Poll Do you think critical consensus or critics will give Six Days in Fallujah a fair shot after the controversy (192 votes)
Six Days in Fallujah is a touchy subject and I'm not sure if we're allowed to discuss it here so it's fine if this must be deleted. Anyway, I saw the recent trailer and it's much more...how can I put it...dealing with sensitive real-life matter than most would like. I don't mind it and enjoy when or respect if a creator wants to deal with subjects that elicit strong responses due to touchy matter. I can understand when a certain taboo subject matter needs to be handled extremely delicately for proper showcasing of such subjects. I'm fine if someone fumbles, and still happy for them trying even if it's not for me particularly. That said I know certain things don't fair well after people make up their minds from advertisements. A few did, handle touchy subjects and won critics over such as that army game in the desert dealing with wars and extremely overlooked phycological aspects of it. (forgot the name) Not every game can be Call of duty where were desensitized and just in it for the fun ride. But I also saw situations where the advertisements lead critics to believe a game was touching on hard subjects and then critical response lead devs to pull back, causing the released game to be not as crazy as expected, such as Far Cry 5, leading to a backlash. Anyway, what is the take on all of this. It looks like this game isn't going to be received well since if it's too in-depth and shows the horrors of war it will really put people off, but if it doesn't it will lead people to hate it for being another generic shooter. A real rock and a hard place. Plus the fear of it being propaganda-driven and all the behind-the-scenes stuff. Is this a case of separate the art from the artist.
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