Posted by theY4Kman on

I'm 16 years old and I have this game. My parents are perfectly sane and know the content of GTA4. They know that I'm mature enough to handle content in the game. However, that doesn't go for all parents and/or children. Alas, though, there isn't much that can be done. It's very hard to change a person. You can enlighten an uninformed person, but that isn't the problem. The problem is, as said before, parents who are too full of themselves to learn more about the game, their children, or to even care.

In a utopia, where only the ones mature enough to play this game can get it, I think this content is okay. It is a mature game for mature audiences, and thus should have no rating different than a movie. In fact, it does. If the game were to be a movie, it would've received an MPAA 'R' rating, meaning 17+. An ESRB 'M' rating is 17+. However, if the game were to be rated only on sexual content, it would be a 'PG-13' rating...There is no nudity whatsoever, there is only "sexual content."

For the one poster arguing on the point of the degradation of women, that point is completely moot. That point is like being disgusted at the world because there are strippers or porn stars in it. One just can't think like that. One can't generalize that Rockstar's sole focus in adding prostitution was to degrade women. Also, it's not as if the prostitutes are the only examples of women you interact with. Niko also meets Michelle, his girlfriend. He takes her out on dates and treats her well.

For the poster of this quote: "When I think of video games, I think of 007 or Mario Bros, not some perverted form of porn," I must say that your point is also moot. A movie analogy would be good here: When you think of movies, do you also think of Shrek and Horton Hears a Who? Or do you think of the whole spectrum, including Crank, 300, and every PG-13+ movie out there? Not every movie is rated 'G' or 'PG', just like not every game is rated 'E'.

Just my 2 cents...Well, 6 cents.

Posted by embersyc on

So just to be sure, blowing peoples heads off, stealing cars and shooting cops is all a-ok, but sex is crossing the line?

Posted by  on

I can tell you from the retail clerk perspective that when I worked the opening shift on release day there were parents in there with their 10-12 year old sons buying this game and when I told them the rating they bacisally told me to shut up and give it to them without hearing me out. For the parents who complain about this. SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN. When you stop thinking that you know everything you're child might be lucky enough to turn into a useful person for society. All I can say is: it's not games like GTA IV or violent games or R-rated movies that are messing up America. It's these parents who are so full of their own bullshit that they believe they are the only ones right in this world. Hmmm, explains alot of the divorces in this country as well, don't it?

Posted by  on

there is no way that he coulda had sex in the drivers seat, her ass woulda kept honkin the horn. but i digress, yes, children will play it, and they will sneak into rated R movies with their older sibling, and look up porn on the home computer in that half hour between the time they get home and their parents do. i didnt have to do any of this because my parents really didnt give a damn. I played gta 2 when i was 10 years old, hell no i wouldnt let a kid play gta4 that young, but its different now. parents just have to be responsible when buying their kids games. If they are going to let them play games like this at a young age then ffs, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW ITS A GAME!

Posted by  on

This game is rated M for mature audiences only. The topic of this post might as well be is there a place for sex in movies... or in novels... it makes no difference. People that complain about this have a dual standard and should reconsider their beliefs before forcing it on others.

Posted by  on

Is he using protection ?

Posted by  on

you forgot to kill the hookers and take your money back, and thats not optional in real life because hookers are expensive.

Posted by  on

I am absolutely appalled by this. When I think of video games, I think of 007 or Mario Bros, not some perverted form of porn for immature 20 or 30-somethings that can't get a date. What are we teaching our young people? I understand that our culture is definitely becoming very ok with sex in the media, but is that what we all really want? Especially when the type of sex being shown is unsafe, dirty, and not to mention illegal? There are movies out there that show sex in a tasteful, but realistic way. GTA4 is not tasteful at all. And I'm not even old! I'm 20. It just makes me sick.

Posted by Antonio He... on

I agree with Guest01 here, I have no problem with sexual content in an M rated game, as I have no problem with sexual content with an R rated movie. The rating system is a forewarning to anyone who wishes to see or play a certain game/movie.

But, there is a problem with these games falling into children's hands by uninformed parents and irresponsible clerks.Alas, it has been discussed before.

Personally,I don't really choose to do any of the Hooker activites in GTA as I don't really see a point. I'm sure Rockstar injected as a form of social commentary(giving you the ability to beat or kill them), but I don't see it as anything more than "Alright..I just had virtual sex....great?"

Sexual content will become more explicit in games , just as they became more explicit in movies. As games slowly age, they will feel the growing pains their close cousin, film, when it traveled through the 50's era in America.

Posted by  on

Generally this tipe of games would be critisized and put apart for such a content it has. I would like to say that, personally, have nothing against it having in mind that it should be a game played exclusively by adults. This tipe of games should never ever fall in hands of a child at least until age 15 or 16. For me its completely normal that people have sex dreams, but this is really the point when it has to stop. Creating a game which I suppose is just for men, were women are put to the spot, being degarded at this point is a little dissaponting, because, especially men, have to remember than you have sisters, daughters, and MOTHERS. Women should be respected no matter what they do.