North Korea to follow Germany's model

[Papewaio]

Because as much as I am a huge fan of the Total War series, I do realise from time to time I am not playing the good guys. I might play them "better" by not ransacking each city, but the reality is that apart from pretty flags and uniforms a lot of these nations were pretty brutal and oppressive.

The mighty Samurai might have been put away well before WW II but the Bushido ethos was still in full swing. In fact by removing the Samurai side, the way of the Bushido might have become to much military and not enough servant. When a rule system is taken out of context and applied to other scenarios it wasn't intended for you end up with the likes of the massacre of Nanking.

It is a terrible thing that can happen when mobs are lead by the drums of war. It is very difficult to swim against the flow in these circumstances. It is made more difficult when we believe are leaders have all the information and are making perfect decisions based on it. The fog of war is much worse in real life then it is in any of the TW games. In TW our agents are our agents, but in real life agents can be double and triple agents, information can be suspect, false positives abound and whilst in games we have limitless strategic time, in real life time is the most precious resource with no reloads.

So whilst I realise that I'm a huge fan or modern Japan and the games of TW particularly Shogun. I am not a fan of how Japan was manipulated by itself and acted towards others during the WWII era.