No Russian - How did you play through it? - SPOILERS for Modern Warfare 2

[Steindorh]

I'll admit I hesitated when I saw I was supposed to be killing innocent people - but it's still just a video game, so I just started shooting. It's not like I'm more likely to head off to the airport with a huge machine gun after playing that level (I wouldn't even know where to buy a machine gun for that matter).

I don't get what the big deal is, really, it's just a video game! *shooty-shooty-bang-pow-boom*

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Shot everyone on sight. Why did I shoot everyone on sight? Because it's a game. Just because I do it in a game doesn't mean that the following day I'll fly to Russia and shoot everyone on sight.

To bad the rest of the game was extremely bad. Glad I managed to sell my copy of the game to a friend to get my money back.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

I see topics on whether or not you have played the level but I'm interested in what you did when you played it. Step by step how you reacted to playing the level.

MY EXPERIENCE
I didn't shot at all. I looked around, quite shocked, waiting for someone to ask me why I wasn't shooting. By the time when went down to the ground level I shot at some guy who was crawling away. It was a instinctive reaction from playing too many FPS games but the shot didn't kill him, so I stopped firing.

When the police arrived I tried to shoot the terrorists in the back. I was killed instantly. Upon restarting I noticed the police managed to kill a few of terrorists so I waited until there was only a couple left and tried to shoot them in the back again. I died instantly again. I tried to run back into the building and shot them from inside but I was killed again (I realised I might have some explosives strapped to me). So I just completed the mission as it was laid out.

I have to say, because my way of playing the level wasn't allowed, I felt a little manipulated. But it was very affective. I hadn't felt that disturbed playing a game since the first time I saw Sub-Zero rip off a head with the spine still attached.

So what did you do? Shoot and love it? Hide in a corner? Not shoot at all? Not judging, it is just a game, but it's interesting to see how people react to it. And how they contextualise what they're doing.

Ok well if you think killing a few civillian is disturbing stay away from Far Cry 2 and GTA games as you will probably have some sort of heart attack.

 

[Acidwell]

killkillkillkillkillkillkillkillkill
Insane? some people have said that before
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

First time, normal difficulty: Gunned down everyone. well, all the civvies and cops.
Second time, veteran difficulty: Didn't shoot anyone until you have to fight through the riot police.
that's it.

 

[The Hairminator]

I thought it was a little exciting, and I killed civilians as well as I could. I didn't feel very bad about it, although I'm not a bloodthirsty asshole who doesn't care for human lives. It was... interesting

 

[I Stomp on Kittens]

I shot a bunch. It's just a game.

 

[Char-Nobyl]

MY EXPERIENCE
I didn't shot at all. I looked around, quite shocked, waiting for someone to ask me why I wasn't shooting. By the time when went down to the ground level I shot at some guy who was crawling away. It was a instinctive reaction from playing too many FPS games but the shot didn't kill him, so I stopped firing.

Okay, I can sorta sympathize with that. Then again, I hip-fired into the crowd as soon as the level started, so I reacted a bit differently.

When the police arrived I tried to shoot the terrorists in the back. I was killed instantly. Upon restarting I noticed the police managed to kill a few of terrorists so I waited until there was only a couple left and tried to shoot them in the back again. I died instantly again. I tried to run back into the building and shot them from inside but I was killed again

Ugh. You induced a real-world facepalm with this. Could you really not grasp that maybe this *entire ordeal* was that thing that could make you lose yourself that Shepherd mentioned several minutes before? Or maybe that deep-cover agents having sudden changes of heart and killing the people that they're supposed to be blending in with is a *bad* thing?

(I realised I might have some explosives strapped to me). So I just completed the mission as it was laid out.

...or it's just the universal trend in Call of Duty games of not letting you murder your allies without getting shunted back to a checkpoint. They were your allies. You tried to murder them. It's that simple.

I have to say, because my way of playing the level wasn't allowed, I felt a little manipulated.

The 'death to America' crowd isn't allowed to shoot all their allies in the back during the America levels. They're not complaining.

