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BAD GAME FOR CHILDREN!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 23
Date: February 14, 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.

This game should be locked up for life.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Truthfully I can't believe that I paid for this game, when i saw it in the store i thought it would be pretty sweet, ya know reading that back of the case and looking at the pictures, but obviously whats on the case doesn't well describe what actually happens. There's really no point to the game, every level is pretty much the same just with different people and slightly different weapons. The incentive for finishing the game is some retarded survival level. The only thing that i found interesting about the game is that you can take hostages and peoples heads literally get blown off when shot the right way. I would recommend anyone looking to buy this game wait until it is a Greatest Hits (I doubt) or buy it used.

WARNING TO PARENTS

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: February 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Parents, this game scores points for shooting cops and more points if you grab an innocent person off the street and use them as a human shield.

Generic in a boring way

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I used to wonder how people could be so far off base when it comes to developing these games especially considering that this game was developed in Utah. Now you and I both know that when it comes to urban culture and all things street you need look no further than the UT for your definitive source, but that still doesn't explain the lacklustre graphics and clunky mechanics and poor coordination since we all know that Utah is home to the best artists and athletes around I mean just look at the Jazz. Yes, I am Utah bashing, yes I am from Utah, that is why I find it hilariously sad that these developers chose to make a game about urban gang-warfare and street culture. Stick to what you know, make a game about scrapbooking and holding hands it couldn't possiblly suck as bad as this.

should get the deth penalty not life

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is a real insult to gta (grand theft auto).the grafics are horible the gameplay is crap. have you seen the ai? they must have dropped out of special ed class in elementry. they shoot eachother and set themselves on fire. the game just plain sucks. oh did i mention sterio types? a bunch of white wanabe rapper develapers try to act like they know street lingo which they don't. the game is just full of bing bling,f words and poor voice acting. for example:you better get flowers and a funeral because im comming. what the hell was that? you call that voice acting? well the point is don't buy it or rent it. do yourself a fave and buy a gta game. trust me you will thank yourself.

Never buy this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this Game about a month ago and was so happy to receive it in the mail. I put the game in PS2 and it was terrible. The Blood&Gore mode is so unrealistic. The game it's self is unrealistic. You never get to drive a car yourself in this game and the story to the game is not good. I bought this thinking it would be like the Grandtheft Auto series, NOTHING LIKE IT. Save your money and get San Andreas or Vice City Stories if you want to be Happy. Whoever thinks this game is good does not enjoy realistic games.

don't buy this

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

it is a very complicated and hard play with over the top controller complication

So much shooting...it gets old.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: March 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game, overall isn't half bad. It has some what of a story line and quite a few levels. However I am too used to the free roam of some other shooting games, where as in this game you have a set path with barriers (usually buildings) on both sides of you that keep you going in one direction. Also there isnt much of stealth in this game, its basically run and shoot. The guns all seem to work some what the same as eachother and aren't very impressive in my opinion. The game was just a little too repetative for my taste. If you are a big fan of shooting games like me, you probably aren't going to be impressed by this game...at all.

It's So/So Defiinitely Does NOT Live Up to The Hype

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First off, all the people that have tried to ban this game, and others like it, without even seeing it, or playing it, this is just an example of how ignorant you are. You base your actions upon what you hear and read about a product, without ever bothering to try the actual prodcut. Shame on you. And, all you're doing, in the end, is generating more sales for bad games, if they are bad. The best way to stop bad products is no one buy them!

Now, with the rant out of the way, on to the game review--it's not that great. Many of us "GTA Type Game" fans waited more than two years for this, being led to believe it would be similar, that is, "open ended" with a variety of things to do and freedom to explore a virtual world. Would you escape the ghetto and get revenge on your family's killers are "Freeze," or clean up the city and save lives as a cop?

The actual game is nothing more than a linear first person shooter where you have to kill several enemies per level before they kill you. The AI is horrible. You have no choices. You can't drive anywhere. You have to hit enemies like 5 headshots to kill them; usually before you can do that youre dead (because even from a mile away they can hit you with accuracy). it sucks. Don't waste your money.

The best game in my opionion so far is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. For those of you who whine about how "Bad and violent" it is, that part is up to the player. If you want, you can stay in Los Santos for months, not kill a single person, and make millions of dollars betting at the OTB and driving the taxi, buying all the safehouses, working out at the gym, etc. And not kill one person, if you don't want to. So, I say again, try products for yourself before you try to ban them. it's part of being a grown up. But you'll never undertand. Peace

so so grafix

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: February 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It's nothing phenomenal.
We have seen these types of games come and go for years.
The multiplayer aspect is neat - you can just kind of hang out in a virtual hood w/ the homies and all that. What bugs me is the maps are toooo small!!!!

A quick message to the concerned parents out there.
Do you find that you have to convince yourself you are smarter than the public pretty often?
Does technology confuse you and drive you to call tech support?
Do you believe in legislating morality?
If you mentioned yes - then you are an idiot.
That's right. The sheltered life and naive philosophies have left you intellectually stunted.
Please stop trying to enforce your political views on the world!
You are being taken advantage of by rabble rousers - because you are rabble....The angry mob. The people who killed frankenstien and jesus. You must realize you are not educated and not worldly.
Thanks for repeatedly burying emerging technology and starting wars based on your beliefs, burning witches for the sake of the children and basically being anti-social wierdos who think videos, music, games and art damage the fabric of society more than your aggressive hate campaigns.
thank you.

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