What do you guys think about this new Osama bin Laden video game?

[Kira]

Well i was surfing the web and i found this news article about a Osama bin Laden game.
Get to kill Bin Laden yourself in new video game on sale less that a WEEK after the real mission

With frightening speed, a popular online video game franchise is offering a virtual recreation of the mission to capture and kill Osama bin Laden.

In KumaWar Episode 107: Osama 2011, gamers can lead the team of U.S. Navy SEALs who raided the al Qaeda leader's compound in Abbottabad, and will get the chance to pull the trigger and end the terrorist's life themselves.

The new game, which is launched today, is the latest mission in a seven-year series of free online video games based on the war against terror.


Final showdown... In KumaWar Episode 107: Osama 2011, gamers get to lead a SEAL-team raid in Abbottabad and ultimately pull the trigger on Osama Bin Laden


Down to the last detail: Having scoured all media reports, and enlisting help from current and former military personnel, Kuma promises a relatively accurate three-dimensional playing field

Previous games have focussed on the invasion of Afghanistan (Kuma's first 'episode'), via the search for weapons of mass destruction or the hunt for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

But the timely release of the bin Laden game, the last in the series, is sure to prove both popular and controversial.

The New York-based Kuma Games has attracted more than 20 million gamers since launching in 2004, and programmers work with military personnel - both former and current - to add realism and accuracy to the interactive action.

Kuma's CEO Keith Halper told the Hollywood Reporter: 'We read the same published reports as everyone else, though I suspect with a different eye.


Target: Osama bin Laden proves highly elusive in the game, never in the same part of the Abbottabad compound and surrounded by defenders of varying numbers and resistance

'Since we have to reproduce events in 3D we care deeply about esoteric details like distances, heights, vegetation, furniture and the like that have to be re-created in the game.

'Sounds - dogs barking, helicopters orbits, pyrotechnics - those are important too. It's all available in the public sources, and there was a tremendous amount of data released.
Closure: Kuma Games CEO Keith Halper believes the game, the last in a seven-year series, will draw a line under the hunt for bin Laden

Closure: Kuma Games CEO Keith Halper believes the game, the last in a seven-year series, will draw a line under the hunt for bin Laden

'But the magic is in piecing together the details from the million little clues order to create a convincing 3D environment.

Mr Halper, possibly sensing criticism from those who think the game is in poor taste, said he expected a large amount of people - from avid gamers to the merely curious - to download the free game.

He said many Americans would see it as a form of closure to the ten-year, multi-billion-dollar manhunt.

He said: 'Bin Laden was a bad man, and people feel relieved that he is gone. To be able to recreate his death is just an added bonus.'

Typical with Kuma's other online games, the mission will change each time it is played.

Gamers will run into varying strengths of resistance, bin Laden will always be in a different room or part of the compound.

And, unlike the reality of the mission, the SEALS can also encounter heavy casualties as al Qaeda henchmen will have weapons stashed throughout the playing field.

Mr Halper said: 'The SEALs must have been quick, smart, lucky or all of the above to have al Qaeda not be able to reach their weapons. Additionally, we see that the final rush up the stairs must have been incredibly perilous.

'Players will see all the key elements first-hand and gain a knowledge of the operation that would be difficult to obtain through traditional linear narratives.'

source: Home | Mail Online

[byakuyakuchki]

Horrible. That's all I can say.

[323]

Sounds epic. Im getting it.

[Datsik]

-goes to gamestop-

[XiRaX]

That is actually too funny.
Does the game cost money ?

[Kira]

That is actually too funny.
Does the game cost money ?

Well the game is actually free.... you can go to Kumawar.com to download it

[XiRaX]

Well the game is actually free.... you can go to Kumawar.com to download it

That's crazy, i might download it just to play that one mission then un-install.

[Brookshiii]

talk Abbottabad game.

[323]

Its not bad at all. Its a fairly old game and its been going for a long time, with how many missions it has. It was a good game when they first made the engine, but its not like they can re-create the engine for each new mission they have. And Brokshiii, don't rate a game on graphics. Your probably here just to get your post count up.

[Souleater]

Horrible. That's all I can say.

Why is it horrible?

[Weird_guy_3000]

Well i was surfing the web and i found this news article about a Osama bin Laden game.
Get to kill Bin Laden yourself in new video game on sale less that a WEEK after the real mission

With frightening speed, a popular online video game franchise is offering a virtual recreation of the mission to capture and kill Osama bin Laden.

In KumaWar Episode 107: Osama 2011, gamers can lead the team of U.S. Navy SEALs who raided the al Qaeda leader's compound in Abbottabad, and will get the chance to pull the trigger and end the terrorist's life themselves.

