The Grand Theft Auto series has gathered a lot of scandals around it. She was condemned for excessive violence, copyright infringement and more. We share with you the most odious scandals around the fifth part.
GTA 5 is a cult action-adventure game with an open world, online mode and a whole army of fans. Since 2011 The company has collected a number of awards: Golden Joystick in 2012, Game of the Year title in 2013, BFTA award in 2014 in three nominations at once, as well as awards for the Best Soundtrack and Graphics of the Year from various publications.
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Games of chance
Addition to GTA 5 and its online mode "Diamond Casino" is banned in more than 50 countries around the world. This happened because of the very principle of casino imitation. In the game, it worked according to the same principles as in real life. In addition, the game was not played for "interest" and not in the form of a plot point, but for in-game currency. Despite the fact that there are no methods to convert it into real money and withdraw it to bank accounts, the world community was adamant.
Prohibition of modifications
Officially, the GTA 5 developer studio did not prohibit mods. However, Take-Two officially accused the OpenIV studio as a fraudster, which created a special toolkit for the development and implementation of modifications to the fifth part of GTA. As a result, this program was removed from the OpenIV website, and the fans started a riot. They lowered the rating of the game on Steam so much that for a while only 10% of the reviews about the game were positive. As a result, the developers were forced to return the software to develop modifications and withdraw their accusations of its unreliability.
Copyright infringement
Rapper Daz Dillinger is suing the developers of the game for playing two of his tracks in GTA 5 without official permission. Previously, the company offered the performer to buy the fruits of his creativity for just over $4, but he turned down the offer. But as a result, the songs still appeared in the game! The rapper sued Take-Two, foreign media talked a lot about this, but no one knows the result of the proceedings. Daz demanded either to pay him a huge compensation, or to recall all copies of the game. There are only two options for resolving the issue: either he did get paid, or the developers' lawyers were dodgy enough to avoid a lawsuit.
Mafia Trouble
GTA 5 did not have a relationship with Karen Gravano, the daughter of former mafia member Salvatore. The girl claims that the character of Antony Bottina completely copies her appearance, and the character's life path is written off from the history of the Gravano family. According to the daughter of the former mafia, she was just preparing an autobiography for publication, where some of the scenes that appear in the game were described in detail. However, Karen did not specify how the leak occurred. However, the case did not reach the court, and in the Take-Two media responded to this claim quite rudely: stated that the playable character is much slimmer than Miss Gravano.
Parody within the law
Actress Lindsay Lohan saw herself in a blonde in a red swimsuit from one of the GTA 5 posters. The girl really looks like Lindsey, especially in one of her beach photos. The actress filed a lawsuit against Rockstar, but this trial did not end with anything for her. The judge said it was not against the law to be inspired by someone's image to create a drawing, and there was no direct drawing in the image. In addition, the developers indicated that actress Kate Upton was their true source of inspiration., which has no claims against them. Fans also saw the girl in the red bathing suit as a model Shelby Weilder, and even she looks more like a picture than Lindsey.
Political conflicts
GTA 5 has a very controversial reputation for having sex, guns, drugs, and a constant stream of violence in the game. In the fifth part one of the shopping districts of Los Santos was named after part of the Scottish town of Hawick. Rockstar wanted to make a reference, but instead they got into a scandal with the measure of this locality. He spoke negatively about such a mention, and also said that the mention in such a dubious project, albeit indirectly, spoils the reputation of their city.
Violence hurts sales
In 2014, a petition was registered on chande.org to the Taget network asking them to ban sales of GTA 5 due to the fact that it demonstrates violence and encourages users to it. Also in the text of the appeal, the issue of sexual crimes and the murder of women, which are present in the project, was raised. This was primarily due to the fact that many players used the services of prostitutes, and then killed them to take their money back. More than 48 people signed the petition. As a result, Target withdrew both GTA 5 and GTA 4 from sale. In Australia, Target's sister company Kmart also refused to sell the series.
Torture and unjustified violence
GTA 5 after the release caused a whole wave of indignation scenes of torture, especially the moment in which the player had to pull out the NPC's teeth, and then kill a defenseless person after that. Condemnation poured from all sides: from public organizations like amnesty international, the teachers' union and even individual deputies. The developers were accused of turning torture into a game, although in reality it is - harsh reality for many living people who have endured such an attitude. In addition, the community focused on the fact that children who accidentally see this scene may perceive this as a game due to too realistic graphics.
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