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> COD famously did this for the airport scene. Wasn’t it just an intro where you play as bad guys to provide background for the conflict? The game wasn’t fully

• wds 2y ago
  > based on playing as bad guys. You gave it away.
  • wiseowise 2y ago
    Whatever’s your stance on the conflict, if you include Oct 7 as a playable mission AND you continue to play as the same guy throughout the game - you’re the bad guy. It’s one thing to create imaginary world of freedom fighter fighting against tyranny of oppressive world hegemony of certain state and it is completely different thing to include some sort of Sep 11 event and then paint it as resistance.
• dmix 2y ago
  > The game wasn’t fully based on playing as bad guys. Well yeah... COD is a giant mainstream game where that line has to be from a socially acceptable shortlist of bad guys. Yet it still included a transgressive scene that upset people with calls to remove it. I remember the news heavily covered it. Great for marketing. This is some small Steam game where you can put together some low effort campaign in an old game engine, spin it with some controversial topic and get frontpage on social media without having to appease a wider audience.