{"id":2482,"date":"2025-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2025-05-12T02:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T02:55:17","slug":"games-inbox-how-extreme-will-gta-6-in-game-sex-and-violence-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/games-inbox-how-extreme-will-gta-6-in-game-sex-and-violence-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: How extreme will GTA 6 in-game sex and violence be?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GTA 6 \u2013 are all the old arguments going to return? (Rockstar Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Monday letters page thinks a \u00a375+ video game can be good value for money, as another reader tries to make sense of Doom\u2019s storyline.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Violent visuals<\/strong>
GTA 6<\/a> looks amazing and everything but one thing I\u2019ve not seen discussed much is the possible backlash over its violence. I\u2019m going to assume it\u2019s the same basic level as the other games but not only do people look much more realistic in GTA 6 but there seems to be a lot more of them around in outdoors scenes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is GTA 6 still going to have rampage missions where you mow down as many people as possible? Even if it doesn\u2019t is there going to be anything stopping you from doing that? I\u2019m not taking a stance on it, at least until I see how they handle it, but if you can just let rip with a heavy machinegun, or whatever, into a crowd, that\u2019s going to be pretty disturbing if it all looks and plays out realistically.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t feel this has been an issue for games for a while now, as most have managed to not have that kind of opportunity in it or there\u2019s no one in the world except bad guys. But GTA 6 could open up a whole new can of worms, and that\u2019s before we find out how it handles sex. There\u2019s a sort of sex scene in the second trailer but if Rockstar try anything more than that I can just imagine how the usual suspects are going to react.<\/p>\n

The better the graphics get the harder these questions are to answer with a \u2018it\u2019s not real\u2019. Where do you draw the line in terms of how real it looks?
Lumpy<\/strong><\/p>\n

You have huge guts<\/strong>
I haven\u2019t played Doom: The Dark Ages<\/a> yet but I will agree I had no idea what was going on in Doom Eternal. The plot was so complicated but at the same time dumb and not interesting. Assuming it hasn\u2019t changed, which it doesn\u2019t sound like it has, I would agree that Doom needs to play up the comedy more.<\/p>\n

Eternal doesn\u2019t really take itself that serious but at the same time there\u2019s nothing in it that\u2019s really funny, unless you count collecting the little Funko Pop! style toys. That seems a big mistake for a game that doesn\u2019t really have any interesting characters, including the main one.<\/p>\n

I realise comedy is hard, but they could at least try. At a minimum they could just adapt the comic that \u2018rip and tear\u2019 comes from. It\u2019s still the best thing associated with Doom that isn\u2019t the games.
Blofeld<\/strong><\/p>\n

Combat revolved<\/strong>
I\u2019ve spent a good few hours this morning going through Halo: ODST and it is as good as ever. The gunplay, music, and setting is just second to none in the Halo games. I\u2019ve played through all of them hundreds of times (literally) and there is always a new way to beat the Covenant thanks to the great AI.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t mind it coming to the PlayStation 5 but I fear the remake is going to dumb it all down to appeal to the people who haven\u2019t played Halo before. I still wish they would do a full remake of Halo 3, with all the cut levels included (there are fan made sequels that are great) .<\/p>\n

Anyway, keep up the good work.
Simon<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC:<\/strong> Thanks.<\/em><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Staying friendly<\/strong>
If it was any other company, I think support for the next generation Xbox would be very limited. They\u2019ve had two disasters in a row, they\u2019re currently downplaying the Xbox Series X\/S, and the new console may be portable only.<\/p>\n

But since it is Microsoft, and they\u2019re so rich, are they going to be paying other publishers to get them to support them still? Apart from money I\u2019m not sure what hold Microsoft really has over other companies now that their hardware is irrelevant. It\u2019s definitely no kind of threat to be told you can\u2019t publisher on Xbox consoles anymore.<\/p>\n

I guess the promise of being on Game Pass is still there, but that\u2019s not something bigger companies are going to care about, compared to indies. Maybe they\u2019ll just keep doing it out of a sense of diplomacy though. No point burning any bridges, I guess.
Vectorman<\/strong><\/p>\n

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