Six Days in Fallujah: Controversy and survival-horror in newly unveiled Iraq War shooter
- April 06, 2009 12:46 PM PST
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Today, Konami and Atomic Games confirmed an upcoming military shooter called Six Days in Fallujah.
READ: Six Days in Fallujah exclusive preview
GamePro's exclusive report on Six Days in Fallujah is featured in the May 2009 issue of GamePro, out on store shelves now. But you can get an exclusive peek at Six Days in Fallujah right now.
An excerpt from GamePro's exclusive preview of Six Days in Fallujah:
Intriguingly, Atomic Games describes Six Days in Fallujah as a "survival-horror game," a genre made famous by gooey zombie blasters such as Resident Evil 5 and Dead Space. But in Six Days in Fallujah, the fear comes not from the undead or the supernatural, but from the unpredictable, terrifying, and very real tactics employed by the insurgents that were scattered throughout Fallujah....
As you fight house to house and street to street in the game, you'll quickly learn to fear open doorways (what the real-life marines came to call "fatal funnels") and enclosed spaces. And there are a lot of enclosed spaces in Fallujah, as the insurgents riddled the city with secret tunnels and bunkers, claustrophobic areas you'll have to explore and clear in the game with the help of your fire team. "These are scary places, with scary things happening inside of them," the game's creative director adds. "In the game, you're plunging into the unknown, navigating through darkened interiors and 'surprises' left by the insurgency."
Read GamePro's full report on Six Days in Fallujah here.
Though I have my doubts about the United States' role in the Iraq invasion, I think Six Days in Fallujah is a fascinating study in game design that could herald a bold, assertive new era of video game storytelling. What do you guys think of the game's admittedly edgy premise?
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- Apr 06 2009 at 02:20:41:PM PST
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i'll keep myself 10 steps away from this game, and go one step closer for every time it becomes interesting.
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hmmm. This game is going to cause a stir when it comes out. Starting to cross the line from game to realism and modern issues.
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They are treading on thin ice with this. It could bring some excitement to the genre but it is a touchy subject for those with family in the military.
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i think this is a great idea. now i know by any means this is a touchy subject with our honorable veterans and families of vets coming from iraq, but i believe this will drive home the idea and notion of how brave our soldiers are and how scary war can be. quite frankly, a lot of people are naive to how war can be.
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JDizzleNO1 wrote:
i think this is a great idea. now i know by any means this is a touchy subject with our honorable veterans and families of vets coming from iraq, but i believe this will drive home the idea and notion of how brave our soldiers are and how scary war can be. quite frankly, a lot of people are naive to how war can be.
Sadly, a lot of people will see it in a much differently... They'll see it as making light of war for no other reason than because its a video game. (A movie or book on the subject would probably be treated with a lot more respect.)
That said, I wonder how well it will do... A lot of gamers prefer a certain degree of escapism. A game about a war that isn't technically over could be rather uncomfortable to many.
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Nice. Making a survival horror based on reality type scares rather than zombies seems like a great new direction.
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wow this is so freakin retarded.. i can give a rats ass about the war but this is just stupid....
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Making a GAME on a real life modern issue were real people have died is completly insane. Once the war is OVER then mabye it will become acceptable ( like the WWI,WWII,war in vietnam games) are acceptable since they are over . Irak war is still going on , its like making a game on the war in afganistan . it wont work
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well i rather hear people complain about this then complain that re5 is racist...omg so stupid!!
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Considering the fact that most shooters stray away from the horrors of war and portray killing to be 'fun,' I think it's a great idea to show a grittier, more terrifying version of the Iraq war.
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