[vyper]

http://www.promisedland.halflife-2.co.uk/

No really, wtf?

[Rictor]

Let me guess, not a single Israeli or Palestinian on the team. Yup, it's always great fun making light of other people's tragedies.

[Fineus]

So what? It looks like a semi-Desert Combat type arrangement for HL2.

Granted, the subject matter could be treading on thin ice, but it should be no more upsetting to anyone than the slew of WW2 and Vietnam based games that are out there.

[Flipside]

It's a bit risky, but after the travesty that is KumaWar, this doesn't really appear too bad.

Bet you can't play as the Pallys though

[Styxx]

Apparently if you choose the nickname "Sandwich", you get to use a Browning .50 machine gun as primary weapon.

[Fineus]

Talk about attention to detail

[Night Hammer]

[BlackDove]

Originally posted by Styxx
Apparently if you choose the nickname "Sandwich", you get to use a Browning .50 machine gun as primary weapon.

Yeah, but the drawback is that you have to play for Israel.

[Ford Prefect]

I'm looking forward to getting mowed down by automatic rifles while trying to kill people by throwing rocks in their windows.

[vyper]

Yeah, how could you play as the Palestinians? Imagine the score in a DM - Suicide Bomber Vyper has Killed Himself 25 times.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Styxx
Apparently if you choose the nickname "Sandwich", you get to use a Browning .50 machine gun as primary weapon.

You suck-up you.

I'm half-tempted to join the team to keep things real; what the heck's with all those IDF soldiers armed with handguns? The IDF doesn't arm its soldiers with handguns.

The rest is fairly accurate... the Negev toter guy should have 5x 200 bullet bag things, not 2. And yes, it gets danged heavy.

Plus there's a lot of loadouts they're missing... the M16 + grenade launcher combo, the "accurate weapon" M16A2E3 with it's enhanced green-tipped bullets (more gunpowder) and hardened barrel, the poor sods lugging around a 52 or 60mm mortar on their backs (*waves*)...

[vyper]

Hey, at least you don't have to die on purpose

[Rictor]

Is the Israeli military using Tavors at all, or is that one of those things which never made it into wider distribution?

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Rictor
Is the Israeli military using Tavors at all, or is that one of those things which never made it into wider distribution?

Well, I saw a Tavor once, on a much-higher-up giving us a pep-talk after Op. Defensive Shield. From what I understand, actual usage by regular soldiers is limited to a couple of tryout units scattered here and there. There's also the cost issue... an M16 costs the IDF $1, a Tavor costs (IIRC) ~$1k.

[redmenace]

I wonder if you can drive bulldozers and crush boobee trapped refugee camps

[Ace]

Nah, I'm looking forward to bulldozing apartments and shooting up people with gunships. ...and then flying the tapes to CNN

As for the Hamas side. Do you get bonus points for blowing up civilians from designated 'enemy' countries?

[vyper]

[q] an M16 costs the IDF $1[/q]

You're ****ting me?

[Rictor]

That's nothing. The German airforce sold Mig-29s to the Polish for $1 a piece. It's just a symbolic amount, the weapons industry gets paid in full, but by the donor country (or at least that's how I interpret this.).

[Grey Wolf]

I wonder if they'll have an option to be a roving investigative reporter. I know they're an extinct breed, but it is a game, after all...

[Ford Prefect]

I want to play as Ariel Sharon.