MW2 Controversial Level

[QUOTE="bobbetybob"][QUOTE="enterawesome"]I myself was a bit disturbed by the video. I know people will say "Oh, it's a video game, not real!", but wow. The way the civilians reacted to the terrorists (or you, the player, I should say) is very realistic and the graphics themselves are excellent, it's uncomfortably similar to genuine manslaughter of hundreds of innocent civilians. I don't know how that benefits story at all, I don't see why IW couldn't have put you in the shoes of a civilian instead, and watched as terrorists killed you and hundreds of others, including perhaps your family and friends. It would have been much more powerful and would have triggered a real emotional response, but doing it in MW2 for pure entertainment? That's creepy.Zero_epyon

[QUOTE="Zero_epyon"][QUOTE="bobbetybob"] They already did that in the first one =pTruth-slayer

anyone who is disturbed better also be disturbed about every single WW2 game and Vietnam etc. Else you're an huge massive hypocrite.fatzebra

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"][QUOTE="ogvampire"]

i must have missed the memo....

whats this controversy all about?

ogvampire

ahhhh. thanks.....

hm... i kill civilians in GTA4 all the time. i dont see a problem...

You see though, you aren't doing it for a purpose... This will obviously change for MW2. You see in GTA yes you can be an utter psychopath, but it doesn't get taken seriously unless it's part of the plot; when you are given the choice to push a ganger off a roof just because somebody gave you 500 notes to do it, or maybe let him go. In MW1 you see somebody get executed from their perspective and it is slightly unsettling, how do you think being the executioner will change things? The illusion of choice and consequence is what unsettles the target audience. IW obviously understand this.

Not it any way, I actually found it absolutley hillarious. Pew pew pew.... Gotcha....

8Tango

I am, it is extremely insensitive to people affected by terrorism. They did it PURELY for the attention, it's quite disgusting. One more reason not to buy this game.

[QUOTE="fatzebra"]anyone who is disturbed better also be disturbed about every single WW2 game and Vietnam etc. Else you're an huge massive hypocrite.delta3074

It depends on perspective. I see it that there is no bad or good guys in a war, baring to mind that a terrorist and an insurgent are two very different but not mutually exclusive things; you will find that "our lads" are fighting mostly insurgents and some insurgents who are also terrorists. The guys who will be doing the slaughtering I dare say think they are right. Letting the player partake in that act of terrorism puts them in somebody elses shoes - an effective story telling method if only because it's controversial, it makes the player consider the innocent casualties/why they are actually shooting in the first place.

it's all fpr publicity

disturbed? Yes. Willing to go deeper to understand it? Yes.

I'm sorry the world is not all about roses and violets. It has a dark side called reality. If you're disturbed then stay away from the game!

It is a video game, don't see the problem.

spinecaton

[QUOTE="bobbetybob"][QUOTE="enterawesome"]I myself was a bit disturbed by the video. I know people will say "Oh, it's a video game, not real!", but wow. The way the civilians reacted to the terrorists (or you, the player, I should say) is very realistic and the graphics themselves are excellent, it's uncomfortably similar to genuine manslaughter of hundreds of innocent civilians. I don't know how that benefits story at all, I don't see why IW couldn't have put you in the shoes of a civilian instead, and watched as terrorists killed you and hundreds of others, including perhaps your family and friends. It would have been much more powerful and would have triggered a real emotional response, but doing it in MW2 for pure entertainment? That's creepy.Zero_epyon

Nope. What I don't get is all these people crying foul, why don't they go post threads in off-topic about ACTUAL issues? You know, like mass killings of groups of people that are actually happening today. You know, focus on the things that actually matter... rolo107

I don't see a problem

It's an M-rated video game where you kill people. This time, you just happen to be the terrorist for a level. There are far more disturbing things the that.

I've made an oath to not pull the trigger, except at the end of the mission when I will need too lol-RocBoys9489-