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FURSAN ALAQSA - ABOUT THE GAME


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Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque® is a Third Person Action Game on which you play as Ahmad al-Falastini, a young Palestinian Student who was unjustly tortured and jailed by Israeli Soldiers for 5 years, had all his family killed by an Israeli Airstrike and now, after getting out from the prison, seeks revenge against those who wronged him, killed his family and stolen his homeland, by joining a new Palestinian Resistance Movement called Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque®.

This game is greatly inspired by Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Insurgency Sandstorm, Max Payne and Goldeneye 007.

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FURSAN ALAQSA - ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT


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This game is being developed since 2017 by one person (me, Nidal Nijm, licensed Unreal Engine Developer), in a custom version of UDK Engine (Unreal Engine 3), using the best technology to tell a compelling story through a videogame packed with non stop action, advanced 3D graphics and modern gameplay mechanics, while keeping the soul of Old School Shooters.

You will play in missions across ground, sea and sky, with many objectives to accomplish in each mission, epic bosses battles, powerful guns, vehicles to drive, helicopters to take down, and much more. Expect a LOT of Action and Adrenaline!!!

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FURSAN ALAQSA - CHANGING PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE


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Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque® is a game which addresses the Israel x Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective, breaking the cliché of portraying Muslim and Arabs as Terrorists, Bandits, Villains and the Americans/Israelis as the "Good Guys" and "Heroes" of History. This is the first game in the games industry which addresses such a sensitive topic, in a realistic way, showing the other side of history, which is very unknown by people, mostly here on west.

FURSAN ALAQSA PRESSKIT


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"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free..."

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DISCLAIMER: All the Characters, Art and Storylines depicted in this game are purely the work of fiction. Any similarity to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The plot of this game is a fictional history inspired by real facts. Even the political and military groups depicted on the game are fictional. In this game, the player does not shoot Israeli civilians, women, children, elderly, only soldiers. Also in this game there are NO images of sexual content, illicit drugs, religious desecration, hate of speech against any group, ethnicity or religion, anti-Semitist propaganda against Jews, Nazi propaganda or boasting of any terrorist groups and / or other unlawful acts. This game only contains the virtual representation of the Palestinian Resistance Movement against the Israeli Military Occupation, which is officially recognized by the United Nations (UN). This game was approved to release by Brazillian's Government Justice Department, Age Rating Sector.


Fursan al-Aqsa Requirements

  • Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 32-bit
  • 2.0+ GHz Processor
  • 6 GB system RAM
  • Shader Model 4 compatible Video Card with 512MB RAM
  • DirectX Version 9.0c
  • 19 GB free Hard Drive space
  • Playstation 3 Console with Custom Firmware or HEN (Homebrew Enabler)
  • Xbox360 Console with RGH (Reset Glitch Hack)

IMPORTANT: FOR PS3/XBOX360 YOU MUST SET THE VIDEO RESOLUTION OUTPUT TO 480p 16:9 ON YOUR CONSOLES CONFIGURATIONS MENU (also set on your TV the image aspect ratio to 16:9), OTHERWISE THE GAME WILL CRASH!!!​

IMPORTANTE: É NECESSÁRIO MUDAR AS CONFIGURAÇÕES DA RESOLUÇÃO DE EXIBIÇÃO DO PS3/XBOX360 PARA 480p 16:9 NAS CONFIGURAÇÕES DO CONSOLE ​(DEFINA TAMBÉM NA SUA TV A PROPORÇÃO DA IMAGEM PARA 16:9), SENÃO O GAME VAI DAR CRASH!!!

Fursan al-Aqsa® is a Registered Trademark of Nidal Nijm Games © 2022, all rights reserved.

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Steam Winter Sales begins tommorrow. This is the biggest season sales event on Steam, and, for this reason, I decided to give again a HUGE discount for my game (50% Off). Do not forget that you are buying 2 games in 1 package (Fursan al-Aqsa Classic and Fursan al-Aqsa Remake).

