[Jacob]

The GTA series are constantly hounded and mired in controversy from either idiot conservatives or...idiots in general.


GTA 4 is no different - the fact you can kill anybody, steal cars, drink drive, sleep with Prostitutes then beat them to death with a Baseball bat to reclaim your money all help to weigh down the hammer of the morality preachers.

...but is it really that bad?

When i first played GTA 4, i was struck by how moral and sympathetic the character was. ...of how moral the game itself actually was.

For instance any character that does Drugs either admits their abuse of them is a problem, or dies.

Niko himself, rarely drinks, but never touches Drugs.

He rarely hits women (the exception being Gracie).

And he'll do anything for his friends and family, showing complete loyalty to them, no matter who or what they are.

It seems all the other actions, the less moral actions, are deemed by the person playing. If you take all that out, you get a decent game with a decent message.

...does anybody else agree?

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