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Under Siege review

It’s time to move a bit away from common games and review a bit more of an obscure game.
You know you’ve just stumbled upon a game of unparalleled quality when the cashier at a shop asks you if you’re actually sure you want to buy the game; I am telling 100% the honest truth here– this is exactly the exact scenario I faced when I picked the game “Under Siege” off the shelf. The cashier asked me

“Are you sure you really want to buy this game?”

She asked me this while she was visually noting how crappy it looked. Unlike the rest of the games it didn’t have a price tag, she had to look up the price –at around 25 US dollars the game is what you might call cheap. Covered in Arabic text it is difficult to discern exactly what the game is about, however the games outward appearance is professional enough to appease me.

Under Siege (alternatively titled Under Ash 2, as it is a sequel to Under Ash) is a game about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict; The game was released in 2004 and is produced by Afkar Media, a Syrian company that seems to specialise in media relating to the Palestine/Israel conflict.