Both games are fun and unique, while Fursan al-Aqsa Classic plays more like a tactical retro-shooter, which makes you feel like a Palestinian Solid Snake, Fursan al-Aqsa Remake makes you feel like a Bad Ass Palestinian Max Payne on Steroids, by allowing you to kick ass of IDF Soldiers in the most creative and funny ways.

Here you can check the latest steam reviews for my game, from other gamers (these reviews are more honest than the reviews of sites like IGN and Gamespot):

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Politics aside, this game is very fun to play, since it has some memorable and over the top action moments which will trully make you feel immersed in the gameplay experience, alongside with its unique Soundtrack, Classical Palestinian Resistance Songs which help to create the mood for this game. And if you check Fursan al-Aqsa Remake last update (Ultra Realistic Mode), you will have too many laughs 😂


I added diapers for the IDF soldiers and fart sounds, just like they do in real life 😂

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I plan to make this a season update, and remove it on the next update, Nablus Mission, unless you want to keep this. The decision is up to you!

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Last, but not least, I ask this for the almost 20k users who whishlisted my game, please, buy Fursan al-Aqsa now on Steam Winter Sales! This is the best moment to support my game, since now another campaign against my game started on Social Media, so supporting my game shows to these haters that this game has thousands of players and supporters around the world.

P.S: If you did not vote on my game yet, please, do not miss the last 3 hours of Indie of the Year Competition here in IndieDB:

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Best regards,
Nidal Nijm, a.k.a "The most BASED game developer on Steam".

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Fursan al-Aqsa Steam Autumn Sales, Steam Awards and Sniper Rifle Gameplay

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Fursan al-Aqsa Remake - Nablus Preview - The Lions' Den

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This is a Work in Progress of the next mission I am working on for the most BASED indiegame on steam, the Batle of Nablus.

Fursan al-Aqsa Classic Episode 2: Battle of al-Aqsa Mosque

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This is a brand new update for Fursan al-Aqsa Classic, the most BASED indie game on Steam!

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Fursan al-Aqsa Remake Demo

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This is the Demo version of Fursan al-Aqsa Remake, the most BASED game of ALL times!!!

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This MOD is intended for noobs :) who are not hardcore gamers and think Fursan al-Aqsa is HARD. So this is the Easy Mode, added as a custom MOD.

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This MOD changes the default player model to Kratos from God of War 4 and adds a new weapon on the game, the Leviathan, which replaces the knife. It also...

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These are the Modding Tools for Fursan al-Aqsa Game with a complete tutorial on how to create and share mods for this game.

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This MOD changes the AK-47 bullets by RPG7 rockets making it the most powerful weapon of this game.

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This MOD changes the default player to an Islamic Soldier from times of the great Mujahid Salahudeen.

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37242rh2
37242rh2

I always find it funny how some people go "oh, this is propaganda!" every time they see any piece of content that is in support of the situation of the Palestinian people.

Really people? Open your eyes, the world is not just black and white. This is a conflict that has been going on for decades and there are so many different topics and events that play into it.

Israel is not just "trying to get rid of Hamas". They have a long history of human rights violations against the Palestinian people, that have been heavily documented and spoken about many times in the United Nations conferences.

It is a known fact, even before the war, that they have been actively surpressing the Palestinian people and causing a constant state of unrest in the Gaza Strip. If you really want to have opinions that are "propaganda free", then take a deeper look into the history of all of this.

You can still not support Hamas killing innocent people and at the same time condemn the Israeli government for their unethical objectives & constant bombings of innocent kids.

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RolanNolan
RolanNolan

-The game is marketed as a game that "addresses the Israel x Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective, breaking the cliché of portraying Muslim and Arabs as [the 'bad guys'] and the Americans/Israelis as [the 'good guys']."

-The summary section includes a heading that says "FURSAN ALAQSA - CHANGING PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE", another heading that says "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free", and a poster that says "Palestine WILL BE FREE".

-The tagline for this game is "The most BASED game of ALL times!"

