Drone Perspective: A Commentary on Societal Desensitisation to Violence?
Wow – I wasn’t expecting this when I fired up the Drone Perspective demo available as part of the Steam Next Fest. It’s easily the most unique game I’ve played in 2024, and it’s been living rent-free in my head ever since.
The game puts you in the hot seat as a drone operator, commanding Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie teams from miles away. On paper, it’s a solid real-time tactics game where you’re juggling squad positions and orchestrating precision strikes. But there’s something deeper here that got under my skin. Every time I lost a soldier, it hit different – not just as a gameplay fail, but as a genuine weight on my conscience. The game nails that burden of command without beating you over the head with it.
What really messed with my head was how natural it felt to direct all this chaos from my cushy operator’s chair. The gameplay is engaging as hell, but there’s this constant undercurrent of unease about what you’re actually doing. I caught myself treating the battlefield like a puzzle to solve, moving pieces around my screen with cold efficiency. Then it hit me – that’s exactly the point. The game is holding up a mirror to how modern warfare has become this sanitized, screen-based experience.
I loved how flexible the mission design was. Whether I wanted to play it super careful with precise squad movements or overwhelming firepower, the game rolled with it. The controls felt natural, and the variety kept me on my toes. But that freedom to experiment kinda made things worse – I found myself getting more creative with destruction, and that realisation was… uncomfortable.
Props to Demetri Lind, the solo dev behind this. The guy’s clearly poured his heart into it, and it shows. He’s super active with the community too, which has created this awesome vibe around the game. You can tell this wasn’t just thrown together – every element feels deliberately crafted to make you think.
What’s going to stick with me about Drone Perspective isn’t the solid tactics or the smooth controls – it’s how it made me confront some hard truths about modern warfare. It’s a game about playing a game about war, and that meta-layer hits hard. Here I am, sitting at my desk, casually directing virtual troops through my monitor, while somewhere in the real world, someone’s doing the exact same thing with real lives on the line.
The game’s genius is in how it doesn’t preach – it just lets you experience this disconnect first-hand. As you get better at the game, more efficient at dealing death from above, you can’t help but wonder about what this evolution in warfare means for humanity. In an age where conflict is increasingly managed through screens and software, Drone Perspective asks some uncomfortable questions about where we’re headed.
It’s rare to find a game that works both as pure entertainment and as a mirror for society, but Drone Perspective pulls it off. It’s challenging, unsettling, and absolutely worth your time – just don’t expect to walk away without some serious food for thought.
Drone Perspective is available to try during the Steam Next Fest until October 21st. I suggest you experience it for yourself.
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Drone Perspective: A Commentary on Societal Desensitisation to Violence?
Wow – I wasn’t expecting this when I fired up the Drone Perspective demo available as part of the Steam Next Fest. It’s easily the most unique game I’ve played in 2024, and it’s been living rent-free in my head ever since.
The game puts you in the hot seat as a drone operator, commanding Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie teams from miles away. On paper, it’s a solid real-time tactics game where you’re juggling squad positions and orchestrating precision strikes. But there’s something deeper here that got under my skin. Every time I lost a soldier, it hit different – not just as a gameplay fail, but as a genuine weight on my conscience. The game nails that burden of command without beating you over the head with it.
What really messed with my head was how natural it felt to direct all this chaos from my cushy operator’s chair. The gameplay is engaging as hell, but there’s this constant undercurrent of unease about what you’re actually doing. I caught myself treating the battlefield like a puzzle to solve, moving pieces around my screen with cold efficiency. Then it hit me – that’s exactly the point. The game is holding up a mirror to how modern warfare has become this sanitized, screen-based experience.
I loved how flexible the mission design was. Whether I wanted to play it super careful with precise squad movements or overwhelming firepower, the game rolled with it. The controls felt natural, and the variety kept me on my toes. But that freedom to experiment kinda made things worse – I found myself getting more creative with destruction, and that realisation was… uncomfortable.
Props to Demetri Lind, the solo dev behind this. The guy’s clearly poured his heart into it, and it shows. He’s super active with the community too, which has created this awesome vibe around the game. You can tell this wasn’t just thrown together – every element feels deliberately crafted to make you think.
What’s going to stick with me about Drone Perspective isn’t the solid tactics or the smooth controls – it’s how it made me confront some hard truths about modern warfare. It’s a game about playing a game about war, and that meta-layer hits hard. Here I am, sitting at my desk, casually directing virtual troops through my monitor, while somewhere in the real world, someone’s doing the exact same thing with real lives on the line.
The game’s genius is in how it doesn’t preach – it just lets you experience this disconnect first-hand. As you get better at the game, more efficient at dealing death from above, you can’t help but wonder about what this evolution in warfare means for humanity. In an age where conflict is increasingly managed through screens and software, Drone Perspective asks some uncomfortable questions about where we’re headed.
It’s rare to find a game that works both as pure entertainment and as a mirror for society, but Drone Perspective pulls it off. It’s challenging, unsettling, and absolutely worth your time – just don’t expect to walk away without some serious food for thought.
Drone Perspective is available to try during the Steam Next Fest until October 21st. I suggest you experience it for yourself.
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