Simply put, GTA must be one of the greatest action video games of the decade, with millions and millions of people have opted in the title so far. However, the series still comprises of violence and inappropriate content that makes it unwelcomed in a few countries. The list below includes some of such countries, so let's give a glance at them right now and find out the reasons behind it.
1) Australia
Australia has a long-standing history of banning video gamers, so it’s evident why GTA could be named on their blacklist. This action-adventure and some edited versions got re-released several times there. The ban on GTA mostly derives from the violence and abysmal portrayal of women.
2) Germany
Germany is also another country that has unamiable looks toward GTA. In the past, the country had put a string of bans on the franchise, including San Andreas, Liberty City Stories, Vice City Stories, and Vice City, due to “high-impact gory violence” content. GTA games started to make their way into Germany in 2012 after censoring such content and complying with local requirements in the country.
3) The USA
Not a complete ban at all, but an infamous mode namely Hot Coffee Mod in GTA San Andreas was removed from the game. The production team had to halt their works in July 2005 after releasing this mod to the public.
4) Japan
Japan already had broken-hearted memories with nuclear bombs, so the former superpower had been extremely disappointed about the depiction of nuclear warfare in the game. In addition to this, GTA has put a lot of effort into removing violent scenes, blood effects, and more and converting itself to an outright sanitized version.
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