Yesterday I downloaded the new COD on the Xbox Game Pass and started playing it. I really wouldn’t have been as interested in the game if it wasn’t for the fact it was banned in Kuwait due to some of the action taking place during the 1991 Gulf War.
You don’t even have to play through the game to get to the hot stuff, the first mission of the game places you right in the middle of the Kuwaiti desert, I love it. I didn’t get beyond the first mission yet since I had to stop playing to watch UFC, but can’t way to keep at it later today so I can see what part of story exactly caused the ban, because it couldn’t have been banned just because it took place during the Gulf War.
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looks incredible … will download when I’m back even though i don’t play those types of games LOL
We believe that the censorship authorities here in Kuwait objected to how some characters were portrayed, such as the appearance of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in a heroic character.
In addition, the presence of scenes of burning Kuwaiti oil wells during the Iraq-Kuwait war. Sources say that Activision met with the relevant Kuwaiti authorities and requested to meet with them to discuss the amendments that could be made to the game to clear it there, but the Kuwaiti side did not respond!
It’s USA vs Iraq, how could be be a hero?
I’ve seen videos of the game on youtube and quiet frankly didn’t like it.
I usually am anti-banning of video games but in this instance I’m actually glad they’re getting less sales, this is due to the fact that they now charge extra for you to use “enhanced audio” in game. Greed has reached new levels and they need to stop
I just read about, it’s not enhanced audio, it’s enhanced headphone mode. Not important, something to do with custom audio for headphones
I guess I know why kuwait banned it. It seems on the nose about gulf war. It is a sensitive topic for the country that kuwait never openly talked about it. And after playing the first levels I guess I can see why kuwait banned it. I am not with censorship. But I can see it open wounds people dont want to remember. Like I can see why they ban it to take a stand against what happened. The game is fictional and factual at same time. Saddam and clinton exist. The game is good though, really good single player for a cod game so far.
“I didn’t get beyond the first mission yet since I had to stop playing to watch UFC…”
This is the most Mark sentence to ever been Marked.