Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Criticized For "Going Too Far"

[Eatbrainz]

Super Mutants + Modern Warfare 2 = Fallout 3?

 

[Eatbrainz]

whatever happened to soap macintavish? that was an awesome main character.

I think he'll be in the game as a support character, much like Captain Price from the original Call of Duty 4

 

[Tal-]

bawwwwwwwwwww how come no one complained about fallout three that took place in dc as well...

 

[Chrissyluky]

whatever happened to soap macintavish? that was an awesome main character.

I think he'll be in the game as a support character, much like Captain Price from the original Call of Duty 4

thats good. but i still would rather play as soap.

 

[toapat]

The imagery is definitely striking, but the CSM author is over-reacting. I don't see why it would be more acceptable to depict "some fictional town in eastern Europe" as a bombed out wasteland, perhaps because that imagery isn't pulling on your American heartstrings?

no, its because thats where the majority of both world wars, and a huge 500 year long monolithic war took place.
US is/was represented as a stalwart bastion of unbreakable strenght after world war 2, where we basically controlled the entire war, and manhandled japan and germany almost single handedly

Subtle Troll is Subtle.

come on, US did supply the European war effort the entire war, and russia did a large part on the eastern front

 

[lucaf]

The imagery is definitely striking, but the CSM author is over-reacting. I don't see why it would be more acceptable to depict "some fictional town in eastern Europe" as a bombed out wasteland, perhaps because that imagery isn't pulling on your American heartstrings?

no, its because thats where the majority of both world wars, and a huge 500 year long monolithic war took place.
US is/was represented as a stalwart bastion of unbreakable strenght after world war 2, where we basically controlled the entire war, and manhandled japan and germany almost single handedly

yes, because Russia didnt liberate (ok "liberate") all of eastern Europe AND Germany. and Britain, Canada, France and everyone else did nothing. you werent exactly the only country involved who didnt get invaded (UK, canada, australia(i think))

 

[rosac]

And I wonder how all the afghan people feel about imaginary towns similar to theirs being stamped on by imaginary american soldiers.

Have a taste of your own medicine

rosac

 

[Doug]

(If you haven't seen the video and want your Modern Warfare 2 experience to be completely unspoiled, you may want to stop reading now. Consider yourself warned.)

Activison already did that by jacking up the prices in my country, and by treating PC gamers like scum by not even offering the over-the-top night-vision lens to them.

 

[Gaderael]

My my, that poor Dandy Andrew Heining, is getting the vapours!

I think the concept that DC is burning (again. Remember Canada?) is too awesome a concept. It works precisely because of reactions like Mr. Heining's reaction. "It can't happen here." Well, guess what, it can, and it way someday, if America doesn't get it's house in order. It's a global community, and the US government has to learn to play nice, otherwise the chances of this happening are drastically increased. I'm not saying to kowtow to every piss pot dictator on the planet, but to put aside the idea of American Exceptionalism, and treat other countries as equals, not opportunities to advance your own agenda.

But, back to the trailer, man, I cannot wait to get my hands on this game. It looks friggin' awesome.

 

[sneak_copter]

If it was London, for example, there would be no problems.

Just because it is America, it does not make it any different.

 

[300lb. Samoan]

The imagery is definitely striking, but the CSM author is over-reacting. I don't see why it would be more acceptable to depict "some fictional town in eastern Europe" as a bombed out wasteland, perhaps because that imagery isn't pulling on your American heartstrings?

no, its because thats where the majority of both world wars, and a huge 500 year long monolithic war took place.
US is/was represented as a stalwart bastion of unbreakable strenght after world war 2, where we basically controlled the entire war, and manhandled japan and germany almost single handedly

Subtle Troll is Subtle.

lol yea. well at least there's a simple solution to this: bomb the white house! then it will be an historically accurate portrayal and therefore perfectly acceptable [/badidea]

 

