This is a far more nuanced problem than I expected. The biggest hurdle seems to be that the best locations that have willing participants are already taken.
I think that's fair. For what it's worth, I'm not willing to assume it's political theater anymore. Eventually theater drags the Overton window to the right and becomes a demand of the base and becomes policy.
Wait, a nameless hero will rise? Why would I want to play some no name character when I could be Guan Ping with a massive buster sword rampaging across a Chinese battlefield?
They can and do attack Russian territory with their own weapons. When they use American weapons, they come with the provision that they must be used on targets in occupied Ukrainian territory.
This is still a stupid position, but no one is telling Ukraine what to do with their own stuff.
Having sustained some moderate injuries throughout my life, I'm confident they didn't even know what happened, it was just lights out.
Even with serious injuries it can take surprisingly long for the pain to really ramp up. Something that fast, they probably didn't even have time to be scared much less experience physical discomfort.
I'd be curious to hear more. I bought it just to ride the hype train. I regret nothing, but I'm not sure what features would help me dive back in for more.
Playing Hades II makes me incredibly nostalgic for the first game, but I think I’m going to like the gameplay in the second so much more.
I wish there was a way to move seamlessly back and forth between the two for some reason.