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    News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    The Russian government has banned the game for political insensitivity, despite its game developers releasing a patch to remove a controversial level.
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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Not banned.
    Quote Originally Posted by activision
    Reports that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been banned in Russia are erroneous
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...ctivision.html

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    im russian and i dont particularly care what lelvels are in it just one thing

    why does american games always have russians as bad guys? could they not think off anything better? i mean there are few acceptions ie red alert but seriously?
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    now that i think about the word "throttled" in a certain light... its not so far different to strangled really

    our boiler broke so we has no heating or hot water, this is the bloody result ^^

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Quote Originally Posted by Georgy291 View Post
    im russian and i dont particularly care what lelvels are in it just one thing

    why does american games always have russians as bad guys? could they not think off anything better? i mean there are few acceptions ie red alert but seriously?
    its the obvious choice really... who else has the nuclear stockpiles that could stand up to americas?

    if your storyline includes modern warefare with nuclear attacks then its the obvious choice...
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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Quote Originally Posted by Georgy291 View Post
    im russian and i dont particularly care what lelvels are in it just one thing

    why does american games always have russians as bad guys? could they not think off anything better? i mean there are few acceptions ie red alert but seriously?
    Does it matter? Quite often in American fiction media a main protagonist will be English. I actually can't remember the last time I played a game where the bad guys were Russian. Who would you prefer the bad guys to be? They're obviously going to be considered the most "effective" bad guys by resonating most with the minds of the ones developing the games.

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    The storyline in MW2 is frankly rediculous.

    Spoiler alert:

    To go from airport massacre to full scale invasion of America is completely unrealistic. As if the Russian government would do this. What would've been more interesting would've been a more personal story of localised warfare, maybe a nuke sourced from pakistan (which is a real concern right now) and a story centred around ex-soviet states hitting Russia. That could be deveolped into a nice unconventional plot with characters to relate too.

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Quote Originally Posted by cptwhite_uk View Post
    The storyline in MW2 is frankly rediculous.
    Spoiler alert:
    To go from airport massacre to full scale invasion of America is completely unrealistic.
    unrealistic? stacked with the fact that each level you play a small unit which kills 100's of terrorists? if people want simulation they buy Flashpoint (granted its bad allied AI but still simulation).
    as unrealistic as it is i loved the Storyline - it keeped me very entertained.

    GTAIV - wasnt that russians killing Americans?

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Just wondering - the patch thats being released im assuming is for the Russian version only? And as Georgy has posted - he and im sure many other russians - wont be bothered by the content...so is this patch optional or forced?

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    I think Nick Farrell writing for Fudzilla got it right when he wrote this about it:

    Quote Originally Posted by Nick Farrell
    However in this case they [the Russians] are like the kid in school who always wants to play the cowboy and never the indian. British have been used to playing bad guys in American films for nearly a century. It was never seen as bad for us to have all the Empire being British while the Rebel Alliance were Yanks. The objection here is about being seen as terrorists as the assumption is that no Russian would ever be a terrorist.

    However anybody who pays attention to MW2's plot will understand why Russia is at war with the US, and know that the Russians aren’t being depicted solely as bad guys.
    Linky: http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/16451/1/

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    I'm surprised the article hasn't been retracted or updated yet. I read about it being false before I even saw this article on Hexus.

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Quote Originally Posted by GheeTsar View Post
    I think Nick Farrell writing for Fudzilla got it right when he wrote this about it:
    Well not that right considering the entire premise he's basing it on isn't true (the game hasn't been banned in Russia).

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Quote Originally Posted by superscaper View Post
    Well not that right considering the entire premise he's basing it on isn't true (the game hasn't been banned in Russia).
    Fair point. It's not often the media let truth get in the way of a good story.

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    He's also using a poor analogy - Darth Vader was voiced by an American and Obi-Wan was played by a Brit!

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Quote Originally Posted by superscaper View Post
    Does it matter? Quite often in American fiction media a main protagonist will be English. I actually can't remember the last time I played a game where the bad guys were Russian. Who would you prefer the bad guys to be? They're obviously going to be considered the most "effective" bad guys by resonating most with the minds of the ones developing the games.
    Wouldn't it be refreshing if American game/film makers portrayed themselves as the "bad guys" for a change (which is many peoples eyes they are)

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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Quote Originally Posted by Barrichello View Post
    Wouldn't it be refreshing if American game/film makers portrayed themselves as the "bad guys" for a change (which is many peoples eyes they are)


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    Re: News - Russians wage war on Modern Warfare 2

    Article updated now folks. Sorry about that.
    Last night when I posted it (US time) it was still being widely reported that it was indeed banned, and I only saw the Activision statement this morning when I woke up. Trouble with time zones...

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