[toapat]

yes, because Russia didnt liberate (ok "liberate") all of eastern Europe AND Germany. and Britain, Canada, France and everyone else did nothing. you werent exactly the only country involved who didnt get invaded (UK, canada, australia(i think))

A: i was counting russia
B: US was always involved in WW2, we supplied the entire west european offensive the entire war, west europe would have collapsed in a matter of weeks under german siege without us

 

[lucaf]

yes, because Russia didnt liberate (ok "liberate") all of eastern Europe AND Germany. and Britain, Canada, France and everyone else did nothing. you werent exactly the only country involved who didnt get invaded (UK, canada, australia(i think))

A: i was counting russia
B: US was always involved in WW2, we supplied the entire west european offensive the entire war, west europe would have collapsed in a matter of weeks under german siege without us

it DID collapse in a couple of weeks. france was taken over quickly and we didnt fight again until Dday. apart from the battle of britain, but that was planes. and if we are counting planes then the blitz as well. anyway, if you were counting russia why did you say almost single handed? they did more thean you, more than all the other allies combined

 

[ejb626]

This guy just kicked my Faith in Humanity in the balls no... he castrated it, I mean seriously can we get one game through without Christian Extremists or Extreme Anti-Racists (Not saying I'm racist but you remember the Resident Evil 5 and Left 4 Dead 2 contreversy with black zombies?) or some other stupid extremist group getting in the way. I'm fighting back the urge to type in all caps here, but just because this trailer freaked you out doesn't mean it goes too far for everyone, and should be removed. Its things like this that make me really hate humans sometimes.

 

[toapat]

yes, because Russia didnt liberate (ok "liberate") all of eastern Europe AND Germany. and Britain, Canada, France and everyone else did nothing. you werent exactly the only country involved who didnt get invaded (UK, canada, australia(i think))

A: i was counting russia
B: US was always involved in WW2, we supplied the entire west european offensive the entire war, west europe would have collapsed in a matter of weeks under german siege without us

it DID collapse in a couple of weeks. france was taken over quickly and we didnt fight again until Dday. apart from the battle of britain, but that was planes. and if we are counting planes then the blitz as well. anyway, if you were counting russia why did you say almost single handed? they did more thean you, more than all the other allies combined

france was zerged, they didnt have a chance anyway. england didnt fall to germany.
russia had more losses then the entire rest of the countries involved, so that kinda hurts their effectiveness.
we manhandled japan with no support from any other country
we took down italy.
we supplied all non-soviet forces with food, equipment, and ammunition the entire war, ever before we directly got involved

 

[lucaf]

russia still had more kills. congrats on japan though. lets just stick to france jokes

 

[Nouw]

Patriot much?

I wouldn't cry if seoul tower was burning in a video games trailer. I would say "MY COUNTRIES IN A VIDEO GAME!!!!!!." I'd actually feel pretty good about it.

our country was the first level in CS: condition zero... so i was like, we can now kill those damn terrorists in the south! THATS AWESOME! but it sort of gave the impression that our country was full of terrorists...

True. But everyone knows that S.Korea don't have terrorists. Instead we have a thing called " North Korea"

 

[KAPTAINmORGANnWo4life]

So D.C. is an indestructible fantasy wonderland that nothing bad will ever happen to? Americans need to tone down the hyper-patriotism. I'm sorry to all of the level-headed, normal humans in America, but you're the minority. Most of your countrymen are not worthy of being in a free, democratic state.


Nobody (substantial) in Canada took offence when the Prime Minister was assassinated in Ghost Recon 2. Nobody was offended when Turning Point: Fall of Liberty destroyed New York.

The fact of the matter is these people are just looking for some shit to disturb, and went to one of the American News Media's favorite scapegoats to do it. Stop giving these stories attention and you'll take their power away and not piss me off (not at The Escapist, but at the subjects of the story).

 

[GBlair88]

Dry your eyes, it's just a game.

 

[Kenny Kondom]

You are always going to get someone moaning over a game... Just in this case its a Batshit crazy Christian...
Obnoxious Potatoe, I like your style. (Y)