Poll of the Day > I am a self proclaimed hardcore gamer.

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I have played every type of game you can think of and every single one of them with exceptional skill. I would say my favorite type of games would be FPSes but I have a soft spot for strategy games. I am a big fan of Reiner Knizia, someone I consider a genius and world renowned designer. I'm a big fan of games with deep strategy and emergent gameplay. I also have a soft spot for JRPG's, mainly because of the style and art that I think they exude. My first game, and what put me on the path that I'm on now, is "Menace to Society: Ghosts of The Post-War World" by Steel Dragon Games. That's the game I'll be reviewing today.

Many veterans of our country's WWII era have struggled to re-live the story of the Allied invasion on D-Day. While many have created additional war games based on the challenges faced by the Allied Forces, Steel Dragon's "Menace to Society" tells the story of one group of American soldiers who survived the tragedy, but became well known throughout their local community during the decades following.

The group of ten soldiers had all dropped out of school, and found themselves in Germany in a German POW camp after the war started. They had no relatives in America and they were known to few of their fellow soldiers. Yet they somehow overcame their wartime trauma and formed a close knit group of friends that existed throughout the following years. Their performances of Menace to Society a satirical play about the war-related post traumatic stress disorder gave the story of their lives a powerful personality. From the 1950s through the 1970s they performed menace to society as a form of therapy.

During gameplay, the player's group encounters characters from the German world, alluding to their history of battling the Allies and the Allies' continued persecution of Germans. In order to complete these missions, the player must complete two objectives - sneaking past a Nazi radio station and murdering the director behind a "Nazi fairy tale". Who is this film director? None other than Wagner, the game's antagonist.

During the war, the German SS (the agency responsible for policing Germany in general, and S.P.D. (Reich Security Main Office) in particular) needed to come up with new military leaders to lead the German Army into battle. The first man they selected, and the first man they chose with the highest fighting skills was a man called Alfred Wagner. He was a 16-year old and of German ethnicity, and in the eyes of the Nazis he was (and is) an enemy spy. When he was sixteen he was sent to a German Army school and attended by Adolf Hitler.
One of the first things that Wagner did was to create a swastika flag and display it with the Hitler salute.
Before Hitler took power, Wagner became a Nazi. He was a member of the Hitler Youth, and participated in the marches that Adolf Hitler gave. Wagner went on to read speeches by Hitler and taken a special liking to Hitler. He displayed the Nazis symbol on his album cover. The emblem was part of a display of Nazi German symbolism and had the inscription "Die Lied von Adolf Hitler." The Nazis stole his song "Threat to peace" by California punks and used it as the first, and only song in Wagner's musical "The Ring." They performed it in front of their rallies and concerts as a front for the movement to seize power.

The player encounters Wagner at 3 points in the game's story; at the start, Wagner's house is under observation and the player has to sneak past it before escaping.

At the second part of the game, Wagner is found out by his wife and he tries to destroy the main characters.
In the third part, the player decides whether or not Wagner will be eliminated.

Games like this were very popular during World War II, and people enjoyed them for many reasons. The gameplay was very simple and accessible, and the storytelling was engaging
8/10

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Yeah I'm not reading all that so good for you buddy.

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wwinterj25 posted...

Yeah I'm not reading all that so good for you buddy.

No skin off my nose big guy, doesn't really bother me.But I'm sure that's the way everyone will read it.Since you wanted it and you have said so.I understand now.I even said it's okay if you do that.You were the first to ever ask that and you still want me to do it right?I also have to explain.You have to know the stories...and will have to take it too.I also remember one time when we played about the track.Then you "banged" it for me, us.The difference between you and me is that I remember it.We were barely holding back at that point.Then you were like you are now and I'm still like me

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