BF3 - How do you feel about this?

There is a report in Eurogamer that "A sequence in Battlefield 3 asks you to shoot police officers in order to finish a mission", according to the ESRB report. How do you feel about realistic shooters putting players in a position to have to make poor moral decisions? Is it wrong? Can it affect certain people more than others? What are your opinions on this subject? . . . . .LINK to article . . .

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-07-battlefield-3-asks-you-to-shoot-police

It makes me feel like I should go buy a gun and shoot a police officer... Mortal Kombat has the same affect on me.Warablo13

Not a big deal, at least for the fact that COD already did this. If you're one of the people that unloaded on hundreds of innocent people in an airport like I did and haven't gone serial murderer yet,then you'll be fine.

Not a big deal, at least for the fact that COD already did this. If you're one of the people that unloaded on hundreds of innocent people in an airport like I did and haven't gone serial murderer yet,then you'll be fine.

firefox59

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrill_Kill

Don't find any problem with that, other games sometimes let you do worse...

The game is going to be coming with an 18 cetificate (here in the UK) and that is for a good reason, one being to allow for content like this.

When I play games that have 'questionable moral content' I tend to play it through a couple of times so I can be a 'goodie' and a 'baddie' (goodie= not killing the 'good guys' or shooting them in the leg/arm etc. Baddie= shoot anything that moves) if the game allows you to choose if you 'need' to kill the people in question.

If that choice isn't available I have no second thought about PLAYING THROUGH THE GAME as laid out in front of me. After all I am a sane (some might question that) adult who is able to tell the difference between reality and fiction.

If after buying your young teenage child the game you are 'shocked' by the content. Look at the box and take a little interest in what your child is asking you to buy for them. You wouldn't buy an 18 movie for them so what makes it ok to buy them an 18 rated game?

As for adults that are 'offended' by such content or worried about how it will affect 'society', it was touched upon in an earlier post. Games allow me to do things I wouldn't dream of doing in real life and experience things in a safe, fun, disposable way.

Just because I've mowed down a squad of police with an M16 doesn't mean I have anymore intention of trying to live out that than I have ripping my face off and breathing fire onto someone I've just kicked the crap out of after playing Mortal Combat.

The game is going to be coming with an 18 cetificate (here in the UK) and that is for a good reason, one being to allow for content like this.

When I play games that have 'questionable moral content' I tend to play it through a couple of times so I can be a 'goodie' and a 'baddie' (goodie= not killing the 'good guys' or shooting them in the leg/arm etc. Baddie= shoot anything that moves) if the game allows you to choose if you 'need' to kill the people in question.

If that choice isn't available I have no second thought about PLAYING THROUGH THE GAME as laid out in front of me. After all I am a sane (some might question that) adult who is able to tell the difference between reality and fiction.

If after buying your young teenage child the game you are 'shocked' by the content. Look at the box and take a little interest in what your child is asking you to buy for them. You wouldn't buy an 18 movie for them so what makes it ok to buy them an 18 rated game?

As for adults that are 'offended' by such content or worried about how it will affect 'society', it was touched upon in an earlier post. Games allow me to do things I wouldn't dream of doing in real life and experience things in a safe, fun, disposable way.

Just because I've mowed down a squad of police with an M16 doesn't mean I have anymore intention of trying to live out that than I have ripping my face off and breathing fire onto someone I've just kicked the crap out of after playing Mortal Combat.

neogeta8

[QUOTE="firefox59"]

Not a big deal, at least for the fact that COD already did this. If you're one of the people that unloaded on hundreds of innocent people in an airport like I did and haven't gone serial murderer yet,then you'll be fine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrill_Kill

Is this supposed to be a problem? I think shooting police officers is actually rather tame for a game. I mean, in comparison to MW2's "No Russian" mission, this is nothing.

The game does have a mature rating. Also absolutely no context is provided as to why police officers are being shot, so given the situation, the police could be corrupt, or perhaps they're the ones who attack the player first. In any case, it's hard to be upset about it.

A similar situation happens in MW2, on the "No Russian" mission. Even though you don't have to kill civilians, I think you DO have to kill Russian security forces to proceed through the level (unless you manage to run past all of them or are using a cheat, I suppose).

Of course, the game is rated M, which means nobody under 17 has business playing it.

Well, on the way home this morning from work I lookled at the car in front of me and thought, "Hey, if I just use the side of their car I could easily pass them in this curve coming up".

Well, on the way home this morning from work I lookled at the car in front of me and thought, "Hey, if I just use the side of their car I could easily pass them in this curve coming up".

Nick-42

i dont get it.. i mean so the police officers are the enemy.. then there is no problem... if they are shooting at you then you can shoot back...

i dont care if it depicts the most vile acts being preformed on the most innocent of cuddly animals

its a game, keep it out of the hands of everyone that thinks otherwise

so yeah theres no problem at all then. Video games really do get raw deal its just a game. Its not like cops are really dying and far worse has happened in movies but no one says anything then.

These games are rated M for Mature for a reason. It's a parenting issue if the child is exposed to these forms of media on a regular basis. It's going to happen at some point, yeah, but it's a parent's job to teach them morals and to understand the situations presented in those media.

I am fully in support of games, movies, and music being able to present their content as they please, so long as they are limited to audiences mature enough to comprehend it fully. If a video game wants to be realistic and present a diffucult moral dilemma, then I am fully in support of that. I do NOT want children playing this game, however. Many will, yes. Many will play them without parental knowledge. That is their choice and if it gives them problems later in life that is the punishment for their disobedience and lack of maturity. Those that play them with parental knowledge are the ones that bother me. I have no respect for those parents that allow their children to play games that they are not mature enough to fully comprehend.

Games have ratings and age restrictions for a reason. Can only hope that the parents that choose to purchase these games for their children actually take things like this into account, and consider whether it's smart to expose them to things like this. 9 times out of 10, it's probably not ok for a child, and 10 times out of 10 I'd bet that no parents that buy the games take these things into account. They'd rather just make them happy.

On the other hand, I'm 24 and it doesn't bother me. It's just a game, and I won't try to emulate parts of it, or be effected by it. GTA and Saints make you do way worse things.