Quote Originally Posted by Rase View Post
Just don't fire your gun at the unarmed folks if you don't wanna. Problem solved.
I had been thinking on the topic a little more since my last post and realized this as well. I really doubt that the game will force you to shoot any of the civilians during that section (in fact I'm willing to bet on it), leaving the choice up to the player though the impact of such a scene where you're in the middle of it likely won't be lessened.

Also, I was going to rip into Shattered Dreamers last post because I strongly disagree with the double standard he's preaching and think he and some others here are missing the point some of us are making by miles, but Dreddz said it far more tactfully than I might have. If killing innocent people in media is wrong regardless of context then you really can't say it's ok in GTA because they make a joke of it. That's literally the most absurd thing I've ever heard. Give me a game that makes you feel the gravity of what's happening over one that makes it a joke please, because the one that really makes you realize the horror of what's happening is doing something right and is up there with other works like Saving Private Ryan in my books. What we're probably going to see when MW2 comes out is a real maturation of video games as a vehicle for story and messages like this, and I welcome it.

Oddly enough, I find it funny that people feel this is going to far, but I doubt anyone in this thread would stop and think twice about innocent people being slaughtered in a movie and say it went too far if it conveys the right message and the gravity of the situation.