{"id":40574,"date":"2016-10-04T10:38:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=40574"},"modified":"2016-10-04T10:38:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:38:56","slug":"mafia-iiis-torture-scene-looks-tamer-one-grand-theft-auto-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2016\/10\/04\/mafia-iiis-torture-scene-looks-tamer-one-grand-theft-auto-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Mafia III&#8217;s torture scene looks tamer than one in Grand Theft Auto V"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/pcS1oJJhlUA<\/p>\n<p>Mafia III has a torture scene. It&#8217;s the cool thing in open-world games, it seems. Grand Theft Auto V had it and so did Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. In both of those games, the violence came with controversy. In Grand Theft Auto V&#8217;s case, the in-your-face requirement of being the torturer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/09\/21\/grand-theft-auto-v-relevant-story-torture-since-zero-dark-thirty\/\">upset some players<\/a> and made them recoil. In Metal Gear Solid V&#8217;s scene, the violence was slightly removed since it was in a cut-scene, but the victim was an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2015\/09\/18\/metal-gear-solid-v-lets-talk-about-the-pair-of-heaving-tits-in-the-room\/\">important focal point<\/a> of some people&#8217;s negative opinion.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest preview video from publisher 2K, the torture scene in Mafia III is even more disconnected from the player because the torturer is a non-player buddy character. The player&#8217;s avatar, Lincoln Clay, stands idly by while pliers are judiciously applied to the victim. From the brief snippet in the trailer, torture is just a story beat. A violent example of how badass and Scorsese the fictional mob of New Bordeaux can be. It might be more substantial in the full game. Consider this a trigger warning for those disturbed by videogame torture.<\/p>\n<p>Mafia III releases on October 7th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/pcS1oJJhlUA Mafia III has a torture scene. It&#8217;s the cool thing in open-world games, it seems. Grand Theft Auto V had it and so did Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. In both of those games, the violence came with controversy. 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