-In this video: Youtube.com , the developer plays crying sounds with pictures of crying Israeli soldiers with the words "**** OFF *ZIONISTS* AND LET THEM *SEETHE* AND *CRY*" (the words in asterisks are *highlighted* in the video) and "FOR THE BEST EXPERIENCE AND TO INCREASE THE BASED FACTOR IT IS RECOMMENDED TO PLAY THIS GAME INSIDE BUSES AND AIRPLANES".

-There are achievements that explicitly reward you for killing a specific, real-world, present-day group of people: Zionists; examples include "Kill 10 Zionists...", "Kill 3 Zionists...", and "Feed a shark with zionist meat...". (BTW, I have never seen that in any game ever, especially the well-known ones that get referenced here.)

-This comment section, as well as the reviews on Steam, revolve more around the Israeli–Palestinian conflict than the game itself, and most people who like the game like it because it's from the Palestinian perspective.

-In addition, the developer entertains this political commentary by joining in it rather than keeping to just the game; I haven't seen the developer anywhere say "just focus on the game, not outside politics."

So... if all of that isn't propaganda... then I don't what is...

You're treating the word "propaganda" as a pejorative, and therefore, don't want to say it's propaganda because... that would be bad! But you can say it's propaganda and still support it, especially considering that's very clearly the point of the game (because, again, it is marketed that way).

And, not to be rude to the developer, but I doubt the reason your game's not getting more attention is because of it's message. In my opinion, the game's just not attractive *as a game* in general, and you blaming it not getting more attention just because of censorship or politics completely ignores that. In other words, if this game was completely *void* of any political message, the game would probably still get no attention, and, if anything, get *less* attention because it would no longer appeal to the Palestinian viewpoint.

Again, I'm not trying to be rude: I have followed this game for a years and even recognize all the UDK/UT3 assets you used in the UE3 version because I used to use UDK, myself. So, focusing on just the game itself, it just doesn't look good.

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udkultimate Creator
udkultimate

But now I switched to UE4, and I am making the game better and more polished. There are people who enjoy the game because its political point of view, but with the Remake, players began to enjoy it even more, because the updated gameplay mechanics.

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Zahav88
Zahav88

There are no Palestinian people, a fake political nation created largely by Kremlin in sixties and seventies. This bastard does not even live in Israel, Gaza, West Bank, lives in somewhere in Brazil. Will probably never see his beloved Al Aqsa/Temple Mount in his lifetime, like I did when I dont even live there. At least the bloodfirsty Arab lives far away across the ocean and probably will never experience all the violence on himself.

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udkultimate Creator
udkultimate

Cope harder *******!!!

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The_Preacher
The_Preacher

Kralich/David

This guy now insults other people directly just because his views are opposite of others. Thats absolutely not ok.

There were also mods here that were removed for far less.

Personally, I think moddb should have zero tolerance for various political / religious / ideological stuff, except when put strictly within the boundaries of the game and kept there, not going outside of it. At this point there are many trolls and brainwashed folks with negative agendas on moddb using it as their own outlet. But as said, this bar has lowered already, some mods were removed for far less and as that bar is lowered, same criteria should be applied everywhere.

Moddb should be a place for gaming content and discussion, and not a place where religious or ideological fanatics come to promote their ideas. Sure, one can make any game they want to and put on any platform... but some devs really want to stretch their political agendas and brainwashing into their titles.

Heck, even if this was some good solid game, one would even maybe understand, but at most its a subpar, below average title which only "quality" is a claim of its author that its somehow "based". But truly based titles are ones that have actual good gameplay and story, and this title doesnt have either.

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udkultimate Creator
udkultimate

First of all, I am thankful for having my game published here in IndieDB/ModDB and all other platforms. By the way, my game even earned last year a honorable mention on the players choice (Players Choice - Indie of the Year 2022):

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I never insulted anyone here, in first place. But sometimes I answer them in the same way they make some very offensive comments against me, my person, my religion.

Do you think this comment here is ok?

"This bastard does not even live in Israel, Gaza, West Bank, lives in somewhere in Brazil"

Secondly, I am not responsible for what others say and publish here, I know that some of my game's supporter sometimes exaggerate on their comments, sometimes many comments are very offensive, but, again, I am not responsible for what others say.