The new game, which is launched today, is the latest mission in a seven-year series of free online video games based on the war against terror.


Final showdown... In KumaWar Episode 107: Osama 2011, gamers get to lead a SEAL-team raid in Abbottabad and ultimately pull the trigger on Osama Bin Laden


Down to the last detail: Having scoured all media reports, and enlisting help from current and former military personnel, Kuma promises a relatively accurate three-dimensional playing field

Previous games have focussed on the invasion of Afghanistan (Kuma's first 'episode'), via the search for weapons of mass destruction or the hunt for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

But the timely release of the bin Laden game, the last in the series, is sure to prove both popular and controversial.

The New York-based Kuma Games has attracted more than 20 million gamers since launching in 2004, and programmers work with military personnel - both former and current - to add realism and accuracy to the interactive action.

Kuma's CEO Keith Halper told the Hollywood Reporter: 'We read the same published reports as everyone else, though I suspect with a different eye.


Target: Osama bin Laden proves highly elusive in the game, never in the same part of the Abbottabad compound and surrounded by defenders of varying numbers and resistance

'Since we have to reproduce events in 3D we care deeply about esoteric details like distances, heights, vegetation, furniture and the like that have to be re-created in the game.

'Sounds - dogs barking, helicopters orbits, pyrotechnics - those are important too. It's all available in the public sources, and there was a tremendous amount of data released.
Closure: Kuma Games CEO Keith Halper believes the game, the last in a seven-year series, will draw a line under the hunt for bin Laden

Closure: Kuma Games CEO Keith Halper believes the game, the last in a seven-year series, will draw a line under the hunt for bin Laden

'But the magic is in piecing together the details from the million little clues order to create a convincing 3D environment.

Mr Halper, possibly sensing criticism from those who think the game is in poor taste, said he expected a large amount of people - from avid gamers to the merely curious - to download the free game.

He said many Americans would see it as a form of closure to the ten-year, multi-billion-dollar manhunt.

He said: 'Bin Laden was a bad man, and people feel relieved that he is gone. To be able to recreate his death is just an added bonus.'

Typical with Kuma's other online games, the mission will change each time it is played.

Gamers will run into varying strengths of resistance, bin Laden will always be in a different room or part of the compound.

And, unlike the reality of the mission, the SEALS can also encounter heavy casualties as al Qaeda henchmen will have weapons stashed throughout the playing field.

Mr Halper said: 'The SEALs must have been quick, smart, lucky or all of the above to have al Qaeda not be able to reach their weapons. Additionally, we see that the final rush up the stairs must have been incredibly perilous.

'Players will see all the key elements first-hand and gain a knowledge of the operation that would be difficult to obtain through traditional linear narratives.'

source: Home | Mail Online

To me this is completely ridiculous, but fun. Like a blonde, or Meth.
I'd play it and freeze him in my military basement.

[Kira]

Haha, sounds funny i'ma download it.

why is the game funny?

[Souleater]

why is the game funny?

Because it is every patriot's dream to put a speeding piece of lead into bin Laden's face.

[Kira]

Because it is every patriot's dream to put a speeding piece of lead into bin Laden's face.

lol thats true.. Souleater...oh and off topic...there's a documentary on Discovery Channel tonight to be exact 10pm.... on how the Navy Seals conducted the Osama bin Laden raid... if your interested in tuning in..

[Souleater]

lol thats true.. Souleater...oh and off topic...there's a documentary on Discovery Channel tonight to be exact 10pm.... on how the Navy Seals conducted the Osama bin Laden raid... if your interested in tuning in..

I already read the briefs about it. Good part about a Secret security clearance.

[kyo1234]

Can wait for this game get to go shoot some towel heads

[Kira]

Towel heads^?

People from Iran are often called towel heads because they wear turban due to their culture... Ex. Osama Bin Laden also wears a turban

[Souleater]

Bin Laden wasn't Iranian.

[Veve]

Personally I don't find it very funny, the whole subject is kind of touchy.
I wouldn't play it (though I wouldn't play most shooting games)

And something about shooting a person with a recognizable face seems really dark to me, even if it is Bin Laden.
(Who, of course, did deserve to die, but I don't find anything laughable about it.)

[Veve]

But I love Hitler...

[Souleater]

There should be a game about killing Adolf Hitler.

Except no one knows the exact details of how he died so making a game would be just like adding a map to Call of Duty: World At War and finding the secret areas where Hitler is rumored to be.

[Snow-kun]

Anyone want to share how the gameplay was?
Looks like Counter Strike.

[iKILLAH]

lmao i heard about this but know it was tru got 2 download it

[Chaos]

Americans dont know when to stop then wonder why they are pissed off.