A game so realistic that the community screams at Scam

Two elements can explain the confusion of Internet users. First, the first -person view, which embarks the player in a police officer’s bodycam. This is the goal of the studio behind this FPS project. “” “Unrecord is a tactical shooting game where players can expect an immersive and narrative experience. […] The scenario can be compared to a detective novel or a thriller. The player will have to investigate several criminal cases and face a diverse distribution of characters“Describes the studio team on their website. Before adding: “The intrigue and presentation of the game will be at the heart of the game experience, and players can anticipate a range of game sequences as well as many twists and turns».

Realistic games

A few days ago, the Unrecord shooter caused a sensation for its ultra realistic images but did not fail to raise some concerns: is it too realistic ?

“” Wait, I really find it hard to believe that this is a real video game »; At the sight of the images of Unrecord, the first reactions were almost unanimous. A few days ago, the French studio Drama, formed by Spindler and Théo Hiribarne (Aka Foda C, one of the two members of the Columbine rap group), showed the public the snippets of a unreal engine 5 creation that she left the canvas speechless. The experience is that of a first -person shooting game in “bodycam” view, the camera being fixed to the shoulder of a police officer on the field. In addition to a real visual concept that knows how to be talked about, Unrecord would also offer a narrative and immersive experience punctuated by complex dialogues, innovative mechanisms and moral dilemmas. A proposal so ambitious that some hastened to cry fake. Supporting video catches, the lead program Alexandre Spindler is therefore behind the scenes of development on its Twitter account in order to ensure the veracity of the project. On the steam page of the game, the team insists: “The game is developed on Unreal Engine 5, and the game sequences are captured from an executable and played using a keyboard and a mouse». At the same time, IGN journalists got their hands on an old version of the game dating from 2022; result : “So we downloaded it to see if this game was authentic or if it was a hoax. It turns out that the game is indeed real and that it is one of the most realistic games we have seen». And while suspicion is erased, this is another question that rises on the networks, among those who felt a certain discomfort in view of the trailer: “Isn’t this video game too realistic ?»

Too realistic for our good ?

On Twitter, the debate is started. Trainwreck, co-owner of the Livestream Kick chain, starts:

I will have a lot of hatred for that – but this level of realism in video games should be highly moderate in * shooters * for anyone * below a certain age *, I hope that the parents will do their job. This level of realism to shoot and kill makes me uncomfortable as if I were looking at a real leak in a military or police operation. The clear distinction between true and false is necessary, but this level of realism, in my opinion, gives real credibility to the absurdities that politicians have deleted for years on video games conditioning young people lose the sense of empathy towards trends or violent situations.

Many, like Trainwreck, feel a palpable discomfort while discovering Unrecord, suggesting that violence becomes a little too palpable to their taste here. “” “I have never seen a game showing someone die out of way so realistic”Answers the modernwarzone Twitter account. In France, Streamer Wartek, yet well used to shooters, says: “I do not think it is a good thing that a game, where the goal is to kill people, is as close to reality». Quite similar opinion on the side of Axel Dauvergne, marketing manager at Playdigious, who nevertheless accuses the content of the game of being the heart of the problem: ” ” ” The concern is not photorealism here, it is The subject of the game attached to it.” You’re a cop killing people without summons, you’re not investigating. (. ) If it had been yet another zombie thing it would have been infinitely less disturbing.””

A matter of gender

A few hours after Unrecord’s announcement, another game in bodycam caused a sensation on the canvas: paranormal tales, horror title whose images of the new trailer are so realistic that they will probably cause you some cold sweats. Halfway between Blair Witch and The Conjuring, the game offers a Found-Footage type experience including image distortion and low light. The whole rests on one of the following pitchs: you play a man who lost his dog Teddy in the forest and must thus start looking for him. Problem, the unfortunate seems to come across a haunted house occupied by an entity that does not frankly look very frankly convenient. And if the experience seems so real that it would make the dead tremble, no one seems to accuse the studio of too much realism. It is therefore the correlation between photorealism and the experience of a police shoot that seems to disturb.

