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I think you're sensationalizing this. This is a 1942 battlefield game attempting to depict historical accuracy. Would preferred if they were best friends in th

I think you're sensationalizing this. This is a 1942 battlefield game attempting to depict historical accuracy. Would preferred if they were best friends in this war game and shot rainbows at each others?

cbhl 13y ago
If this game was a Wikipedia article, it'd be tagged as saying that it doesn't have a neutral POV. Who do you think the Russans, Germans and Japanese thought were the enemy? Certainly not each other.
- umanwizard 13y ago
  The U.S.S.R. was on the side of the Allies (U.S., Britain, France, et al.), not Japan and Germany.
  - bosie 13y ago
    At the end. U.S.S.R was on the side of Germany for years during WW2. [1,2] After all, they enjoyed invading Poland with Germany, massacring quite a few Polish folks. [3,4] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations_before_1941 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_r... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pac... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Blokhin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Blokhin [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
joakleaf 13y ago
Sorry "depict historical accuracy". Seriously? It is a game, it doesn't depict anything accurately. I don't find offensive, but I can that people would; I don't think a WW2 game is particularly amusing for the people who fought in the war and saw their friends die.
- estebank 13y ago
  Really? Would you think that those people would also be offended by mentioning the war[1], making fun of "Mr. Hilter"[2] or the idea of Kamikaze Scotsmen[3]? Also, it is a fact that most games only let you play as one faction that usually have some very bad luck[4][5][6], be them real or not. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfl6Lu3xQW0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfl6Lu3xQW0 [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlmGknvr_Pg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlmGknvr_Pg [3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0t50H44IE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0t50H44IE [4]: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/02/20 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/02/20 [5]: http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/11/04 http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/11/04 [6]: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/10/22/ http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/10/22/

cbhl 13y ago

If this game was a Wikipedia article, it'd be tagged as saying that it doesn't have a neutral POV. Who do you think the Russans, Germans and Japanese thought were the enemy? Certainly not each other.

umanwizard 13y ago
The U.S.S.R. was on the side of the Allies (U.S., Britain, France, et al.), not Japan and Germany.
- bosie 13y ago
  At the end. U.S.S.R was on the side of Germany for years during WW2. [1,2] After all, they enjoyed invading Poland with Germany, massacring quite a few Polish folks. [3,4] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations_before_1941 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_r... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pac... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Blokhin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Blokhin [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland

joakleaf 13y ago

Sorry "depict historical accuracy". Seriously? It is a game, it doesn't depict anything accurately. I don't find offensive, but I can that people would; I don't think a WW2 game is particularly amusing for the people who fought in the war and saw their friends die.

estebank 13y ago
Really? Would you think that those people would also be offended by mentioning the war[1], making fun of "Mr. Hilter"[2] or the idea of Kamikaze Scotsmen[3]? Also, it is a fact that most games only let you play as one faction that usually have some very bad luck[4][5][6], be them real or not. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfl6Lu3xQW0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfl6Lu3xQW0 [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlmGknvr_Pg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlmGknvr_Pg [3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0t50H44IE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0t50H44IE [4]: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/02/20 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/02/20 [5]: http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/11/04 http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/11/04 [6]: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/10/22/ http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/10/22/