2007 TOP TEN VIOLENT VIDEOGAMES
1. GRAND THEFT AUTO Allows players to act out crimes and rewards them for doing so.
2. MANHUNT Revolves around the making of a snuff film.
3. SCARFACE Involves buying and selling drugs and killing hundreds of people.
4. 50 CENT BULLETPROOF Rapper 50 Cent is involved in a web of corruption, double-crosses and shady deals that lead him on a bloody path through New Yorks drug underworld.
5. 300 THE VIDEOGAME Invites game room gladiators to slice their way through the Persian army as King Leonidas or as the leader of the phalanx unit in the Spartan army.
6. THE GODFATHER Opens with a child version of the player witnessing the murder of his father.
7. KILLER-7 Experienced adult gamers call this the most violent and twisted game ever played.
8. RESIDENT EVIL 4 Shootouts involving massive crowds of enemies in large open areas. A typical play-through can result in the killing of up to 900 enemies.
9. GOD OF WAR A sea of unrelenting violence, featuring Kratos, one of the most vicious characters the video game world has ever seen. Impales bodies, severs heads and even rips enemies in half with his bare hands.
10. HITMAN BLOOD MONEY Self-proclaimed most violent game of a series, this game glamorizes killing.
Much like the modern welfare state & justice system then.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City kicked some serious butt.
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