Out in the UK for 1 hour (officialy) and already libro Pink\'s want it Banned

Quote from BBC News.
Grand Theft Auto sequel hits UK

 


The game "borders on art", said one US review

The fourth instalment of the hugely successful Grand Theft Auto video game is going on sale in the UK, amid fears the adult game could mistakenly be bought for children.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the PlayStation 2 is the fourth instalment in the franchise that has sold more than 12 million copies to date.

Set in a fictional Miami City in the 1980s, the gamer plays a gangster called Tommy Vercetti, who roams the streets crossing the paths of all kinds of people.



Parents buying games for kids tend to have a relatively lax attitude towards the certification of video games
 
Video game writer Dave McCarthy  
It already seems set to become the biggest- selling video game of 2002 in the US, following its sell-out release there earlier this month.

But some British parents are concerned the video, which should not be sold to under-18s, may be accessed by children.

Dave McCarthy, who works for a specialist video games magazine, told the BBC the game was "clearly" not suitable for children.

"Players have to undertake various criminal activities, and acts of a morally dubious nature such as stealing cars, engaging the services of prostitutes, beating up people, hijacking police cars," he said.

\'Moral framework\'

"It\'s fairly clear that this sort of thing isn\'t really suitable for under-18s."

 
Vice City is modelled on Miami
 
However, he feared some parents could nonetheless succumb to pressure and buy the game for their offspring, despite the warnings.

"Parents buying games for kids tend to have a relatively lax attitude towards the certification of video games," he said.

"Certainly they don\'t seem to view video game age certificates with the same degree of respect they would cinema, for example."

However, he conceded the game placed any violence and law-breaking within a "basic moral framework".

"Players are penalised for conducting larcenous acts," he said.

\'Bordering on art\'

"If you steal a car, the police will come after you and try and bring you to book."

In the US, Vice City has had rave reviews, with Time magazine calling it a "national obsession" which "borders on art", and gaming magazines describing it as "peerless".

It has been particularly praised for its attention to detail in recreating the era of the 1980s.

The game features 80 different tracks from bands including Judas Priest, Blondie, Flock of Seagulls, Kool and the Gang, Hall and Oates, Grandmaster Flash, and Cutting Crew.

Voices are supplied by actors Miami Vice star Phillip Michael Thomas, Ray Liotta and Dennis Hopper, among others.

", amid fears the adult game could mistakenly be bought for children. " :rolleyes:

its Got a Frigging Age Limit sticker on the God Dman Boxes !

Gowd
Damn
Pink\'os

and yes i got my copy yesterday (thursday)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the PlayStation 2 is the fourth instalment in the franchise that has sold more than 12 million copies to date.

That cant bee true!!

Well it aint true simple as that, woooo 3 more hours and i will be home playing this baby!

[Cerberus]

Do you reckon it ever will get banned in the UK?

Originally posted by Cerberus
Do you reckon it ever will get banned in the UK?

They can try all they want but by the time it goes through (if ever) everyone\'ll have it anyway.

By the way, does anyone know what colour the dics are?

Silver, virtually all games are on silvers now cos the CDs dont have a high enough capacity

[Kurt Angle]

The people that want to ban it can go to hell. I\'ve got my copy and that all that matters.

That\'s why I love the US, there is no fear of it being banned here.

That would just suck, although I\'m sure if you have a copy, you would be one of the fortunate and to think, that would raise the price of your games... Beat them play them to death and sell them triple the value than you got it new...  Now at the same time, could they really ban the game in the UK?

Brad

dont thin it will get banned here, its got a over 18s rating on it, so if a parent buys it for there kid its there fault