to do something heinous rather than giving them the choice to do it for MUCH LULZ (looking at you, GTA) will make the gamer feel really uncomfortable.
It did for me :/
A perfect example of the higher up in the government you go, the more likely you will find the place staffed by IDIOTS. Jane Roberts and Michael Atkinson need to learn that games are not exclusively made for children; they never have been. I like Nicholas Suzor; the only one who didn't seem to miss the point of the sequence.CantFaketheFunk said:
Things like this is what pushes games past just being another shallow action game, and is what CoD4 and MW2 makes the games stand out among the crowd of other brownish-grey shooters. If games designers and writers don't do things like this, everything would be all the same with little to distinguish.
Of course, then comes along people who look for something to complain about just because they don't like it and can't handle the fact that a game might actually be trying to make a statement to the player while they are immersed in the game-world. Just like the whole Resident Evil 5 'racism' outcry. That game wouldn't have been nearly as disappointing if they just let Capcom make the game as originally intended and didn't make them tack on that retarded support character and all those utterly arbitrary 'need two people' sequences.
Although, I do find it incredibly satisfying that they can't change their original review of the game, so it can still be released as intended there right now. Here's hoping a third party doesn't step in.
Also, something I'd like to point out.
There are plenty of other totally brutal things in this and the previous Modern Warfare game, and NOW they complain about it when the game is trying to make a statement? Come on...
Because Game designers/Developers wish to promote terrorism.
Like many of the posts on this thread say, it's been done in movies, it can be done in games.
Looks like Osama bin laden will have something extra on his christmas list this year.
Like many of the posts on this thread say, it's been done in movies, it can be done in games.
Looks like Osama bin laden will have something extra on his christmas list this year.
Wow. To those of you who have railed that shooting up terrorists in an airport or ramming a plane into a civilian office building is 'no different' than dropping a bomb from a plane on a military target or engaging enemies who are shooting back... I hope you are all killed in a terrorist attack soon.
After WWII it became a bit of an unwritten rule of warfare not to attack population centers - it was common practice back then (firebombings by the British, V2 rockets by the Nazis, Atomic Bomb by the US) and the civilized nations of the world came to the conclusion that not attacking population centers - though demoralizing and effective in crippling enemy infrastructure - was a way to make the world a bit more humane.
War will always be with us, but so long as we are at least willing to make the attempt to limit the conflict to soldiers - we might not just completely destroy the world and it will make us just that much more civilized as a species.
Back on topic... I hope they don't give out an achievement for completing that part of the game particularly well. That's just asking for more trouble.
Also, I have to wonder what prevents me from just turning the gun on the other terrorists?
After WWII it became a bit of an unwritten rule of warfare not to attack population centers - it was common practice back then (firebombings by the British, V2 rockets by the Nazis, Atomic Bomb by the US) and the civilized nations of the world came to the conclusion that not attacking population centers - though demoralizing and effective in crippling enemy infrastructure - was a way to make the world a bit more humane.
War will always be with us, but so long as we are at least willing to make the attempt to limit the conflict to soldiers - we might not just completely destroy the world and it will make us just that much more civilized as a species.
Back on topic... I hope they don't give out an achievement for completing that part of the game particularly well. That's just asking for more trouble.
Also, I have to wonder what prevents me from just turning the gun on the other terrorists?
Is it just me, or is Australia all over gaming news lately?
If MW2 gets banned in Australia, we can expect homemade boats manned by starved, crazed, and desperate Australian gamers to wash up on our coasts.
If MW2 gets banned in Australia, we can expect homemade boats manned by starved, crazed, and desperate Australian gamers to wash up on our coasts.
Alternatively, heaven forbid, we look at places like Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Spain and Israel where we've had terrorist attacks for decades before 9/11. Of course, with the exception of a few embassy bombings and sieges, it wasn't really till that fateful day that the US was shown to be just as vulnerable as everyone else when it comes to terrorism, which is why it strikes a chord now.BlazeTheVampire said:
To be honest, we should actually be asking why this sort of thing hasn't been done already long before (with the exception of games like Syndicate, Mercenaries or Just Cause). There are two sides to every argument, and, while many people could point to the actions of some groups and individuals and call them wrong, there has to be a reason for them to do what they are doing, be it patriotism, belief or just because they are anarchists or radical eco-watchdogs. Knowing why your enemy is doing what they are doing is only part of it, actually getting to understand it through their eyes will add a whole different part to it.
The worst part about this is, the SECOND some kid goes on some sort of shooting rampage no matter who it is, where it is, or for whatever reason, Heaven help Infinity Ward if a copy of this game shows up in that kid's bedroom.
There will be NO end to the assault on video games and their "effects on children and violence" after that, and we all know it.
Sometimes I kinda wish people DIDN'T push the envelope. Things are ridiculous as it is right now with Nanny-state politicians trying to "protect" us all from anything that could be potentially "inspire" us to commit random acts of violence.
I understand it has to be done, but man, I'm just sick of the Jack Thompsons of the world and this kind of thing only adds potentially unnecessary fuel to the fire.
There will be NO end to the assault on video games and their "effects on children and violence" after that, and we all know it.
Sometimes I kinda wish people DIDN'T push the envelope. Things are ridiculous as it is right now with Nanny-state politicians trying to "protect" us all from anything that could be potentially "inspire" us to commit random acts of violence.
I understand it has to be done, but man, I'm just sick of the Jack Thompsons of the world and this kind of thing only adds potentially unnecessary fuel to the fire.
You know..in the first L4D..you were gunning down "zombies" in the "airport" section of the Dead Air campaign..
Before those people were zombies,they were people..
Before those people were zombies,they were people..