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I will admit that this is a surprisingly cool project. The limitations put upon it severely limit what it can be and, as a result, a little tough to overcome th
by A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago
I will admit that this is a surprisingly cool project. The limitations put upon it severely limit what it can be and, as a result, a little tough to overcome though.
For one, who exactly is the audience here? If it is intended for adults, then restriction on anything deemed offensive, racist, or not in line with unspoken agenda ( it is not listed ) will miss the mark if only, because it will not deal with the reality of the world around them. Even "Papers please" dealt with difficult questions. How on earth can you even begin to have a game about civics that is not grounded in the reality that this country was founded on?
If it is intended for younger audience, then the encyclopedic nature of the required sources will almost automatically make the game not cool for anyone, who consider games games. How are going to keep the younger audience's attention? You think you can make a quiz show 'So you wanna be a President?' Good luck. Thing won't even register to kids unless you are jumping on a pogo stick in US senate on senator's heads in an effort to confuse them enough to vote for the bill. Hold on. Let me write it down.
I like the idea. I do. I do think we need more civic engagement. We do need engaged and informed citizenry. But I do not think it can be achieved by writing an RTS of trying to 'capture' all lobbyists before they reach certain congress members and change their minds on how the vote should go..