Six Days in Fallujah - A military shooter about a real battle in the Iraq War, back from the dead and more controversial than ever

[Alter Ego]

Six Days in Fallujah is a first-person tactical military shooter that recreates true stories of Marines, Soldiers, and Iraqi civilians who fought Al Qaeda during the toughest urban battle since 1968.

Lead a fireteam through accurately recreated encounters from the real battle, built with technology that brings you closer to the uncertainty and tactics of real combat than any other game has explored until now. Each mission is narrated by a real person, while you experience these same moments as if you were them.

Experience how modern combat is really fought, through the eyes of those who were actually there.

After having been dropped by Konami and shelved in 2009 due to controversy from anti-war activists and mainstream media, a military shooter about a real battle from the Iraq War has been re-announced last week with plans to release late this year. Though the developer Highwire Games and publisher Victura are both new companies, they have notable figures from the Halo series including Venutra CEO Peter Tamte (who lead this project originally), designer Jaime Griesemer, and composer Marty O'Donnell. Much has changed in a decade, however, as now the same forces that opposed the game before will be joined by a huge contingent of angry Leftist game journalists and developers, along with their vocal online followers, who outright abhor the US military. I figured that this game deservers a thread here primarily so that we can talk about the drama as it's bound to be relentlessly attacked in perpetuity. I'd compare this to the absurd outcry over Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Tom Clancy's The Division 2, but much worse.

Some notable links:

• The official Six Days in Fallujah website - emphasis on the FAQ and "Why" pages
• The Steam page
• IGN's article for the game's re-announcement - a straightforward, unbiased summary
• "The Most Controversial Unreleased Game - Investigating Six Days in Fallujah" - a popular 2017 YouTube video from GVMERS about the history of the game's original development a decade ago
• "Six Days in Fallujah ‘not trying to make a political commentary,’ creator says" - Polygon's interview with Peter Tamte following the re-announcement, the outlet making subtle remarks to oppose the game

For examples of the outrage against the Six Days in Fallujah, just look at the Twitter feed of any game journalist.

 

[StreetGangsta]

yay i get to kill sandniggers in realistic warfare

 

[pitawilson]

surprised they rebooted this of all things. I guess they knew it was going to kick up a shit storm, free advertising.

 

[Maskull]

I have been waiting for this game for over a decade. I'm braced for disappointment.

 

[Dr Pepper]

When is it coming out though?

 

[The Last Stand]

So mainly a single player affair with tacked on multiplayer a la Spec Ops: The Line?

Of all the games to be resurrected, I'm surprised it's this one.

I would love to see the outrage for this again.

 

[HeyYou]

This is going to be a shitshow. I remember being excited for this game and what it was trying to do, but the current political landscape is even crazier now than in 2009. I'm sure ResetEra is already getting the hashtag campaign ready.

 

[Just A Butt]

When is it coming out though?

never

 

[XYZpdq]

glancing at the title I thought this said "Six Flags Over Fallujah" and it was going to be some mashup of Rollercoaster Tycoon and an RTS where you had to defend the coaster from the infidels and/or islams

 

[ShortBusDriver]

I heard the "bad' ending is the one where Obama pulls the US military out prior to the 2012 election and loses the city along with most of the country to ISIS.

Just kidding, that's what actually happened.

 

[The Last Stand]

I hope I get to play as a trans solider.

 

[Cubanodun]

We should all just play Special Forces 2: Tale of the Truthful pledge were we are literally hezbollah btfo the jews

 

[Justtocheck]

I hope I get to play as a trans solider.

Unironically

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Unless I can play as proud black woman on her period with no tampons, broken acrylic nails and a disintegrating weave as I shoot sandniggers it won't be realistic for me.

 

[XYZpdq]

proud black woman on her period with no tampons, broken acrylic nails and a disintegrating weave

I'm pretty sure unleashing the power of a black chick that pissed would count as a war crime.

 

[I.B. Niggin]

Sweet, can't wait to play this along with This is Vegas and Deep Down.

 

[A-Z0-9]

So this is like ARMA but controversial?

 

[Dom Cruise]

Whoa, they're bringing this back?

I see no reason why if you can make a movie about the Iraq war, you can't make a video game, especially one that strives to be realistic and historically accurate.

For that November 2004 feel that need to have a period detail of a soldier saying how much he can't wait to play Halo 2 when he gets back home.

 

[OfficerBagget]

I remember playing Custom Arma missions made by fools who were obsessed with that game never coming out.

 

[BibiLivesMatter]

Can't wait to play what my dad lived through. Knowing his ass he'd probably play it too cause he only enjoys singleplayer fps games.