Metro: Last Light hits shelves this week.
Before you play the game, go ahead and browse a few reviews of Metro: Last Light. Just pick two or three arbitrarily and give them a look.
Now, odds are that you just read about Metro's dark undertones. It's unashamed take on violence and maturity in gaming. The technical prowess that 4A Games has demonstrated in Metro: Last Light. Without question, you read about the fantastic environment of the underground.
All of these things are true, but there's one thing that reviewers are shying away from discussing.
Metro: Last Light features a graphic and shocking attempted rape scene.
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"Metro: Last Light features a graphic and shocking attempted rape scene"
Overblown Kotaku click-nabbing article incoming in 3...2...1...
Edit @ below
Yeah, I'm saying Kotaku will probably take this and blow it out of proportion.
It's a dark and gritty world with corrupted humans everywhere? The main theme of the story is human suffering and redemption, so not sure why one rape scene needs to be pointed out among the other atrocities that occur in the game.
Basically just pulling the same thing other reviewers did with Tomb Raider. Pointless article in my opinion.
Says a lot about society in general when an attempted rape scene is the cause for concern in a title that has you remorselessly murder an endless stream of people.
The title is developed for mature audiences. "Attempted rape" comes under the moniker of mature themes. If you're of a sensitive disposition perhaps you shouldn't be playing these sort of titles in the first place?
I guess I'm kinda of the fence about it. On one hand, it's not part of the story so why even include it? They could have easily have toned this down to let's say, someone getting robbed, or just some guys about to beat up another dude.
But on the other hand, if it meshes well with the atmosphere and maybe adds to the tone of that part of the game, then it might not be so bad.
Then again, you can compare it to Robert Downey Jr's famous line from Tropic Thunder, "You never go full retard", except you should never have a rape scene in video games.