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Well, it seems that Froggy is a "tad upset" at the makers of one of my favorite (though older) games. I own both the book and the movie of this event. The book definitely presents the big picture, while the movie, in a typical Hollywood way, TRIES to portray the bravery and comadrie of the soldiers involved. I was glad that both came out, so that we got more than just the Clinton-friendly Media's account of what happened. Take a minute to go visit his site to get his take on it. Now, please note that I am a FPS fanatic. They give me a sort of instant satisfaction of a quick test of skills, one that can be done at any time against anyone, anyWHERE in the world. Pop on for five minutes or five hours, and done.
This game, however, does nothing to shed more light on the subject matter. The only purpose is to frame another FPS into a catchy environ.
FPS game designers are in a tough spot. The concept has been around since the original Id game of Castle Wolfenstein. Doom took it up a notch. And then there was Quake. So they are finding that they are running out of ideas for THEMES for these games, since they have been out beginning in early 1992. The current rage is WWII themed games. Games such as Return to Castle Wolfenstein, MOH:PA, Call of Duty, Day of Defeat, Battlefield 1942... Just recently, a modern warfare one came out, Battlefield 2. The one thing that all of these games have in common, is that they are INSPIRED by real events, or are simply fictional and set in the timeframe so as to give a reason for killing people.
Where Novalogic crosses the line, is that they based their new game off of a real event, with the ACTUAL people represented, an event that was a friggin' TRAGEDY. Why not just make a game based on 9/11, where you can choose sides as to being one of the passengers, trying to stop the plane by crashing it into a field, or play as one of the terrorists, where you have to try to crash into the Pentagon, the Twin Towers, or the White House? I realize that this is an extreme example, but it gets my point across. This was a dumb move by Novalogic. And, unfortunately, I think Froggy is right about the type of person that the majority playing this game will be.
Grrrr...
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Well, it seems that Froggy is a "tad upset" at the makers of one of my favorite (though older) games. I own both the book and the movie of this event. The book definitely presents the big picture, while the movie, in a typical Hollywood way, TRIES to portray the bravery and comadrie of the soldiers involved. I was glad that both came out, so that we got more than just the Clinton-friendly Media's account of what happened. Take a minute to go visit his site to get his take on it. Now, please note that I am a FPS fanatic. They give me a sort of instant satisfaction of a quick test of skills, one that can be done at any time against anyone, anyWHERE in the world. Pop on for five minutes or five hours, and done.
This game, however, does nothing to shed more light on the subject matter. The only purpose is to frame another FPS into a catchy environ.
FPS game designers are in a tough spot. The concept has been around since the original Id game of Castle Wolfenstein. Doom took it up a notch. And then there was Quake. So they are finding that they are running out of ideas for THEMES for these games, since they have been out beginning in early 1992. The current rage is WWII themed games. Games such as Return to Castle Wolfenstein, MOH:PA, Call of Duty, Day of Defeat, Battlefield 1942... Just recently, a modern warfare one came out, Battlefield 2. The one thing that all of these games have in common, is that they are INSPIRED by real events, or are simply fictional and set in the timeframe so as to give a reason for killing people.
Where Novalogic crosses the line, is that they based their new game off of a real event, with the ACTUAL people represented, an event that was a friggin' TRAGEDY. Why not just make a game based on 9/11, where you can choose sides as to being one of the passengers, trying to stop the plane by crashing it into a field, or play as one of the terrorists, where you have to try to crash into the Pentagon, the Twin Towers, or the White House? I realize that this is an extreme example, but it gets my point across. This was a dumb move by Novalogic. And, unfortunately, I think Froggy is right about the type of person that the majority playing this game will be.
Grrrr...
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posted by Unit76 at 01:35
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