The main ethical issue in games like the GTA series is how crime, torture, violence, hate speech, and sexism are glorified. Such games might cause harm to the players as they would have them think that doing such negative actions in real life is accepted, which in turn changes their perspective of what is harmful.
The game takes place in the year 2013 in the southern state of San Andreas, more precisely in the city of Los Santos and rural areas of Blaine County, and tells the stories of three protagonists: Michael De Santa, Franklin Clinton, and Trevor Philips — three uniquely-different criminals as they commit daring and ...