Since the dawn of the modern video game, a few titles have always been the source of controversy. The first widespread game to have featured the ability to freely murder police officers is back, and they are pushing the envelope once again.

The thing people always focus on in a Grand Theft Auto game is the taboo behavior depicted in it, whether this is the ability to pick up a corner girl, murder police officers, or in this iteration torture.

In the past, however, the most unacceptable parts of the game have existed within the open world on the voluntary basis of the player. Like in the real world, the moral compass of the character, at least in some aspects, is in the control of the player.

This time, though, a mission in the main story requires the repeated torture of a man. Not only do you take part in his torture but also choose the means by which to do so. The character may choose to remove teeth, bludgeon, electrocute, or set ablaze the victim.

Historically, the justification for such acts in open world games such as Grand Theft Auto has been the notion of freedom. While a lack of moral integrity on part of the fictional characters, including the player, has been required. A line has always been drawn between what is compulsory and what is given to the discretion of the player.

I’m not a psycho analyst. I will not make judgments on what is corrupting viewers morally or not. I will, however, be so bold as to say that no parent should let a young child play this game.

The execution of the technical aspects of the game is nearly flawless. Grand Theft Auto V is a worthy successor to its predecessors. I just feel that certain integrity among the franchise could remain constant. I always respected the freedom of a simulation of morally bankrupt men and now it feels like the basis of the game has been corrupted.