Comments on: Editorial: Why we need more missions like MW2′s “No Russian”

By: eggman100

eggman100 — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:38:56 +0000

the only mission that made me nearly cry and i mean really nearly shed just one tear was when shepard shot roach and where ghost shouted “NOOOO!!!!!!!!” – then shepard shot him, i felt really sad that they got killed

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:29:41 +0000

I wanna see Duke Nukem shoot all of the terrorists!

By: iTz a GAME FFS

iTz a GAME FFS — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:24:01 +0000

i just blew them away…pretty sure i killed everyone. Really i see nothing wrong

By: Thoughts

Thoughts — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:11 +0000

I agree that “No Russian” should have been even more realistic, with its graphics being on the same level as those from the rest of the game, but I also see why IW wouldn’t. Look at how much debate this has brought up just between us who play video games and realize they’re just a game, what would the rest of the world say if they saw a clip of a very realistic looking scene of people gunning down innocent, fleeing civilians? A lot of people have a hard time understanding that a game is only a game.

I think this portrayed an excellent message of terrorism and how it’s not just the stereotypical “Al Qaeda bombing people.” Sure it takes place in Russia, but while in game all you see is people in an airport running away from people shooting them, it could happen anywhere. This mission is, to me, the creator’s way of further explaining to us that war is no longer uniforms (from the intro video). It has more to do with the evolving way of foreign conflicts and foreign affairs and is trying to open people’s eyes to it, rather than evoking an emotional response to the mission. Acts of terrorism can happen anywhere, done by anyone. That’s what “No Russian” says to me when I first played through it.

By: A_pizza

A_pizza — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:51:04 +0000

This game is truly well thought of.. even the “No Russian” level. However, this level’s message was to tell us gamers that terrorism is so real out there.. and wants us to be in the shoes of one which participated in the attack. Just like the numerous real terror attacks happening in the world, but you get to see the consequences and the people you killed.

By: this dood or that dood

this dood or that dood — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:36:51 +0000

there’s a point why it’s rated M…it was great that they put no russian in the game!It’s not like America hasn’t done it for real…that’s not the point though…if you feel offended by it then just don’t play,seriously,i don’t like GTA games so i don’t play them because they’re immature!No russian was done well…it showed a glimpse of Makarov is able of doing…so it only pumps you up to stop him or maybe not…MW2 rules!

By: Drummer_si

Drummer_si — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:55:21 +0000

I thought this level was excellent – A welcome break from the norm ..

usually in these games I happily go from one spot to another shooting people who are shooting back!.. This level came along and it was VERY different! Suddenly, people weren’t shooting back – They were running for their lives.. Innocent people waiting to go on holiday.

It made me feel bad, and truly appreciate the difference between war and terror.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:29:33 +0000

@joe

disregard. what i was meaning is that eliminating a terrorist scene would be a conservative idea since liberal thinking is supposed to be free and expressive. also after reading the previous comment i realized it sounded like an attack on you and uneducated. sorry.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:20:11 +0000

…ehh to the joe guy that left the butthurt comment. it’s conservative people who are upset, liberal people would push for things like that

By: Ferahtsu

Ferahtsu — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:41:04 +0000

Anyone who takes the time and effort to object to the “No Russian” mission should be ashamed for not directing that compassion towards existing human lives that suffer from war.

By: ColeBeans

ColeBeans — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:51:35 +0000

To be honest I didn’t think the level was graphic or would offend anyone at all even if your Russian. The ending of the level was really shocking and overall the level was really good and i think we should have more levels like this.

By: Hisham

Hisham — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:32:02 +0000

I agree with this article entirely

I don’t know about you, but I felt like crap just walking in, loading my weapon and then just cutting down innocent civilians. The weird part about this is is that I feel that this could be a realistic scenario of how something like this was played out if something like this happened. Being undercover you can do nothing, but shoot even though you are the one who is supposed to protect these people.