Playing the Baddies: Problems with playing the Germans in Second World War Strategy Games скачать в хорошем качестве

Playing the Baddies: Problems with playing the Germans in Second World War Strategy Games

There are various problems with strategy games set during the second world war that allow you to play as Germany - something that gets even trickier when there are Axis focused campaigns. In this uncharacteristically serious video, we look at the problems with WW2 in strategy, tactics and RTS games. We talk about common myths, and how these games tend to further them every time they distort reality to make gameplay palatable. We also talk about the reality - which is unpleasant but necessary context. Come say hi on Discord:   / discord   --- 00:00 Intro and Overview 02:36 The "Clean Wehrmacht" myth 03:50 The reality 06:04 How does this relate to games? 08:00 An example using Company of Heroes 14:10 Playing to Lose 15:41 "Naive but Professional Solider" trope 16:44 Conclusions and Outro All footage is either recorded by me or taken from official game trailers or demo reels. Images are either my own, AI generated, Free and Royalty-Free Stock or from Wikipedia. Backing Music is from the YouTube creator audio library. The script is my own work, and the voice over is me.