Another outcry on GTA:VC

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » December 4, 2003, 12:27 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/ ... index.html

Yay.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » December 4, 2003, 12:43 pm

heh people tried to ban VC back home.. and got laughed at.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » December 4, 2003, 1:36 pm

You'd think that people would get over it already. Next thing you know, Russia is going to sue because the Command and Conquer franchise was built on the USA vs. Soviet premise.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » December 4, 2003, 2:19 pm

lame.

sooooooooooooooo lame.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » December 4, 2003, 2:21 pm

In Freedom Fighters, the Russian Army takes over New York and you must liberate the city, I dont hear any russians claiming this game encourages kids to kill russians. The game is still kinda new, so I'll give it some time.

noel · Post by **noel** » December 4, 2003, 2:24 pm

I can't believe no one has mentioned Manhunt yet.

I can't believe VC is getting any play at all when Manhunt is about 1000 times more violent and umm... evil?

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » December 4, 2003, 2:29 pm

Its because manhunt doesnt call them "haitians", they call them "uppity disgruntled negros from whereabouts other then africa"

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » December 4, 2003, 2:55 pm

Aranuil wrote:I can't believe no one has mentioned Manhunt yet.

I can't believe VC is getting any play at all when Manhunt is about 1000 times more violent and umm... evil?

Wasn't VC released something like a year ago anyways?

Post by **Sylvus** » December 4, 2003, 2:59 pm

I think that's probably why VC is getting all the attention; Manhunt is too new. Plus, VC is really popular. If Manhunt ends up being half as popular as VC, expect the same kind of backlash.

laneela · Post by **laneela** » December 4, 2003, 3:06 pm

"kill the Cubans."

Oh no... =\

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » December 4, 2003, 5:19 pm

Imho can't even really compare Manhunt and VC. VC has humor, satire and a lot more than Manhunt does. Manhunt is just violence for the sake of violence.. I love playing VC but have no plans of buying Manhunt.

Also note that VC got killer reviews all over the world, Manhunt did not from what I have seen..

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 4, 2003, 7:00 pm

Manhunt isn't violence for the sake of violence.

also: http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/manhunt/

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » December 4, 2003, 7:10 pm

I guess people highly disagree with you there Kyou that it's not violence just for the sake of violence. Read two reviews in two Norwegian newspapers, one titled "Brutal piece of shit game" to translate it more or less directly. The other was no more positive, and both of these gave VC 6's.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 4, 2003, 8:15 pm

who gives a fuck what some shitty norweigan newspaper thinks. I can't think of a more out of touch country than a bunch of oil rich spoiled socialists who probably don't even have government protected free expression. I just posted a link to metacritic which gives you an average of just about every major game and mainstream review there is and it is averaging 80%. if you play the game and all you see is violence for violence's sake then you are obvious too fucking stupid to comment on it, much less be a writer in a published newspaper.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » December 4, 2003, 8:18 pm

Hum we beat Canada as the best country to live in once again didn't we?

It's ok, you can let all your frustrations out now. We are here for you.

Of course.. we wont be listening.. nobody cares about Canada, Canadians or you anyway

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 4, 2003, 9:41 pm

is that supposed to be like some kind of comeback? I'm not surprised its a better place to live since the government doesn't let you have any of your own money and half the fucking country is on welfare.

at least we have good taste in videogames. fucking norway. nice argument. durr durr manhunt is no good because the rape and pillage tribune says so.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » December 4, 2003, 10:31 pm

norway? who the fuck wants to live in norway?

noel · Post by **noel** » December 4, 2003, 10:37 pm

Jesus fucking Christ, give it a rest. We all live on the same shitty planet so STFU.

The bottom line is this...

VC is popular because it's a GOOD GAME. I sure as hell wouldn't let my kids play it because I don't think it's a kids game and I'm extremely happy to see that the industry is finally making games directed toward adults.

At no point during the time I was playing GTA:VC did I think, I need to kill some brown people, better drive over to Little Haiti or Little Havana. I just looked at the Haitians and Cubans in the game, and their respective districts as a realistic city with realistic subcultures. They were just another gang I occasionally had to gat the living shit out of when they got in my way. The game in no way promotes racism.

I haven't had the time/chance to pick up Manhunt yet, but I probably will at some point. I can't yet comment (and won't) until I get a chance to play it.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » December 4, 2003, 11:40 pm

we have nukes and bomb the shit out of camel jockeys,
fuck america jr and that other viking igloo peice of shit

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » December 4, 2003, 11:47 pm

is that supposed to be like some kind of comeback? I'm not surprised its a better place to live since the government doesn't let you have any of your own money and half the fucking country is on welfare.

rofl you are kidding me right? If you hadn't given me reason to think you were an uninformed moron before, you certainly did now..

