CoD Modern Warfare 2 airport level?

[guilemaster]

Its not a matter of whether they know the difference between reality and fantasy. That's not the point. I'm not implying that they are going to go nuts and reenact it. I'm simply saying that it does not even need to be included in the game. Its not gonna make it fun (for most-I'm looking at you Oracle!) or better.

[Cameron]

Originally Posted by guilemaster

Its not a matter of whether they know the difference between reality and fantasy. That's not the point. I'm not implying that they are going to go nuts and reenact it. I'm simply saying that it does not even need to be included in the game. Its not gonna make it fun (for most-I'm looking at you Oracle!) or better.

It adds more depth to the story, gives you an insight into the story. IW have said it themselves that is what is it for.

[Oracle]

Originally Posted by guilemaster

Its not a matter of whether they know the difference between reality and fantasy. That's not the point. I'm not implying that they are going to go nuts and reenact it. I'm simply saying that it does not even need to be included in the game. Its not gonna make it fun (for most-I'm looking at you Oracle!) or better.

Sadistic antics aside, what makes it fun or not is up to the player.

[AA7]

Originally Posted by Cameron

Even still, the vast majority of middleschool+ kids know the difference between games and reality.

This. Plus it's bad parenting if highschool and middle school kids are playing the game. Seriously, the rating is there for a reason. Why should Infinity Ward look out for the people who shouldn't be playing their game?

[guilemaster]

They already know that people who "shouldn't" be playing their game are playing it. I'll bet some of the devs kids who are under 17 have played them. The target audience is middle school to high school. And yes, bad parenting seems to abound in todays society. It's partly why we end up with such a large quantity of absolutely useless people.

Back onto the subject though, the people the game is targeted too(in my experience) don't really care about story or emotional depth, they just like to shoot things. So the level is not really necessary, as the people who want to play the game just want to shoot things, regardless of whether they are terrorists or civilians. I wish it wasn't so, but the vast majority of people like this have made it too hard to deny that any longer. I'm not saying that EVERYONE who buys these games is like this, just most of the ones I've met.

[Serpent042]

Originally Posted by AA7

This. Plus it's bad parenting if highschool and middle school kids are playing the game. Seriously, the rating is there for a reason. Why should Infinity Ward look out for the people who shouldn't be playing their game?

No, its bad parenting if parents are buying the game without doing any research before hand to find out exactly what kind of game they are buying. With all the review sites, plus youtube videos, there really is no excuse for a parent to not know what their kids are playing. A parent buying their kid a higher rated game and thinks/knows that their kid(s) can handle it is not.

There's not really a right or wrong here. Those who like it will play it and those who don't wont.

[Rk589]

Played the game and there are no children.
Its not disturbing at all quite frankly, as you won't get to shoot the civilians half the time considering how your allies have auto-aim and get them first.
Its not as bad as you think, and gets interesting once the PSB units start rolling in, that said, I have said to much.

[Snakepit]

Originally Posted by Rk589

Played the game and there are no children.
Its not disturbing at all quite frankly, as you won't get to shoot the civilians half the time considering how your allies have auto-aim and get them first.
Its not as bad as you think, and gets interesting once the PSB units start rolling in, that said, I have said to much.

RK589 is right. There's no children, the AI gets most of them, and it's not even a real airport. Plus, you have the option to skip the mission.

[guilemaster]

Ok thats good. I'm glad there aren't children. That makes me feel so much better about it. It's also good to hear that you can indeed skip it. If i do end up getting it, I will still skip it though. I don't much like the idea of shooting people who don't shoot back.

[Serpent042]

Just played the level in question, and as stated, there are no children, and killing innocents is only about half the level. Eventually the riot police show up and you stop running into civilians. You also move a little slower than the NPCs you are with, so you can't charge ahead of them and take everyone out yourself. Its not quite as bad as you would think, although I still wouldn't want any kids playing it.

I also want to point out that the first time you put the disk in the console, one of the first things that pops up is a notice that one of the levels has "disturbing content" and asks you right there if you want to be asked to skip the level before it starts. And during the level there is an option to skip the level if you decide to try it and decide you don't like what you see.