If you don't recognize the character, its not just a random dude. Its a shout out to the idea of mobile gaming, and the (false) mythology that "real gaming" is a perfect and exclusive 1:1 mapping with first person shooters and no other form of interactive electronic entertainment exists, or at least is "real" gaming.
Looking at current gen consoles I think you'd have a lot of difficulty finding a pacifist console.
Although touch as a UI sounds awful for FPS games, for years/decades PC gamers with mouse/trackball and keyboard have been looking down on the console gamers stuck with hand controllers, so I imagine touch screen FPS would primarily result in the console FPS gamers finally having someone to look down on.
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I would never buy a product that promotes gun ownership.
If you don't recognize the character, its not just a random dude. Its a shout out to the idea of mobile gaming, and the (false) mythology that "real gaming" is a perfect and exclusive 1:1 mapping with first person shooters and no other form of interactive electronic entertainment exists, or at least is "real" gaming.
Looking at current gen consoles I think you'd have a lot of difficulty finding a pacifist console.
Although touch as a UI sounds awful for FPS games, for years/decades PC gamers with mouse/trackball and keyboard have been looking down on the console gamers stuck with hand controllers, so I imagine touch screen FPS would primarily result in the console FPS gamers finally having someone to look down on.