For us - or Infinity Ward - to think it could is ignorance. However, that doesn't mean that Modern Warfare can ever truly capture that experience. Obviously we will feel an affinity to it.
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This is the type of war we have watched happen from our TV screens and read in the newspapers. We struggled with the fact that we enjoyed the familiarity, despite the many issues with it. It's also unsettlingly familiar, as we recall the news footage of attacks in Syria showing similar scenarios. It feels like the point Infinity Ward is trying to make is that this is how the military view the enemy in that scenario but its a dangerous broad stroke. But through this view they are seen only as white moving objects. You fly over the base, and using thermal imaging, identify and gun down dozens of Russians. There's one instance when you're trying to fend off Russian reinforcements in a base and the game cuts to you playing as one of the US air reinforcements. Whether that's a good or bad thing will really depend on your own personal experience, but the missions and scenarios portrayed are certainly more familiar than fighting Nazis in World War II - even if they can be hard to swallow. However, despite these clear issues, it is difficult to deny that Modern Warfare is more relatable than other CoD games. Either way, it's impossible to overlook and will ultimately color how you feel about the world and the tragic, multifaceted events that are now being purposely, profoundly obfuscated.Īnd we're not the only ones who feel that way: The anti-Russian propaganda is so over-the-top, in fact, that the PlayStation Store in Russia isn't selling the title and prominent Russian streamers have quit the game over its depictions of some events. This is blatantly disingenuous and, at worst, a clear re-writing what is tantamount to a war crime for the sake of storytelling.
Herein lies the conundrum of the game, it's very clearly political and yet both Activision and the game's developer say that it's apolitical. It's a clear reference to the real Highway of Death incident of 1991- which, in reality, the US military slaughtered Iraqi forces who were retreating - but told from a completely different perspective. In a mission titled 'Highway of Death', you are told how the Russians bombed this vital road during the invasion and killed those trying to escape.
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Yeah, there's quite a bit of pro western propaganda in Modern Warfare and even an instance where history has been rewritten to make the US look better. While Alex is embedded with rebels in the fictionalized country - battling against the Russian forces who have occupied it - Garrick begins by dealing with the conflict's impact on London, in the form of a terrorist attack, before branching further afield. Loosely based on the Gulf War, Modern Warfare sees you primarily playing as CIA officer Alex and SAS Sergeant Kyle Garrick (accompanied by familiar face Captain Price) who are working to recover stolen chemical gas that has been hijacked by a terrorist organization in Urzikstan. Let's start with the general premise of Modern Warfare's campaign.
However, while the controversy of Modern Warfare is an important aspect, it is not the be-all and end-all. Take, for example, the already notorious 'Clean House' mission which sees you raiding a Camden town house in London, following the aforementioned terrorist attack on Piccadilly Circus, killing the plain clothes residents and even encountering a mother cradling her baby.
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