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[nenjin]

I'll believe it when they actually move troops to the border. NK has done this so many times just in my life time, it's rather like the Boy Who Cried Wolf. This isn't the first time they've said stuff like this, both to pressure the international community and manipulate its citizenry.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

ptw

[Mlamlah]

North Korea is hyped so much as the evil villain that could prove a danger to the rest of the world, but their military technology is laughable. They spend most of their budget on guns and they *still* don't have much better than wwII era weaponry. If war happens they will be curb-stomped into submission pretty quickly.

[10ebbor10]

North Korea is hyped so much as the evil villain that could prove a danger to the rest of the world, but their military technology is laughable. They spend most of their budget on guns and they *still* don't have much better than wwII era weaponry. If war happens they will be curb-stomped into submission pretty quickly.

Yup, we knoz. NK isn't the problem. The first strike and the aftermath are. Remember, they got nuclear weaponry, and a whole lot of ww2 artillery aimed at Seoul.

[Neonivek]

The thing is that ebbor has it right

It has nothing to do with whether or not North Korea can take over the world.

It is that North Korea is powerful enough to actually hurt people before we could stop them.

It is why we would be concerned with a psychopath with a rifle even if we have surrounded him with cops. He can still shoot someone dead.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'm pretty sure exactly nobody believes that North Korea can take over the world.

[Sir Finkus]

WW2 Weaponry is still pretty darn scary.  I don't think we have anything that can destroy bunkers built into the middle of mountains or thousands of artillery shells flying towards Seoul.

Sure, we'd win eventually, but it would be messy as fuck.  Don't expect the civilians to be on our side either.

It won't be so bad if you live overseas, but people in South Korea, and to a lesser extent, Japan could be in trouble.

[Darvi]

I'm pretty sure exactly nobody believes that North Korea can take over the world.

North Korea does.

[mcclay]

The guys that made homefront did.

Homefront was originally about China.

[Sir Finkus]

I'm pretty sure exactly nobody believes that North Korea can take over the world.

North Korea does.

As far as I've seen, they have no interest in world domination.  Most of their propaganda revolves around unification with the South and independence from the influence of other countries.  Juche is a very Korean centric philosophy. 

[MaximumZero]

Isn't Seoul one of the most technologically advanced places on the planet? Why haven't they just set up the Beehive Barrier yet? Warning: Tvtropes link. Also, I'm just posting to watch.

[Strife26]

WW2 Weaponry is still pretty darn scary.  I don't think we have anything that can destroy bunkers built into the middle of mountains or thousands of artillery shells flying towards Seoul.

Sure, we'd win eventually, but it would be messy as fuck.  Don't expect the civilians to be on our side either.

It won't be so bad if you live overseas, but people in South Korea, and to a lesser extent, Japan could be in trouble.

And the not inconsiderable number of US troops over there as well

[MetalSlimeHunt]

On the bright side, a non-inconsiderable portion of the Seventh Fleet is probably already prepared to bomb NK's side of the DMZ to dust at a moment's notice.

[Strife26]

They're not all that prevalent, I'd argue. Spec ops and Medal of Honor, for example. However, showing the homeland and it's familiar sights is a fairly easy way to build tension and purpose into a game.

[10ebbor10]

The guys that made homefront did.

Homefront was originally about China.

Evidently they changed their ideas, then.

Also, why is it in FPSes, America always gets invaded by a cold-war enemy? Mainly, Russia or China?

Because being invaded by Belgium seems significantly less likely.

Basically games are based on movies which were based on earlier movies about the cold war.