BigKahuna said:

Seconded. Snake Plissken for the win.

Wow, I can't believe people got out of sorts about this.  Come on!  It is fiction.  Did it really matter if the USA was the bad guy in this game?  DId the original story really need to be changed anyway? 

Also, just in case it was not addressed, Fortress America is a real term.  It concerns the fact that we are surrounded by two big ass oceans and there are not many ways to effectively attack the USA.  Mostly a WWII and Cold War idea, but it created NORAD and other parts of our defense.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_North_America

I used to have the original game.  All I remember about it was that it was boring.  Now I see FFG has it now.  And someone didn't like the backstory.  So I read the backstory as it is now (March 21, 2012) and it just sounds so boring, here we go again with this game.  But then I read the quote of the original backstory and I'm like, "Yes!"  World War III!!!  Stop the Americans from vaporizing another capital city on the globe using any means necessary!!!

But no, the backstory now is just so tame. 

Shonner said:

I know. They need to release two back-story cards: one with the original text and one with the new. Burn one and keep the other, or both.

Tromdial said:

There you go.  Problem solved.

Shonner said:

Thank you. I'd like to think the problem is solved, but the world however is not always a simple place, ala Fortress America.

Darkeus said:

Apparently there are two countries that border the USA, one called "Canada" to the north, and one called "Mexico" to the south.

(I only mention this because I'm not convinced that all Americans are aware of it.)

waging_war said:

As a Canadian myself, I suspect that not only would most Canadians play it, but we'd be damn proud to be taken seriously as a military superpower villain!

 Hear hear! (a fellow Canuck).

 i like the back story.     I think the sushi jalapeno war would be a good game to remake too.      in that one japan, america, the republic of Texas, and south america invade mexico …no mexico player but you would have to fight their armies and each other and nukes could be dropped..the rules where poorly written however.

in that one mexico declares the entire pacific ocean sovereign territory and then arrests all the Japanese fishermen which they proceed to execute.  Imperialist Japan invades in retaliation along with south american allies.  The united states counter invades under the guise of protecting Mexico from Japanese Imperialism along with their republic of Texas allies.   it had some interesting rules involving politics with the U'N on the american side and other things.  

I really enjoy these alternative history/ speculative future games…..I am really happy FFG made this game and I hope I have the mon ey to buy it when it comes out

This made me shed a tear for the gaming industry. And the OP of this thread just irked me. I swear a game that had a fresh feeling for it. FFG broke free of a mold long set with games, a mold where America is always the good guys. I mean why is perfectly fine for America to be breaking in China's door or Russia or the middle east in games, but the second America is the bad guy, people go up in arms, it makes me sad that they changed it. Now I haven't the slightest how much this game has made, I have no idea how much it wouldn't have made if it had have kept it's previous background. (Although those that wouldn't buy it because America is the bad guys aren't true gamers) I know they have to make money but I still get sad that they had to change it for the whiny (I'm assuming slightly racist or overly patriotic) minority. It annoys me that the OP would have had no problem buying the original game if it had have been Russia stirring crap up. But because the close minded individual can't break out of the stereotypes society has given him he can't see a true gem past because he couldn't see past 'America is the bad guy for once'.

Spyderslicer said:

Well, maybe FFG as an US based company HAS to be patriotic to be successful in its main (the US) market. I dont think that the TO is alone in his irrational attitude. I am sure USA is full of such nationalistic blockheads. And FFG tries not to loose them as customers. Corp money first, then ethics. I would not wonder if the writer of the first (much more original) backstory has been fired now or had some serious problems with his FFG boss after publishing it on the net.

Buster Freely said:

Yeah, but ironically those countries do not count in teh Fortress America plans. 

I guess they figure that Mexico and Canada wouldn't have a chance against us. 

[q] Yeah, but ironically those countries do not count in teh Fortress America plans. [/q]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but it most asuredly looks like the Southern Invader comes across the border from Mexico. The invasion zones may be colored blue there, but according to my world map this is the location of Mexico.

 I guess CanaDUH as a ‘serious’ threat really WOULD be a Sci-Fi game!!! Ha, ha…I can see us standing (or rather dying) proudly side to side with our Socialist brothers, the ESP, and their state of the art hovertanks and our pathetic Sea King helicopters from 50 years ago! Fortunately for CanaDUH there is no naval units in the game, I think our vintage Korean War Frigates (and all we have is Frigates and Destroyers)  would all get a well deserved rest in the Davy Jones Locker.