Well yesterday a report came out that the many different accounts of Bin Ladens death we have heard are indeed false. Yet another account emerges and this time it is supported by members of Seal Team 6 who actually carried out the operation against Osama. This new account says that the team entered the compound from the roof not the floor and that Osama was not executed he was killed while going for an assault rifle and that the actual objective was to take him alive. More here.
This got me thinking what if their was a game created based around the death of Osama and the mission by Seal Team 6. In this game you play through the multiple scenarios the mission is said to have followed. Each scenerio leads you closer to the truth and the gamer is forced to make decisions based on the different scenarios all which alter the outcomes of the game.
In the end you are faced with the opportunity to change the out come of the mission. By trying to take Osama alive unlocking an alternate ending which will try to show how the world would have reacted and things would be if Osama was taken alive. The game would put the player in the boots of Seal Team Six and leave them to try and figure out what really happened in Abbottabad.
Their are so many different scenarios that the game could play like Source Code, you play through the mission multiple times each time playing through a different scenario which has been given. This makes the game unique every time you play did the Black Hawk helicopter crash prior to entry? Did the Seals climb over the wall and breach the compound through the front or back entrances. How many assailants were inside, which civilians got wounded?
Earlier levels in the game could be based on how the US Government gathered their intel. You could be playing in a snatch and grab mission or meeting an informant. Of course the game would be based closely on what is known about how the US gathered its intel mixing conspiracy theory with the unknown truth.
The game could be based on the new book which claims to detail how the operation actually went down. Using the other reports as a back drop and basis for the many missions. Many unique gameplay mechanics could be involved such as avoiding killing civilians who are used as shields and whether you could actually take the assailants alive.
Once beat you could unlock a free play mode in which you could take on the compound any which way you please. Enter from the roof go in from the ground, through the back through the front. Blow in the doors , attack from the Black Hawk. It would be the climactic ending putting the fate of the worlds most famous terrorist firmly in your hands. Unlock weapons for use that weren't in the real mission. What happens if the Pakistani Army responds mid mission how do you react?
I think a game based on the Seal Team 6 conspiracy and mission would be intriguing and very enjoyable.Not to mention you could make the game fairly cheap since the majority of the game would take place at the Abbottabad compound.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
















