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Oct 6th, 2008 at 03:35:33 - Grand Theft Auto III (PS2) |
The second time that I turned on the game I had a little bit more time to play which was nice, but at the same time I was quite annoyed that I must have messed something up and not saved! I had to start all the missions over that I completed which was really annoying because it was a waist of time for me to play them all over and not really have much more material to talk about. So after some time of playing the missions over and getting to a new point in the game I have more to add about the game.
In most games that I play I really never watch the cut scenes, they kind of bore me and I just want to get on with the game. Since I am trying to really get in to the game and analyze it I have not done this yet and I have been watching the cut scenes. It actually makes the game much more interesting and its neat to see how the plot works on. But enough about that the game itself has even more noticeable things to talk about the more time I spend playing it.
The second time I was playing I was really looking at the choices and actions that my character has to make and does. What I really noticed while playing is that I don’t have a choice in what I am allowed to do. I do understand that the point of this game is to follow the missions and do as they say so that you complete them. To add an alternate possibility would create a whole other game. So since that is not done, I looked at the choices I do have to make. I can either go around and roam the game doing whatever I want, or I can follow the plot and story. I wanted to actually succeed in the game so I followed what I was supposed to do.
After beating the missions I already played, I was presented with a couple more, which I did fail and have to repeat more then once. One mission I had to spray paint six of my gangs tags over other gangs tags and another I had to drive around Ryder and kill a bunch of people. Now both of these things are illegal and the more actions and missions that I have taken on I can see that its going to continue that way, I don’t have a choice on the ethical decisions I am going to make. Even though I know myself that these decisions are not ethical, if I were to apply the subject relativism theory to them I could easily get away with any of these because I am deciding the right or wrong for myself and in this game I am choosing the right path to do the actions I am taking, and in this case, being a gang banger.
I think that another theory that can be applied to this situation really well is cultural relativism. The reason I say this is that this game takes a big part of stereotypes and really shows them. This game really shows a lot of stereotypes about different cultures, more specifically African Americans. That they are all in gangs and that white people do not take a part in it. Being very broad about this, I can say that the moral codes for different groups of people are different and that the game portrays the culture of an African American as being in a gang and the things you have to do to be in one. Being in a gang has to deal with family and how you treat your fellow gang members they are someone you would do anything for and risk your life for them.
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Oct 5th, 2008 at 17:34:39 - Grand Theft Auto III (PS2) |
I have played other grand theft auto games before, but this has been the first time I had played San Andres or even any grand theft auto in a couple of years. I do enjoy playing video games, but as time has gone on, I have had less and less time to actually play these games. As any other grand theft auto though, I noticed that it was following the exact same format and ideas. I think the most noticeable thing at first is how everything in the game plays as stereotypes. That all of these stereotypes play together and work off one another.
So as I started the game, I really had no idea what I was in for or what the plot of this game was about. I instantly knew what to do though, and from playing previous grand theft autos it was not hard to figure out. Normally I don’t struggle that much playing any game, but the first couple missions were not that easy, well I kept blowing them and the game was getting really frustrating not even being able to beat the first mission. But after getting used to playing any video game again and learning what I had to do for the mission made it go faster. I finally got the hang of it, made it to the location I had to be, and drove to get myself a haircut. At first I tried not getting a hair cut because I wanted to get more money and get one of the more fancy haircuts, I tried entering and leaving but it didn’t work, so I chose a haircut and left and had the game told me I had to go eat, but not to eat too much because I could get fat. I thought that was really funny to hear from a game, but I continued in the pizza joint and got myself a whole pizza. Instantly after I paid the game cuts to a cut scene and I’m helping my friend in the game hold up the place. We are chased out with a shotgun and I am now driving the getaway car. I feel like within no time this game started me off as a thug, and this game was teaching me what I needed to do to be one.
With this game basing itself off stereotypes it’s quite easy to pick it apart when you are looking for the problems with it. Especially with social contract theory, because of how government takes such a small impact on this game life. I know it’s just a game, but in this game the police rarely bother you and it seemed you can complete any crime and get away with any type of action that you commit. Even when you do get busted by the cops you only pay a small fee and lose items. This is really not a big deal at all and going around being able to kill someone, steal a car, pick up a prostitute is all playing taking this in to thought. Social contract theory says that government is needed to keep things in order. In this case, it’s the gangs, it’s the color of your skin in the game that makes you wanted or not, and you can do nearly anything you want. The police barely get on your case for what in real life can get you years in jail. Yes I know, this is a game, but what does this show people that play this game. Is it teaching some that being Hispanic or African American makes you a danger to society, that you can get away with actions and not face any consequences?
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