THOM asks: Hi GamerDad, \u00a0Any chance you will be reviewing Just Cause 2\u00a0soon ? \u00a0My son is turning 13 and asking for this one. \u00a0I see it may\u00a0have some sex content and language and violence, but he has already\u00a0been playing Call of Duty 4 and Battlefield Bad Company 2, so not so\u00a0worried about the violence. \u00a0Honestly it is hard to articulate what\u00a0worries me about it, but I would rather not have him role playing\u00a0with too much “F” language, or emphasis on sex themes or drugs.\u00a0You probably get this all the time, so thanks very much in advance if\u00a0by any chance you decide you can provide any sort of reply.<\/p>\n
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Thom,<\/p>\n
I doubt I will have the time to review this one any time soon, but I bet some of my readers can help. \u00a0If not, this is definitely the type of game where you can go to YouTube and find videos. I’ve played the demo, however, and it doesn’t jump out in my memory as an especially offensive game. \u00a0I’ve noticed, lately, that the ESRB had gotten more conservative lately, but here’s what they have to say:<\/p>\n
“Bodies also react to postmortem damage, flailing (i.e., rag-doll physics) and emitting blood long after death. Within the free-roaming context (i.e., not missions), players have the ability to kill island citizens (never children); however, a “Heat Meter”-penalty system discourages these acts by attracting government agents and the local militia. During the course of the game, players may be required to transport a female escort to various locations or to visit a brothel called the “Mile High Club.” The dialogue contains mild sexual innuendo (e.g., “[he] was swapping bodily fluids with a well known general”), as well as more direct references (e.g., “well renowned for his excessive and deviant sexual habits,” “Mile High Club . . . so many sexual memories,” and “To the guards you are just another whore hound!”). The game contains several missions involving drugs: Players must secure drug lines, find hidden drug cases to increase their “Faction meter,” and transport drugs via trucks and helicopters. Although there are never any visual depictions of drugs (they are mostly just in cases and crates), the game contains several references to cocaine, amphetamines, heroine, and opium. The dialogue contains profanity\u2014both in English (e.g., “sh*t” and “a*shole”) and Spanish (e.g., “<\/em>ch*nga<\/em>,” and “<\/em>m*erda<\/em>“).”<\/em><\/p>\n Because of the drugs, I can’t really recommend it for under 17 responsibly, but that’s your call because there are PG-13 movies and definitely TV shows that depict drugs in this way. F bombs are not dropped but it does contain the other stuff you fear, but like always, there’s almost no game that lets you “role-play” drugs or sex… okay maybe God of War.<\/p>\n I am offended by some of the quotes: “The Mile High club, so many sexual memories” is a terrible line. Doesn’t sound slangy and it would be like saying: “Ah, Denny’s, so many eaty experiences there.”<\/p>\n Anyway, your call at this point. I’ll let any readers expand using actual experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THOM asks: Hi GamerDad, \u00a0Any chance you will be reviewing Just Cause 2\u00a0soon ? \u00a0My son is turning 13 and asking for this one. \u00a0I see it may\u00a0have some sex content and language and violence, but he has already\u00a0been playing Call of Duty 4 and Battlefield Bad Company 2, so not so\u00a0worried about the violence. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-askgamerdad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}