I heard that the game sucks you through your monitor and uploads you straight to the Ukranian front lines.
You had me at sucks you
The Bloodsuckers in the game do more than just suck blood UwU
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You wouldn’t upload a soldier.
Reverse Wonka-Vision
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Oh, the game isn’t Russian? Shit, I’ll actually buy it then!
Fuck Russia. 👍
Edit: Ultimate edition it is! I am intentional with where I spend my money and I’m super glad to support a Ukrainian company.
Ill probably buy the game just to spite Russia. The fuck do they care about some Ukrainian developers game? It doesn’t affect the war one way or the other… unless they’re afraid it’s going to humanize the Ukrainians.
I bought a copy out of spite lol
I’m honestly tempted even though it’s not my kind of game at all.
There’s really nothing like it.
Stalker takes all of the advantages games normally give you and crush it down to “You ain’t important, bullet-cushion.”
Firefights feel like they have stakes and risk is intense. Nothing that happens can just be shaken off, everything needs attention. It’s not a normal FPS.
I recall another game being used to draft the player.
I mean, don’t the call of duty developers openly collaborate with the military to increase recruitment? Hollywood sure as hell does.
Great movie, btw.
They might be, but to a small extent. What you are actually thinking of is America’s Army - that game was made with recruitment in mind and to show how the army works. Subtle propaganda like no matter in which team you are, you are always a US soldier, and the opposite side is a terrorist. You pick up their guns, they shoot like shit and they are kalashnikovs etc. Someone on their team picks one up, it’s the same gun it’s always been and shoots perfectly fine. You literally had to go through “training” to be able to use a specific weapon, or be a medic. You took tests at the end of a lecture lol.
you could (maybe still can?) connect your real life military ID to the game, and get a special badge representing your IRL rank
Proving Grounds was abandoned and they moved to COD because it was so much more popular
America’s Army was a game developed by the US military for recruitment, but was only the military’s direct and open leadership of the project that stood out in this. The more common approach is a less visible partnership where military propagandists and censors approve what’s allowed through, and exercise some narrative control to be consistent with the propaganda they’re pushing.
Dammit am I gonna have to buy this game now just to give Russia the middle finger again?
Worst I’ve heard about this game is it lacks some of the charming “soul” of the original. That’s not enough to keep me from buying it after Christmas, though.
