Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Criticized For "Going Too Far"

[Aesir23]

Personally I'd love to play a game that took place in a post-apocalyptic (or just plain apocalyptic ) version of my home town.

So would I, I'd love going around to all the various destroyed landmarks.

 

[Crimsane]

To steal a line from CCP's rap, the Christian Science Monitor needs to "harden the fuck up."

 

[ygetoff]

Really, who cares what this guy thinks?
Any event of destruction on the scale depicted in the trailer is horrible. It doesn't matter who it happens to.
This guy is just overreacting. Screaming at him isn't going to do anything, and will probably only make people even madder.

And no form of entertainment has never ever blown up American cities at all. I am stunned by the sickness of the developers. They must have serious issues with their life for playing and developing video games.

Wait, what? Are you saying the developers are sick because they never depict America getting blown up? (something which happens quite a lot in entertainment media) Or is this sarcasm? (maybe I'm dumb)

 

[Rahnzan]

I think he's being sarcastic ygetoff. I'm going to leave it up to him to confirm though.

 

[Sub_par]

war is war why would one city being destroyed be different than any other? what makes D.C. so special that it cant be touched? I say go for it, it could create a very compelling story. And btw, its a STORY! not real.

 

[FROGGEman2]

Ugh, bloody patriotism.

I mean, holy hell, why is it so bad that American soil is being assaulted? Isn't the whole point of the MW series story is that it is clever social commentary? Or something like that?

Also, the game appears to be wearing the CoD title. Damn, I was hoping this would spring its own franchise. Grr...

 

[Jsnoopy]

hahahahahaha, right-wing christians make me laugh more than any comedian out there. Even the name is almost an oxymoron.

 

[Arcane Azmadi]

Aww, the widdle Christians can't take a little carnage?

Fuck 'em. I've never cared about the opinions of any group that aren't actually gamers, and I never will. Let the virtual world burn for our enjoyment!

 

[pha kin su pah]

Wait what? Europe is fictional?

 

[Heeman89]

Having loosely followed the Christian Faith for most of my life, when I saw the trailer I thought to myself "shit some Christians are gonna be pissed off about a Bible story being used to promote a video game containing violence" Then I saw this headline and couldn't believe it, Seriously? Cities in the United States get blown up in all sorts of media be it Movie, Book, or Video Game and you get pissed off about this one.

Since I live in the United States I had a sort of patriotic moment when I saw that "Yes another video game where I actually get to fight and defend something I care about instead of gallivanting around the world chasing people I don't give a fuck about"

My two cents, can't wait for the game

 

[strangemoose]

so if we blow up some town in the middle east its fine but now that the U.S is in it in suddenly bad
god at times i hate being American >.<

 

[Booze Zombie]

I like how he's okay with a Russian city being destroyed, but if that glorified monopoly house bites it... whoooooooooooo-boooooooooy!

 

[Altorin]

"In the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2... the gallant mansion reduced to rubble doesn't belong to some crazed separatist dictator hellbent on all kinds of nefarious acts. Instead, it's the White House," he wrote. "The scenes of post-apocalyptic scenes of carnage play out not in some fictional town in eastern Europe, but in Washington D.C. itself."

Is it just me, or if that argument were made by the MAKER of the game, it would be a positive? I mean, that seems a lot more compelling. It's why Fallout 3 (which was made after 9/11 and showed and discribed not only a nuclear weapon exploding over the white house, but the result of 250 years of detritus and debris after an apocalyptic war in washrington DC) was so good

Putting your show (movies and television do it all the time too, so I'll say show rather then game) into a real place that holds a lot of meaning to a lot of people and then destroying that place isn't an attempt to spit on the meaning.. it's a way to bring people further into the experience because it's a recognizable landmark.. If it was just some busted up bunker of some unreal dictator, I wouldn't care at all.. but the white house? that makes me want to play the game, and not because I want to masturbate on the burning american flag, but rather because the story just got interesting? Will the americans overcome and throw back the enemy? probably, but I'm sure there are plenty of twists to keep me interested, and a ruined white house is a damn good hook.

 

[badgersprite]

Because blowing up Eastern European cities is fine? oO I didn't hear them complaining when MW contained a nuke exploding in the Middle East.

I think it's obvious the point MW2 is attempting to make has been missed by a mile - firstly, considering the fact that we're going to be avenging the catastrophe in DC, and, secondly, that MW2, like its prequel, is no doubt trying to make a point about the horror and futility of war, and the consequences of it. But, then, expecting anti-video game crusaders to realise that video games actually have this little thing called depth is like expecting grizzly bears to make friends with the salmon.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

Too far... OR NOT FAR ENOUGH!?!?!?!?
...seriously. What's wrong with blowing up DC? It's been done before... a lot. and it's a videogame... I don't see why they're making a big deal of this.

 

[SovietSecrets]

While on topic of the trailer, is there a name for the song used or was it just made for the trailer?

 

[Laxman9292]

"Christian Science Monitor"?? not too long ago christians murdered hundreds of scientists most of who were devout christians.

Thank you Dan Brown. How about something relevant to the topic now that you did not just learn from Angels and Demons?

Personally, I have no problem with this, and living in Virginia i am about as close to D.C. as you can get without actually being there. I just think that some people just like to complain and put up a fuss because they want to be talked about. I do not think people feel that reliving the attack on Pearl Harbor, D-Day, or any other significant conflict is going too far but we have been doing that for a long time. I am just glad that people are headed in new directions.

 

[NeW SpEcTrUM]

Would you expect anything less from Christian organization?

 

[RobotNinja]

So much for freedom of speech

 

[dabronc7]

Ultra-nationalism hooray! People need to realize games are an art form, and this form of art weaves a story of WHAT IF... not LETS GO DO THIS. It seems as though who are not familiar with gaming fail to understand that games are not always straight forward. COD will certainly not mandate players to destory DC, but defend it. Critics need to actually know what they are talking about before they open their mouths (see fox news/mass effect)