GTA V pulled by shops in Australia

[Jader1973]

Seems some people don't like what the game depicts and Target and Kmart have caved to a petition and pulled it from shelves.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-03/target-kmart...

Having played all though the PS3 version I don't recall anything that gave the impression "It's a game that encourages players to murder women for entertainment. The incentive is to commit sexual violence against women, then abuse or kill them to proceed or get 'health' points."

And I never thought that "This misogynistic GTA V literally makes a game of bashing, killing and horrific violence against women."

In fact I don't remember any missions that involved killing women. I do remember lots of violence against male characters however.

Are this lot just making stuff up, or has Rockstar added content to the Next Gen versions which does as they claim?

[RobGT81]

It encourages violence towards everyone! Think of the poor men getting tortured.

[sidaorb]

Nope, they have just picked up on the YouTube videos that show the killing of prostitutes, they clearly haven't even bothered to look at the game and have decided to go all mumsnet on the whole thing.

If you look at the changeorg petition it's totally centered around that.

[P-Jay]

It's a rehash of a decade old hysterical outpouring.

Back in the old GTA SA days, it was common practice to nail a 'pro' to get your health back up and afterwards kill her to get your cash back.

Can you actually 'do a brass' in 5?

[GarryDK]

RobGT81 said:

It encourages violence towards everyone! Think of the poor men getting tortured.

I really enjoyed GTA but I have to admit that torture mission was extremely close to the mark for me, really didnt enjoy or like that, especially when you dont have a choice to do it or not.

[anonymous-user]

Much of the appeal is the huge open world setting and the ability to explore and control different vehicles. I'm surprised rockstar (or someone else) doesn't produce a less adult version of the game even as an in game setting.

[CrutyRammers]

GarryDK said:

I really enjoyed GTA but I have to admit that torture mission was extremely close to the mark for me, really didnt enjoy or like that, especially when you dont have a choice to do it or not.

Yeah, didn't need that tbh.

[Baryonyx]

GarryDK said:

I really enjoyed GTA but I have to admit that torture mission was extremely close to the mark for me, really didnt enjoy or like that, especially when you dont have a choice to do it or not.

What a softie. Sounds like you'd fit right in with the Australians! GTA courting controversy is nothing new, but the tone of this decade is major retailers and companies caving in to limited public pressure for fear of not being seen to be 'right on'. So an online petition making a case against the game by using an inaccurate representation of it's content becomes a viable tool in pushing a twisted agenda.

I thought GTA5 was a load of rubbish, but adults should still be able to make their own choices about playing it. Australia has always had a curiously conservative approach to game censorship, which has typically meant it's population has just imported the games that the state censored or banned.

[frumpytrickle]

My partner had a go on gta, not 5 one of the ones before. She wanted to do the whole killing hookers after raping and robbing them that she'd read about in the daily mail and get all those bonus prizes for slaughting pedestrians and kittens etc.

Ended up thoroughly disappointed of course.

[Lynchie999]

... they should just patch in male "workers" also, or would that attract another sort of loon to complain ??