Vepturegame

### Rating

* M for Blood & Gore, Intense Violence, Mature Humor, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
* PEGI 18 for strong violence, violence towards the vulnerable and defenseless, and the use of sexual expletives

### Genre(s)

* Action/adventure
* Fighting

### Platform(s)

* Android
* iOS
* Nintendo Switch
* PlayStation 4
* PlayStation 5
* Windows PC
* Xbox One

**Vepturegame** is an action/adventure fighting game based on the Vepturegeng comics and films.

## Synopsis

The Vepturegeng, namely Serpent, became the target of a manhunt by the Untergeng. The Vepturegeng must fight for their lives and those of fellow earth-dwellers if they wish to succeed. Even if the good guys win this battle, it's no question how much they'll lose in the process...

## Playable Characters

### Vepturegeng and Allies

* Serpent/Brennan O'Keeffe
* Ruffian
* Wendigo
* Gunner
* Bomber
* Freezer
* De Mansio
* Macedon
* Cinder Spark
* Imperiala

### Untergeng and Allies

* Han Seo-Hoto
* Gene O. Saad
* Fatale/Amélie Chapélain
* The Blade/Robin Carpenter
* Gérard LaRue
* Se Ni
* Heath Psycho
* Thanatos
* Warmonger

## Maps

* Donald Trump High School
* Street
* Target
* LaRue’s Village
* O’Keeffe’s Neighborhood
* New Macedonia
* Kennedy Estate
* Capital City
* Fem Fighter Society
* Hertz Mental Hospital
* Spark Stronghold
* Seo-Hoto Laboratory
* San Reao Correctional Facility
* Aether

## Parents Guide

### **Sex & Nudity**

Moderate

* Adult characters are seen with exposed genitals, it's mostly men but there are depictions of nude women.
* A strip club filled with fully nude women can be visited but sex services are unavailable in the game.
* Players can apply semen and feces to weapons in order to give them a "poison" status effect.
* Players can view a comedic hentai commercial in-game; there's no nudity but shots of semen and ahegao are visible, with accompanying audio (i.e. "welcome to the c\*m zone").

### **Violence & Gore**

Severe

* The game is extremely and graphically violent, bloody, and gory overall, however it is sometimes done in an exaggerated, and even darkly comical, fashion.
* There's a shockingly large amount of blood and gore that accompanies attacks.
* The violence in this game is very terrible and graphic, even for an M-rated game. Characters gets chunks ripped off of them during fights and end up gory and bloodied as a result. A ton of blood and gore accompanies every battle, body parts flying and reattaching only to get torn off again.
* In one of Robin Carpenter's finishers she slices her opponent's penis or breasts off, depending on their sex. The actual dismemberment happens off-screen but it's clear what happened and you can see wounds where their privates once were.
* Gene O. Saad's intro has him use a child corpse's as a puppet, the corpse is bloody and gory with parts of the face missing.
* One of the Untergeng tears himself apart during fights to harness his "true form," pretty bloody and obviously gore is present.
* The finishers are extremely graphic and violent but done in an exaggerated fashion.
* In one of Gene O. Saad's finishers, he shoots his opponent in the crotch with blood and guts spurting out, graphic and violent.
* Ruffian has a finisher where he burns his opponent's genitals off, super graphic and violent but the visuals are limited to the privates catching on fire and the aftermath (a flaming appendage falling off and/or a charred hole through the region).
* There's a cutscene where a child gets murdered by having a hole shot through his head by a shotgun, blood comes out and the insides are visible. This scene would prove extremely graphic and disturbing if it was in an NC-17 movie so the fact that the game is rated M makes it indescribably horrific.
* There is a part where De Mansio tracks down a child cannibal and we briefly see him snap an infant's neck and later their gory remains. The character is seen eating part of the child but it's hard to discern; extremely disturbing, even though the scene is mostly the baby crying and not onscreen violence.
* There's a sequence where Gene O. Saad (who the player controls) has to brutally beat, stab, and ultimately kill an elementary school-age kid in one mission. Bones crack as the boy's face is repeatedly punched and kicked and we see a lot of blood come out, before O. Saad gorily stabs him.

### **Profanity**

Severe

* Swears such as f\*ck, c\*\*t, shit, dick, and c\*ck are used.
* Offensive slurs like n\*\*\*\*r and f\*\*\*\*t are used by bigoted characters and the term c\*\*t, which can be interpreted as one, is used by the two Australian characters.

