So are they saying this game increases the risk of kids who play becoming school shooters? Not sure I agree with that train of thought. If kids are influenced massively by console games, I think they already have mental health issues. Majority of kids would see it only as a game and treat it as such

How many copycats will there be as a result of this. It should have been banned before it hit the shelves. The guy should be forced to buy back all that have been distributed in any way.

Yeah, not the best of taste involved in creating this game. It’s not one I would consider buying fir my kids

There is more than enough of this crap happening in real life. The world does not need video games where you act it out as well.

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  • • kjgarner replied
    • 01 Jun 2018 , 10:38 pm

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  Yeah this is a stupid idea.

I udnerstand the backlash and the extremely poor timing ( not the mention the extremely bad choice of words… Like seriousy…) with Active Shooter.

If the dev had really wanted it to work – the dev should have implemented more SWAT options like SWAT 4. In SWAT 4 you’re able to use subduing tools like Tasers and Beanbag weapons to takedown and arrest the criminals in the game to save the hostages.

What it failed to show is the possibility to show that you can have the ability to role-play and if it had time to be improved from other people’s opinions and feedback it would have become a game that people would like to play as a team SWAT taking out the shooter and saving the day – i’d wager it even have more maps and it wouldnt have been only the school. Despite how tasteless that is and its poorly thought out release as US has so many shootings caused by mentally ill state of mind the shooters have to commit crime.

Honestly i’m surprised MW2’s No Russian mission and E.D.G.E (in edge defence its for government & local law enforcement services).

not to say I advocate for this game no – because its original sole intent was to be a SWAT simulator with the extremely controversal option and I emphase on option to play as an shooter.

Besides it was a really bad game and the only ones who would have brought it on Steam were people who like to have extremely bad games like Hatred

If the developer actually put more emphasis on the swat side and giving them the option of subduing them & the option for the shooter to give up & importantly showed different maps – I think it would have been slightly acceptable.

Despite that – EDGE is an video game that does the same.
However the Goverment and Local Law enforcements are able to use it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzlgiFsEZek

if the dev of the extremely terrible name ‘Active Shooter’ had actually put more effort into showing that you can subdue the attacker and save the day instead of releasing it extremely badly. It probably would have barely acceptable. I mean sure its a WorkInProgress Indie Game – that its original intent was to focus on the SWAT shoes in preventing the shooter from taking lives.

That being said, the dev stated he is completely open to additional changes even to remove from the game completely.

What a terrible subject matter to make a game around, especially when you note the number of school shootings in the USA.
Even if it had an R rating I’m sure kids could get their hands on this. Certainly not the first abhorrent game on the market but still disturbing non the less.

A very inappropriate format for a game indeed !!

Still no good even if they change it

Not a very literate statement – which makes his reasoning sound even worse. Definitely a bad idea.

Oh my!