08-23-2003, 06:11 PM
Has anyone seen the PC game The Great Escape? Unlike other loosely-based-on-a-movie games, you're not playing some generic character in a familiar setting-- you actually play out an escape from Stalag Luft III as Virgil "Cooler King" Hilts, with a character model built precisely to match Steve McQueen's character. Face, swagger, and voice.
Granted, this is a matter of playing a character based on a character played by an actor, but the situation struck me as similar, though I wouldn't imagine it to be as offensive. I'm more put off about (by neccessity of gameplay mechanics) how the game takes great liberties with the plot of the movie.
Granted, this is a matter of playing a character based on a character played by an actor, but the situation struck me as similar, though I wouldn't imagine it to be as offensive. I'm more put off about (by neccessity of gameplay mechanics) how the game takes great liberties with the plot of the movie.
Political Correctness is the idea that you can foster tolerance in a diverse world through the intolerance of anything that strays from a clinical standard.