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Ex-soldier: Emotions felt while playing BF3 are the same as real war |
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Ex-SAS soldier Andy McNab thinks that the emotions felt during a Battlefield 3 playthrough are the same things felt during real war.
"On the battlefield everybody who's normal is scared - anybody who says they aren't is lying," said McNab. "So that brings everything down to a more realistic level in that real context."
"That emotion is still there when you're playing the game. If these guys (DICE) get it right everybody becomes emotionally involved. A player doesn't want to fuck up, they want to get to the next level, and the emotion of wanting to progress is the same emotion as people in the battlefield," he continued. "We're all human. We all have emotions but they come out at different levels and with different motivations. A gamer will be as much into it as somebody on the battlefield, only in a different way. There's no illusion that he's on the battlefield; he's not wet, cold and hungry, he's at home being entertained. But the emotions are the same. The heartbeats are up."
McNab is also co-writing a Battlefield 3 novel, titled Battlefield: The Russian.
Check out the initial Battlefield 3 pre-order numbers.
via Gamerzines
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People that play games have no idea what it's like in actual action.
Just behind it as saying, "Playing 2K makes me know exactly how professional baseball players feel when they're up to bat."
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oh yeah, it's just the same. I always feel like i am going to lose an arm or leg while playing a video game safely on my couch.
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Do you fear for you life while playing the game? No.
Do you have to kill someone or see them actually being killed for real? Nope.
The emotions are not as effective as they'd be in real life.
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