I think the simple answer is it sucks to be on the losing side. The only way you could play Nazis is to cut the game off as the stopped winning. Which wouldn't feel right.
Why can't i play Nazi's?
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The Nazi's are just too iconic as super villains. Theres no reason not to keep this trend.
A game like that may be interesting, but theres no reason for its existence.
A Nazi version of Call of Duty would just be Call of Duty... No difference.
A game like that may be interesting, but theres no reason for its existence.
A Nazi version of Call of Duty would just be Call of Duty... No difference.
May I introduce you to the following game then: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad [http://kotaku.com/5333962/red-orchestra-2-heroes-of-stalingrad-screens/gallery/]Mojave said:
The campaign is from the Nazi point of view.
Seeing as im irish and we weren't a part of WWII directly id buy the game.
in the media the germans of that era as evil but no one i know really cares anymore
and to be honest alot of people here would like to be the germans fighting the british because of obvious reasons or even the americans cause it'd be a nice change of pace.
in the media the germans of that era as evil but no one i know really cares anymore
and to be honest alot of people here would like to be the germans fighting the british because of obvious reasons or even the americans cause it'd be a nice change of pace.
A German soldier that rebelled against, and was ultimately betrayed by, the Nazis would work perfectly. Think about it.
Man works for "organization" that has questionable business practices.
Man grows suspicious of superiors, actions of his superiors.
Superiors realize that he is a threat to everyone ever, send all his old friends to kill him.
Man is cast as bulletproof and rugged hero who is fighting to preserve the little sanity left in this crazy world.
Allies arrive to blow things up for finale in last level.
Obviously, you aren't actually playing as a Nazi, but I think this would sell like hotcakes.
Especially if it smelled like hotcakes.
Man works for "organization" that has questionable business practices.
Man grows suspicious of superiors, actions of his superiors.
Superiors realize that he is a threat to everyone ever, send all his old friends to kill him.
Man is cast as bulletproof and rugged hero who is fighting to preserve the little sanity left in this crazy world.
Allies arrive to blow things up for finale in last level.
Obviously, you aren't actually playing as a Nazi, but I think this would sell like hotcakes.
Especially if it smelled like hotcakes.
I seem to recall being able to play as the Axis side in COD5 multiplayer...
I don't think a campaign would go down very well at all.
Know I wouldn't play it.
I don't think a campaign would go down very well at all.
Know I wouldn't play it.
it's very true, it's the ethical reasons that keep people from allowing you to play as nazis. What they did was horrendous, and while it's true that was is in fact terrible on all sides, people don't like to give human faces to our enemies. If we do that, we might just illuminate the fact that while we did the right thing during WWII, it was by no means a noble endeavor. It was violent, bloody and traumatic for everybody involved. This simply doesn't jive with people and therefore would never sell. However, if you want to see a movie about the human cost of war from the other side, i would recommend the excellent movie "LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA". It's a harrowing reminder that despite the propaganda on both sides, there are good and bad people on all sides, and above all, that there is absolutely nothing glorious about war, and it takes a toll on us all.
What do you mean "the way of Six Days in Fallujah" was that dropped or something?Motti said:
Wait I've got a good reason though for why we shouldn't make a game like this. Watch the Twilight Zone episode "Deaths-Head Revisited".
I quote you because you started the threat, but it goes out to almost everyone in here:Mojave said:
I'm quite offended by you guys calling every german soldier a Nazi. My Grandfather and two of his brothers did fight in WWII in the Wehrmacht. They were not partymembers and after reading letters and (my grandfathers) diary, they didn't fight for Hitler or the party as well.
A third brother was a party-member, he was in the SS and yes, he was a Nazi.
But your everyday german Wehrmacht-grunt fought because he either believed he was defending germany (and his family) or because he had to.
"History is written by the winner" is correct, but at least try to get it right.
Dropped, stomped on, then set on fire and thrown in the bin.KingPiccolOwned said:
And going out of business too at this rate.
Six Days in Fallujah Publisher: "We're Surrounded" [http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/08/06/six-days-fallujah-publisher-quotwe039re-surroundedquot]
Well you can't play as Nazis because the grammar variety are going to murder you.
Sorry. I didn't mean to do that.
Anyway, on topic: In the Call of Duty: World at War multiplayer you can play as Nazis, but that's not much really. I suppose no developer is going to make a game where you play as a Nazi because they fear the fallout it would bring. A game featuring playable Nazis would be like Christmas for Jack Thompson, regardless of what was actually in the game, story-wise. It would be denounced as a method of getting kids to sympathize with Nazis and undermine the interests of America.
It would not be a good idea on the part of the dev team.
Sorry. I didn't mean to do that.
Anyway, on topic: In the Call of Duty: World at War multiplayer you can play as Nazis, but that's not much really. I suppose no developer is going to make a game where you play as a Nazi because they fear the fallout it would bring. A game featuring playable Nazis would be like Christmas for Jack Thompson, regardless of what was actually in the game, story-wise. It would be denounced as a method of getting kids to sympathize with Nazis and undermine the interests of America.
It would not be a good idea on the part of the dev team.
Nazis are bad, m'kay ?
The reason, I think, is than playing Nazis would make you symphatise with them to some extent, and you shouldn't do that, because they're bad ... m'key ?
The reason, I think, is than playing Nazis would make you symphatise with them to some extent, and you shouldn't do that, because they're bad ... m'key ?
I'll repeat what I said towards the top of the page then.bernthalbob616 said:
"May I introduce you to the following game then: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad [http://kotaku.com/5333962/red-orchestra-2-heroes-of-stalingrad-screens/gallery/]
The campaign is from the Nazi point of view."
Damn, beaten to the punch... I've played that game not too long ago, and it was interesting, to say the least. Often quite challenging as well.Azhrarn-101 said:
Thank you for this.Specter_ said:
This is pretty much how it was with my family back then. Goes to show that generalising just isn't the way to go. Many people had NO idea what was really going on, there were heaps of German soldiers who never knew about stuff like concentration camps etc. Makes me sick every time to see them uniformly painted as the inhuman spawn of Satan himself.