I played this game a shit ton as a kid, and I can't get over the fact that it released little over a month before the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. IIRC, the first American mission features a cutscene of tanks running over the Victory Arch.

The storyline revolves around America and the PRC fighting a witldwide terrorist front called the "Global Liberation Army".

    • Rateatsbody [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      That went over my head as a kid, what alludes to Maoism, just their name? I kinda think giving them car/suicide bomber units that screamed "alllalalalalalalllllll" was a little on the nose

      edit: couldnt find evidence of this, but listen to these voice lines https://youtu.be/LMUVKLgf0qw

    • Alizarin [she/her, des/pair]
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      4 years ago

      The voice lines were all far right muslim militant staples, even at like 12 years of age me and all my friends who played it saw it for what it was(we all grew up around that kind of stuff, I'm a case of sloppy indoctrination myself)