| | *''Bully:'' Despite coming from the same developers ultra-liberal series ''Grand Theft Auto'' and ''Midnight Club'', this game can be seen to show the dangers of high school cliques as well as bullies. However, the game's main protagonist, Jimmy Hopkins, can be quite a jerk himself and still gets involved in fights with bullies and high school cliques. The game has also been criticized by conservatives because it is possible for the player to engage the protagonist in homosexual relationships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.neoseeker.com/news/6237-bully-under-spotlight-for-homosexual-content/|title=Bully Under Spotlight For "Homosexual" Content|author=Leo Chan|date=2006-10-24|accessdate=2019-03-08|work=Neoseeker|publisher=Neo Era Media, Inc.}}</ref> | | *''Bully:'' Despite coming from the same developers ultra-liberal series ''Grand Theft Auto'' and ''Midnight Club'', this game can be seen to show the dangers of high school cliques as well as bullies. However, the game's main protagonist, Jimmy Hopkins, can be quite a jerk himself and still gets involved in fights with bullies and high school cliques. The game has also been criticized by conservatives because it is possible for the player to engage the protagonist in homosexual relationships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.neoseeker.com/news/6237-bully-under-spotlight-for-homosexual-content/|title=Bully Under Spotlight For "Homosexual" Content|author=Leo Chan|date=2006-10-24|accessdate=2019-03-08|work=Neoseeker|publisher=Neo Era Media, Inc.}}</ref> |
| − | *''Red Dead Redemption'': A former outlaw named John Marston is tasked by a corrupt government official to hunt down his former gang members in exchange for getting his wife and son back. It promote family in the form of John trying to work hard to be with his family again, even trying to spend time with his son Jack. It also promotes doing good like donating to a nunnery, helping people (whether from gangs or wild animals), and doing jobs for them. However, the player also has the option of doing bad things like murder, theft, and robbery. | + | *''Red Dead Redemption'': A former outlaw named John Marston is tasked by a corrupt government official to hunt down his former gang members in exchange for getting his wife and son back. The game promotes family in the form of John trying to work hard to be with his family again, even trying to spend time with his son Jack, and it condemns government corruption through Edgar Ross, who wants all of John's former gang destroyed to get all the glory for it, to the point where he has his army kill John in spite of promising to leave the latter alone once his job is done. It also promotes doing good like donating to a nunnery, helping people (whether from gangs or wild animals), and doing jobs for them. However, the player also has the option of doing bad things like murder, theft, and robbery. |
| − | *''Red Dead Redemption 2'': Set before the events of Red Dead Redemption, this game explores how the Dutch Van Der Linde gang had fallen. As the title suggests, it promotes redemption in the form of main protagonist Arthur Morgan helping John Marston and his family escape the collapsing gang at the cost of his own life (whether from dying from tuberculosis or being murdered), and like the previous game, shows doing good deeds, heroism, and family in good light. However, also like the first game, the player can do bad things like murder, theft, and robbery. | + | *''Red Dead Redemption 2'': Set before the events of Red Dead Redemption, this game explores how the Dutch Van Der Linde gang had fallen. As the title suggests, it promotes redemption in the form of main protagonist Arthur Morgan helping John Marston and his family escape the collapsing gang at the cost of his own life (whether from dying from tuberculosis or being murdered, which depends on whether the player has high or low honor), and like the previous game, shows doing good deeds, heroism, and family (whether it be with the Marston family or most of the Dutch Van Der Linde gang) in a good light. However, also like the first game, the player can do bad things like murder, theft, and robbery, as well as the protagonist being in a gang of bandits even if the player gets high honor. |