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Be afraid. Be very afraid.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: February 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

People, stay away from this game. The senseless killings and bad language give gaming a bad name. The story is minuscule and convoluted, the graphics way, way below par and you play through it in four hours. If you like gangsta rap, maybe the soundtrack would be nice, but you get many more for 30 bucks on iTunes or in a record store. Don't waste precious life time on this game like I did.

BAD FOR CHILDREN!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 19
Date: February 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Help Protect our Children and our Officers: Ban Eidos' "25 to Life"©

Our goal is 50,000 signatures.
We now have 72,909. We met our original goal of 17,500 in less than two weeks... and now we've surpassed 50,000! We're not done yet!

In response to a notice from game manufacturer Eidos, that the "25 to Life"© video game was being shipped to U.S. markets beginning January 17, the NLEOMF is mounting a vigorous campaign to discourage parents and caregivers from purchasing or allowing children access to the violent video game. We are gravely alarmed by the violent nature of this game and believe that any type of media that glorifies violence against law enforcement or civilians should be carefully scrutinized.

The "25 to Life"© video game allows players the option to role-play by shooting gang members and police officers and using innocent bystanders as human shields. The Web site advertising the game boasts that players have "more than 40 weapons to choose from, including shotguns, machine guns, stun guns and tear gas."

Due to the disturbing nature of the game, last fall high-profile law makers and citizens protested its release, which the NLEOMF believes helped to delay its entry into the U.S. market. Although the manufacturers have chosen to release the game this year, YOU can help limit its access to the young minds that this game will be promoted to.

The NLEOMF aims to collect 17,500 signatures, in support of a petition to take the game out of U.S. stores. This figure represents approximately the number of officers whose names are permanently inscribed on the Walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, and symbolizes the grave consequences of violent behavior toward officers.

Our culture is saturated with violent images in all types of media, but games like "25 to Life"© are especially dangerous because they're driven by the thrill of the kill. The images are wrong. The messages are wrong. And stocking it in U.S. stores is wrong. Do your part in keeping our children and our officers safe; sign the petition today.

Petition:

I support the ban of Eidos' "25 to Life©," believing that its violent nature represents a threat to our children and our law enforcement officers. I petition to have the game removed from the U.S. market.

WARNING TO PARENTS

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: February 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game scores points if you shoot cops and even more if you grab an innocent person off the street and use them as a human shield.

Stop Selling This at Amazon

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 18
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love Amazon...but I am greatly disturbed that Amazon would be willing to profit from the sale of Cop-killing video games. Quite honestly, I expect more from a quality corporate citizen such as Amazon. Supporting "25 to Life" is disturbing. I am a huge supporter of freedom of choice in this nation. Perhaps Amazon is using this "rationale" to somehow justify selling this cop-killing game. But any responsible retailer or reseller should put common decency ahead of profits. Until Amazon puts that decency ahead of cop-killer video games I will not purchase any goods from Amazon.com.

PARENTS!!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Game is OK, but I'm really here to say, if parents were paying attention to their children, and NOT BUYING ADULT GAMES FOR THEM!!this wouldnt be an issue. Stop being parents to the whole nation and keep an eye on your own kids, thats why we have a rating system for movies and GAMES. Can't stop your kids from playing a game, thats your problem, not the game makers, sounds like you should re-think your parenting position to me. Can't stop the games.. HA! HA! HA!

GTA Clone has its ups but several key downs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

25 to Life is a controversial game, but so is GTA, Hitman, and dozens of other violent games. Keep this one away from your kids and try not to dictate to the world how everybody should ban the game. This is America so deal with it, folks.

On a gameplay level, the game is fun but on my Dell 8250 with 1 GB RAM and 256 MB nVidia 6800 GT, there are some slowdowns in framerates. As I found out from another site, Eidos just didn't design the game to flow smoothly when multiple enemies are on the screen. The controls are fairly easy to manipulate, but sometimes you get shot even when you can't see an enemy when peering around a corner. The game has a decent length with 10 stages, but could be longer. There aren't any vehicles to drive, just a straight-up run 'n gun with some hiding behind cover.

The game is worth a try, but only under $15 in my mind. EBay it up.

GOOD GAME

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: January 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I like this game bcas it is very nice to play and the mouse sensitive is very cool

Online IS FUN =)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: March 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

dont hate on this game =( its just a good shootin game wit cool online =) in the gta games u kill anythin and get points, so dont go disin out this game when u like the gta series. GSF FOR LIFE!

Be afraid White people

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Guns, Murder, Police Violence

We saw the riots in LA, and the brutality against Blacks in Phillidelphia but thankfully we are white, middle class and don't have to worry about these problems.
Then our white friends at Eidos pulled a sneak attack and hit us with this game

25 to life is all that it should be, kill cops or kill thugs, it is senseless and you get points for the carnage you create.
It makes sense, seeing as the majority of police/civilian violence is senseless and all you really can expect to come from it in real life is points, in the form of bragging rights. The name of the game is survival and I suppose that this game wouldn't be so bad if you could just kill the thugs.

I mean c'mon, whats a game when your a black male, showing the fact that you no longer want to submissively be raped by white dominated and racially/socially divided judicial system. No self respecting person should have to see that.

But hey, if your a person, with the capability for rational thought, and can see the games context for a realist cops/robbers game. Buy it, but if your a racist white jackass that wants it banned b/c a few cops got killed then don't. But who's to say that the cop that you could have killed wasn't the one that didn't respond to your moms cries for help while she was attacked b/c they were too busy busting a teenager for pot.

This game is an encapsulation of all city stereotypes, that we have tried so well to hide our children from, so that way when they are confronted with it in the future they will be ignorant to it and possibly over react, but that just the way they should act...or over act

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