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Posted May 08, 2020
In a dystopian world where wealthy capitalists control elections and media, we’re faced with two choices - accept our fate or fight for something better. Tonight We Riot is now available without DRM oppression on GOG.COM. In this crowd-based brawler, you take the leadership of a whole movement of people whose well-being determines the success of your revolution.
Posted May 08, 2020
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Nah, maybe tomorrow.
Posted May 08, 2020
This reminds me of SJW Riot:Troops vs Women:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sjw-riot-troops-vs-women-in-video-game#/
Posted May 08, 2020
Is the game fun? The idea sounds like fun.
Posted May 08, 2020
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Antifa Simulator 2020 is just fine, but any game with a right-wing message would be banned on the spot, amirite!?

(just that you nerds don't get all decent game stories are already based on traditional gender roles, ethnic conflicts, the military and so on)
Post edited May 08, 2020 by swires86
Posted May 08, 2020
Looks, quite good. But where is the soundtrack. The music in the launch video is great!
Posted May 08, 2020
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swires86: Antifa Simulator 2020 is just fine, but any game with a right-wing message would be banned on the spot, amirite!?
Who says these protesters are antifa?
Quote: "In a dystopia where wealthy capitalists control elections, media, and the lives of working people, we’re faced with two choices - accept it or fight for something better."

[Post modded by Bookwyrm627: Please refrain from real world political commentary.]
Post edited May 09, 2020 by Bookwyrm627
Posted May 08, 2020
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BreOl72: ...
Don't feed the troll. Everything in that post suggests it's just someone trying to get a rise out of others with minimal effort on their part.
Posted May 08, 2020
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BitMaster_1980: Don't feed the troll. Everything in that post suggests it's just someone trying to get a rise out of others with minimal effort on their part.
You're probably right, he sure gives that impression.
Posted May 08, 2020
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viperfdl: Is the game fun? The idea sounds like fun.
Not to me.

History taught us communism doesn´t work and some of us had to live in it, so we could experience it first hand.

I don´t mind political games (1979 Revolution), as long as the ideas which this one seems to propagate stays in the realm of video games.
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viperfdl: Is the game fun? The idea sounds like fun.
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Tarhiel: Not to me.

History taught us communism doesn´t work and some of us had to live in it, so we could experience it first hand.

I don´t mind political games (1979 Revolution), as long as the ideas which this one seems to propagate stays in the realm of video games.
So you refused to play Red Faction Guerilla and every German and Soviet campaign in every WWII game or the Vietcong series (both sides)?

These are just games, and in this example a broadly over the top theme. I don"t even think the developers tried to send a clear political message, but just liked the dystopian theme. If we condemn every bit of a political theme in games, we easly make the road for more (self) censorship of gaming culture.

If this game is not your cup of tea fine, but this does not mean its propaganda or send a certain message.
Posted May 08, 2020
I'm not sure what to think of this. On one hand it looks like an obvious manifest (or a cash grab based on current political climate). If that's what the developers want to capitalise on (pun intended) than fine, but this approach always alienates half of potential audience.
On the other hand, the "Please spend your money on our game" would imply that it tries to troll both sides of the spectrum by explicitly pointing out obvious irony (and I imagine that some people may find that game over screen unsettling :-P).
Either way, the game doesn't look like something I would play anyway and problematic message just promotes it to a hard pass. But hey, I don't have to buy something that I don't like - that's how capitalism works :-).
Posted May 08, 2020
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Paradoks: I'm not sure what to think of this. On one hand it looks like an obvious manifest (or a cash grab based on current political climate). If that's what the developers want to capitalise on (pun intended) than fine, but this approach always alienates half of potential audience.
On the other hand, the "Please spend your money on our game" would imply that it tries to troll both sides of the spectrum by explicitly pointing out obvious irony (and I imagine that some people may find that game over screen unsettling :-P).
Either way, the game doesn't look like something I would play anyway and problematic message just promotes it to a hard pass. But hey, I don't have to buy something that I don't like - that's how capitalism works :-).
Third alternative: it's clearly tongue in cheek and so obviously over the top that neither of your two alternatives should really be considered by a reasonable person. It's even got 'whimsy' as part of the core features. As well as Kaiju and wood chippers.
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BitMaster_1980: Third alternative: it's clearly tongue in cheek and so obviously over the top that neither of your two alternatives should really be considered by a reasonable person. It's even got 'whimsy' as part of the core features. As well as Kaiju and wood chippers.
Well, the developer apparently disagrees:

“The idea for the game came from a multitude of places,” Ted Anderson, an artist with game developer Pixel Pushers Union 512, told Variety. “For one my own politics. I’m a socialist and I’ve never seen an unapologetically left-wing game ever and I played games my entire life. So I started thinking, what would be an interesting way to tackle that as a topic.
And the fact that Variety of all places writes about it implies that he actually means it.
So case closed, it is actually option number 1.
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viperfdl: Is the game fun? The idea sounds like fun.
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Tarhiel: Not to me.

History taught us communism doesn´t work and some of us had to live in it, so we could experience it first hand.

I don´t mind political games (1979 Revolution), as long as the ideas which this one seems to propagate stays in the realm of video games.
When I first saw the trailer it really looked like cheap Marxist propaganda. But something tells me this is one of those games where there is some sort of plot twist in the end.

Truth be told, I'd really like to see more overtly political games. In the 90s I remember that there were plenty of games centered on politics (Floor 13, Shadow President, KGB, etc). I'd sure love to play a game where one gets to run a political party. All the way from clandestinity up to a dictatorial regime (like the Italian fascist party or the russian bolsheviks).
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