Would you be able to play a game where you rape someone

[Salsa]

Edmund was an interesting game, even though it was kinda terrible

I wonder what would happen if someone took that idea further.

would it draw the line for you? would you find it interesting?

I get why a big company would never even suggest it, considering that violence and murder, although for some equally demeaning and terrible, sells and is considered entertainment.

I think there'd be some kind of potential on a game that gets you inside the head of a truly fucked up person and explores some of the more explicit acts that never get touched upon because of common decency.

I dont think there's a line that shouldnt be crossed as long as the game embraces something like this properly and is not just a throaway thing for "shock"

that said, I think a lot of people here would immediatly quit the game or couldnt stomach it, and that's interesting

 

[Fracas]

Why would I ever want to do that in a game

 

[Korigama]

Why would I ever want to do that in a game

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[Mauricio_Magus]

If it's part of the story and not just there for no reason I wouldn't mind.

 

[Courage]

I mean, context is everything.

 

[$200]

I am okay with Custer' Revenge.

 

[AnbaLeumas]

Gladly.

Spoiler

Not really. I thought of manhunt for some reason. Seems like it'll be perfect for a game like that lol.

 

[Salsa]

Why would I ever want to do that in a game

same reason why watching a movie or documentary about a person who commited a terrible act like that could be interesting?

 

[Valnen]

Such a thing shouldn't be censored (nothing should) but I sure as hell wouldn't buy it and I would probably think less of anyone that did.

 

[Tummi Gummi]

Would probably play a "serious" attempt at it out of morbid curiosity. You already have Illusion and flash games for the fetish side.

 

[Surge]

No...just no

 

[Randolph Freelander]

That would be a game worth boycotting.

That would be a game worth letter-writing campaigns and protests, even, and wishing ill upon the company that would create that.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Why would I ever want to do that in a game

One, and done.

I mean, context is everything.

In this case, I'm not so sure.

 

[Slamtastic]

Would it be a deep and rewarding gameplay mechanic?

 

[phierce]

If it's part of the story and not just there for no reason I wouldn't mind.

Exactly.

What is so differnt than blowing some innocent's head off in hundreds of games?

It's a game, people. Not reality.

 

[vulva]

It's just a game, why not? I'm pressing buttons, not forcing myself on someone

 

[sn00zer]

There is no proper way to embrace rape... I have many choice words on this topic that I will not express...but insinuating that simulated rape in anyway is a line that can be crossed is just wrong

 

[Broder Salsa]

Would it be a deep and rewarding gameplay mechanic?

QTE's all the way through!

 

[jordisok]

What about some player agency and having the choice?

 

[JordanN]

Rape is deplorable in my eyes but then so is killing without reason and some games allow you to do that.

I'd have to see what the whole game was like before even considering it. If all you did was rape, I'd write it off as boring/inhuman.

 

[we.are.the.armada]

Honestly, I think what really matters is:

1. is the context provided for the criminal act a means to a narrative end
2. does the point strive for some deeper or progressive meaning rather than fetish pandering
3. is it a good game

 

[J@hranimo]

I mean.....do I even have to say first post nails it?

 

[Spooling13]

Hell to the no!

 

[Salsa]

Would it be a deep and rewarding gameplay mechanic?

I try to adress this in the OP. I think it's justifiable as an interesting subject to explore, but im obviously not talking about a game mechanic where you get points or anything

as said, context is everything

 

[Fracas]

same reason why watching a movie or documentary about a person who commited a terrible act like that could be interesting?

I'm okay with an incident of rape occurring in a story (as long as it's not just "there"), but to play it or see it? I don't know. I mean yeah, I could handle it, but that's getting into some really dark territory that I don't really want to venture into.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Fantasies are just fantasies, they don't you'll do it in real life.

 

[Alienous]

Eh, after all the murder, I suppose. I wouldn't enjoy it, certainly, but I could play a game that ... utilizes ...

If it made story sense, and it would have to make really viable story sense (like a flashback that you can't avoid; the character trying to make up for his past deeds) then ... maybe ...

You know, probably not. I think I've found my limit.

 

[MCD]

Only if I play as Rance.

 

[Always-honest]

Why would I ever want to do that in a game

It just isn't the same, right?

Spoiler

juuuust kidding

 

[Carl]

I guess it's just a game. So yeah, why not.

As long as it serves a purpose within the game and isn't just there for the sake of being there.

 

[Darryl]

mainstream media would eat it up

 

[Courage]

The only appropriate context I can think of, is if you're playing as this evil person throughout the game that just merciless kills people and rapes them (with a story to accompany it,) but at the end he dies.

It's a cool idea. You play as the villain essentially.

 

[Salsa]

I'm okay with an incident of rape occurring in a story (as long as it's not just "there"), but to play it or see it? I don't know. I mean yeah, I could handle it, but that's getting into some really dark territory.

why would you want to run over hookers in GTA?

same but different, considering im not talking about making the act "fun", but rather just have it as an integral part of the character you play as.

 

[Windforce]

Would be too disturbing. Do we really need it even more than the games are doing nowadays? Like that guy burning alive in Call of Duty, it was way too terrible for me.

 

[kittens]

No, that would be crossing way too many lines for me. I already have a problem playing military shooters or playing as cops, cause I hate everything those institutions stand for.

 

[Sylverstone14]

How about a hell no...

I recall this one game that has a premise like that but it was by all means lambasted and buried six feet under.

Plus, that would piss off a plentiful lot of people.

So hell no.

 

[Atolm]

I commit murder with almost every game, so why not.

 

[Morgadeth]

I can happily play games where I kill people, so why not?

Wait, Isn't that in God of War as a QTE? Some people define prostitution as 'paid rape'.

 

[gurudyne]

No. It would either be done poorly, in which case it's about the gross out factor and marketing which is disgusting, or it would be done well and Jesus Christ does that sound horrifying.

 

[baekshi]

So watching a movie or tv show with rape is fine but playing a game where there is a rape is not fine?

 

[kaito1412]

I will have sex with my own mother in a videogame

its just a videogame

 

[BobbyRobby]

yeah sure. i wouldn't seek out such a thing, but i would have no problem playing a game where you rape someone.

i can distinguish between reality and fiction.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Gonna need more context. Like, can you be some hero on a quest to save the world and for most of the game, you're this awesome dude that rescues puppies from sinking buses, and then out of nowhere you just rape someone? I'd play that if the gameplay was good.

 

[maniac-kun]

I finished Biko 2 & 3. Its a stalking / rape game.

 

[spandexmonkey]

There's already enough doujin games that feature it and I can't stand them. My personal tastes, but I can only consume entertainment where the sex is consensual. Same goes for film/books. Rape just bugs me so much it overpowers whatever else the story may have had going for it.

 

[10101]

same reason why watching a movie or documentary about a person who commited a terrible act like that could be interesting?

I get this, but nah not for me this is interactive entertainment - and I wouldn't want to interact like that. I guess it would depend upon how it was portrayed though. If The lead character was a murdering rapist I could live with it, but actually a part of the game where you rape someone? Hell no.

 

[yesmynameissumo]

Even contextually, I don't think I could button mash in order to rape a character. Yell Kinect voice commands? Maybe.

 

[Salsa]

another point i'd raise is that considering how much killing and murdering the "hero" of every game does, it's kinda hard to get the feeling of you playing as a complete cold hearted, fucked up person, considering murder is about as shocking as games go in terms of themes

something like this would be a way to get this feeling across, if the game tries to go for that

 

[evanmisha]

Battle Raper?

 

[Majine]

I predict this thread will either die really fast, or become a member graveyard.