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One of the most importan key within religious games is
to entertain while teaching players about about important
aspects of religion and culture.
Christian video games deal with three aspects: first
with the fate of the believer and his or her eschatological
choices, second they focus on key moment in biblical
history and third they tell diluted forms of gospel stories
in a moralistic way.
Left behind: Eternal Force, a game that fits in first
category of aspects, a real-time strategy type, enlists the
player as a field marshal who leads an army into spiritual
warfare against the antichrist’s minions on the streets of
post-Rapture New York City. Along the way, the player
recruits “neutrals” one by one, trains them for battle, and
sends them into combat.
“Recruitment” is the game’s euphemism for the
practices of personal evangelism and conversion. The
video game website invites the player to “Conduct warfare
using the power of prayer and worship as more powerful
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weapons than guns.”
However, the video game FAQ acknowledges that Left
Behind: Eternal Forces engages players in “distinct types
of warfare”- physical and spiritual and it is an alternative
for degrading moral values of today games.
It was developed to provide an alternative form of
entertainment to those desiring more positive game
content, while still engaging core gamers in battle.
The difference is that the game features fictional battles
set on the stage of an apocalyptic world and includes no
intestines, no blood spatter, no severed limbs, no vulgar
language, no sexual conduct, no morally reprehensible

1. http://www.eternalforces.com/features.aspx.