Inside the frosted glass doors of Afkar Media, located in Damascus's newly-built free-zone, software developers are trying to rebuild a civilization inside a video game.
Set to be released in September, "Al-Quraysh" is a strategy game that tells the story of the first 100 years of Islam's history from the viewpoint of four different nations - Bedouins, Arabs, Persians, and Romans.
A Syrian game developer has created a strategy game, Al-Quraysh, with the aim of improving Western understanding of Islam.
in other words, best avatar EVAR! .. Arthas is my most fav game character beside Solid snake..
Hello fellow Mulsim.
Yeah, anyway, I hope it works. I wonder if they will leave more of the religious specifics out or not, because the two major sects of Islam (Sunni and Shia) go both in very different directions after the death of Mohammed. Hmm.
I think that's just a coincidence lmao. I think he just likes the site "Giant Bomb." Great site by the way. I'll give you an agree though, just for making me laugh though lol.
I think this is a really interesting idea. I think the idea of educating people and understanding the foundation of a religion is something that's all too easily forgotten. When different parts of the world don't understand the heritage and culture of other parts of the world, it becomes easy to demonise a whole group of people. It's also easy to blame religion for the faults of man, and although this is an RTS, which doesn't really promote peace in any particular way, it will still have a story which underlines and underpins the reason why Islam came to power.
I think you are right, especially on blaming religion for the fault of man. Man is the one only source of evil on this planet, as we are the only source for good. I mean, religion was created by man.
the waves of anti-islam will fill this thread!
on topic: we r starting to see more of different culture video games, thats a good sign, now we will have india and arabs plus europe ,NA,japan!
its only good for the industry and a fresh ideas to gaming!
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but i like warcraft 3 and some few more! so not all RTS sucks but yeah many of them do suck and bring nothing new!
Not a good idea
From the story:
"This is not the first time the company has turned computer games conventions on their heads. Last year it launched the controversial game Under Seige, which was inspired by actual Hizbollah missions"
I wonder which missions.
EDIT: Nevermind, here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
"The player shoots at Israeli Defense Force soldiers throughout most of the game. However, shooting at civilians or otherwise hurting them ends the game."
bombs away
cant wait to play this, history of violence.
well i look forward to taking out mny first building with a back pack.
come on can you be serious please
I think I should quickly knock together "Christianity: the video game". Here is a run down of the stages:
1. Build the Earth. Time limit: 6 days
2. Create the garden of Eden
3. Playing as Noah, construct an Ark and round up 2 of every animal
4. Playing Moses, lead the Israelites out of Egypt (you'll need to level up to gain abilities like the power to part water and summon pillars of fire)
5. As Jesus, throw the traders out of the temple
6. Again as Jesus, rise from the dead. Time limit: 3 days
7. Bring the smack down in the second coming
Not sure what to do with multiplayer, but the story mode should last about 220 hours.