After checking out some of the games for the PlayStation 2 game console, (Hey, I know I'm behind the times-I had the PS 1 for about 10 years don't cha know. I'm slowly moving forward) I've discovered that the rating systems on these games are indeed there for a reason. I've played a couple of games in the Grand Theft Auto series and with all the swearing, sexuality and violence in them, you'd figure that you couldn't get much vulgar than those.
Well, hold on there. If you think parents and/or guardians were up in arms about those, you should see what's in store in for the kiddies (should they decide to forgo the warnings on the package) in the Scarface: The World is Yours game by Vivendi Games/Radical Entertainment.
The game-play itself is very much like the GTA games in that it's a first-person shooter-type and you can pull people out of there cars for a jacking and you have to go on missions to complete the re-building of your cocaine empire. Here is a review from GameSpot.com. I don't whole-heartedly agree with their assertions. I mean, how could you possibly make a sequel, even in game form, if you don't re-write the ending to have the main character survive. In any case, it's a little more adult-oriented than GTA, I believe even a little more so than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I'm wondering if the new GTA due out next month will rival Scarface in pure adult-orientated entertainment. That's not to say it's like adult-film entertainment (which of course I have no idea what they're like-Nyuk-Nyuk)
Anyways, the point is, I always thought that although these ratings were on these games for a reason, I never really assumed they would be accurate to the point of actually keeping young children from being exposed to this type of vulgarity, even fun vulgarity. I mean, I can understand why parents wouldn't want their kids, after playing this and other games like it, to run around the house or school saying, "I'm Tony Montana, you f***'n cock-a-roach! Die mother-f***er!!"
Yeah, probably not a good idea. Of course, most of these parents don't really have a clue what their kids are playing half the time anyways.
Oh yeah, Scarface: The World is Yours, cool game. Kinda trippy.
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