Some will argue that anyone who doesn’t like sex in video games like this should just “not buy the game” and avoid “ruining the fun for others”. These are the exact types of comments that come from an immature player.
Sex and nudity, gore and excessive violent content do not make a game “mature” and the mature M rating itself is just a label that allows developers to include this controversial content whenever they can to call for more. Pay attention to your titles.
Rockstar has a reputation for putting nudity and sex into their games, so it’s no surprise that Red Dead Redemption has such a scene. They showed in their Grand Theft Auto series that they like to push the boundaries of what is permissible and acceptable. Due to a heated debate over the “Hot Coffee” minigame scandal, Rockstar has stuck to mostly implied sexuality and sex scenes. But in Red Dead Redemption, they decide to go one step further and introduce sex into their games in a new way. If controversy is what you’re after, then you’ve certainly nailed the trick!
The famous sex scene from Red Dead Redemption occurs at the beginning of the mission “The Gates of El Presidio”. John walks in and finds Abraham Reyes (well known for associating with women of all kinds) in what some would call a compromising position with a local woman at a table. This is where the problem comes. It’s pretty obvious to any mature adult that game developers could easily hint at what was going on on the table without the need for nudity or graphic sex scenes. However, Rockstar feels that we need full cartoon porn to get the picture.
It’s a real insult to mature gamers when the developers think we need to include this kind of blatant porn scene that has no real bearing on the mission or the outcome of the game in any way. It’s an attention-getting ploy that wouldn’t be necessary if they just made great games in the first place. It’s not so much the nudity and sex itself that annoys most gamers, but the deceptive tactic often used to get the game out in the press.
The only people interested in possible pixelated porn would be children or other immature audiences. For the rest of us, we understand what the story tells us about Reyes and his rough and tumble attitude and his objectification of women. We understand that he enjoys his celebrity status and makes the most of it. There is no need for the scene more than to draw controversial attention to a mediocre game. If more time was spent on improving the plot and gameplay, Red Dead Redemption wouldn’t need a sex scene to get people talking about it.
So what is the scene about anyway?
The basic, clean version is that at the beginning of the mission, John walks into a room where Reyes has a local woman at a table and is obviously having sex with her. The woman is clothed, but her clothing is removed to reveal private areas. We see the breasts and the sounds and animations of intercourse, but we don’t see the male or female genitalia. The woman, startled, jumps off the table and begins to walk towards the camera where we see a full female frontal. Her dress is set apart at the genitals and at the breasts.
