Six Days in Fallujah was announced earlier this year as coming to Xbox at some point in 2021, and a new gameplay trailer gives us a first proper look at how it'll function, along with more details on what to expect.
In an IGN exclusive trailer, developers Victura and Highwire Games brought in military veteran Sgt. Jason Kyle to recap on some of his experiences in Fallujah. From his accounts, the gameplay takes a heavy tactical approach, as it's seen players will carefully sweep rooms for hostiles, issue commands, and have each firefight take place in a procedurally generated world - giving the effect that you don't know the environment, much like the real veterans involved. The latter is something the teams went a bit more in detail with in a press release:
"To simulate the uncertainty and danger of urban combat, Highwire Games and Victura invested more than three years building technologies that allow a modern game engine to assemble every room in every building procedurally, along with the dynamic AI and sound systems needed to support game environments that do not remain static.
In Six Days in Fallujah, every map is a new map, so players never know what to expect. While mission objectives and events are consistent with the true stories, every scenario becomes a unique experience each time players restart, ensuring no game ever plays the same way twice."
Working on the project is studio Highwire Games, which is partly made up of former Halo and Destiny developers. IGN has also uploaded an in-depth interview with two of those creators working on Six Days in Fallujah, explaining how they wanted to make it a "playable documentary". We have no word on when the game is due to hit consoles, but marketing for the game seems to be slowly ramping up, so we may hear more details soon.
Are you interested in Six Days in Fallujah? Let us know in the comments below.
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I mean, I know there's plenty of controversy around this and it may not be in the best taste, but I think that looks damn good
I just hear people complaining about it being politically incorrect, but my main issue is that it looks kinda dull.
@Tothington91 what is the controversy? I’m just now hearing about the game.
@PuppyToucher it’s based on a real battle during the Iraq war and people are worried about how the game is going to portray it.
@PuppyToucher highly recommend Rebekah Valentine's article covering this the other day, really good read https://www.ign.com/articles/six-days-in-fallujah-is-complicated-and-painful-for-those-connected-to-the-real-events
Gameplay-wise, Insurgency: Sandstorm blows this out of the water from the looks of it. It'll be interesting if the final game is any better.
@PuppyToucher
It's mostly manufactured controversy by games journalists. The battle of Fallujah reportedly involved several war crimes by the US military (in real life). These developers have simply chosen not to include that in the game, for the simple reason that they're depicting the experiences of a handful of soldiers who they've worked with on the game, and those soldiers had nothing to do with the warcrimes, so there's no particular reason they would include it.
Games journos are saying that's unacceptable, and you have to use your game to badmouth the US army (something they're obviously not gonna do, given that they were former soldiers)
@SteveButler2210 that article was a good read, thanks!
@Dezzy finally got around to watching the trailer and I see what you mean about the game looking dull.
Really looking forward to seeing the final game.
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