Modern Warfare 2: The Elusive Banned Video
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I first got news of ”shocking” footage from GamePolitics and felt the muted CNN iReport to be nothing more than people up in arms. Watching animated videogame footage of people being mowed down, even if they are unarmed civilians is, what some might say sadly, not new to me.
We’ve seen controversy play out like in Six Days of Fallujah; the player needing to make a moral decision on the battlefield with the media and non-gamers (and some gamers) saying games about terrorism in ultra-high-def-realism is too soon. So going back to COD: MW2 found by way of TheEscapist I saw the actual gameplay, with sound.
That’s where my attitude changes; maybe I’m getting grandpa old because once I heard what was going on in the background it became much harder to keep my belief people just need to get a grip. I hope I don’t now fall in that crazy crowd. I’m not going to say this goes too far, but I think it certainly comes close to the line.
You guys know I’m all against censorship, especially in games so you tell me what you think…
[RuTube]
UPDATE:
Activision responds:
From GamePolitics
Players have the option of skipping over the scene. At the beginning of the game, there are two ‘checkpoints’ where the player is advised that some people may find an upcoming segment disturbing. These checkpoints can’t be disabled.
Modern Warfare 2 is a fantasy action game designed for intense, realistic game play that mirrors real life conflicts, much like epic, action movies. It is appropriately rated 18 for violent scenes, which means it is intended for those who are 18 and older.
About the events taking place in the scene itself, Activision explained:
The scene establishes the depth of evil and the cold bloodedness of a rogue Russian villain and his unit. By establishing that evil, it adds to the urgency of the player’s mission to stop them.
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… targets that don’t fight back and are trying to flee from you, not to mention that they are not Halo Grunts, this kind of got me in some sort of defensive rage, powerlesness, i don’t know.
It was the screams that got me.
I want the game, but makes me feel sick.
bad choice on the story makers part i don’t think this would be a good idea even if we weren’t at war and we never had a terrorist attack i can see it now some idiot picking up this game for practice before he goes to shoot up a school or something
…i think the “least we can do” is ‘play the good guys’ thing.
Lol, completely unaffected by the video.
I think they’re trying to set a mood, but I think showing the scene with the 50 unarmed civilians getting mowed down (in third person) with it fading to black and letting the gunshots and the screaming play for 10-15 seconds would have done a better job, maybe even put a kid or woman begging for their life, only to hear the cries end with a gunshot or something. I think that would have done a better job setting a tone and proving how “evil and the cold bloodedness of a rogue Russian villain and his unit” actually. No point in letting it be playable or viewed as a first person.
can i say you all are a bunch of P***YS its a game if we cant tell the right from fake and real stuff then what has the world come to a bunch of P***YS The games rated M for MATURE if you can regulate your kids from playing these games then you are at fault… YOU are the bad parents not the developers these games cant be purchased to anyone under 17 and why would you ruin a good game cuz of some whinny little P***YS kids that kill people at school and blame it on a game or tv how pathetic little brats even get guns or anything of that matter baffles me can we say BLAME THE RETARDED PARENTS!!!
I also blame the stores
Sometimes, not only kids get weird ideas by playing or watching a game. That is the scariest part.
Well, they are extremely persuasive. For a sec, it almost got me thinking about being for the censorship.. but then i came back.
@Josh Faulkner: Video Games are not murder simulators. Have you ever actually fired a gun?