Chihuahua it´s the most violent state at the moment, Chihuahua´s legislators should focus on cleaning up their police force instead of this bs.

I object to it 'cause it's not a fucking Western FPS anymore, and that was awesome. Even if the two previous games weren't that awesome, it was still better than nothing.

All this controversy has only convinced me that I will buy this game.

I didn't know Halle Berry was in this game.

If a kid wants to be a hitman...would kind of entertainment have they been watching WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THEIR PARENTS? If kids are truly like this, then parents down there must be skimping out their responsibilities. Parents, not video games, should tell there kids that the values of society (at least for today) don't condone the murder of other humans.

@The Knight

Welcome.

Great name as well.

haha our government loves to bitch about a lot of insignificant stuff.

"Legislators in the state of Chihuahua are said to be lobbying the Secretariat of Governance and the Secretariat of Economy to block sales of the game. "

I doubt they'll actually do anything about it, most likely they're using it as a public display of them "doing something", you know, "working". If this "situation" gets popular then probably a few other politicians will "join the crusade", talk to more newspapers, be on tv and whatever, it might even get to look like a big deal! But it would be just talk and no action.

Oh, and I guess this is a good place to say that dtoidmexico is thing :P

lol mexico, what a joke.

Is that sergeant Batista on right?

@imDraxx

Actually yes, I do want to climb buildings after I play Assassin's Creed. Thankfully I'm smart enough to know if I tried it, I would probably die. It doesn't make me want to kill people though...

in mexico, "hitman" is actually a viable career path. i would say that mexico has a lot more problems on it's plate than a poorly made fps.

Well, James, what were you expecting? It's a video game, after all. Video games are absurdly violent and fill the minds of our children with thoughts of violent crime and rape. This game is obviously about the drug cartels, and I'm pretty sure you'll be playing as a drug lord's gofer, which means the little children of Mexico will be looking up to this character as a role model, because all children have absurdly violent role models.

While I'm normally against censorship in this case I might agree with the Mexican government considering the amount of violence currently going on. Then again they don't know if the game will actually glamorize the cartel or not and they should probably be dealing with the actual cartel instead but still I can see where they are coming from.

Dear everyone who doesn't really know Mexico: Think before talking.

Ok, after reading through all the comments, I have to say that many of you don't know what You're talking about. I live in Chihuahua (actually, its capital, which is also named Chihuahua) so I can tell you that the situation here is really bad, but to worry that this game will be an influence to kids and inspire them to become part of a drug cartel is just stupid. Here in Mexico (not just Chihuahua) there's a phenomenon called 'Narcocorridos', which are songs that talk about (read: glorify) drug cartels, their members and their "heroic" actions in which you climb from poverty to a life of luxury. These songs and some other things (word of mouth, gossip and what not...) along with the lack of trust of our government's actions keep fueling the "desire" to become a drug lord (hitman, or some other position in a cartel...), someone above the law who can do as he/she pleases without consequences.

Our government has lost the faith of the people since many years ago because of corruption and favoritism of certain social groups (read: people with a lot of money) that keep screwing them over, that's why now that the government is trying to get it together by firing corrupt or useless people from its different branches, the people still doesn't trust in its actions. This lack of trust leads to many people not reporting to the police (or since a couple years ago, the army) any suspicious behavior. So, you can say that even if the government tries its best, it basically can't do anything to stop the drug cartels since its "eyes", meaning the people, are voluntarily blind to what happens in front of them. Only now some people are starting to report serious crimes (kidnapping, murder, drug traffic...) but the problem has grown so much that it will take many years for it to be defeated, or at least to be kept in check.

So, if you read all that I've written, you can tell that we (Mexico, specially Chihuahua) have much bigger problems to be worrying about a video game.

PD: Please, before commenting about something, read a little about it first.

@Israel

You just said the exact same thing as everyone else and then acted like everyone else was stupid and uninformed. lolwut?

To the point of the article, what's grating on my nerves is how every time someone wants to bitch about a video game, they always play the "corrupting our youth" card. I'm 32 years old. I think I'm capable of deciding what games I should play. If youth is a problem, maybe we should devise some sort of rating system. Perhaps a system that takes into account certain possibly objectionable material and provides an age-appropriate rating to games that parents can use when deciding if their children should be allowed to play them.

Oh, wait...

Is it just me or is Mexico getting worse. I mean it's always been a little shady but just the last year or so there always seems to be a story about 20 decapitated bodies being found or tourists getting shot. Come on Mexico, get you act together.

If it's "recently released," how is it that all we have is box art?

That's not surprising. I'm guessing one or many of the politicians over there probably received a convincing phone call or encounter or two. :)

Although I am inclined to agree with you Jim, Mexico really is that bad. Soooo... I guess it's okay for them.

First, parents shouldn't let their kids playing this game because it's intended for mature audiences.

Second, the kids see in reality that the hitmen DO get away with everything. In Mexico and most central america, criminals get away easily in court. Police does little to have a good investigation on crimes and corrupt and shitty judges let them get away because 'there is lack of evidence'.

Banning a game won't change the fact that real criminals DO get away with everything. Give the police force decent payments instead of using it on fucking top of the line cars and shit for the worthless legislators, and they will actually give a damn for justice. Why work as a decent policeman with low salary when you can get lots of drug money from bribes?

Funny how they're all so eager to tackle violence as soon as a videogame portrays a cartal. Could they be making up for their inability to tackle real cartels by picking an easy target?

I was quite angry when the game was announced because of those same issues. The city of Juarez is now named one of the most dangerous place in the world to be in right now. Tens of thousands of people are getting killed in this raging war between cartels and the governement officials (who are not corrupted themselves). Journalists are getting murdered there everyday.

This is a big misunderstanding from a North American developper and publisher who can't see what the hell is happening over the border. VERY BAD descision. The game should be reset or canned. I really think it's ok for legislators to take notice of such media, shows it's importance. People are fighting to avoid kids going to cartels to make a living because they can't see a way out... This game doesn't seem to help, AT ALL.

I'd listen to what the people from Mexico have to say about it, interesting comment by Israel Hernandez.