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Relic unveils Company of Heroes 2 Theater of War

13 May 2013, 18:18 PM
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Images of blindfolded prisoners with pistols pressed to their heads in the background may not have been the best editorial choice...
13 May 2013, 19:54 PM
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1) They are very hard to discern.
2) They are for a european publication. Europeans (except the french :p) have stronger stomachs than Australians and Americans/Canadians.

14 May 2013, 11:57 AM
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14 May 2013, 16:43 PM
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That guy's wearing really nice shoes.


In Russia dresscode wears you.
14 May 2013, 18:19 PM
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1) They are very hard to discern.
2) They are for a european publication. Europeans (except the french :p) have stronger stomachs than Australians and Americans/Canadians.



stronger stomachs my stomachs just fine :P

i however don't think this should be something that is glorified. Given that it would be a war crime in the hands of any one else but the soviets. (and perhaps any allied nation.) :(

now imagine if they portrayed the Germans Soldiers doing this in the background how much uproar there would be. :)
14 May 2013, 19:03 PM
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There wouldn't be an uproar, because the people usually doing the uproar are in North America.

Putting WW2 German soldiers (Nazi or not) doing bad things, horrible things, ain't seen as wrong: its seen as usual. Now, portray a WW2 German soldier heroically killing soviets... meh. Portray him killing allied soldiers. Whoooooosh. Permaban.

By the way, I don't have eagle eyes, but that doesn't necessarily look like german soldier. It could be a portrayal of decimation (Officers killing their own soldiers).
15 May 2013, 07:49 AM
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It's only been raised because there is a feedback mechanism. The amount of times you see prisoners with guns to their heads in movies, and no-one bats an eyelid. Why is suddenly a problem now?

The unmentioned wider issue is the potential problem that western culture has a love affair with violence on telly. Because that's what makes it exciting. (I don't have an axe to grind here, just putting it out there).

And Lastly, in no way do I agree with the 'violence in video games/television causes kids to shoot up schools' nonsense argument. I digress.
15 May 2013, 14:54 PM
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When you see prisoners with guns to their heads in movies it's because it's part of a fucking depressing story about war or something, not because they're trying to sell you a video game magazine with a sweet story about the latest RTS.
15 May 2013, 19:36 PM
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Fiction is fiction people, even if based on reality. stop getting your panties in a twist over this, there were far worse things than pointing guns at prisoner's heads.

on a side note i would like to point out the current medial conditioning, when an American points a gun at someone he is being righteous and saving his country(automatic response) but when you see a soviet or nazi suddenly they are savages and such things are horrific :O
15 May 2013, 20:13 PM
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15 May 2013, 20:45 PM
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15 May 2013, 20:47 PM
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16 May 2013, 09:19 AM
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When you see prisoners with guns to their heads in movies it's because it's part of a fucking depressing story about war or something, not because they're trying to sell you a video game magazine with a sweet story about the latest RTS.


Well, no. Depends on how you define 'prisoner'. If you include people that are held captive - say for example, the hero of the story or his mrs - before an escape, then they can have guns to their heads. This was the wider view that I was taking.

If you define it as prisoners of war, then yes, I take your point.
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