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Friday 14 August, 2009
Simply starting this game felt wrong. Knowing that these were once actual people and that they hurt many lives that day did not make it easy to play as them. The game itself looked and felt simple, yet the thought behind it just didn’t fit the look. As I began the game, just hearing all the things they were saying were not putting me at ease. Hearing things like “this is our finest hour. All these people need to shut up and die. They’ll get what’s coming to them,” made me think that these kids were idiots. The things that were being said as the game started made it seem like these kids had no morals or sympathy for the things they were about to do. Still, they did have good feelings about things. Dylan says “My parents were the best, especially my dad. I wanted to impress him.” The two guys also let someone go as soon they began their killing spree, I thought that was interesting.
Another thing that caught me off guard was all the weapons the kids had in their duffle bags. A shotgun and machine gun for each, 3 different kinds of bombs, propane bombs, and a whole set of knives. These kids were really going to war.
There was something that I found a little enjoyment in for the sake of the game. The goody goody girls, the nerdy girls with big glasses, and the other guys running around made me laugh. Seeing all the little cartoony guys on the floor made me feel a little better about playing the game because I remembered I was playing a game. It’s not a discovery channel special, it’s a game. So I messed around with the fights a bit, using each gun and all the bombs. The start was a bit much to take in but the fighting itself wasn’t too bad. I think if the characters didn’t look so cartoony, it wouldn’t have been as fun to me.
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