Thirdly, I am not pushing "a political agenda" through my game. I am yes, making a pro-palestine game, in the same way Activision made a game pro-USA Military game, Call of Duty Series. It is nothing different, I just flipped the actors.

Last, but not least, as for your comment "its a subpar, below average title which only "quality" is a claim of its author that its somehow based", this is your opinion, and I respect your opinion, which I am sure it is just because you do not agree with the game's political message (I doubt you ever played my game). However, this is not the opinion of thousands of players and supporters who trully enjoy my game. Head here to Steam Reviews and you will see:

Steamcommunity.com

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RolanNolan
RolanNolan

[I never insulted anyone here, in first place.]

Technically, yes you did: you have insulted Zionists repeatedly with your game and marketing by mocking Zionists in your marketing, giving the player achievements for killing specifically Zionists in gruesome ways in the game, and inviting your players to antagonize Zionists *in real life*. So, you're the one who started the insults to begin with, not your critics; they're just responding to what you've put out.

[But sometimes I answer them in the same way they make some very offensive comments against me, my person, my religion.]

Once again, KEY POINT: *YOU'RE* the one who made the game that insults Zionists and promotes your own beliefs in the first place. So don't play "victim" like you've done nothing to invite negativity. If you don't want to get insulted about *your* beliefs, don't insult *others* about theirs...

[Do you think this comment here is ok?

"This bastard does not even live in Israel, Gaza, West Bank, lives in somewhere in Brazil"]

Seeing what you've put out, he's just matching your energy. So, within the context of *your* game, yes. Again, if you don't want those type of comments, don't create an environment that invites them...

[Secondly, I am not responsible for what others say and publish here]

People are talking about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict specifically because that's what your game is about... so you *are* at least responsible for the *subject matter*. In addition, you are *still* responsible for the content *you* put out, including how you reply to others. From what I've seen, you put out content mocking others, and you *entertain* the negative comments of others by adding on to them rather than shutting them down. So, it's hard to say you're not at least *somewhat* responsible when you do nothing but *feed* the fire. Like I said in my other comment, I haven't seen you anywhere shut this type of speech down, just complain that it happens to *you* as if *you're* the only one who's getting criticized...

[Thirdly, I am not pushing "a political agenda" through my game. I am yes, making a pro-palestine game]

"My game is NOT pushing a political agenda... but it *is* the most BASED game of ALL times, though!" .... Heh??? :/

In addition to the list I posted in my last comment, you literally just called your game "pro-Palestine"... Something that is pro-*anything* is literally promoting that *thing*, as that is exactly what the "pro-" means!

Think about it this way: by your logic, if a pro-Palestine game isn't pushing a political agenda, then neither is an anti-Palestine game... :/ Now, does that make sense?: a game that is *opposed* to Palestine *isn't* pushing a political agenda? Not to me, it doesn't...

So, if you *do* think that an *anti*-Palestine game is pushing a political agenda, then how are you going to say a *pro*-Palestine game isn't?

And, if you still want to say your game isn't pushing a political agenda, then what is the slogan "The most BASED game of ALL times!" even referring to, then? What makes your game "The most BASED game of ALL times!" if it's *not* the game's politics?

[in the same way Activision made a game pro-USA Military game, Call of Duty Series.]

The entire Call of Duty *franchise* is not "pro-USA": in many games, there are many factions of different cultures that the player plays as, not just American. In addition, there are many parts in COD games that paint America in a bad light and/or have the Americans as the antagonists... In fact, many of the "good guy"/popular/iconic COD characters aren't even American: ex. Ghost (British), Reznov (Russian), Richtofen (German), and Farah (Arab).

[It is nothing different, I just flipped the actors.]

And, again, I have never seen a COD game that mocks another movement/country/religion/culture/belief/etc. like you do with your game. So you do a whole lot more than just "flip the actors."

