Someone also recently discovered that one or two of the guys on the dev team are white supremacists. The controversy thickens.

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As others have already said, you can do this in 90% of all sandbox games ever released, and one of the big draws GTA has for people is playing it exactly like this.

The controversy is silly, and it's exactly what the developers wanted. This is also the sort of thing that the louder you whine about it, the more people are going to gain interest in it/seeing what it is you're so worked up about.

Personally, I have no desire to play this, or anything like it. I remember playing Manhunt (which, quite frankly, was far more gross in terms of both plot and killing animations) ten or so years ago and just putting it down half way through because it was so dark and gruesome that it wasn't even fun to me. This gives me about the same feeling...a game with no story or actions beyond kill kill kill doesn't appeal to me. Am I against such a product existing though? Absolutely not! If you want to make or play games like this by all means do so. I'll completely support your right to do it as well.