Raji: An Ancient Epic is a running and jumping puzzle game drawing on Hindu and Balinese history. It sheds light on the Viking era and allows players to discover more about the history and traditions of the time. Discovery Tour: Viking Age is set in Britain and Norway, around 870 AD. ![]() Discovery Tour is a special mode that uses the worlds created for the main Assassin’s Creed games to offer an historical exploration experience. Other game recreate a time periods' architecture and culture so you can explore it first hand. In Return of the Obra Dinn you revisit the moment of death of 60 sailors on an ancient ship and use evidence to piece together their identity and what happened. In Heaven’s Vault you play an archaeologist translating an ancient alien language whose decrypting weaves through an unfolding drama. There are other games that introduce historical techniques and tools. Treasures of the Aegean is a Tin Tin-style tomb raiding adventure game with a surprisingly accurate bronze age Aegean civilisation. The Forgotten City is a mystery adventure set in the final days of a cursed Roman city. Through the Darkest of Times is a strategy game that conveys the sombre mood of the dark period of history between January 1933 and May 1945. Or, like in This War of Mine, what is was like for those caught up in conflict as civilians.īeyond warfare, games offer a wide array of accurate depictions of different civilisations and eras. This might also be offering the player to experience battles not from the perspective of the victors. This might be something as simple as accurately creating period-appropriate weapons and uniforms, like in War Thunder or Enlisted. There are, however, all sorts of games that use history as more than window dressing. Many games do treat historic periods or military battles to embellish the visuals with a realism. Video games are sometimes criticised for pillaged historical cultural contexts as places to pitch their shooting battles. In a small way they can help us grow in our sensitivity and awareness of these issues. ![]() The games in this list address ethnic, religious and nationalistic themes, but in a way that shines a light on discrimination and injustice. This content is always restricted to a PEGI 18 rating (and likely to infringe national criminal laws)." You won't see this on any game because the game would also be breaking the law. It indicates that the "game contains depictions of ethnic, religious, nationalistic or other stereotypes likely to encourage hatred. The logo on this page is the PEGI Discrimination descriptor. Games where you play the underprivileged or discriminated against, not only provide information about how these unjust imbalances exist in the world, but (to some extent) what it feels like to be on the receiving end of discrimination. There are many games that invite us to step into the shoes of the disempowered. These power fantasies are exciting and exhilarating. Games often offer us the chance to step into the shoes of powerful and fantastical characters.
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