Why Russia?

[Daffy F]

Whats the deal with games like MW2,BFBC2, and Black ops having Russians as the antagonists? Have game writers really run out of ideas?

I agree with MW2 it was a bit tenuous, but it's fair game in Black Ops. Because it's the cold war. The one fought against Russia. It's just like saying: "Why do we always kill Nazis in WW2 games?"

 

[KissofKetchup]

Whats the deal with games like MW2,BFBC2, and Black ops having Russians as the antagonists? Have game writers really run out of ideas?

Well, some would say that Russia is still a threat to the rest of the Western world. But yeah, game writers have lost all creativity when it comes to writing plots for games, at least for COD

 

[Blatherscythe]

I perfer prefer playing as russia on BC2. So much cooler than those pansy americans, that's for sure.

Anyway, yeah, but what other nation would you take instead? That would make sense? I'd rather see a third party fighting russian and/or the US. That'd be cool.

That was Germany in the 1940's. And they kinda got fucked by the Allies after both wars, so they really can't be that third party thanks to restrictions.

 

[CupboardNinja]

It's actually pretty simple. Right now, Russia is one of the only countries that has a military that could compete with the U.S. Add decades of tension into the mix, and you have the best antagonist since Hitler.