Sound familiar? Perhaps the similarity of the suicide attack which cost American lives on the U.S.S.
Indeed, the first mission is to execute a suicide run with an inflatable raft that's meant to blow up a ship to create a diversion away from the main attack force. Real War, on the other hand, not only puts you in the role of an American commander struggling against the Independent Liberation Army, but also gives you a chance to work for the terrorists.
Fighting terrorism on a PC isn't a new concept, as evidenced by excellent squad-based warfare titles like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. Television studios, moviemakers, and even videogame companies took a step back, but publisher Simon & Schuster Interactive failed to recognize the inherent pitfalls of releasing Real War just two weeks after such a traumatic event without serious consideration of the story and gameplay.Įven without the faux pas, the game is severely hampered by flaws that should have, at the very least, delayed its release. After the terrorist acts of on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the United States, the entertainment industry took a rare moment to re-evaluate the release of new products that could appear distasteful or disrespectful in light of the tragedies.
