How is this insensitive? Honestly, think about it, which would be a better way to respect the men who died in this battle: by allowing people all over the world to experience the horror their friends went through when they died, or by allowing the vast majority of the world to forget about it just like they did every single other battle in the history of, well, history! This is something that hasn't been tried before: A detailed and accurate video game documentary. They've been able to sit down and interview the people who went through this just a few years after it took place. Why then are so many people too thick to allow a battle to be remembered accurately by millions around the globe? Just because it also comes with entertainment value? So did every single World War 2 game. So then people start saying that it shouldn't be about something this recent, to which I ask, WHY? Why is everyone so incredibly sensitive about something that's actually RELEVANT to what's going on today? Something important in modern history for a change! There are tens of thousands of people out there in America alone who learned more about World War 2 by playing WW2 games than anyone learned in a classroom or a documentary, and I can bet you they respect the men who went through those horrors far more than anyone who just read the words "x people died in battle y." So why are we going to not allow there to be tens of thousands of people who know about the wars going on today, and instead allow only the handful of people who do in-depth research on these battles know exactly what's going on? Does anyone care to answer? Isn't it better to have this remembered than have this forgotten?
By the way, a fun fact: When Rambo came out, Vietnam veterans were pissed off at it, so pissed off that some people involved actually received death threats. That was because they absolutely hated how it made it seem like one man could win the Vietnam war. That was a movie about a then-recent war that was pretty much ENTIRELY cheap thrills, and it became a smash hit. Now flash forward to today, what's different?
This war isn't over yet? So what? That just makes it more relevant.
This is made to be realistic instead of a fantasy? If anything that just makes this better.
This battle involved the killing of innocent civilians-oh wait, that happened in Vietnam too.
No. None of that is the reason people are whining about this. The reason is that the media is too thick to accept video games as a respectable medium. Otherwise, this would be stirring no more controversy than the guys at street corners that yell the end is near.
By the way, a fun fact: When Rambo came out, Vietnam veterans were pissed off at it, so pissed off that some people involved actually received death threats. That was because they absolutely hated how it made it seem like one man could win the Vietnam war. That was a movie about a then-recent war that was pretty much ENTIRELY cheap thrills, and it became a smash hit. Now flash forward to today, what's different?
This war isn't over yet? So what? That just makes it more relevant.
This is made to be realistic instead of a fantasy? If anything that just makes this better.
This battle involved the killing of innocent civilians-oh wait, that happened in Vietnam too.
No. None of that is the reason people are whining about this. The reason is that the media is too thick to accept video games as a respectable medium. Otherwise, this would be stirring no more controversy than the guys at street corners that yell the end is near.