War in Iraq the Game - will it be made?
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What everyone else said. Apparently the world is not mature or ready for 'recent event' games yet.
What I don't understand is why video games can't do this, yet TV's, movies, music, etc. are able to.
Last I heard, 6 Days in Fallujah as a video game was requested by the marines who were interviewed by Atomic Games. They stated it was a form of media readily available and one that they were not only interested in, but also one they regularly used.
It's too bad Konami (publisher) backed out after the backlash.
If the game turns out as they say and is shows the 'real war', without the run-and-gun style of games like CoD, then I would be perfectly fine with this - in fact, I'd encourage it. If it was an arcade style, then I could see the controversy, especially with multiplayer (encourages competition, ruins the whole point of the game, etc.)
Still, considering tragic events were easily displayed in other forms of media (ex. 9/11 movies), then why can't we get a video game that is AIMED with the same thing in mind, which is retelling the story from a solid, non-arcade-style perspective?
I suppose the world is not mature or ready for video games to become a regular media form yet. Thus, my answer will be: No, a war game based on recent events will not occur until much later. I'm sure these will be made eventually, given enough time.
Until then, we're stuck with fictional wars/settings that mimic real life events, but are able to avoid some backlash because they're not actually real.
What I don't understand is why video games can't do this, yet TV's, movies, music, etc. are able to.
Last I heard, 6 Days in Fallujah as a video game was requested by the marines who were interviewed by Atomic Games. They stated it was a form of media readily available and one that they were not only interested in, but also one they regularly used.
It's too bad Konami (publisher) backed out after the backlash.
If the game turns out as they say and is shows the 'real war', without the run-and-gun style of games like CoD, then I would be perfectly fine with this - in fact, I'd encourage it. If it was an arcade style, then I could see the controversy, especially with multiplayer (encourages competition, ruins the whole point of the game, etc.)
Still, considering tragic events were easily displayed in other forms of media (ex. 9/11 movies), then why can't we get a video game that is AIMED with the same thing in mind, which is retelling the story from a solid, non-arcade-style perspective?
I suppose the world is not mature or ready for video games to become a regular media form yet. Thus, my answer will be: No, a war game based on recent events will not occur until much later. I'm sure these will be made eventually, given enough time.
Until then, we're stuck with fictional wars/settings that mimic real life events, but are able to avoid some backlash because they're not actually real.
The Cold War would be a pretty boring game seeing as no one died, it was just deaths as a result of the "Cold War".Singularly Datarific said:
I'm sure plenty of these already-existing games that take place in "Unspecifiedistan" (Thank you Yahtzee) have some elements loosely based on our current conflict in Iraq. I don't actually play them, so I have no idea, only speculation.
I want something maximally realistic. In COD4 you're just fighting the whole war alone. I want a game, where you feel like a pawn in a giant chess game.
By the way, the war on Iraq itself had very very vague reasons. All the reasons stated for the war were not true, and their evidences are vague. Like WDM. There weren't ANY WDM!October Country said:
And Saddam's regime is not the worst in the area. There are far more worse. Or at least equal.
And the issue of Al-Qaeda and that stuff, Al-Qaeda hasn't a headquarters (if this organization truly existed), Al-Qaeda is a school of terrorist thoughts! And ideas, are bulletproof. So this was the most stupid of all reasons.
maybe in the near future or when/if we finally withdraw out troops.
Maybe it will be called Call of Duty: False reason for a war
Maybe it will be called Call of Duty: False reason for a war