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udkultimate Creator
udkultimate

Dude, instead of writing a wall of text like this, simply ignore my game, don't play it, don't waste your time and energy coming here everytime just to feel offended by my game (your comments clearly show that you got butthurt by my game). But, in the end of the day, this is just a videogame, a mockery game in the same tone and energy of Postal series LOL

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RolanNolan
RolanNolan

--[Dude, instead of writing a wall of text like this, simply ignore my game]--

With everything you've put out around your project, it's clear the goal of your project is to make a statement, so don't tell people to then ignore it whenever you get criticism sent your way. The way I see it, the only reason you're now telling me to ignore your game is because I've made some points you have no good response to.

Now imagine that: the developer behind "The most BASED game of ALL times!!!" who wants to make Zionists "SEETHE AND CRY" now wants critics to ignore it... So much for getting "redpilled"...

--[a mockery game]--

Yep, which is why you get mocked right back. So don't play "victim" by saying people "make some very offensive comments against me, my person, my religion" when that is literally what you, yourself have done with *YOUR* self-described "mockery game".

--[But, in the end of the day, this is just a videogame]--

This contradicts your game's DISCLAIMER on Steam, where you say in all caps "THIS IS A MESSAGE OF PROTEST AGAINST THE ISRAELI MILITARY OCCUPATION OF THE PALESTINIAN LANDS." Not only does that explicitly say this game is MORE than just a game "for entertainment purposes", it is a direct admission that this game IS pushing a political agenda (because that's exactly what a protest is for).

--[your comments clearly show that you got butthurt by my game]--

None of my comments have shown any support for any "teams" or "sides". My comments only go so far as to say two overall things *specifically* about your GAME:
1. You're trying to downplay the purpose of your game whenever you face criticism.
2. I don't think you're game looks good, and I think the game *suffers* because of that.

That's it; my criticisms are not about politics, just about what you've put out. So, to keep it blunt, I'm not butthurt, I'm saying that your game looks subpar, and you're trying to use politics as a shield to hide behind.

In another comment, I said this game makes me laugh. It makes me laugh because you portray it as some SUPER BASED, "REDPILLED" game that's super controversial and is changing the status quo in gaming. In reality, it's just some small, janky, and overall underdeveloped game that barely anybody knows about by a developer with a political agenda. This is why I said that I think the game looks bad: because if you want your game to *actually* be "SUPER BASED" and "REDPILLED", then it needs to actually be "good" first; as in, you need it to be a game where people feel like they're missing out on something by *not* playing it; make sense? The way I see it now, it's just not that.

From this point of view, calling me butthurt just makes no sense; I've repeatedly made clear I think the game looks bad just *as a game.* Actually, my response to seeing the gameplay is pretty much the same as Hasan Piker's. Youtube.com
-I agree with him that the game is (somewhat) reversing the roles. (I say "somewhat" because I personally don't pay mind to "roles" or "politics" in games to begin with. Like, I don't only play shooting games where you're an American, nor do I only play shooting games from Western developers, so I don't see the player character being *non*-American as some sort of "redpill role reversal". )
-I laughed at/with the video just like he did (which I think is what you want).
-I think the game is underdeveloped like he does (though, he says "a little bit undeveloped", which I think is an intentional understatement just to be nice).

If anything, the only thing I find questionable is how you market your game: by mocking a protected group. Certainly, you wouldn't be pleased if a game explicitly mocked Palestinians the same way you do Zionists, would you? Well, guess what: if your game was actually pro-Israeli, and the marketing mocked Palestinians, I'd still be saying the same thing I am now!

So cry "butthurt Zionist" if you want (lol); I just see that as paranoia and deflection since it's not even remotely correct, and me criticizing how you market your game does not inherently make me a Zionist anymore than me criticizing the marketing for a burger makes me a vegan.

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udkultimate Creator
udkultimate

Dude, now talking seriously.

First of all, I do not have anything personal against you, and I apologize if I have been offensive towars your person.

