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Outrage over 'distasteful' Titanic game that simulates the historic tragedy with 'haunting accuracy'
An upcoming video game based on the Titanic tragedy has been slammed as 'distasteful' by gamers.
The Titanic Escape Simulator, which is coming to PlayStation next year, puts players in the role of a passenger on the British ocean liner in 1912.
Players must try and escape the ship as it sinks after striking an iceberg.
The real-life tragedy resulted in around 1,500 passengers being killed, with the majority of the deaths being crew members and people in third class.
After the game was announced, gamers and social media users alike expressed their concerns online.
'Why they making a tragedy into a game?' asked one, while another asked, 'What's next 9/11?'
'I feel like this is a game that shouldn't have been produced,' said a third, while a fourth commented, 'Seems distasteful.'
'Can't wait for the OceanGate DLC,' another mocked.
However, some fans pushed back on the criticism and pointed out the hypocrisy when it comes to violence in video games.
'Kinda weird people criticize this but not the thousands of war games tbh,' wrote one.
'I agree it's weird using a tragedy for entertainment, but if this is tastefully done it's fine.
'The movie Titanic was released to make money of the tragedy, but it was done respectfully.'
Others made jokes about the Titanic film, with one fan asking, 'Final boss is Rose on the door and you have to wrestle her off!'
According to the game's developer, players will 'experience the most famous maritime disaster in history through immersive first-person survival gameplay.'
'Experience the disaster with haunting accuracy - from the initial confusion to the final tragic moments.
'Feel the ship listing beneath your feet as the deck angle increases. Watch chandeliers swing, furniture slide, and bulkheads give way.
'Hear the distant screams, the straining metal, and the musicians playing until the very end.'
The game also promises to feature a 'dynamic flooding system' and 'hypothermia mechanics.'
It will also force players to make 'difficult moral choices' when it comes to escaping on a lifeboat.
On April 15, 1912, the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg just four days into its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
The now famous tragedy resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people, including children, and the remains of the boat now lie on the seafloor about 350 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The bodies of around 1,160 passengers were never found and where they are remains a mystery to this day - they were unaccounted for and never seen again.
Only around 340 bodies with lifejackets still on them were recovered from the ocean's surface, leading people to question what happened to the others.
As years passed, the RMS Titanic became the focus of endless films, documentaries, and news reports.
