1 thing that bothers me...

[Knuckles]

... is when playing WW2 games whether its strategy or fps you cant play as the germans (nazi's). I dont get the gaming world taboo on having a discrimination vs history.

If its motivated by crimes against humanity during the war then the russians should be out of the games also.

Best examples of my issue is the Call of Duty series where there has been either separate or mixed campaign as for instance US or Soviet soldier but never as a german.

I am not saying it would be "super awesome" to be a nazi guard at Auschwitz but being part of the german offensive in a CoD game would give atleast a tiny less skewed reenactment of the WW2 and allies always winning every battle. I think more war games based on WW2 would be alot more fun to play if you could pick the germans.

Omaha Beach landing level...but defending it would be fun and actionpacked I bet

[thoreau]

What if you live in Germany and play a German language WWII game? What side do you play then?

[Skam]

I actually think you have a point. It is probably because its such a big taboo that we dont get to see that part of the gameplay. I guess its a very soar subject that devs probably see as a suicide mission to indulge in.
We have lots of games where being evil is a natural course of gameplay (Fable, Fallout etc.) where you can bomb innocent cities, sell slaves or poison the drinking water -but still, just being a nazi footsoldier?... "Naaah, no way man -thats taking it too far!"

Now, carebears like me tend to winge on the thought of doing really evil acts, even if I know its just a game. Im always left feeling dirty and horrible!
If game devs can still recreate that feeling when you play a nazi aswell, or to see a concience behind the person -anything of the sort -then I think they should.

(Not sure Im making much sense here. Im busy playing with my cut-out skam)

[rumsponge]

Interesting question. I remember playing a board game called Panzer Blitz long ago. One player was German and one was Soviet. I don't remember there being any big controversy over that game.

[DoubleZero]

MOHAA online multiplayer you could play as a German defending Omaha beach.

[Mega]

Good point, in RTS games you can choose to play the bad guys such as Nod in C&C and the Russians in Red Alert.

[safara]

I agree.

And going further, there would need to be more storylines and twists on the paths. So, if you start out as playing as the Germans for example, and your side is winning, then the game heads into an invasion of the UK etc.

[Ze-Tomb]

Yes i do find this quite disturbing that you can only play 1 side and skip out lots of battles which the germans have won in WW2 Games.

In my opinion, it would be nice to play a game and see the war from both sides.

[HardWrath]

You make a good point with this Knuckles.

I think that with this, there are too many people out there that would raise an issue with it. As a result, game developers shy away from it just to avoid controversy

[DoubleZero]

I can't think of any major game developers that create these type of FPS war games that are from Germany probably has alot to do with it.