Introducing China’s answer to America’s Army:Glorious Mission

Commissioned by the People's Republic of China, Glorious Mission has you recruited into, to face and shoot down American soldiers in fictional combat scenarios. Sound familiar? Yes, this is basically the scenario behind America's Army, only everything is reversed and seen from China's point of view. 

A flat out copy of first person shooters as primarily developed in the West, Glorious Mission is a copy of America's Army in the most meaningful ways. Like AA, all the little details, such as weapons and vehicles used are accurate to what the Chinese military are using. Like AA, Glorious Mission is marketed to youths with a clear slant towards right-wing propaganda, maybe even more than its Western equivalent. Finally, early this year, Glorious Mission was made public.

Don't expect to get a try at it yourself, however, because unlike America's Army, Glorious Mission seems to have IP locks that don't allow outsiders beyond the frontpage. A blogger has said the game has production values comparable to commercial FPSes like Call of Duty, but gameplay wise is actually closer to Operation Flashpoint, which has vehicular and real-time tactics segments.

If anything, at the very least, the government's sponsorship of the game and decision to release it to the public for free shows softening attitudes towards video games. It would be very hard to not look hypocritical banning game consoles from entering the country due to the alleged violence it depicts, and yet be marketing this to the same Chinese youth the government claims to protect.

We earlier reported China's first steps in opening up the country to console games in Shanghai's free trade zone.

Source: NeoGAF