I enjoy the premise of the game but to me the message seems to be blatantly anti communist, but I have not yet played it. Any thoughts on this?

  • EldritchMayo [he/him,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I think the main anti communist aspect is their very stereotypical portrayal of eastern bloc countries. It seems everyone who comes through the gate is human traffickers and drug lords or terrorists, not to mention no aspect of the government is ever portrayed positively. The eastern bloc had a lot of problems, but this portrayal is like Orwellian nightmare propaganda.

    • quartz [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      It's probably more anti-Eastern European than anything. There's a whole genre of white people who are super-racist and hate slavic peoples. Many of these are in the White House and Nato right now.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah that's the thing, the entire game was designed by one person, an American, who probably has some (incorrect) notions of eastern bloc aesthetics and built the game on that. I don't think it's meant to be explicitly anti-communist.