Should Video Games Strive for Realism?

<p>It seems with each passing year&comma; video games are striving for realism&period; Incorporating real-world problems&comma; making political statements&comma; and social commentary&period; Recently&comma; a new  Call of Duty game was announced and its announcement trailer has quite stirred up a storm&period; Matter in fact&comma; if you go to any <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;m1kfCGjOaSw" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">youtube channel<&sol;a> displaying the trailer&semi; you will find loads of comments talking about the political message it&&num;8217&semi;s making&period; As well as people pointing out the irony that Activision boasts&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Know your history&&num;8221&semi;&comma; but then&comma; removes a historical scene to appease China&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-163006 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;09&sol;05163910&sol;cod&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; this got us thinking&colon; Should video games strive realism&quest; Striving to make players think and feel&comma; instead of&comma; being mindless fun that will kill 8 hours of the day&period; However&comma; not everyone is down for that&period; Many gamers believe video games should just focus on being fun de-stressers&period; In this video&comma; we will be debating&sol;discussing if video games should incorporate more realism or remain to its original core&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kick back&comma; relax&comma; and grab some popcorn&period; Enjoy the debate&sol;discussion&period; Keep in mind&comma; everything said here is our thoughts and feelings&period; We do not represent the entirety of BagoGames&period; If you disagree with anything&comma; then please leave it down in the comment section below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out our other content&excl; Including <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;podcasts&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">podcast episodes<&sol;a> and the latest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;reviews&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">game reviews<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;