Astral Chain has become the next innocent game to be condemned by the perpetually offended due to the fact that players will have to assume the role of a police officer, people who are – according to the disillusioned – “racist” and “violent” in the West.

The miniature outrage might have perhaps been provoked by a previous Polygon interview that naturally made sure to inject their political bias, potentially triggering the easily influenced into despising the game as “all cops are evil and commit brutalities”:

In the United States, playing as a police officer in a video game is complicated. Our country deals with police brutality and police shootings. I recognize in Japan that the police are very different. Can you tell me what the perception of the police is in Japan, and how a Japanese audience responds to playing as the police? Astral Chain director: Hmm. Let’s see. Well, I don’t think there’s people within Japan who have an extreme view on the police department. Through this game we want to give the police the image of being a hero. You can’t do things in this game like hurt people. We want to have the player feel like they’re being heroic as they progress through the game. Also, I think it’d be good, too, if you generally have a negative image of the police, but you play through this game, that your image or opinion of the police changes as a result of playing the game.

The outcry over the game was really only a small section of social media, with most individuals seemingly complaining about those complaining – a small sample of outraged comments:

Astral Chain launches for the Nintendo Switch on August 30th.