Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review – great game, shame about the politics
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/oct/31/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-review
PC, PS4 (version tested), Xbox One; ActivisionThere are pulpy thrills, cinematic visuals and heart-stopping gameplay to enjoy here – so long as you can stand the rewriting of history and cheerleading for US militarism
It doesn’t take long for the guilt to set in. You’re holding a handgun in London’s Piccadilly Circus as terrorists run wild with assault rifles and flames bloom from a recently ignited suicide vest. As terrified civilians run past, screaming and wounded, you’re thinking: “Where is the next mission checkpoint?”
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review – great game, shame about the politics
Nov 1, 2019, 8:13am UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/oct/31/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-review
> PC, PS4 (version tested), Xbox One; ActivisionThere are pulpy thrills, cinematic visuals and heart-stopping gameplay to enjoy here – so long as you can stand the rewriting of history and cheerleading for US militarism
> It doesn’t take long for the guilt to set in. You’re holding a handgun in London’s Piccadilly Circus as terrorists run wild with assault rifles and flames bloom from a recently ignited suicide vest. As terrified civilians run past, screaming and wounded, you’re thinking: “Where is the next mission checkpoint?”