But it was very affective. I hadn't felt that disturbed playing a game since the first time I saw Sub-Zero rip off a head with the spine still attached.

Honestly, if you're this squeamish about the game, then you should have taken up that offer in the beginning of the game to skip the level.

So what did you do? Shoot and love it? Hide in a corner? Not shoot at all? Not judging, it is just a game, but it's interesting to see how people react to it. And how they contextualise what they're doing.

I acted as an undercover agent would: I followed my boss's lead. Not that difficult. Otherwise, I'd have wasted millions of dollars and probably the lives of people who got me into that position.

 

[TimG91]

I played through it, but I see it as more of an interactive cut scene preferring to just watch Makarov and co do their thing. (Throwing the a grenade in the lift, shooting from the balcony etc)

 

[N.K]

Shot everything that moved, except for Makarov and my other buddies - just another mission where you have to shoot people, it's not like it even dents my total no. of cold blooded video game murders.

 

[akmarksman]

I don't know..I played through it on Veteran(as I did the whole game) and only made a few kills in that level..however the violence in Borderlands is I feel,more graphic.

nothing says EFF YOU like a caustic revolver shot to the face..giving you the CRITICAL HIT! and watching them melt..

 

[Flour]

I started blasting before I was told to.
Hell, I would install the game again just to play that section. It was probably the only fun section in the entire game.

Was it so hard that the only fun part is the part where you can't die?

Spoiler

That was a joke if you didn't notice.

That wasn't a joke, that was a pathetic attempt at an insult.

Please try again and at least make an attempt at humour by using a "your mother" joke.

 

[dazdex]

I murdered every single one of those big blobs of pixels and I enjoyed it. I even watched one of them crawl away then teased it before I put it out of its misery.

 

[Sgt Doom]

Just gunned them down. Occasionally a twinge of guilt when I saw someone choking on their own blood, or when I naded one guy helping another who got shot, but that was pretty much it.

 

[Chimpaco]

Ive finished the game 3 times... Played this level about 80 times... I wish it was longer... There are just to many innocent people to kill... Stupid team mates, i wish they would let me do it all... Then i would have so much more fun then i have already had.

OT i think the OP is a fool. Im not a troll but listen. If i draw a person on a piece of paper and stab it, am i evil? Because that what they have done. Granted the paper doesnt scream, but if it effected you so much, it just means you are not firing your gun enough. I could barely hear the screams through full surround sound with the M4 blazing... Ahh good times...

 

[Cabamacadaf]

I started blasting before I was told to.
Hell, I would install the game again just to play that section. It was probably the only fun section in the entire game.

Was it so hard that the only fun part is the part where you can't die?

Spoiler

That was a joke if you didn't notice.

That wasn't a joke, that was a pathetic attempt at an insult.

Please try again and at least make an attempt at humour by using a "your mother" joke.

Okay, now I know you have no sense of humour. That's good to know, thanks.

 

[Evil Raccoon]

I went "Rakatakatakataka" Yeah, good times...

 

[Mr.Governor]

When the police arrived I tried to shoot the terrorists in the back. I was killed instantly. Upon restarting I noticed the police managed to kill a few of terrorists so I waited until there was only a couple left and tried to shoot them in the back again. I died instantly again. I tried to run back into the building and shot them from inside but I was killed again

I have to say, because my way of playing the level wasn't allowed, I felt a little manipulated. But it was very affective. I hadn't felt that disturbed playing a game since the first time I saw Sub-Zero rip off a head with the spine still attached.

 

[Chimpaco]

When the police arrived I tried to shoot the terrorists in the back. I was killed instantly. Upon restarting I noticed the police managed to kill a few of terrorists so I waited until there was only a couple left and tried to shoot them in the back again. I died instantly again. I tried to run back into the building and shot them from inside but I was killed again

I have to say, because my way of playing the level wasn't allowed, I felt a little manipulated. But it was very affective. I hadn't felt that disturbed playing a game since the first time I saw Sub-Zero rip off a head with the spine still attached.

Oh my god... I love you...