My game itself is a very fun game to play. I think you are from the kind of gamers who judge a game by its graphics. Yes, Fursan al-Aqsa is not a eye candy graphical game for many reasons. You may say, look at the game Bright Memory, a solo developed game which has AAA visuals. I say, yes, it is very possible nowadays to make AAA graphics even working alone, but I did not want to make it. I liked to keep my game's graphics of the classic version to look and feel like Unreal Tournament 3 (the classic UE3 wet look) but I decided to improve a bit for Fursan al-Aqsa Remake, in Unreal Engine 4, since it uses PBR as the base material/shading system.

Yes, it does look subpar comparing with other games on Steam but from a graphics point of view, but there are too many gamers on steam who don't give a f****ck to realistic graphics. Have you never heard about Cruelty Squad? The game's graphics look ****, but the game is very fun and challenging. And those players who play and enjoy my game, they do not do it just because they agree with the game's political "propaganda" (as you say), but it is because they trully enjoy the game.

You can not say that these 2 reviews here are biased:
Hookedgamers.com
Christcenteredgamer.com

And read this player review here:
Steamcommunity.com

So yes, my game is for a very specific niche of gamers, first is for those gamers who enjoy an old styled gameplay, like the classic shooters of the 90's, and also it is for gamers who enjoy some non-sense memes and spicy jokes.

I am under my rights of freedom of speech to make a game and mock zionists, in the same way western media mocked us arabs in games and movies since many years. I am not playing victim, I am just giving to western media the same bitter taste they have given us, arabs and muslims, during many years. Who are playing victims? Zionists, yes, Israeli were always playing victims hiding behind what happened to them in the Holocaust, using this as a justification for all their crimes against Palestinians. Do you guess why Israel and Zionists have lost the media wars? Everyone is mocking Israel now because their mask of victimism just fallen down.

You made a good point, it is not possible to separate my game from its political "agenda" (as you say). But yes, this is the truth about my game, Fursan al-Aqsa.

So, my closing words is that Fursan al-Aqsa is a Video Game that, despite its very controversial political message, stands on its own as a game that brings a brand new perspective in video games, a perspective never portrayed before in shooter games. And this new and fresh perspective was praised by too many gamers on Steam, who were bored with the traditional USA Super Hero killing Arabistan Terrorists. Even a Steam player made a very beautiful poster which sums up the proposal of my game:

Imgflip.com

If you want, I can give you a steam key of my game, so you can play it and judge by yourself, since many people just judge my game by its political message.

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RolanNolan
RolanNolan

--[My game itself is a very fun game to play. I think you are from the kind of gamers who judge a game by its graphics.]--

No, I'm not talking about the graphics; for the UE4 version, graphics are actually fine. When I said the game looks bad, I meant the *gameplay* looks bad. I've already played the demo, and there's nothing particularly exciting about the gameplay, mechanics, or AI. It's not "the worst game in the world" or anything like that, but for me, there's really no incentive to replay the mission again after completing it, let alone, playing the full game. (And thanks for the key offer, but I'm good; if I decide to buy it one day, I will.)

As far as the jankiness goes, in short, it's very janky; I know it's made by a single developer, but there are some blatant things that make you think "Did the developer even test this game first?"

--[Even a Steam player made a very beautiful poster which sums up the proposal of my game:]--

This, again, speaks to the main appeal of your game: you play as a Palestinian who fights the IDF. That's honestly the biggest draw to your game. Like I said: if your game was void of that, there's a chance it would get *less* attention. Even with the Hasan Piker video, the only reason he got sent it was because of the politics (because Hasan is a political commentator); had your game not been political, he likely would've never been sent it.

--[I am under my rights of freedom of speech to make a game and mock zionists...]--

I've already said my piece about this, so I'm not going to continue further. All I'll add is that, as far as I'm aware, at least in the United States, hate speech IS actually protected under freedom of speech. Wikipedia.org So, even if mocking Zionists IS protected under (US) freedom of speech, that DOESN'T mean what you're saying ISN'T antisemitic.

