Console Versions of Modern Warfare 2 Banned in Russia

so what do you think?

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edit: if you ask ME, i was ready to bet that US army was funding this game. it really smells a bit like propaganda :)

but seriously, i enjoyed it. it was purely entertainment for me. you shouldn't mess games with politics.

I'm not the least bit suprised, because I knew this was going to happen. I don't reallly blame them, i mean, imagine if Russia came out with a game calling your country a bunch of terrorists and started virtually slaughtering your people.

I'm against banning anything like this, but at least this one makes more sense than Left 4 Dead 2 in Australia. MW2 doesn't portray Russia in a positive light, mostlybecause they need villians and they already used the middle east...

I hate censorship. I think they could've left the mission out, but come on, banning it?! It's a damn videogame...wiistation36000

Yup.

[QUOTE="wiistation36000"]I hate censorship. I think they could've left the mission out, but come on, banning it?! It's a damn videogame...Flamecommando

Yup.

surely you must agree that the line must be drawn somewhere? how about Postal 2? how about going even further (by far. you can do it, use you're imagination) from Postal 2?

MW2 definetly ain't the worst example, but i'm just saying, that the line must go somewhere. but where, there's as much opinions as there's people.

I missed the part where they were forced to play this mission. There's a disclamer when you hit "New Game" for a reason guys!

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[QUOTE="wiistation36000"]I hate censorship. I think they could've left the mission out, but come on, banning it?! It's a damn videogame...prowler666

Yup.

surely you must agree that the line must be drawn somewhere? how about Postal 2? how about going even further (by far. you can do it, use you're imagination) from Postal 2?

MW2 definetly ain't the worst example, but i'm just saying, that the line must go somewhere. but where, there's as much opinions as there's people.

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[QUOTE="Flamecommando"]

Yup.

wiistation36000

surely you must agree that the line must be drawn somewhere? how about Postal 2? how about going even further (by far. you can do it, use you're imagination) from Postal 2?

MW2 definetly ain't the worst example, but i'm just saying, that the line must go somewhere. but where, there's as much opinions as there's people.

ok, i agree with you. i can understand that russians might get offended from this, but banning the whole game is little too much.

I just find it funny that people are up in arms over a videogame, which are completely fictionial, at least most of them are. It's just a videogame, nothing more, nothing less. This is like hearing the same type of backlash for Mel Gibson's Passion Of The Christ, where the Jewish community were enraged over the portrayal of being the bad guy when it was really just...one, a film, and two, it was a vision of an artist and how he saw the whole thing. Basically, it all comes down to interpretation - no need to get fired up over it, IMO.

so what do you think?

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edit: if you ask ME, i was ready to bet that US army was funding this game. it really smells a bit like propaganda :)

but seriously, i enjoyed it. it was purely entertainment for me. you shouldn't mess games with politics.