skavenhorde
Little BRO Rat
There is a big fuss being made about a certain level in Modern Warfare 2. The controversy is about when your player infiltrates a terrorists organization and has the option to kill innocent civilians at an airport. Russia has gone as far as to recall the game. You can read a more detailed article about it over at Actiontrip if you want or just about any gaming website.
While I'll probably not buy MW2 and don't really care what is in it, I'm wondering what you all think. Is it hypocritical of the news media to focus on this when GTA basically does exactly the same thing or is there something to this outcry? In GTA you kill innocent civilians all the time in that game and are rewarded with cash for doing so. However, there is no mission to actually hunt down and target civilians. They are always just innocent bystanders, unless you count the missions you go on for the steroids freak and his missions of roid rage.
I don't really have an opinion on this other than it seems a little tasteless. But this isn't anything new. Games like Postal or GTA have existed before. I'm willing to bet that Russia didn't recall those games. If they didn't then why not? Why just this one and not the others.
While I'll probably not buy MW2 and don't really care what is in it, I'm wondering what you all think. Is it hypocritical of the news media to focus on this when GTA basically does exactly the same thing or is there something to this outcry? In GTA you kill innocent civilians all the time in that game and are rewarded with cash for doing so. However, there is no mission to actually hunt down and target civilians. They are always just innocent bystanders, unless you count the missions you go on for the steroids freak and his missions of roid rage.
I don't really have an opinion on this other than it seems a little tasteless. But this isn't anything new. Games like Postal or GTA have existed before. I'm willing to bet that Russia didn't recall those games. If they didn't then why not? Why just this one and not the others.