I am so impressed by some of the things posted on the link you gave. After all, I am sure to worship Maxim (of all places) who gave it a 100! Gamespy is decent, although they have a tendency to fall into the FPS worshipping crew, and then we are down to 85%. Oh yeah, and they recommend puke bags. Gamestyle claims you can get a sick satisfaction from every kill. Some claim it is good in the stealth genre, others claim it isn't. Some comment on hopeless AI, repetitive gameplay and frustrating combat (EuroGamer). Hum.. shocking, desensitizing violence.. Oh well, I guess it does bring a lot more than just violence huh![/quote]

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 5, 2003, 12:27 am

Yes and you haven't played it so what the fuck are you talking like you know what's in it? OH LOOK EVERYONE KELSHARA IS TALKING OUT OF HIS ASSHOLE AGAIN SOMEONE GET A FUCKING CAMERA. Now you are going to break down for me why every single one of those publications is no good while you cite some shitty fucking nothing newspaper in some backwater country full of "neutral" cowards that rolled out the red carpet for the nazis faster than france could on it's best day.

YEAH OKAY GREAT.

Fucking Norway. Hitler's Ski Resort. You probably don't like any video games because the government doesn't play them for you, and holding a controller is considered to be too much like an actual job. Could you have picked a more culturally insignificant and pansy country to come from? I tried to find some more ammo to make fun of your misscarriage of a nation, but I typed "Norway" into google and only got 3 matches. Even Sweden conquered you. Sweden! Christ almighty you have to come to the thread with a bit more to your argument than that.

Kudo · Post by **Kudo** » December 5, 2003, 12:34 am

Kyoukan fuckin owned you

and btw, GTA:VC, Manhunt, True Crime: Streets of LA, all fuckin own..

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » December 5, 2003, 12:51 am

Kyoukan, challenge yourself to say one positive thing about a country other then Canada, god fucking damn

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » December 5, 2003, 12:58 am

Just to prove that you are your usual pathetic self:

Searched the web for norway. Results 1 - 10 of about 14,700,000. Search took 0.42 seconds.

Kyou lying? Now there's a surprise..

And yeah I expect you to come back with "It was sarcasm!"

I play plenty of console games and PC games, however I tend to like games that are more than just walking around with a chain saw graphically slicing people to little pieces.

Now can you make a single reply without using caps or childish cursing? My money is on no, but I guess time will show!

Kudo · Post by **Kudo** » December 5, 2003, 1:46 am

Kelshara wrote:walking around with a chain saw graphically slicing people to little pieces.

Games tend to be better when you follow the story line, instead of divulging in your sick inner feelings to slaughter as many people as you can.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 5, 2003, 2:01 am

Kelshara wrote:Just to prove that you are your usual pathetic self:

Searched the web for norway. Results 1 - 10 of about 14,700,000. Search took 0.42 seconds.

Kyou lying? Now there's a surprise..

durr hurrhurr no I was being totally serious. Now search the web for hyperbole, Olaf.

Raistin · Post by **Raistin** » December 5, 2003, 3:36 am

hahaha

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » December 5, 2003, 5:21 am

I hear Botswana is beautiful this time of year...

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » December 5, 2003, 9:51 am

And yeah I expect you to come back with "It was sarcasm!"

Idiot.

Btw Olaf isn't Norwegian.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 5, 2003, 2:17 pm

nice bjorn. you quoted yourself and then called yourself an idiot.

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » December 5, 2003, 2:59 pm

rofl. This is gold.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » December 5, 2003, 4:41 pm

No shit I did? Wow that went way over your head didn't it? And it would be Bjørn, dumbass.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » December 5, 2003, 4:58 pm

I am surprised you still have special characters in your alphabet, don't conquerors usually change that? And hasn't Norway changed hands more often than Poland?

Shouldn't that be an umlaut?

Of course, I know it was not Canada kicking any Norwegian butt, they would have to hold a referendum, then wait around while the Prime Minister got high, and beg the Queens permission first, and by then they would have all forgotten what they were going to do , shared a hit off the doobie, and sat around watching the Red Green show and prepping for the next hockey season while expressing their dislike of American beer, to drink the equally shitty Leblatts.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » December 5, 2003, 5:05 pm

Fuck, how did I know that Kylere was going to post something stupid on this thread.

noel · Post by **noel** » December 5, 2003, 5:08 pm

GTA:VC didn't make me want to be violent, but this thread is making me want to cause some fucking chaos...

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 5, 2003, 5:20 pm

Truant wrote:Fuck, how did I know that Kylere was going to post something stupid on this thread.

law of averages almost never deviates.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » December 5, 2003, 5:42 pm

It's a comedy masterpiece, I think we need some other minorities, that Kyou feels are okay to bash, posting. Umm, no blacks or jews please.

*teehee*

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » December 5, 2003, 6:07 pm

Blame the Danes.