Unrecord’s scenario can be compared “to a detective novel or a thriller”, Is it indicated on the steam page of the game. “” “It could be described as a mixture of firewatch and ready or not». The player will have to investigate several cases and confront various characters. No Manichean vision of criminal acts and police violence will be present during experience certifies the studio which does not deny the discomfort that their images are likely to arouse.

We respect and also understand people who may feel disturbed by images of the game. Art cannot fight interpretation.

Justifying the uncommous content of the game would be a spoiler, and you will discover the orientation of themes by yourself. The public generally trusts the authors of films, series and novels on intelligence from the point of view when it comes to detective, gangsters or police stories. Why not for a video game ? If the game presents political messages, they will be made consciously or in your interpretation. If the game is intended to be subversive in some countries, we will assume the label.

A ball in the foot ?

Bunty photorealism requires, the images of Unrecord crossed the borders until making the headlines of the Daily Mail. “” “The most realistic first -person shooting game that is aroused concerns, which leads some to wonder if that is what America really needs at the moment ” Published the media in a local context where the media coverage of the violence of video games is already well established and has gained considerable scale following the massacre of Littleton, on April 20, 1999, when two students from the Columbine high school, one being Video game lover, opened fire on their comrades and teachers; An era during which in just seven days, the New York Times will have published sixteen articles devoted to the responsibility of the video game in the killing (Source: Olivier Mauco). The Daily Mail article relays the comment of Trainwreck: “A Twitter user said that the tactical shooting game”gives real credibility to the absurdities that politicians have deleted for years on video games that condition young people “, Pressing the disturbing side of the images. Let us recall that the latest studies still do not demonstrate any link between violent games practiced during adolescence and violent behavior in adulthood. According to Richard PESERSY, author of the very cult spec ops: The Line and his overwhelming experience, “People are not going to get upset against you . If what you do is consistent with the game universe». Let’s wait to see what degree this formality applies with unrecord.

A game so realistic that the community screams at Scam

A FPS more true than life. “” “Too realistic ”, “” “scary“,”amazing“,”false video“, Last week, many Internet users reacted to the new trailer ofUnrecord, A tactical FPS of the French Drama studio, still in development. The video, which combines more than 2 million views on YouTube, reveals from the first images the facade of an abandoned building and covered with tags, as well as a black border in a circle, which recalls gopro amateur videos. But it is above all the levels of details that intrigue, to the point that many Internet users have questioned the very authenticity of the trailer.

An unexpected buzz, to whom the creative director of the studio, Alexandre Spindler responded. The latter defended the project by revealing a video of the game directly in the Unreal Engine 5 development software. “” “For those who thought Unrecre was a false or a video, sorry”He wrote on Twitter on April 20. The Lead Programmer also said that the new game “is not a shooter or an FMV (a pre -recorded video, editor’s note), It is indeed an FPS and these images come from the gameplay in real time, not pre-reports».

A promising FPS

Two elements can explain the confusion of Internet users. First, the first -person view, which embarks the player in a police officer’s bodycam. This is the goal of the studio behind this FPS project. “” “Unrecord is a tactical shooting game where players can expect an immersive and narrative experience. […] The scenario can be compared to a detective novel or a thriller. The player will have to investigate several criminal cases and face a diverse distribution of characters“Describes the studio team on their website. Before adding: “The intrigue and presentation of the game will be at the heart of the game experience, and players can anticipate a range of game sequences as well as many twists and turns».

Then, the game benefits from a development under Unreal Engine 5, the latest version of the video game engine deployed a year ago and which promises a real technological advance in graphics. At the end of April, Epic Games, owner of the software, also unveiled version 5.2 During the Game Developers Conference 2023 (GDC) in California.

If some Internet users still doubt the authenticity of the trailerUnrecord, Others hope that the studio will hold its promises. Especially since such a level of graphics will certainly ask players to have adequate equipment. For the moment, it is possible to add the game on the wish list on the Steam page, but the release date is still “to be determined».

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