Problem.

When a games company puts modern "enemies" into games people kick up a shit storm.

Somebody should put the Americans or British as the enemy. They frankly deserve it.

There would be serious outcry I reckon. Which is a shame because man am I sick of shooting Russians.

@sexualchocolate

I see your one-sided viewpoints extend well beyond consoles of choice.

@ Sexualchocolate - If you British weren't such a bunch of pampered little pussies, maybe you'd have real enemies like the rest of us.

Anyway.

Yeah, this game looks awesome.

And then cuddly little frat boy Stalin kept it going. Bad guy? Nah!

@midnightowl

In defence of sexual chocolate at lest his view point isn't ripped straight from a "rah rah America" fox news broadcast.

America starts more shit than it can handle with it's ridiculous mission to spread its jaded version of democracy and freedom to other nations, then screams blue murder when the "opposing forces" retaliate.

America is stuck in a cold war mentality.


But this game is Japanese =/

Aurain needs your faps, people.

@Sir Legendhead

Yeah, you keep telling yourself that's why we have so few enemies.
-_-

Oh boy, gamers with righteous, indignant, simplistic political declarations.

Anyway. Regarding the game, it kind of amuses me to think back on all the angry "HALO CLONE" accusations from that fan group when this game was first announced.

So it's now so popular to jump into the "wah wah we hate those American stupid heads" club that it's been declared wrong for Americans to represent the protagonists at anytime. Even in a work of fiction.

I guess I understand where opinions like Sexualchocolate's come from a bit. We all know how life in Afghanistan was hunky dory before the coalition arrived. A civil war spanning decades with millions of casualties couldn't have been all bad. Having the civilian casualties drop to just a few thousand a year from the tens of thousands was is just too much change. The 30 billion pumped into infrastructure by the US alone must be a horrible thing too. Even India jumped on the wagon throwing in a couple billion. No one likes accepting charity.

I'm starting to think you guys are right. The US and it's allies should have stayed out of Afghanistan and the middle east. They should have just fired a few hundred rockets over the mountains and wiped the place out. Probably would have been cheaper, and members of the club for Haters of America were going to piss and moan no matter what they did.

Ok has anyone played this? can Someone confirm if the controls are tight in regards of shooting and blowing shit up?

@alpharedux

It's tight. There's a demo out.

Ah, nothing says' 'Smug, insular pap' like young teens in political discussions.

To the greater question, 'The Soviet Union' is basically kitsch. Just like the frequent Nazi set-ups (Vampire Nazi's, occult Nazi's etc.). It's how the Fallout series plays it.

Why developers/writers use the Soviet Union/Cold-war scenarios:

1. Not in the least, Russia's 'Soviet' period saw millions killed, so it's kind of hard to quibble with 'villain' status.

2. It's well-known history. The cold-war has been fodder for black humor for 5 decades plus. Everyone get's the set-up.

3. It's 'safe'. The Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore. The cold-war is such well-tread material in the pop culture poltergeist, you can play out a fantasy scenario without even really pushing any political buttons. It just all looks 'ironic' or tongue-in-cheek. Again, See: Fallout

Nazi/Soviet stuff is kitsch. If you're looking for futuristic Black and Tans, Tamil Tigers, the Zetas, etc., you're over-thinking the intention of the endeavor.

err... that's 'pop culture zeitgeist'. Not poltergeist. Darn you commie auto-spell fix.

Really though, a pop-culture poltergeist would be cool. Like Slimer with a TV show.

Sorry to derail the topic here.


The game looks good!

@eternaldeathslayer

I don't live in America so I am lacking in the pre-requisite to morally judge an entire country based on the deeds of the few with power.

@kingsoup

Im 28 and world politics is a hobby of mine. When the posts turn to politics and the last line of the original article pretty much guides me that way then that's what im going to talk about. Your assumption that we are Smig and insular because we don't share your political views is..well smug and insular.

"I can't help but find it weird when games persist in using the Russians as the enemy. Particularly in a futuristic setting." - We all know it will be the chinese :D

Russia is such an iconic American adversary. Russia is like Green Goblin to Spiderman or Mandarin to Iron-Man. Like someone else said it's kitsch using it the way they do.

I don't know why anyone is complaining about this game using Russians because you're kinda missing the point. I mean, just look at how fucking ridiculous the Russians are in this game in the first place and how amazingly American that the protagonists are. It's pretty obvious that it's a huge satire on the RUSSIA ATTACKS AMURIKA trope that's dominating games through a Japanese lens (or perhaps even a commentary on Western games in the first place).

Besides, it's a god-damn Platinum game. It's p

I'm surprised that Sega is releasing screenshots for a game anybody can demo. Granted, some people aren't connected to the Internet with their consoles, but I would imagine that any people who know enough about games to follow blogs would have the ability to not only see stills, or even videos, but play the game in motion.

I love the demo for this. I seriously want to get this on day one.

Durp someone in a suit on that thar television box said something so it's got to be true.

Americans.

someone should stir up the pot and make a game where america is evil GASP