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Originally Posted by troutman
This comes up in board games too.
Would you be uncomfortable playing the Nazis in a WWII game?
Are you okay managing "colonists" (slaves) in Puerto Rico?
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I am, because I know its a game
I have noticed the gaming industry trend more towards things like taking the "nazi" out of Germany in ww2 based games lately though. I mostly play stategy games on my PC - like Civilization and the Total War series and also the hard core strategy games like Gary Grigsby's World at War. I've noticed that most games that come out now don't ever use the word "nazi" anymore when you have the option to pick Germany as your side. They also for the most part now do not use the swastika as the flag or symbol either but use the traditional black, white and red national flag instead.
Its still Germany in WW2 that you are playing with all their equipment, generals etc. but its not "nazi" Germany....just Germany. I wonder if they are doing this because of public pressure against the gaming industry about portraying violence etc.
I also thing that commercial for MW3 is great...(sorry, can't link the video at work) To me shows the fun side of being "in the game" instead of just showing game footage and trying to make it "realistic"...