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udkultimate Creator
udkultimate

Ok my friend, no worries, I think we already came to an agreement, that the only thing about my game which is attractive to players is that you play as a Palestinian Rebel against the IDF. Yeah, that's all about, this is the selling point of my game. But, as I said before, I added many new and engaging gameplay features on my game, and the full version is more polished than the demo version. I am going to release a new update very soon, adding more steam achievements, I already added trading cards, badges, emoticons and all steam community items (I am using all of Steam's features for my game to make it more engaging). After this update, I may take a longer time to update my game again, many months, because I will be involved on my job and other activities.

But I am thinking on, instead of adding more missions for the Remake, give a break to create an online Multiplayer. I think that making an online multiplayer with frenetic action like the old times of Battlefield 2 (just like BattleBit Remastered have done), may trully appeal for more gamers to enjoy my game, not focusing on the political "propaganda", but just a multiplayer mode which allows players to choose among many palestinian factions and Israeli factions (police, army, mossad, special forces), adding many cool modes like Unreal Tournament 3 (Capture the Flag, Vehicles Mode, Team Deathmatch), adding cool things like drones, tanks, jetfighters, a true multiplayer game focused on the Israeli x Palestinian Conflict, without taking any side, letting players decide whom they want to play.

I think that this Multiplayer mode could shift the fate of my game, and trully make it among the top shooters on Steam. This FPS Framework Kit I am using in the UE4 Version (Fursan al-Aqsa Remake), has a basic multiplayer framework, I just would need to improve it more, adding new gameplay modes, improving the latency and other details. Maybe Fursan al-Aqsa Multiplayer could be a true new experience in Multiplayer Game, removing from the game all the "heavyness" of its controversial political message.

Sincerely,

Your nice "terrorist" friend, a.k.a "The most BASED game developer on Steam"

Just some closing words. I do not regret of developing this game, this was a long life dream for me, however, something very important I learned as a game developer, making a controversial game, or a game which addresses such sensitive topics in the way I addressed, is not the right way to make a sucessful game. It will indeed atract attention due its nature, its controversy, but it will as well attract too much hatred and criticism. I do not plan to make controversial games anymore, because it is very hard to make it achieve financial success. My game Fursan al-Aqsa achieved the goal I intended for, a political statement (very controversial). But this game will not find an audience big enough to compete with other games on the market (even though I can not complain about my game's sales, it did well, very well compared to other small indie games on steam). Anyway, I learned a lot about game development, and now I have enough skills to work on any type of game. I am also working as a freelance animator for many indie studios around the web. And like it or not, my game, the work I developed on my game, especially the animations, they serve as a portfolio for me.

I also forgot to say. Yes, there is a HUGE technical achievement on this project Fursan al-Aqsa, the classic version. Which is that I was able to get this running on the PS3 and Xbox360:

It comes back to another project of mine, some years before I officially announced Fursan al-Aqsa, UDK Ultimate Engine:

Wololo.net

So yes, I was the only one on this whole world who was able to fix and recompile the old UE3 Source Code Leak from 2011 (the same leak episode of Gears of War 3 Source Code). I did fix some missing code, rebuilt the Visual Studio Solution, organized all files and created the first 3D Homebrew Game Engine which allowed anyone to export a game for both PC, PS3 and Xbox360.

It did not get too much recognition on its time (2017-2019) because on that time PS3 and Xbox360 were already outdated and replaced by PS4 and Xbox One. If I was able to release this project on that time, the time of the leak, 2011-2012, it could have been the biggest achievement for the PS3/Xbox360 Homebrew Community. Even recently some people from the PS3 Homebrew Community reuploaded the UDK Ultimate Engine to the Internet Archive, kinda "ressurrecting" the project.

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RolanNolan
RolanNolan

--[Ok my friend, no worries]--

Same. Good luck on your future games. Peace.

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udkultimate Creator
udkultimate

Thanks, and may the peace of Allah be with you!

