A Query Not To Be 'Left Behind'
There is a story being passed around the internet about Left Behind: Eternal Forces. I’ve seen it on a couple gay blogs and people are taking it as if it were gospel coming from the developers.
A demo of the game is now available to play here
Video games are already under enough fire without lies being thrown on top of them. I requested a statement from the developers, here is what they sent completely unedited after the jump.
The comments by all of those writing/involved with this blog have been done without ever having seen the game! It’s distressing to see such an egregious misrepresentation of our game. The recent comments posted from the Talk to Action article are nothing short of gross distortions and total untruths. LEFT BEHIND: Eternal Forces is a game loosely based on the first few books in the best selling Left Behind book series. These are novels that trace the adventures of those left behind when the Rapture occurs, a biblical event forecast in the Book of Revelation.
The slanted blurb about our game is carried on an anti-evangelical blog site with a clear agenda, written by someone who clearly never saw or played our game. The blogger never once contacted Left Behind Games to attempt to check any facts. Many highly respected news sources have seen our game and responded positively, such as the New York Times, LA Times and ABC World News Tonight.
The description of our game in paragraph one is totally inaccurate. The player does NOT target Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, gays, or any other group. The game is a good versus evil story, which in turn results in conflict. Players command battle scenes raging in the streets of New York City between the Tribulation Forces and the Antichrist’s forces – the Global Community Peacekeepers—during the End of Days. The Antichrist’s forces are on the warpath, actively hunting down and exterminating all resistance to his one world government. This includes the good guys – the Tribulation Force—defending themselves against Satan. The game is intended to prompt gamers to discuss important questions about life and death.
The game does not reward killing, but rather results in loss of Spirit points which are essential for winning. Yes, physical warfare is offered, but it’s not bloody, graphical or horrific. Additionally, spiritual (i.e. non lethal) warfare plays a larger role than physical warfare. The player’s goal is to save as many people as possible from the clutches of the Antichrist – not to kill them.
Although the title has not been rated yet, we expect a Teen (T) rating from the ESRB. We are not marketing this game to children, but toward a main audience of teens to adults.
The Left Behind Team
Alexander
Posted to Video Games on 31 August 2006
· Comments (4)
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It’s lovely how they managed to turn their faith into a franchise.
Personally, I’m more disturbed by the propagation of people who are looking forward to the end of the world. How fucked in the head do you have to be for that?
I think faith has been franchised well before they decided to sell a game focusing on it.
While I have no interest in playing it, more power to them. Freedom of speech, yadda yadda yadda, crap looking game.
Wait… how are there “Good Guys”? The Rapture has already happened. Everyone left is a dirty ‘lil sinner.
Christians believe that even if you are left behind afeter the rapture, you can still be saved, as long as you dont accept the mark of the beast. Also, the rapture just takes those that were christians before it cam. When it supposedly does come, the Holy Spirit(the guiding force of good in all men) will leave earth. After the tribulation, there will be a 1000 years of peace on earth, then satan will be let loose on earth for a short time, then the end of the world.
(My mom wante dme to be a priest…didnt work out her way did it? :P)