Phreaky from PS3 Attitude writes:
'Konami recently announced that they will be publishing a game titled "Six days in Fallujah" come next year.
Currently under development by Atomic Games, the new IP chronicles the events of the second battle of Fallujah in 2004 by the U.S. Military. Specifically, gamers will join the 3rd Batallion 1st Marines over a six day period.
The idea originates from a U.S. Marine who returned from the war and decided that he wanted the public to know what had transpired during the operation. Using photos, videos and diaries, Atomic Games are trying to recreate a harrowing period in an ongoing war.
But is this too much?'
"The Seattle-based (Washington , the US) indie games publisher Victura and indie games developer Highwire Games, are today very happy and excited to announce that they have just released three new missions for their first-person tactical shooter "Six Days in Fallujah", nearly doubling the content in the game (the new missions is available right now for PC via Steam Early Access)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Six Days In Fallujah is a controversial military sim which just hit Early Access. Jump Dash Roll dives into the battlefield to give its first impressions on a possible rival to Call of Duty.
14 years after its original controversy-filled announcement, Six Days in Fallujah has made its way into Early Access. How does this milsim game fare?
No, a game basted on real life events.
I'm not so sure how they can show this in an unbias light.
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"Maybe the events in Fallujah don't register on the moral compass as much as 9/11 does... what do you think?"
Maybe they don't throughout most of the west, but they certainly would do if you lived in Fallujah.
I'm not sure how I feel about it, if this is done accurately with opinions of both sides portrayed in the game it could be amazing.
America has a has a habit of re-writing things anyway to paint themselves as the forces of good, I wonder if this will game will have a line in the sand (so to speak) where it's possible for the liberators to become the oppressors themselves?
I also wonder if you have to round up innocents, dress them in orange overalls and cart them off illegally to the other side of the world and hold them without trial. Probably not because that would paint America in a dark light, in all likelihood its just going to be another generic FPS this time they've found a new angle to create headlines to help market the game.
Like I said - sensitivity and caution, and this game could be the first of a new type of game which provides a real insight into life without trivialising things.