As expected, a swathe of angry persons have vented their dismay at Konami’s decision to okay such a project, ”an extremely flippant response” says a former colonel.
A father of a Royal Marine who died in the Iraqi war has said it’s ”very poor judgement and bad taste” to cheapen such ”horrific events” for ”thrill-seekers to play out”.
”It’s much too soon to start making video games about a war that’s still going on, and an extremely flippant response to one of the most important events in modern history. It’s particularly insensitive given what happened in Fallujah, and I will certainly oppose the release of this game,” said former British colonel Tim Collins OBE, an Iraqi war veteran.
”Considering the enormous loss of life in the Iraq War, glorifying it in a video game demonstrates very poor judgement and bad taste… These horrific events should be confined to the annals of history, not trivialised and rendered for thrill-seekers to play out…,” said Reg Keys, father of a Royal Marine lost in 2003 reports the Daily Mail.
”It’s entirely possible that Muslim families will buy the game, and for them it may prove particularly harrowing. Even worse, it could end up in the hands of a fanatical young Muslim and incite him to consider some form of retaliation or retribution…”
”I will be calling for this game to be banned, if not worldwide then certainly in the UK.”
While it’s unlikely such a game would be banned it does raise serious questions for the videogames industry to debate. World War II is over half a century back and contained far more horrific and bloody sacrifices on all sides but is considered ‘okay’ for material.
Is Six Days in Fallujah just pure exploitation? Will you consider buying it?
Source: VG247
