>>337625616
the cold war wasn't an actual war, just a series of proxy wars.

That's why many people will tell you that the cold war hasn't ended.

it is a good question why there aren't any Vietnam War or Korean War vidyagames though

>>337625616
wow because then that'd imply that nations exist as anything more than lines on a map in the modern age which is obviously bullshit.

because the cold-war/modern times are all about avoiding war

You know, say what you will about the most recent master of orion but I actually really liked the lore for humans being the diplomacy oriented race being that humanity was unique in developing nuclear weapons before a hegemonic world goverment so nobody else ever had things like brinksmanship and proxy wars.

>>337625773
>Vietnam
Because we lost. There are a few FPS games set there though, and the first COD: Black Ops game had a few levels there.

>Korea
It's not called the forgotten war for nothing. Most people here don't even realize it was even a thing.

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how about a cold war game where you play as an Afghani soldier fighting under Osama Bin Laden against the Soviets?

World in Conflict was god tier
>the steam release is broken
>fix never

>Strategy game where you release propaganda and conduct small-scale offensives in distant lands for an indirect and abstract goal

How would they even pull that off

There are quite a few nuke simulation games

Wargame series, RUSE

>>337625616
It would be boring as fuck.
It would just be a constant balancing act with little to no action.
You might as well make it in twine and select options and hope that you don't fuck up.

>>337627324
>>337625616

sorta kinda like this?

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle

plus vassal
http://www.vassalengine.org/

>>337628067
And there's a Steam version of the game that came out recently.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/406290/

>>337625616
You can play defcon