8 Ridiculous Video Game Premises That Make No Sense
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The premise: Following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, son and heir Kim Jong-un assumes the role, with his first order of business being to reunite the two fractured halves of the Korean Peninsula to form the Greater Korean Republic, or GKR, for short.
At the same time, the USA, contending with a catastrophic bird flu epidemic and a dwindling supply of oil, has gone into financial meltdown, prompting the country's slow descent into becoming a dark, dystopic version of its former self.
The perfect scenario for an invasion, according to the GKR.
Why it makes no sense: Putting aside the almost prophetic mentioning of Kim Jong-il's death, Kaos Studios didn't get any of its other assumptions correct. Kim Jong-un did succeed his father, but reunification with South Korea was the last thing on his mind.
That's, of course, assuming that South Korea would have any interest in hostilities against the U.S., of all nations, considering their strong diplomatic relationship coupled with an uneasy truce with its Northern neighbour.
But even ignoring all of the real-world inconsistences, why, in a million years, would any conquest-driven dictator want to invade a disease-ridden, bankrupt country that had nothing of value to surrender?
Kim Jong-un's many things, but stupid isn't one of them.