Why Russia?

[Benny Blanco]

Yeah, why not have North Korea or something like that as an antagonist? Why Russia?

Because the North Korean military is a joke. They would have the weapons or the man power to actually invade a first world country, and if in the game, America was the one that invaded them, then the Americans couldn't be perceived as the "good guys."

Besides, if North Korea did try anything, America wouldn't even be need, China would smack them back into place.

Yeah, sure, if you made if an open war situation. All the Chinese care about is no-one fucking things up before they can totally dominate America economically...

How about this for a plot: North Koreans kidnap US and Japanese actors filming a war movie off the coast for one of Kim Jong Il's private movies. You're part of a special ops team tasked with rescuing the actors and getting them out of the country without provoking an international incident. That's a black op mission for you.

Who else should the enemy be? the concept of being attacked by the japanese and the germans have worn pretty thin over the years, and there's not exactly much else to shoot at, is there?
The french? Just mute the cries of "we surrender" and it'll be like a rail shooter.
The norwegian? (yeah, using them as an example out of national pride. Or something.) Last time the norwegians went to a war -if that was what it was, they never really decided if it was a corporate takeover, a war, a military action, or an act of peace negotiations- most of the soldiers were sent home due to lead poisoning. And that's not slang for getting shot, either. Good old, honest to ned flanders, chew on your pencil lead poisoning.

Maybe we should give new zealanders a chance to get shot in a virtual war game? Do they even have an army?
And the list goes on. Looks like we're stuck with russia for now; they might not be the best choice, but they're better than risking bad publicity by using some minority group from ooga-boogaland. And they have voice actors who manage to sound passable; that's a big plus over german, where everyone either speaks american, or sound like they learned german from an american wartime sitcom.

Norway huh? Well, they are one of the top 5 oil-producing nations in the world and...

Yeah, the Kiwis do have an army, they usually have fought alongside the Australians (together referred to as ANZACs) They're supposed to be really good snipers.

Here's a really "edgy" opponent for you: Israel.

-American-made weapons
-Significant nuclear arsenal
-Really aggressive foreign policy.
-Regularly shoot foreign nationals for fun.

 

[Leemaster777]

Making Russia the bad guy sidesteps any accusation of racism (they're white) or religious intolerance.

Also they have the second best villain accents, after Germany.

I really, really like this answer.

 

[Canid117]

Yeah, why not have North Korea or something like that as an antagonist? Why Russia?

Because the North Korean military in its current state would get rolled over in a week.

And also...

 

[Spartan1175]

Yeah, why not have North Korea or something like that as an antagonist? Why Russia?

Because the North Korean military in its current state would get rolled over in a week.

And also...

I hope it comes out for pc.

 

[easternflame]

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

dude stupid question, russians are communists or were commies and america is the land of anticomunism

 

[Jodah]

It also may end up being a political issue if a different group was chosen. Russia seems to accept it as just a game based on the American view of history. Who knows what that whacko in North Korea would do if there was a video game where American nuked him back to the stone age. It may sound silly but World War 3 could start over a video game if the right (or wrong) group was chosen.

 

[Mr. Omega]

For me, Russia being the new go-to bad guys only bothers me a little. What does bother me is that EVERY protagonist is either American, British, or occasionally Russian. THERE ARE MORE THAN 3 NATIONALITIES! And all people from non-english-speaking countries speak perfect english. Not as big a complaint, but still...

On a side note, why has no developer ever tried to make a game based on the espionage part of the Cold War? It's an excuse to go to all sorts of interesting locales, have stealth based gameplay and have great conversations impacting missions.

Developers seem to forget the Cold War was a COLD war, not an actual war!!!

 

[hawkeye52]

well all realistic settings have been used and overused and i cant imagine them taking it back to the times when you had to spend 2-3 minutes reloading your musket and i guess studios dont want to branch off into new ideas since making triple A games are to risky in terms of profits to make a massive fps out of it that does something new.

 

[joemegson94]

Because if there was a war game about shooting heavily-armed gorillas it wouldn't make any sense.

 

[Sinisterair]

Because Russians were the last enemies that America fought which were on the same technological level as the US, and which were perceived as an actual threat.

I mean, what have we had since the Cold War? A bunch of terrorists, in ass backward countries using 60 year old weapons, and home made explosives. Sure, they can kill people, but there is not threat of them ever being a serious threat to the American government.

Pretty much this but also because they are enemies that America lost/tied to. Just like vietnam where they pulled out and signed a peace treaty. So they make these games where they kick some enemy ass but in real life they lost.

....Pretty sure communisim fell and the us Won, also the cold war wasnt an actual war it was a political war in which we tried to push our influence on the already weakend euroupe...sure there was a bunch of deaths but we won!

 

[Canid117]

Yeah, why not have North Korea or something like that as an antagonist? Why Russia?

Because the North Korean military in its current state would get rolled over in a week.

And also...

I hope it comes out for pc.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/homefront/index.html?tag=result%3Btitle%3B0

apparently so

 

[Spartan1175]

Yeah, why not have North Korea or something like that as an antagonist? Why Russia?

Because the North Korean military in its current state would get rolled over in a week.

And also...

I hope it comes out for pc.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/homefront/index.html?tag=result%3Btitle%3B0

apparently so

Sweet.

 

[scar_47]

because the north koreans might take that as an act of war

 

[WrathOfAchilles]

Yahtzee already commented on this, be original next time.

 

[Volothos]

Why cant America be bad these days?

I know MW2 experimented with that but he's just a psycho in my eyes, i want it to where the whole damn country is evil

Off the top of my head, say America is a "Constitutionally Theocratic" nation and is at war in the name of god to purge the world of sinners or something

 

[Towels]

Why cant America be bad these days?

I know MW2 experimented with that but he's just a psycho in my eyes, i want it to where the whole damn country is evil

Off the top of my head, say America is a "Constitutionally Theocratic" nation and is at war in the name of god to purge the world of sinners or something

Reminds me of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Imperial America invades the Republic and Mexico and tactically nukes a hospital because its a sniper nest.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

WHo GivEs a CrAP.

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PeOPLe on ThIS siTe ***** whEn the EnEMIES arE alIENs, ZoMBIeS, NAzIs, COMMiES, TERrORiSTs, COrPOraTE EmPLoyEEs, Or ANYTHING ELSE.

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Im sorry are you having a stroke?

I'm certainly getting one trying to read that...
Sorry, but that is truly unintelligible, you cannot read them as if they were normal words, you have to go letter by letter to see what it is.

Anyways, I'm off to fantasize about a future warfare game with America as baddies, and Russians as good guys.

 

[Benny Blanco]

Because if there was a war game about shooting heavily-armed gorillas it wouldn't make any sense.

Heavily-armed gorillas? You mean like Planet of the Apes?