I''m already seeing Predditors on the TFR subreddit talking about how the mod is pro-Z
Obviously is, and it goes further than just writing everyone sympathetically from their own POV. TFR has a very inexplicable bias against liberalism and Europe. It's one thing that Russia is so absurdly powerful (It was generally expected that Russia would be capable of what it does in TFR before 2022), but another to completely gloss over what it entails. The EU's peace treaty against Russia is represented as some kind of grave injustice that requires Russia to go to war against Europe, even if Navalny comes out on top. Navlany being railroaded into a war with the EU is absurd, basically a meme path on the level of Senhor Hilter. When the EU is authoritarian, it is some wild killpeopleist fantasy (Schwaub) or when the US goes under Bloomberg, he turns the country into some kind of weird Cyberpunk parody. I don't mind these concepts in theory (Schwaub's EU is probably the best writing in TFR IMO), but when Zhirinovsky's Russia or the USSR (let alone Medvedev's Russia) don't get any of the treatment that post-liberal authoritarian paths get, it's incredibly hard to say that TFR isn't biased.
Even being radically Pro Ukrainian I like TFR's Russia content, probably some of the best in the mod. I just want Ukraine to have content so I can go all Azov Brigade on the ziggers.
I don't want to be a contrarian for the sake of it, but TFR's Russia feels like a massively missed opportunity. It's definitely a product of its time in terms of its setup - The content is based off the idea that the only way for things to happen in Russia is for Putin to die and that Putinism is somehow anti-nationalist and definitely not authoritarian (both entirely understandable premises before 2022). United Russia and Putin's circle is treated as this one amalgous blob that all rally behind Medvedev as their guy who they back until the end where the really interesting part of a post-Putin Russia would be the various power struggles inside YR. Instead of one Medvedev path with various "endings" that have other leaders, the main paths for Russia should branch off figures like Mistushin, Zolotov, Shoigu, Naryshkin, Bortnikov (reshuffle the deck with others as needed) and that's
if Putin doesn't die (Putin should be the primary path for Russia IMO). Honestly, the opposition (especially the systemic opposition like KPRF and LDPR) shouldn't get paths before 1EW. Liberal opposition would prevent the European Wars and other forms are too weak, systemic opposition wouldn't even factor into anything really. KPRF, LDPR and SR are only capable of influencing and steering Putin's policy, but not replacing Putin. SR even essentially gave up the idea of replacing Putin, instead seeking to replace YR because the YR's and Putin's dominance is so cemented. Maybe a SR-led Putin path would be a cool idea as a way to have an alternative Putin.
Now, FWIW, TFR has executed its flawed setup extremely well and is obviously based on different ideals than what I would make in a TFR - I probably wouldn't bother with making Svetov and Dugin paths at all, but I can't deny that TFR has managed to make it more interesting than I would first think.
How come Trump keeps the "45-47" on his hat if he never steps down from being
de facto president? Immersion ruined, will be booting up TNO.
Well, this is obviously basically carried over from TLM. Having the USA behave like this when there is no reason to is purely there just to make the USA less likable because the USA is capitalist and that's still bad, mmkay?
