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Originally Posted by Tudorp15
Good point.. But, I think much of that is because BOP tends to be of a British perspective, not American. May be largely due to the fact that the development is British I think. That is to be expected. If it was from an American developer, I would assume it would be more from the American perspective..
Please do not take this next comment out of context. I am also a proud American, and also a USAF veteran. But, I am also open minded, and tend to have the talent to see other perspectives, and am very aware of our (American) faults. One of them being we are a very arogant culture, and tend to think everything revolves around us. It doesn't. We were a large part of the war, and the victory, but, we were most definitly not the only contribution to that victory.. I like BOP as it is, but also at the same time, would also like to see more American presence.. Maybe in the sequils, assuming there will be a Pacific theater theme, we will see allot of American war birds, and presence..
Just saying..
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Respectfully, I have to disagree with you on a number of counts:
1) BoP was developed by Russians, so if there is any bias it would be Russian and not British.
2) I don't think anything about the existing game has to do with any historical bias or national chauvinism, there's just only so much development time and so the game was focused on the Eastern Front, BoB and Sicily with just a few Bulge missions thrown in for good measure. No big deal, but some USAAF DLC would be really great to balance it out. My OP was not intended as being any plea for nationalistic satisfaction, or complaint of bias, it was meant simply to express an interest in filling in the gaps of the history being portrayed by BoP.
4) I can't see what Asia has to do with anything, this is the ETO and so is focused on the ETO, my point is that having all of the history of the ETO be portrayed would be very nice.
3) All of the above being said, can we please, someday in America, be able to talk about our selves and our history without having to delve into pro forma mea culpas about our supposedly unique cultural arrogance? Puuul-lease, ask a Russian and they will try to tell you that they won WW2 by themselves. Even the *mighty* French will claim it was they alone who liberated Paris. The British will claim that they by themselves were the critical weight in the balance of freedom during the dark years of 1938-1942 (which actually is probably true!) If America suffers from cultural arrogance, it is hardly a unique affliction and certainly not one worthy of incessant self-flagellation. Save the drama for Obama.
4) I agree, a Pacific Theater sequel or DLC would be rad. Also, dare I say it, Korea?