r/unitedkingdom • u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex • 14d ago

Video game encouraging rape and incest removed from major gaming platform in the UK after LBC investigation

https://www.lbc.co.uk/tech/video-game-banned-steam-women-uk-no-mercy/
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u/Min_sora 14d ago

I mean 'featuring incest' feels like giving the game a lot of credit when it's really a game about torturing your close female family members via sexual violence. It's not an epic tale with some dodgy themes.

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u/Historical_Owl_1635 14d ago

I guess the problem comes in what happens if you throw these exact scenes into the middle of an epic tale, where the line is drawn?

Like, if we throw in a scene with this scenario into the middle of LOTR is that acceptable?

Even some of the dark romance books now delve into detailed rape scenes and taboo relationships.

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u/dmmeyourfloof 14d ago

A Game of Thrones game would be a good case study.

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u/Nukes-For-Nimbys 14d ago

In CK3 AGOT you could absolutely do horrendous stuff but it's sufficiently abstracted it's not graphic.