12 Video Games That Will Change How You See The World

The prevalent theme of deglamorising war continues where Captain Walker and Delta Force perform a recon mission through a sandier-than-usual and devastated Dubai.

The game focuses on the post-traumatic stress disorder experienced by so many soldiers as Walker experiences endless tragedies as soldiers fire on them, mistaking them for enemy CIA operatives, and Walker orders white phosphorous dropped on innocent civilians.

It is the latter moment that often defines the game, over and above its twist ending. Not only is the phosphorous bombing the moment that Walker’s hallucinations begin as his mind seeks to protect him from his terrible actions, but the player is made to witness the hideous effects of their actions by walking among the bodies.

The game goes all Fight Club on us as Walker invents Konrad, his own Tyler Durden-like opposite, who once found, is nothing but a corpse, forcing Walker to confront the reality that he is responsible for the deaths of so many innocent people.

Reality is a funny thing, and far more subjective than we would collectively admit. Video games can tell stories in a way that far removes us from our own world and that reality, but should they choose to, hammering down the fourth wall can leave a permanent mark on how we view the world around us.