Sure, it's a gray area. But do you think Apple would reject a game depicting the Roman Empire fighting of the Huns? Or the Aztecs vs the Inca? Or is that OK, because we're not familiar with a current group of people that strongly identifies with any of these "enemies"?
I feel like historical content should get a free pass for some of these rules. They'd still have to make a judgement call to decide if this is a racist or otherwise offensive game though.
For instance, a historical game like Europa Universalis[1] allows you to kill, oppress or convert tens of thousands of Muslims or Christians, but that doesn't make it an offensive game. A game like Ethnic Cleansing[2] only allows you to kill dozens or hundreds of people would probably not be allowed though.
I feel like historical content should get a free pass for some of these rules. They'd still have to make a judgement call to decide if this is a racist or otherwise offensive game though.
For instance, a historical game like Europa Universalis[1] allows you to kill, oppress or convert tens of thousands of Muslims or Christians, but that doesn't make it an offensive game. A game like Ethnic Cleansing[2] only allows you to kill dozens or hundreds of people would probably not be allowed though.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Universalis_IV [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_Cleansing_(video_game)