It's a little too heavy handed, it's message doesn't always land and, as someone who already hates US-military shooters, I don't think I was even the kind of player this game targets.
Despite that, I still think this is a profoundly important game and towards the end I found myself just as exhausted and emotionally drained with the experience as Captain Walker. That, in itself, unified me with the protagonist in a way very, very few videogames have achieved. And it still remains a scathing critique of the modern military shooter in a time where Modern Warfare (2019) devs can confidently call their game apolticial, a game that rewrites actual history and passes off war crimes as heroic gameplay.
Despite that, I still think this is a profoundly important game and towards the end I found myself just as exhausted and emotionally drained with the experience as Captain Walker. That, in itself, unified me with the protagonist in a way very, very few videogames have achieved. And it still remains a scathing critique of the modern military shooter in a time where Modern Warfare (2019) devs can confidently call their game apolticial, a game that rewrites actual history and passes off war crimes as heroic gameplay.