### **Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking**

Moderate

* One character is consistently seen smoking a marijuana joint during cutscenes and gameplay. This character flicks embers and soot from the blunt on his opponent during his finisher.
* Lean, a drink made of Sprite and codeine, is consumable in-game and provides beneficial status effects.

### **Frightening/Intense Scenes**

Severe

* Extremely graphic, violent, and gory for an M-rated game, probably should've been rated AO since it's more violent than any game that got that rating.
* If this game were a movie, it would get at least an R rating for graphic and intense sequences of strong bloody violence, disturbing and aberrant images, language throughout, and some sexual content including graphic nudity.
* The game has a ceaselessly oppressive, unfair, brutal and nihilistic tone, and as such is probably too painful and distressing for a lot of people.
* The game's plot is extremely intense because of its cynical and misanthropic nature; Gene O. Saad tries to kill the Vepturegeng, as do most of the other Untergeng. O. Saad's hatred of humanity also leads to him killing countless innocents and committing terrorist attacks, many of which players are unable to stop or mitigate.
* The designs of the Vepturegeng and Untergeng can terrify young or sensitive players.
* The game is too graphic and violent for a lot of people.
* De Mansio assassinates some people based on real criminals, and while they're unambiguously evil some people could find it disturbing.
* Some players will almost certainly find the mission where Gene O. Saad murders a kid extremely difficult to watch and play through. This scene is not super frightening but it is unbelievably disturbing and depressing, made worse by the fact that players control him and he faces no punishment for this.

## ESRB Rating

* Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
* Rating: M
* Rating Descriptors: Blood & Gore, Intense Violence, Mature Humor, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
* Rating Summary: This is a fighting game in which players assume the role of popular superheroes and antagonists from the Vepturegeng universe. Players explore open-world environments and engage in combat with enemies, including police officers, terrorists, and other super-powered characters. Players bite, stab, and use various weapons (e.g., daggers, machetes, baseball bats, assault rifles, elemental powers) to defeat enemies in melee-style combat. Matches are highlighted by impact sounds, cries of pain, splatters of blood, and dismemberment as combatants are thrown to the ground or killed. As players engage in fights, they can trigger "fatalities" and environmental attacks that use nearby hazards to harm or kill opponents (e.g. impaling enemies through the head with poles). Some finishing movies are depicted up-close and include more intense acts of violence; characters getting crushed into chunks of flesh, decapitated by blades, or mutilated by bombs; one partly-obscured sequence depicts a character burning his opponent's genitals. More intense and extreme acts of violence and/or gore are present in some sequences, sometimes towards children; a villain firing a shotgun at a young boy's head; a baby getting their neck snapped and the body eaten (partly-obscured); a prolonged sequence where an antagonist beats and stabs a child with blood effects. Mature humor is present throughout the game; onscreen depictions of characters defecating, players applying feces and semen to weapons in order to get a "poison bonus." During the course of the game, some characters are depicted with bare breasts and buttocks; players can enter a strip club where men and women are depicted fully nude (no further sexual content). Some sequences involve instances of sexual content; an advertisement for pornography with accompanying slogans (e.g. "Welcome to the c\*m zone," "double-jointed p\*ssy") and anime-style drawings of characters moaning, a mini-game where characters dry-hump objects until they climax; no nudity or ejaculation is depicted. One character is depicted lighting and smoking a joint throughout the game; one mini-game allows players to create a makeshift drug (e.g. "lean") which provides benefits in gameplay. The words "f\*\*k," "c\*nt", "f\*ggot" and "n\*\*ger" can be heard in the dialogue.

## Controversies

### Regional Ban

Vepturegame received a ban in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait because of Islamophobic comments directed at the character Macedon, nudity and sexual content involving some characters, and the overall goriness and violence of the game. The global taglines of the game itself were also considered inconsiderate towards and a violation of Muslim morals in the United Arab Emirates.

### Lean Minigame

Over the course of Vepturegame, players can prepare and consume an intoxicating beverage called lean, which gives positive status effects to characters. The detailed and realistic portrayal of the drug's creation and the benefits it provides players in-game received backlash from many anti-drug groups. However, others interpreted the drug's inclusion in the game as a warning, as characters are depicted crazed and aggressive after consuming lean.