What do you think of the moral controversy of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2?

Daniel

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For the players who stay at home during the outbreak, there is another game to try. On April Fool's day, Activision released Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Remake, which has been officially landed on PS4 stores. The remake of "Modern Warfare 2" is a little strange. It only keeps the original classic plot mode. The mode of multi player war and cooperation is eliminated, so the price is lower.

Before the game went on the market, Activision's marketing strategy for the game was also very low-key. Before that, only fragmentary rumors proved the existence of the game, and it was released directly after it was officially announced, which made people feel a little sorry for the brand of Call of Duty.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2 Remake is also linked with Call of Duty Modern Warfare and call of Duty War Zone. Modern Warfare 2 is the second work of Infinity Ward in the same series. When it was released in 2009, so far, the total sales volume has exceeded 20 million, which to some extent established the status of game as the mainstream entertainment.

Therefore, Activision is determined to restart the Modern Warfare series in the new Call of Duty released last year. It should be said that Modern Warfare accounts for more factors.

At that time, the painting style reported by the media was like this. But it is also very gratifying for fans to review the classic plot of Modern Warfare 2. As the founding studio of the Call of Duty series, Infinity Ward can always bring something different to this series, which has been proved by Call of Duty 4.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2 has played a role of connecting the past and the future, creating a large number of classic game characters, as well as a level with great impact, attracting numerous players and causing controversy. Finally, the trilogy Modern Warfare depicts a vivid modern international situation, and conveys the ideology of acting war and power struggle for hegemony through plot metaphor.

The set with great impact is the "no Russian" in the game. The undercover agent played by the player participated in a terrorist attack against the Moscow airport, following the design of the terrorist killing civilians at the Moscow airport, which caused a great deal of uproar at that time.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

Of course, the game also supports players to skip this scene in order to avoid discomfort, but Modern Warfare 2 is still under strict scrutiny by many countries, and the Russian version even removes this level directly.

The moral controversy caused by the virtual "no Russian" level has existed up to now, which not only makes Infinity Ward and mobile vision of publishers strongly attacked by the outside world, but also makes the European and American society begin to discuss whether the video game will bring bad influence to the players. Therefore, there are still reviews on the game content in various countries.

Interestingly, more than 10 years later, the remake of Modern Warfare 2 still retains the "no Russian", which makes the controversy gathered more than 10 years ago difficult to dissipate. According to gamespot, Sony has rejected the launch of Modern Warfare 2 in Russia.

In response, Activision replied that the copy of Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2 is a copy of the fictional and single player campaign experience originally sold in 2009: "Sony interactive entertainment has decided not to sell the copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in Russian PS mall. We are looking forward to bringing this game digitally to Xbox one and PC in Russia. "

For Activision, the call of duty brand and the Modern Warfare series are still its biggest cash cow, so far there is no recession momentum. The newly launched free big escape game Call of Duty War Zone has reached 30 million players so far; the revenue of Call of Duty mobile game has been 600 million US dollars in three days since its launch, and the installation volume in the fourth quarter of 2019 has exceeded 150 million. With the support of the consumption inertia of players, the sales volume of the latest call of duty has increased by ten figures compared with that of the previous generation.

But for players, it is still very important to keep the right view of right and wrong. It's easy to pull the trigger in the game, but it's not fun to bring it to reality.
 
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