Simviation Forum - Six Days in Fallujah

Jun 11^th, 2009 at 12:49am

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Heard about this game on the news tonight. Seems to be stirring up some controversy.

Watch the story and decide.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/WoodruffReports/story?id=7804508&page=1

Konami was the publisher that dropped the project.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/konami-drops-six-days-in-fallujah

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Reply #1 - Jun 11^th, 2009 at 3:19am

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I would play it, but at the same time think of respect and thank the people for giving their lives for their country.

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Reply #2 - Jun 11^th, 2009 at 10:09am

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Hard to think of it as a "game" being so tightly based on real events though. I hear the word game, and I think fun and excitement. I wonder if they might have a little less trouble if they were to call it something else, maybe. Like a war simulator?

I don't know. I'd "play" it though.

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Reply #3 - Jun 11^th, 2009 at 11:55am

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Groundbound1 wrote on Jun 11^th, 2009 at 10:09am:

Hard to think of it as a "game" being so tightly based on real events though. I hear the word game, and I think fun and excitement. I wonder if they might have a little less trouble if they were to call it something else, maybe. Like a war simulator?

I don't know. I'd "play" it though.

I know I read an article somewhere where they referred to it as a "Interactive Documentary".

The main problem with this being people who can't view a video game as being anything other than a game. Video games, or interactive documentaries, would be a great learning medium if people could get over their old views of them. It'd really allow the person "playing" it to actually get the feeling of being there, seeing and hearing what really happened. Which raises the question, why is it acceptable for this to the basis of a movie and not an "interactive documentary"?

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Reply #4 - Jun 13^th, 2009 at 2:20am

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I would play it. There must be some type of recognition for the actual troops fighting the real fight though.

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Reply #5 - Jun 13^th, 2009 at 7:39am

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Reply #6 - Jun 13^th, 2009 at 3:27pm

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Why such a backlash against this and not over any of the Medal of Honour or COD series. It quotes that about 50 American troops were killed against 25 million military deaths in World War 2. Maybe 50 is a bit more personal against 25 million, which is to a lot of people just a big number??

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Reply #7 - Jun 13^th, 2009 at 9:38pm

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expat wrote on Jun 13^th, 2009 at 3:27pm:

Why such a backlash against this and not over any of the Medal of Honour or COD series. It quotes that about 50 American troops were killed against 25 million military deaths in World War 2. Maybe 50 is a bit more personal against 25 million, which is to a lot of people just a big number??

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Reply #8 - Jun 20^th, 2009 at 5:10pm

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Personally, I don't think there is anything wrong with it. The developer said they had over 30 marines as consultants, no real people are used as characters, you can't play as an insurgent, and you have to be morally correct, or game over. If anything, it's more respectful than any other shooting game, like COD:MW.

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