• Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    You actually do have an option IIRC, it just never tells you. It’s supposed to highlight why the military is systemically bad and appears to remove all choice, even if individual soldiers could disobey orders.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, the only big unavoidable choice is the white phosphorus

      pretty sure in most others you can either stand for a second and it proceeds or you shoot into the air instead of at someone and it proceeds

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        1 year ago

        While the white phosphorus part doesn’t give you a choice, isn’t it basically that they used it only intending to hit military targets, then it turns out it hit civilians too? shocked-pikachu

        I think it’s not a choice precisely because it’s the worst or most blatant war crime in the game IIRC and most people would decide against it even for “only military targets” and that would stop them from getting the point across.

        It’s been a long time since I’ve played it so I might not be remembering entirely right. I might play it again now.