Guys did you even wonder...

[Vegasskill]

...how in every COD game Russians are the villains.
Not Chinese, not Iranians, but Russians.

The game developers even took the real events that happened in history where Americans did the evil thing and they changed it so the Russians were the bad guys.

A quick example back in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 2007 game. There was a scene where a narrator says how Russians bombed a highway in Iraq when they were retreating and they killed a lot of civilians.

Well...that event took place, but Americans did the thing.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom back in 2003 Americans bombed a highway in Iraq and killed lots of civilians. Americans not Russians. Russians were nowhere near Iraq.

How do you feel about it? Do you care that in fact, COD is the American propaganda and the CIA staff worked with the game developers during the process of creating the game?

Personally. I like the game's multiplayer mode, but I never play campaigns. Because it is an obvious propaganda. That is designed to shape hearts and minds of young COD players.


Any thoughts?

[Leah]

They pick Russians because they're an easy target, have been enemies with the U.S. for decades, and wouldn't cause nearly as much impact to sales.

China on the other hand, giant market, so they'll try and tiptoe around stepping on any toes there.

The propaganda part is debatable, at best the government is assisting with it because it paints them in a good light, not steering them in a direction to paint them in a good light, rain or shine there will still be media that paints america as good and any potential foreign threat as bad, because that's what consumers like, it's basically become the "King's Knight vs The Dragon" trope of warfare themed media.

[Fazzy Bear]

Kevin spacey was the bad guy once

[Vegasskill]

Originally posted by Cdi:

Kevin spacey was the bad guy once

Kevin Spacey is not a bad guy. He did not kill anyone.

Uncle Sam's minions - the CIA and the army are the bad guys.
2003 unjustified invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq was the biggest war crime in the 21st century.

Where are those WMDs?
To quote G.W.Bush: "...they must be somewhere...*giggle*..."

[RoccoIsGreat]

And for reference the Iraq event was gulf 1, highway of death.

Also, Russia, meaning government(s), always above reproach. 😆

[Little Strawberry]

I swear, people like OP are just as intellectually disabled as the people who call DnD racist because they think Orcs are somehow an allegory to black people. Why you think this game is somehow supposed to reflect a historical account of the real world, I have no idea.

The game is literally called "call of duty". As the name suggests, it is heavily stylized with american patriotism based on fictional events like how Metal Gear Solid is. Except in this case it wears it quite literally on its sleeve by naming itself "Call of Duty"; "the call of duty" being one of the most prominent phrases in regards to american patriotism of the WW2 era. You're not being clever here by pointing this out. If this is not what you like, then there are several other tankie shooters out there for woke people like yourself, that you could play instead, that embellish the soviet and russia's current military for a different take. This is a video game, it's not a history book of real events.

[Skipper]

Originally posted by Vegasskill:

...how in every COD game Russians are the villains.
Not Chinese

Cuz they dont wanna ruin their sales

[Vegasskill]

Originally posted by Little Strawberry:

I swear, people like OP are just as intellectually disabled as the people who call DnD racist because they think Orcs are somehow an allegory to black people. Why you think this game is somehow supposed to reflect a historical account of the real world, I have no idea.

The game is literally called "call of duty". As the name suggests, it is heavily stylized with american patriotism based on fictional events like how Metal Gear Solid is. Except in this case it wears it quite literally on its sleeve by naming itself "Call of Duty"; "the call of duty" being one of the most prominent phrases in regards to american patriotism of the WW2 era. You're not being clever here by pointing this out. If this is not what you like, then there are several other tankie shooters out there for woke people like yourself, that you could play instead, that embellish the soviet and russia's current military for a different take. This is a video game, it's not a history book of real events.

Games are a form of entertainment. In my opinion, one of the best, because they are interactive compared to movies, in which a person is only a passive spectator.
Because games are interactive, they can be used as an excellent form of propaganda.

MGS does not twist history to make a particular nation, such as Russia or Iran, into war criminals.
As I mentioned in the first post COD4 used real events that took place in history, but changed the perpetrators. MGS doesn't do that.

As for "American patriotism." During World War II, it was understandable because Hitler first declared war on the US, and at the time (late 1941) America was still friendly to Hitler.

But what does "American patriotism" have to do with Iraq? What did Iraq do to America?
As far as I know the American invasion of Iraq was a textbook example of a war crime.

I once read a story. A few months after Operation Iraqi Freedom was over and the Americans had destroyed and removed the Iraqi government, American soldiers were patrolling the streets of Baghdad. One day an Iraqi civilian approached a group of American soldiers on patrol and asked them:
"Do you see a problem here?"

The soldiers looked at each other and replied:
"No. We don't see any problems here. Everything is fine."

Then the Iraqi civilian asked them in a raised voice:
"If everything is fine. Then what are you doing here?"

Shortly thereafter, Iraqi snipers began killing American soldiers all over Iraq.

The war in Iraq was completely unjustified and was a war crime. American patriotism has nothing to do with it.

[FrankNBeems]

just a quick question. did you ever experience iraq at all. or you just read ♥♥♥♥? just curious

[Pure & Rustic]

Why bother the forum with old politics???

Let the politicians do their job..... This is for gaming problems

[Fazzy Bear]

Originally posted by Vegasskill:

Originally posted by Cdi:

Kevin spacey was the bad guy once

Kevin Spacey is not a bad guy. He did not kill anyone.

Uncle Sam's minions - the CIA and the army are the bad guys.
2003 unjustified invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq was the biggest war crime in the 21st century.

Where are those WMDs?
To quote G.W.Bush: "...they must be somewhere...*giggle*..."

He was literally the bad guy in advanced warfare, his army developed a biometric nuke.