New York Police come down hard on Saints Row 2
- Posted October 16th, 2008 at 06:53 EDT by
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According to Ripten, the New York Police department has it in for THQ's decidedly unsaintly Saints Row 2. Apparently, Illinois developer Volition may have its New York privileges revoked.
NYPD union boss Patrick Lynch has been carping on royally at New York's Daily News, claiming, “horrible and violent video games desensitize young people to violence while encouraging depravity, immorality while glorifying criminal behavior.” It's only a game, Patrick. Like table tennis and tiddlywinks and that, you know.
Saints Row 2, as you'll probably be aware, is an especially down-and-dirty specimen of Grand Theft Auto 3 clone. One of your first tasks in the game is to bust out of an offshore prison, killing any and all representatives of the law enforcement community in the process, so it's no surprise the real-life fuzz are getting steamed up.
Saints Row 2 came out on Wednesday in North America and hits European shelves tomorrow. Australia gets it today.
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west_end_matt
- 7:04am BST - October 16th, 2008
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More people kill in the name of religion than they do in the name of video games, why not whine about that????
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chomperbull
- 9:33am BST - October 16th, 2008
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religon has been the #1 killer of all time if u don't know that go back to school
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ironflag55555 |
ironflag555- 9:48am BST - October 16th, 2008
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ha ha they diserve everything they got coming to them, hope they get hit hard
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djrussell |
djrussell89- 10:25am BST - October 16th, 2008
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I do understand where he's coming from, but at the end of the day it's still just a game. I dont think a video game glorifies violence any more than a blockbuster movie. But i do know what he means; killing police isnt exactly great. But then again i'll happily play GTA any day of the week cause they have such great storylines. Dunno about Saints Row 2 though...
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Promethius30 |
Tealcsg1- 10:37am BST - October 16th, 2008
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@1 very true people who kill because of games would kill any way because there crazy
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MMDs |
MMDs- 10:46am BST - October 16th, 2008
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Rated M for "MATURE"
its on the box. i think i'm mature enough to realize that this is just a game and not to be taken seriously. PARENTS BEWARE kids do not count as mature individuals their minds are weak and are so easily influenced, do not buy this game for them.
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iplayonlysony
- 12:24pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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@ #7, I just started the game but so far the action is there! The layout and scope of the city is not near GTA4, but the craziness is there.
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GunsOfLiberty |
GunsOfLiberty- 3:30pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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The game is fun and the customizations are some of the DEEPEST around!
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MotorStormman222 |
BuffaloNY92- 4:08pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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Quit picking on videogames!!! damn- IT'S ONLY A GAME. That's the point of games- to do stuff you either can't do in real life, or do stuff you would get in trouble for in real life.
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Tseng VII |
TsengVII- 4:34pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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Correct: “horrible and violent video games desensitize young people to violence while encouraging depravity, immorality while glorifying criminal behavior.”
Incorrect: It's only a game, Patrick. Like table tennis and tiddlywinks and that, you know.
Statistically, those who enjoy these types of games don't go as far in life than those who shun them....Can't argue with the stats.
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1solidsnake |
solid1snake67- 5:10pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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all i hear is whining. people like this needs to stop worrying about kids playing violent video games, more likely i would blame the parents instead. don't we have that rating thing ERSB. so, then go after parents dumb cops. they probably got PAID by hillary clinton to do this. ANY FOR OF ENTERTAINMENT IS BAD! i'm just glad she didn't make it in the election. she'd try to take the video game industry down some how.
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tmac032986 |
tmac032986- 6:44pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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This is why we have the rating system in place. Maybe they should just crack down on selling Mature rated games to minors. Invoke harsher punishment on retailers that do. That's the only way to help this issue. Parents need to pay closer attention to what their kids are watching and playing. Plain and simple. If you don't want your child to perform the acts he sees and plays on games like Saints Row 2 or GTAIV, then don't buy them the damn games or at least explain to them the things they see in this game are absolutely not ok to do in real life! I grew up playing Mature rated games and was allowed to do so. However, my parents explained to me the actions and scenarios in those games were not condoned in this real world. I understood that doing a Fatality and ripping someone's spine from their body would not be acceptable on the playground at school. These games are here to entertain us, not cause all this political b. s. Don't sell Mature rated games to under age kids, and parents... get your head out of your @ sses!
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Fatso |
Fatso- 7:54pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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I am a police officer in North Carolina US and I love this game. Some people are just too sensative about stuff like this. It's a game with a MATURE rating. Parents: if you don't want your kids playing this game, get involved in their life a little more instead of scratching your head after they become criminals. Like I said, the game is rated M for a reason...
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scoutsniper1231 |
scoutsniper1231- 8:00pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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@ 4 No More fight for religion. Take a history class. 95% of them are for religion. People hire MERCS for money, most MERCS fight for the religion cause. And agressive peole just like violent games
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andrewchap |
Achap- 10:34pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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Why is it bad to be desensitized to violence?
Only the crazies don't know the difference between real life and video game,
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IronMan96 |
Dark_Knight96- 11:29pm BST - October 16th, 2008
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PSN id: Dark_Knight96 i would probably love this game but i wish the could be a TURN OFF COP feature cuz cops in these games like GTA4 are SOOOOOOO ANNOYING like say u steal a car, or bash a innocent bystander's head in with a baseball bat, or shoot someone's head off with a rifle, or get max cops on u and u just want to fly peacefully, BUT NOOOO COPS COME AND SHOOT U FOR HAVING FUN, plz put TURN OFF COPS button
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sn-plazaskater |
Dark_Knight96- 3:30am BST - October 17th, 2008
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this just in..car surfing increases in popularity..police put the blame on saint rows 2
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 1:12pm BST - October 18th, 2008
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Well,i you're gonna kill under the influence of a videogame,you're probably brain dead enough to kill WITHOUT any encouragement.
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princevegeta1980
- 5:28am BST - October 20th, 2008
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One thing I didn't understand in gta4 is the the lack of AI of the cops, you steal a car or run over/agress someone the cops chase you but if your the victime of car jacking/getting hit by car/agressed the cops don't do a thing. I found that competely lame, is this the same in saints row 2?
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