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I have just one question, why is the game centered around people trying to enter a totalitarian regime? Anyone who grew up in the Eastern bloc, or even just vis
by cousin_it 13y ago
I have just one question, why is the game centered around people trying to enter a totalitarian regime? Anyone who grew up in the Eastern bloc, or even just visited Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, should know that the real tragedy was people trying to exit. Have we forgotten so quickly that Communist countries restrict their own citizens from leaving?
- bodo_leer 13y agoThe people in the game tell you the reasons. Many come for work or to visit relatives. It's not that everyone wants to go there.
- Deestan 13y agoTotalitarian or not, if it is economically stable and the neighboring countries are ravaged by poverty or war (like Kolechia), getting in may be your ticket to having a mostly decent life. Then there are people passing through, visiting friends, and smuggling.
- Kequc 13y agoYes but that was a very specific set of circumstances, such a specific set of circumstances that they built a wall around half a city. How often does that happen? It's why it's an iconic site that people travel to look at still today. It isn't a hallmark of totalitarianism people not be allowed to leave it, although North Koreans aren't.
- cousin_it 13y agoThe game is about a similar checkpoint in a city split in half, I thought it was a deliberate reference...