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50 Cent: Bulletproof

(2006, Video Games - Third-person shooter, Rated M, Play it on: PlayStation 2, Xbox)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 17.
  • Is it any good?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    Rap star out-gangstas GTA. Adults only.

updated 04.20.09

Why We Rated This not for kids

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    Not an issue.
 

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Revenge is the end -- violence is the means.
  • Violence :

    Have you ever seen a man stabbed in the head … in slow motion? That's just one particularly brutal example of the game's extensive, creative, and unrelenting violence.
  • Sex:

    Prostitutes shake their goods on the street and offer to do "anything" for 50 Cent. Two of them end up sharing his bed.
  • Language:

    50 Cent grammar rules: Sentences must contain a subject, a verb, and an obscenity. You name it, they say it.
  • Consumerism:

    Aside from promoting 50 Cent and G-Unit products, the game goes out of its way to feature a 50 Cent beverage, now available in stores.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Marijuana litters 50's apartment, and harder drugs factor into the plot.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About 50 Cent: Bulletproof

Parents need to know that this game is riddled with questionable and offensive material. Superstar rapper 50 Cent lords over his 'hood with supposed strength and integrity. But really he's a murderous, pot-smoking thug blindly pursuing revenge after surviving an execution-style shooting (as did the real-life 50). Along the way, guns are purchased in an alleyway, heads explode, corpses are looted, cops are bribed, and the body count grows from sickening to ridiculous.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about how the game is used to deepen the 50 Cent mythology. In real life, the man survived a brutal gun attack and went on to parlay his experience into a successful career in a musical genre that places a premium on toughness. Does this game reinforce the 50 Cent legend and elevate him to the status of superhuman gangsta? At what point is the reality of his experience subsumed by fantasy ghetto of the game?
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  1. Teen Reviewer
    Age 14
    Lives in Kansas
    I rate this title on for age 14 and give it 1.0

    stupid

    this game was the worst game and just one word for it F**k it

  2. Teen Reviewer
    Age 17
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 1.0

    pete rock

    can i play your game damn

  3. Teen Reviewer
    Age 14
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 0.0

    To heck with this game.

    If your looking for a good game go buy Kingdom Hearts if your 5-11 Go buy Devil May Cry if your 12-any age. just dont buy this game you'll regret wasting your money.

  4. Teen Reviewer
    Age 13
    Lives in North Carolina
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    i laughted

    i think we shood make it 13+

  5. Teen Reviewer
    Age 13
    Lives in Virginia
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 0.0

    This game is dumb

    If you absolutely have to play something violent then go buy manhunt 2.

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