User blog comment:Tony 1998/GTA V Controversy Part II: Torture Sequence, Animal Cruelty and So On.../@comment-34814-20130926055333

(2) There have been videogames specifically about hunting and fishing forever. Making a hunting minigame in GTAV isn't any crueler than any of those other games. There's been animal abuse in plenty of other videogames - Metal Gear Solid 2 and the exploding seagulls anyone? And also, it's a videogame. I object to trophy hunting in real life, though hunting for food is 100% alright, and I wouldn't object if someone killed a buck for venison and kept the head for a trophy, This is a perfect example of a controversy that's only a controversy because it's in a Grand Theft Auto game.

(3) I'm guessing about 99.997% of the people who play GTA haven't ever stabbed anyone or stolen a game, and when Skyrim came out there were incidents of violence over copies of the game. But because the Elder Scrolls series isn't notorious like GTA is, it didn't get the criticism.

(4) haven't gotten that far yet.

(1) I won't lie, I hated that bit and wish it hadn't been in the game. But I also hated the mission Waste the Wife in GTA Vice City because somehow, driving into a crowd and hearing people make funny noises and scream WHAT THE FUCK as my car flies at them and they either dive out of the way, get squished, or get rocketed up into the air, is Hilarious, whereas listening to that woman scream in realistic terror was Not Hilarious. On the other hand, maybe it's a good idea to include a few genuinely uncomfortable moments in the game. Torture, vehicular homicide, riots, etc... aren't funny in real life. And while GTA isn't supposed to be like real life, maybe that reminder that IRL this stuff is horrible and the people we're controlling would be monsters is a good one to get.