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Zahav88
Zahav88

Cope yourself that you are bunch of clown, who made a two clownish games. Even made parody of own game and call it remaster. "Knights of al-Aqsa" your ***! What knights? In reality there is just bunch of thugs, rapists, child killers and abductors who made their "best" at October the 7th and now are hiding in the rat tunnels in Gaza. Killing IDF soldiers en masse is complete fantasy. So yes, ofc your fantasy game is on steam. If you had any courage to make a game based on the reality say a October 7 simulator, that would be total Postal 2 or Hatered ripoff and I bet would be banned then. Who knows you might even be a MOSSAD agent, by making such ridicule of yourself and the "Palestenian liberation movement", and exposing all the terrorist fans. Good work!

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JohnnyTheWolf
JohnnyTheWolf

And yet the IOF is getting trounced in Gaza, because as it turns out, dealing with people who can fight back is much harder than shooting at starving civilians from afar and remotely detonating apartment buildings. Not only that, but the State of Israel is running scared now that it is getting dragged before the ICJ; in hindsight, it probably was not too good of an idea to openly gloat about ethnically cleansing Palestinians so much over social media... And to top it off, more and more Israelis are getting ****** at their Supreme Leader for getting more hostages killed than freed and for being generally more interested in keeping himself out of prison. Even Joe Biden will have to ditch him eventually if he wants to stand any chance of getting re-elected...

So yeah, **** Israel. From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free. Like all the settler colonialists before them, Zionists can either renounce their genocidal ideology or they can run back to the places they *actually* came from (i.e. usually Europe)...

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udkultimate Creator
udkultimate

Thanks for exposing me LOL

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Weeeeiderman
Weeeeiderman

Don't listen to zionists brother. Its so refreshing to see a game where the westerners are shown with their true colors.

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RolanNolan
RolanNolan

[Don't listen to zionists brother.]

I, myself, am not a Zionists, and I don't know how many of this game's critics are Zionists. Do you have those stats? Or do you just assume that *every* critic of this game is a Zionist?

[Its so refreshing to see a game where the westerners are shown with their true colors.]

Well, I'm a westerner, and this game does nothing more than make me laugh (which seems to be what the dev wants?). I would take it more serious if it *looked* more serious, but, out of context, it just looks like a joke game, like Goat Simulator or Hand Simulator or something... And the dancing and farting soldiers in diapers does it absolutely no favors.

But seeing as though there is *some* amount of "seriousness" to the game, it's clear that the "seriousness" comes from a place of spite: much of the marketing literally revolves around just insulting a specific movement or group of people... This contrasts with virtually all shooting games made by westerners that are, more or less, made purely for entertainment. There have definitely been shooting games with controversial plotlines with respect to history and/or politics, but the number of shooting games that are "just games" eclipses that.

Contrast that with this game, and ask yourself:
-How many western games have you seen mock a country and/or followers of a movement by having images and sounds of them crying in a promotional video?
-How many western games have you seen reward players for killing *specifically* those people and feeding their meat to sharks?
-How many western games have you seen tell its players to play it in a public place to antagonize people?
-How many western games have you seen have a goal to make a country and/or followers of a movement "seethe and cry"?

I, personally, have never seen any of this from any western shooting games, so if you have, please enlighten us.

But all in all, this game really offends itself more than anything else just by being an lackluster game outright (both the UE3 & UE4 versions); honestly, I could care less about the politics if the game actually looked like something worth playing. Seriously; I've seen p*** games with more effort put into them...

And again, I've been following this game for a long while, so I'm not just coming out of nowhere to play politics, nor do I even really care for politics. The way I see it, this is just a game from a developer who put more emphasis on shock value than on making an actually appealing game.

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Weeeeiderman
Weeeeiderman

Can you really blame him for insulting their political agenda? To be fair the zionist agenda makes me annoyed. So i really like this game.

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Weeeeiderman
Weeeeiderman

And for a fact, this is much better than western games. If people are antagonized its their issue. Israelis have had their spotlight in games such as counter strike, where the IDF is treated as heroes. Now its time for a reversal. No more imperialism, we are done with it.

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Weeeeiderman
Weeeeiderman

Buddy, this is what happens when you settle in someones country. There would be no palestinian militias who are willing to go to extremes if you hadnt pushed them to a point where they do that.

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