Why can never play as the Nazis?

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Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Animavore » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:03 pm

Sick of playing as the good guys. I want to be a Nazi and kill Allies for once :lay:
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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Mallardz » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:13 pm

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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Animavore » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:17 pm

No. Why? It's the video game section. I'm bemoaning the dearth of war games where you take the role of the Nazis.
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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:27 pm

Surely, no such game would ever get released...in Germany, at least.
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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Animavore » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:28 pm

COD 19 (or whatever): Nazi Domination.
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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:35 pm

Animavore wrote:COD 19 (or whatever): Nazi Domination.
When will they be releasing the death camp expansion pack? :ask:
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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Animavore » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:39 pm

JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:
Animavore wrote:COD 19 (or whatever): Nazi Domination.
When will they be releasing the death camp expansion pack? :ask:
They'll have a game mode similar to the current 'Zombie Mode' named 'Jew Mode'. Though instead of having to fight off hoards of invading zombies you'll have to shoot down swarms of escaping Jews.
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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:43 pm

How about a 'medical research' expansion pack? :ask:
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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:47 pm

Bemoaning the darth of war games?
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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Jason » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:48 pm

Assuming you mean in a single player campaign (since all WW2 shooters were allies vs nazis in multiplayer since ever. Well except the lame MoH series that was set in the Pacific but was a total failure because no one gives a shit about the Pacific) there's Theatre of War.

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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Animavore » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:57 pm

Yes, I mean single-player.

Theatre of War sounds too impersonal for what I'm after. I want to play Hanz Schmidt, an officer of the Gestapo, who must infiltrate French villages and towns in search of La Résistance and hidden Jews using stealth.

Or Ludwig Gruber, a Luftwaffe pilot on a mission to bomb the Brits and fight go toe-to-toe with the Royal Air Force in a dogfight.
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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Audley Strange » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:15 am

In Modern Warfighter or Call of Honour of whatever you should have the opportunity to play insurgents yes. Sticking an IED down to blow up a bunch of cocksure western teenagers would be fucking hilarious. It won't happen either.

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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Jason » Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:34 pm

:lol:

I doubt there's a big market for that kind of thing. But if you want to shoot down Tommies in WW2, most combat flightsims offer axis campaigns. I recommend IL-2 1946 - it contains all the IL-2 Sturmovik expansions and covers most theatres. You can be a Jap in a Zero or a Nazi in a 109 if you like. Though the simulator really shines in online play in full realism.

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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Jason » Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:36 pm

Come to think of it, I think the Red Baron series allowed you to fly for Prussia and Germany as well. Fokker Eindecker ftw!

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Re: Why can never play as the Nazis?

Post by Sean Hayden » Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:40 pm

Yeah but online flight sims are brutal. :irate:

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