Video/Computer Games

This will be one of the bigger game titles of late to use china as a major antagonist, i think.

And le sigh, another fricking cod game... eurgh.

I never play COD games even though I love FPS. I simply can't stand their political slant.

Anyone else play Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas?

Originally Posted by solarz

I never play COD games even though I love FPS. I simply can't stand their political slant.

Anyone else play Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas?

Modern Warfare was the last and only thing closest to resembling something related to the word "factual". Everything else, particularly MW2 and even MW3, are so full of shit. Dual-welding guns, Russian invasion over some petty massacre..oh im getting chills thinking about how fake everything is. This one is just even worse. And to make it worse, they add futurism into it. Apparently they're running out of ideas already. It's so true COD is for stupid little kids now.

This I won't even bother looking.

Originally Posted by AssassinsMace

Video/Computer Games



Anyone see this trailer for Call of Duty Black Ops 2 coming out this November? You don't see it here but apparently the enemy is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the year 2025. The trailer you don't see China directly but apparently they're playing on China monopolizing rare earths as the conflict. What I've gathered on reading info is China has hacked into unmanned military hardware and uses the US's own stuff against them.

It's actually a character named "Raul" that hacks Chinese and American stuff to instigate a fight.

In the trailer you actually do see a couple of Chinese weapons. Some TEL set up, and a missile with what looks like the PLA insignia on it for some reason.

The country get THE most number of invasion - USA.

Brought to you by electronic game propaganda.

Hearts of Iron anyone?
or Total War series?

So I'm watching the E3 convention video gaming coverage on TV and I see this from Call of Duty Black Ops 2 where you get into what they say is an F/A-38.



Hmmmm... That looks familiar. So I do a little search in my library of Chinese military pics and found this taken at one of those Chinese military exhibitions.



If this is a Chinese original and not a copy interesting how the roles have reversed.

To be fair the display shown at zhuhai was noted to be very similar to the F-35's.

Yeah some of the icon symbols are similar but the display is virtually exact. Activison probably did an internet search and it popped up. I did one for the F-35 and they showed what some thought was the J-20 cockpit display.

Here's another pic of Black Ops 2 where it looks like they have to secure what looks similar to an ASBM.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...rfriendly=true

Posted: Tue., Jul. 3, 2012, 10:23am PT

'Call of Duty' heads to China

Activision Blizzard, Tencent ink long-term deal

By Marc Graser

"Call of Duty" is ready to invade China.
Activision Blizzard has inked a long-term deal with Tencent, China's leading Internet service provider, to launch its wildly successful military franchise in the region as "Call of Duty Online."

With videogame consoles like Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 not having much of a presence in China -- devices on which "Call of Duty" is played in the U.S. -- Activision needed to develop an alternate way for the game to be played in the country.

As a result, Activision said it is introducing "a new gaming model designed specifically for the Chinese market," that comes in the form of a free multiplayer version of "Call of Duty" that can be accessed on PCs and played online at the more than 140,000 Internet cafes that operate in China. Activision generates revenue from microtransactions -- weapons upgrades, character enhancements and the purchase of new weapons to the series made through an in-game store.

"In most Western markets, games are played on a console," Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, told Variety. "Here, they're played in a place, in an Internet cafe, making it a very social experience."

"Call of Duty Online" "is a completely different game" than what players are used to anywhere else in the world, said Kotick, adding that "it's unlikely that the game would be successful in any other market."

Activision Publishing has been developing "Call of Duty Online" with Tencent over the past two years through its Shanghai studio. Tencent has the exclusive license to operate "Call of Duty Online" in mainland China.

The Internet company will help with the technical aspects of the game but also market the title through its instant messaging, email and microblogging systems.

"We are thrilled to work with the world's premiere game developer and publisher to bring this much-awaited title to Chinese game players," said Martin Lau, president of Tencent. "We believe 'Call of Duty Online' will attract tens of millions of loyal fans in China, and our game platform and operational expertise to run massive multi-player online games can provide strong support to deliver the immersive and highly interactive game experience to game players in China."

Deal with Tencent is similar to pacts Hollywood's film studios are brokering in China for the co-production of films.

"You're required to have a partner in China if you're a game company," Kotick said. "Even if we didn't have one, they do so much that would be hard for us to do and duplicate. They have so much reach and knowledge of the marketplace."

Until now, Activision scored with Blizzard's "World of Warcraft" and "Starcraft," which are also played online.

"We think China is one of the most exciting places in the world for us to grow our business and to develop innovative new games," Kotick said.

Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com



Activision to Bring New, Free Version of 'Call of Duty' to China - WSJ.com

Apparently Activision is releasing a Chinese version of Call of Duty available in China only. By the video interview the answer to the question if anyone in the US can get this version the guy answers people in the West wouldn't be interested in playing it. Why? Because either it's a lesser version (at the same cost to develop a game in the US as mentioned?) or Westerners wouldn't want to play a Chinese? I don't know why because it's probably a good bet the story doesn't have West as the enemy which is probably being assumed. Would be interesting to see some pics.

Honestly, there isn't that many FPS games where China is the enemy. The only ones I can think of is Battlefield, Homefront (implied), and Black Ops 2. Candidates for villain countries include:
1. China - China is kind of the idea villain country at the moment because it has a big population, enough resources, and small technology gap compared to US.
2. USSR/Russia has been the villain in almost every modern era FPS game. It has been the villain so many times it is kind of old and predictable now.
3. Nazi Germany/Imperial Japan can be only used in WW2 FPS games, which are not popular anymore.
4. Terrorists are just boring. Not many people like the FPS games set in some middle eastern country killing terrorists. One reason why Battlefield is being outperformed by COD
5. North Korea can be used as a villain but everyone know this is just unrealistic. The new movie coming out call "Red Dawn" will be horrible as it replaced North Korea instead of China as the invaders in order to please the Chinese audience.
6. Aliens is just a whole new genre as it is not considered "realistic" FPS.

Red Dawn is never going to be shown in China regardless. Hollywood didn't change the movie so it can be shown in China. They changed it so they don't lose money from any other movie not shown in China as a result of Chinese ire.

Just found this game: Kerbal Space Program


Basically you build your own rockets and plan your own space missions! (including moon landing, orbiting, etc.)
I think it's pretty fun, the game itself is still under development (only at V0.16 atm). It has a free demo using the V0.13 content.