While I was screwing around on some video game news site I saw huge banners for this game Just Cause, which sounded really familiar as if I'd seen it advertised on TV or something, so I looked it up and here is what I found:
the Wikipedia description (since the official site assumes we know what it's about):
Just Cause is set on a fictional South American tropical island called "San Esperito", where the player works as CIA black ops agent Rico Rodriguez in a guerrilla war to overthrow San Esperito's dictator, who may be in possesion of weapons of mass destruction. The game draws its premise (and name) from the real-life United States invasion of Panama, code-named "Operation Just Cause", which involved United States military action to overthrow military leader Manuel Noriega.
When I first saw the big Che Guevara-ish ads, I thought for sure the game would be about playing as a militant revolutionist trying to topple his own country's evil dictator. Instead, we get the tried and true American soldier sent to topple some other country's diabolical regime. I think the game would be cooler if the main character was an actual resident of the country he was trying to overthrow, but I guess that would subconsciously promote thoughts of revolt in players and be less patriotic.
Not playing as your own country, less patriotic. Huh.
Comments (1)
The premise is a little disappointing. I wanted to play at being Che Guevara! It's seems like a retro Cuban missile crisis thing, with you playing the US guy. The game seems to be getting some good reviews.
Posted by Andy | October 14, 2006 5:11 PM
Posted on October 14, 2006 17:11