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I don't get the complaints about the review. Everyone with a PS4 is going to be getting this game. An 8 is a great score. We all know it's going to be good. A few ticks off for some minor things really mean nothing. Just enjoy the game when it comes out.

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@jeremyalexander: Tell that to every completionist who loves collectibles and achievements, and who put in 10+ more hours into the game than they otherwise would.

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@otherthani: History is full of things happening where they "don't belong". Sorry you're so annoyed about seeing a splash page. You could always go play something else. Or you could just ignore it. Or you could check email, fb, whatever while the game is loading. I don't think there are rules or standards as to where a message does and does not belong, but the fact people are so annoyed and talking about the message says it works to me.

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@otherthani: "BLM is being forced upon you if you are in the COD community whether you agree with the movement or not. It is a form of brainwashing."

Are you actually suggesting that people may not agree that black lives matter? Because that's all the splash page says, that black lives matter. It has nothing to do with what you perceive as some kind of support for an organization. But I think it's kind of silly that you, a white dude shooting a gun for a profile pic, would suggest that your opinion would matter to either EA or the BLM movement anyway. As far as the group is concerned, I assume they'd consider you one of the reasons they're out there fighting.

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@gaeandilth: Oh the excuses and ignorance. Are you white? If so, then yes, you are privileged. Privileged not to be profiled. Privileged not to have race be factor when it comes to many things. Privileged to not have to wonder whether or not you're going to live or die just for doing every day things. Privileged to not have to wonder whether or not your children are going to make it home safely every day just because of the color of their skin.

Racism being a problem in the world doesn't matter when we have the ability to fix what's wrong here at home. We've known for centuries that racism is wrong, and yet it persists in the very fabric of our society. Even when slavery ended, which many knew was wrong even at the time, we still practiced racism. The US deserves what it dishes out. For as much as I love this country and all that it does well, there is still much it does wrong. We KNOW what is right and what is wrong, and we must put that into practice. No excuses, no placating, no ignorance. It is the responsibility of the entirety of our society to do the right thing.

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@gaeandilth: Most of what you mention is the same BS talked about every time something like this happens. The same old excuses.

"What about the cops?!" The cops can take off the uniform. There are no 'blue lives', there are people who put on a uniform as part of their job, they face danger and death as part of their job, and if they don't want those things to be apart of their life, they can find another job. That is not the same as having to wear your race on your skin day in and day out, and I think you damn well know that.

"What about the businesses?!" While I do not agree with the rioting, I recognize it as a natural reaction to people's anger. Maybe if the entire country worked harder on improving things, we wouldn't have riots. You also know what would have prevented this? Arresting all four of the officers, something that actually did happen, immediately after the incident took place. That's ALL that had to happen. This needs to be a lesson about what happens now when injustices occurs and it needs to be a call for change. If we don't want our cities to burn, maybe we should try to be better as a society.

As for white people and their troubles, sorry, I have zero empathy for the majority who don't have to worry about the daily troubles that people of color face. I'm not wealthy and I have my share of troubles, but I will never have to worry about getting killed by the cops for the color of my skin, I will never have to worry about facing racism just for how I look, I will never have to worry about whether or not my children are going to make it home, I will never have to worry about being accused of something just because of my skin color. Being white in America is a privilege because of all these things. Sure, white people have their own problems they face, and even with whatever racism they may face by a minority of the population in the U.S., it will never compare to the racism minorities face on a daily basis and which has been ingrained in this country since it's inception.

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@mohibeyki: It's a bullshit move because Rockstar wants to pause their games for one or a few days to take focus away from them? Maybe you could use the time you would use playing these games to learn something you didn't know about black history. Or to learn about black people's personal experience with law enforcement and why they're protesting or why BLM is important to them. There's a lot of things all these people bitching could be doing to better understand history they're probably not familiar with or understand people and their problems that they are so quick to dismiss. I mean, look at what people are complaining about? GTA stopped the online segment of their games temporarily. So f'ing what? I play Warzone with buddies practically everyday, but I wouldn't cry or get butt hurt if they shut down the servers for a couple of days to try and focus people's attention on issues happening.

For once, instead of complaining about people's escapes from reality, maybe people could actually shift their attention to these important issues and try to understand things they're so quick to call BS. Empathy isn't just about acknowledging people and their pain, it's about trying to understand it.