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10/16/09
I was playing Demon's Souls and decided the banker needed to stop looking at me funny. Needless to say, I no longer have a bank for the rest of the game :(. #thesaboteur
10/15/09
If anyone is interested in agreat account of this attitude, read Nemirovsky's "Suite Francaise". The book is amazing, and really puts the reader into the emotions of this era. #thesaboteur
10/15/09
It gives me goosebumps, maybe even more so with Cohen's voice these days. There's also an amazing version by 16 Horsepower and Noir Désir - gorgeous.
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Sure it's a little over done, but it makes you hate the enemy more. You dress as a Nazi, run some french people over, they look, see your uniform, and just be like "Whatever, that crazy ass. If we bring this up to our commanders, they aren't going to do anything. Light me up a cigarette." It's meant to demonize the enemy in game, not the german people of that time, and if you can't tell the difference, well then, you shouldn't be playing video games (looking at you Fox News and other journalistic outlets) #thesaboteur
10/15/09
I think that the Germans are getting progressively more and more demonised by the media as time goes on. The Nazis as a group did horrible, horrible things, but not all Germans were Nazis. And even card carrying members of the nazi party didn't just run guys over.
Will there ever be a game that says "Hey, not every single German was a bad guy. Some of them were decent people in a terrible situation, just like their French, British, and American counterparts were in a terrible situation." #thesaboteur
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Ahh yes, we all remember our history lessons on the crazy pedestrian killing sidewalk rampages of German sympathisers in France during WWII.
Few people are aware Carmageddon was losely based on this little known period in French history.
Surely an accurate recration of the era would have you dragged away at any moment for acting even a little suspicious, lest you were a spy or resistance member. It would be a paranoid world, tense and dark.
That sounds much better than this GTA inspired idea of 'well this grand act of mayhem, destruction and murder is A-OK with the AI, just don't tap them or they'll shoot you' #thesaboteur
10/15/09
Unless they're aiming for pure pulp Nazis. In which case I expect a few Super Soldaten.
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"It would be okay to run those pedestrians over if I wanted to, Lewis told me. At least, it wouldn't blow my cover or anything, because the Nazis don't care.
I asked him if he was covering for an artificial intelligence glitch, because, sure enough, running over an innocent Frenchman didn't stir the Nazis a bit. Not at all, Lewis told me. "It's meant to recreate the world of the era. These people, [the French], were getting their asses handed to them." The Nazis, simply, didn't give a damn."
I'm not falling for it. The way it sounds, looks more like a bad AI, and they're just making excuses for it.
Please. #thesaboteur
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But Joe Somebody goes on a killing spree, and they see that, and their suspicions are not raised at all? That's the thing that bothers me.
I mean, isn't part of maintaining a low profile not to get yourself noticed? How does this make sense, then?
Well, I guess we'll have to wait and see how it turns out.
PD: Pedestrians jumped out of the way since GTA3, as far as I remember, on consoles at least. I think they did the same in GTA1 and 2, but I'm not sure, it's been a really long time since I played those, lol.
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It was actually a bit of a turn-off to me. I could understand the killing of the infected to a point, but the character's complete disregard in the opening half of the game for normal people was just too strange. #thesaboteur
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Pandemic just seem to be letting things slide lately. #thesaboteur
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I really do hope it is good, because I was looking forward to it before the mess I had getting my Mercs 2 achievments on my PS3
10/15/09
Then again, I played the entire thing co-op with another guy who has the same appetite for destruction and improvisation as I do, so we were going around blowing up the oil rig using a tank and a transport helicopter... #thesaboteur
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Is it all that "film noir" qausi Sin City look or just the dramatic cut scenes? #thesaboteur
10/15/09
As you free districts of the city from Nazi control, color returns to them. Symbolism, albeit heavy-handed symbolism. #thesaboteur
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Yet I'm quite prepared to have them shattered to itty bitty tiny pieces.
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