ShadowStar83x Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Bolivia is unhappy their country is being portrayed as being controlled by drug cartels in Ghost Recon: Wildlands and have filed a formal complaint with France. Ubisoft is basically saying it's just a game. The Bolivian government has also said they're considering legal action.Bolivia Files Formal Complaint to France Over Ghost Recon Wildlands - IGN Totally agree with Ubi on this one...it's just a game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Seriously its a fucking video game ................ Ubisoft must be just lauging there fucking head off when they heard this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post totallycrushed Posted March 3, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2017 Bolivia pls. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DF007gamer Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Why so mad. Bolivia is being controlled by drug cartels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurax_Urden Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 This must be a joke from Bolivia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheYuriG Posted March 3, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2017 Gonna tell Brazil to sue Rockstar for doing the same in Max Payne 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olimoo101 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 This brings me back to the Far Cry 4 box cover controversy. If the cover features a white supremacist and he acts as the main antagonist in the game that you are supposed to take down, then let it be, it's a fucking story. Video games among other things are a story-telling medium and it's the same for Ghost Recon: Wildlands. If a story wants to show Bolivia as a drug-heavy country then let it be. I really hope Ubisoft doesn't change anything in response to this unlike Far Cry 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reckscollie Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Portray Philippines in a game even in the worst way possible, we'd still be proud. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStar83x Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, olimoo101 said: This brings me back to the Far Cry 4 box cover controversy. If the cover features a white supremacist and he acts as the main antagonist in the game that you are supposed to take down, then let it be, it's a fucking story. Video games among other things are a story-telling medium and it's the same for Ghost Recon: Wildlands. If a story wants to show Bolivia as a drug-heavy country then let it be. I really hope Ubisoft doesn't change anything in response to this unlike Far Cry 4. Well, they already have responded that it's just fiction. Doesn't sound like they are. Kinda convenient of Bolivia not to complain until just before it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallycrushed Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Think of all the Russians! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubanga Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Wow this is the most pathetic thing i've heard in a while. Hold this L, Bolivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Why do they only ever seem to do this with videogames? When movies ask similar "what if" questions - "what if the Nazi's won the war?", for example - no one seems to give a hoot. As soon as a videogame attempts to go into this territory it's grounds for an international incident? I'm sure the Bolivian people have bigger concerns... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapika96 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I assume this is why games are usually set in a made up country instead of a real one eh, can't really agree with Bolivia's complaint though. It's just fiction, besides I think it's pretty cool to have a game set within your country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willstown Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I was surprised when they set this game in a real country not Fauxlivia or Madeupistan. In a country that has a very real fight with cartels and corruption I guess they are just more sensitive about portrayals like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sora9427 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Oh well Bolivia is gonna Lose. I Doubt they can do anything, the game is releasing, there shouldn't be anything really that makes this a problem plus it's all a fictionary game, seems to me hat more than Offended the Bolivian Governament is trying to get some money for itself. Plus as said by Stricken, i doubt Bolivians Cares, they ahve wayyy more Huge problems the governament is trying to avoid with this (Eih like every country :p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Anura Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Surely all it takes is a "This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is a coincidence" type quote on loading, or even in the credits. Films get away with that, not sure why a video game should be held to different standards here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon8r351 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Slow news day. I hope Bolivia gets something meaningful out of registering the complaint. It'd be amusing to see gamers pitch a bombastic fit about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myu Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Ubi must have facepalmed so hard at that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skateak Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Lol. They made a game about a virus being let go in NY, one of the most important states in the US, and nearly everyone dying. We didn't care. Did Russia get mad over the No Russian mission in Modern Warfare 2? I know there was a little snafu here in the US about it but did we ever hear from Russia personally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KratosTheMighty Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Truth hurts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 12 hours ago, skateak said: Lol. They made a game about a virus being let go in NY, one of the most important states in the US, and nearly everyone dying. We didn't care. Did Russia get mad over the No Russian mission in Modern Warfare 2? I know there was a little snafu here in the US about it but did we ever hear from Russia personally? Or Russia always being the bad guy in nearly every shooter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Se7en Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 On 03.03.2017 at 3:55 PM, skateak said: Did Russia get mad over the No Russian mission in Modern Warfare 2? I know there was a little snafu here in the US about it but did we ever hear from Russia personally? Maybe because this mission was entirely removed from the Russian version of MW2 and not so many Russians had actually played non-censored Western version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchesnscars Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 On 3/3/2017 at 4:16 AM, StrickenBiged said: Why do they only ever seem to do this with videogames? When movies ask similar "what if" questions - "what if the Nazi's won the war?", for example - no one seems to give a hoot. As soon as a videogame attempts to go into this territory it's grounds for an international incident? I'm sure the Bolivian people have bigger concerns... To be fair there was some pushback from Fast and Furious 5 with the way Brazil was depicted. However you are right this traditionally happens to video games mainly because no "big name" person or corporation ever defends video games. In the 90's there were always groups trying to ban things in movies but the studios and actors stood together and always got the noise reduced. That support structure doesn't exist for games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigma999 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Why so mad ? It's supposed to be a fictional depiction of Bolivia in a damn game or is the government of Bolivia actually afraid that Ubisoft hit right in the nail and it's describing what actually happens in the country? Who knows ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittygirl2010 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Haha, wow, seriously? That's just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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