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omg they made lemmy political

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[–] julianh@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

That's kind of the point. Most other war games don't give you a choice either, but we find that acceptable because they reward us. Of course, this isn't how war actually is, but we tend not to criticize that despite how a lot of these games are blatant propaganda. Spec Ops turns that around and actually makes you face the consequences of your actions. It even points out the excuse of the lack of choice.