MADISON, Wis. β Long time gamer Brett Hansen announced today that games were better before he managed to finally figure out their blatant political themes,β¦
These days obvious characters of Republicans are running for, and winning the state and federal elections. Except they're not caricatures they are honestly that crazy
"Snake! Nuclear weapons are very bad! Governments mislead and influence their citizens through mass media! Privatization of military is going to lead to global chaos!"
Remember how there was a secret cutscene that only played after there was 100% nuclear disarmament across the entire platform? And there were people purposely trying to make nukes faster than the efforts to disarm them just cuz they were dicks?
You really can't make political messages in games too heavy handed, can you. Wait ten years and people will point to it as "back when games weren't so political"
Eh, politics in Civ was never its strongest suit. Civ2 and 3 allowed you to choose a government type, so they were "more political" in that regard, with different govts having different bonuses and levels of corruption. I recall Civ2 having Fundamentalism, which halved scientific output but completely eliminated unhappy citizens. I also remember Civ2 having pollution piling up once you reach the Industrial era and global warming affecting the entire map after a while, something I think was dropped on Civ3 and onwards.
Civ5 has those cultural unlocks (Mercantilism, Industrialism, Liberty, etc) that serve a similar purpose, with Fascism giving big bonuses to military. I don't remember whether dealing with civs following different govt ideologies would give you penalties, but being a military expansionist always hurt your relations.
Can we stop pretending that the whole "politics in games" thing isn't just a bunch of pissy neckbeards upset that games are acknowledging people that aren't generic white dudes exist.
The Fallout series has always been anti-Capitalist and anti-fascist since the beginning, and chuds still simp over the Legion and Enclave, and swear that Mr. House is proof that Fallout is pro-Capitalism, obviously