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EA  is making a "Jack the Ripper" game in which he is a hero....

What next ? - "Hitler : The Saviour of Jews" ?

From Eurogamer - 

 

"EA studio Visceral Games' interpretation of Jack the Ripper will cast the legendary British serial killer as a hero.

Instead of disembowelling prostitutes, Mr Ripper will save innocent people from demons and vampires, using an exaggerated array of weaponry and some kind of time-slow ability.

That's what "sources" told Destructoid after the Jack the Ripper game was leaked by the LA Times.

Visceral's approach to the material may infuriate "Ripperologists", but sounds similar to the hack-and-slash treatment the studio has given Dante's Divine Comedy in Dante's Inferno.

Do remember that a Jack the Ripper game is still unconfirmed by EA, however convincing the evidence may appear."



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Finally. It's about time someone told the true story of Jack the Ripper.



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What do you think of "Hitler - Saviour of the Jews" ?



It would make for an interesting plot twist if this is what the hero believes he is doing, and what the player is led to believe he is doing, but at the end you're found out to actually be doing exactly what Jack the Ripper is known to have done. Done properly, it could even be a scathing commentary on some of the problems found in some of the currently fashionable gaming tropes.

But this is EA; the company behind Dante's Inferno. I don't trust them to do this properly.



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MetalGearSolid_4ever said:
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What do you think of "Hitler - Saviour of the Jews" ?

Is it an exclusive?



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Well......he was the hero too in MGS 2



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That's just.... terrible. I mean... jesus christ EA.



 

I blame Wii Fit...+!!!

badgenome said:
MetalGearSolid_4ever said:
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What do you think of "Hitler - Saviour of the Jews" ?

Is it an exclusive?

Its being developed for the NES as of now. No PS360 versions have been planned.



nen-suer said:
Well......he was the hero too in MGS 2

He was. But he whined a little too much.

Good god... That sounds like rubbish. Unless it's executed in the style Millenium suggested, that would be awesome!