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GTA: AO
neomang5:
--- Quote from: clasicks ---its time for a revolution, for this world is very fucked. :)
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I hear that.
Look, this whole argument between rockstar and the media has them both looking like idiots and the consumers suffering. I got GTA:SA soon after it came out, beat it, and played around in it, and never found the 'hot coffee' bit. Honestly, it wasnt worth it to deal with the crackheaded girlfrend sim enough, so why bother? Now that someone found out about it and had a problem, everyones in a fucking uproar. The media look like sensationalist bastards for making such a big deal about this minor bit in a game that most people wouldnt access anyway, if not for all the recent controversy. Rockstar looks like a group of lying jackasses for claiming it was a bunch of hackers. The ESRB (and coinciding british, australian, and other counterparts) look like strict hardass bad guys for branding it the way it is.
The worst part is, theyre ALL going to benefit from it. Rockstar will release a 'clean' version, making millions, and keep the 'hot coffee' versions in certain shops, which will cause them to cost more, and people will keep buying them because of one stupid minigame. The media has ratings through the roof because of this weeks big 'omg videogames are awful' bit, and thus get to refill their olympic pool of money. And the ESRB gets to keep their spotless image.
We on the other hand get shafted with higher game prices, increased security on underaged game buying, and having to wait to get a good game that was once easily accessible. Isnt it great to be a gamer?
nexus:
--- Quote from: neomang5 ---The worst part is, theyre ALL going to benefit from it. Rockstar will release a 'clean' version, making millions, and keep the 'hot coffee' versions in certain shops, which will cause them to cost more, and people will keep buying them because of one stupid minigame. The media has ratings through the roof because of this weeks big 'omg videogames are awful' bit, and thus get to refill their olympic pool of money. And the ESRB gets to keep their spotless image.
We on the other hand get shafted with higher game prices, increased security on underaged game buying, and having to wait to get a good game that was once easily accessible. Isnt it great to be a gamer?
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I wholeheartedly agree that this entire eepode was blown way out of proportion (would you expect anything less?). But the fact of the matter is, it has done damage to the industry. Politicians and activists with a burning desire to attack the gaming industry they now have more ammo by being able to say that games are hiding away "explicit"/"evil"/(choose your buzzword) content to get a lower rating and that your kids are in danger! Won't somebody please think of the children! To the vast majority of people it's a lame sex mini-game barely worth mentioning, but look at the big picture and you can see the damage done.
I don't see how anyone is benefiting from this aside from Rockstar & Take2. Like Tycho said "It's unfortunate that in order to defend videogames, it usually means you're defending Rockstar specifically." Fortunately, they might get what's coming to them http://www1.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/25/news_6129723.html
Schmung:
It's politicians being stupid, you don't sue the makers of fireworks because someones extracted all the gunpowder from a box of them and blown up someones car and yet Rockstar are getting in the neck because someones wiggled around with the code and enabled something that was removed from the game proper.
Rockstar getting more money means they they can spend more on their next game, surely a good thing. Note that this hasn't happened anywhere else, the media in every other country is reporting what the US politicians are doing, yet I've yet to here anything about other countries goverments kicking off about all this. Gogo puritanism.
neomang5:
Shmung... I hate to break it to you, but noone added this but rockstar.
Its in the ps2 version.
And Rockstar getting more money doesnt equal a better game, just bigger paychecks for them.
@nexus: great, so now not only do we lose money, but we may lose GTA forever. Damnable politicians.
nexus:
--- Quote from: neomang5 ---great, so now not only do we lose money, but we may lose GTA forever. Damnable politicians.
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--- Quote from: Schmung ---It's politicians being stupid
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As I said, I wholeheartedly agree. It's complete idiocy and I have no idea why a poor sex-mini game with minimal nudity and crude animation is such a huge deal.
As stupid as it sounds to the vast majority of people, it is a huge deal. This has become a huge issue, and we can't just sit back and mock it however much it deserves to be mocked.
Although the politicians are idiots, they are idiots with power. There will be another GTA, there's no doubt about it, but if Rockstar doesn't get punished in some way for this either by the gaming industry or Washington, then all of this bullshit is going to negatively affect the industry and gamers everywhere.
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