How did we get into a video game discussion in the politics thread?
Anyway, I think there should be some WWII games that do it accurately and some that do imaginary WWII stuff.
MFM’s problem is the ones inbetween. The ones that are just kinda sorta maybe somewhat accurate.
I don’t agree though that adherence to historical accuracy need be binary. I do agree that people are stupid, and that corporations market to stupid people because stupid people have money, but it’s the stupid people who are ruining society not the entertainment made for them.
It’s cyclical since the video game market apparently has shifted to desire ahistorical crap so obviously the entertainment will reflect that, but I blame the entertainment too. I think it’s done in this case for PC points. The reception to the trailer was largely negative.
My point is, if you want to make a game about a weird awesome lady with a cybernetic arm and blue face paint that fights Nazis, then make an Inglourious Basterds type game that throws historical accuracy out the window. That would be great and I’d probably buy it, but don’t do a WWII setting that’s just faithful enough to the time period to make it somewhat grounded in reality and then add shit that makes it totally ahistorical. It’s stupid. It’s lazy.
It’s a fucking fictional game. Get over yourself. Why does it have to be one thing or the other? Why can’t it just be?
You seem to not understand how I view things. If I don’t like something, then everyone who likes that thing can go fuck themselves. If I like something, then everyone who doesn’t like it can go fuck themselves. In my world, I’m the arbiter of what’s good and what’s bad. Everyone else feels this way, but I at least have the decency to just admit it and not pretend otherwise. If that bothers you then don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll be dead soon anyway.
The reception to the trailer was largely negative.
The reception was negative because actually-it’s-about-ethics-in-games-journalism (see also: misogyny in gaming culture). I would say there are women in the game because there are women gamers who want to play as women.
I don’t believe that’s the case. There are a lot of misogynists, but I doubt that’s why the reaction to the game is poor. I hate the trailer because it’s an embarrassing pile of crap that seems to point towards the game being wasted potential. If women want women in the game, then make it realistic and have it make sense. There were women in old WWII games also. Women did fight in WWII after all, it makes sense for them to be there in the right context. It doesn’t make sense for Braveheart women with blue face paint and bionic arms to be fucking around doing stupid shit. As for gaming culture, it’s just like every single other culture. It’s full of fucking stupid people, just like everything else. Stupid piles of shit are every fucking where. They’re not going anywhere. I don’t get why motherfuckers think that we’re ever going to be without stupid people. Stupid people outnumber us and are never going to stop plaguing this world. The trailer sucks. Deep down, everyone knows it. I’m right. They’re wrong. Fuck this.