Rapelay: The shocking 3D rape game being sold
on Amazon.com

 

The shocking ‘rape simulator’, Rapelay, is set in Japan and carries a
sickening game description on the Amazon website. An MP said last night that he
plans to raise the issue in Parliament.

Reviews by gaming websites have expressed horror at the basis for the game.

One website review describes “tears glistening in the young girl’s
eyes” as she is attacked in graphic detail.

Players begin the game by stalking a mother on a subway station before
violently raping her. They then move on to attack her two daughters described
as virgin schoolgirls.

Players are also allowed to enter ‘freeform mode’ where they can rape any
woman and get other male game characters to join the attacks.

Pregnancy and abortion are listed as ‘key features’. One review said:
“If she does become pregnant you’re supposed to force her to get an
abortion, otherwise she gets more and more visibly pregnant each time you have
sex.

“If you allow the child to be born then the woman will throw you in
front of a train!”

Most of the descriptions and screenshots of the game are too graphic for
publication here.

The game’s producer, Illusion is a company from Japan famous for
making similar 3D Hentai games.

The online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, says: “Due to Illusion’s
policy, its games are not intended to be sold or used outside of Japan, and
official support is only given in Japanese and for use in Japan.”

Despite this policy consumers, including those in the UK and Ireland, are
now able to buy the game through the Amazon website.

Last night Labour MP Keith Vaz said he was
shocked that Amazon are allowing people to purchase such a game and plans to
raise the issue in Parliament after being contacted by the Belfast Telegraph
website.

Mr Vaz said: “It is intolerable that anyone would purchase a game that
simulates the criminal offence of rape.

“To know that this widely available through a major online retailer is
utterly shocking, I do not see how this can be allowed.

“I will be raising this matter in Parliament and hope that action is taken
to prevent the game from being sold.”

Last year the MP for Leicester East was criticised for claiming such games
exist.

Mr Vaz was speaking in support of of Conservative MP Julian Brazier’s
Private Member’s Bill – which sought to introduce an official governmental body
that can challenge rulings by the British Board of Film Classifications (BBFC).

Vaz stated: “People who are watching a film at the cinema cannot
participate in what is happening on the screen, or if they do they are removed
from the cinema.

“However…when people play these things, they can interact. They can
shoot people; they can kill people. As the honourable Gentleman said, they can
rape women.”

Vaz’s claims were questioned by Tory MP for Wantage Edward Vaizey.

He told Parliament: “…the right honourable Member for Leicester East
(Keith Vaz), who chairs the Home Affairs Committee, mentioned that some video
games allow the participant to engage in a rape act…

“I checked the point with the BBFC and found it to be completely
unaware of any such video game.

“Is the honourable Gentleman aware of any video game that has as its
intention the carrying out of rape or that allows the game player to carry out
such an act? The BBFC and I are unaware of any such game.”

At the time hundreds of gaming blogs slated Vaz for his comments. One blog
poster said: “This guy has no idea what he’s talking about he’s more likey
to of never even played a game in his life just plain stupid if you ask
me.”

Only one comment appears on the Amazon website. The user says: “1.0 out
of 5 stars. The fact that this exists as a game makes me sad. I am saddened and
appalled by the mere idea of this game. is this for real?”

Last year the Belfast Telegraph revealed that Amazon had listed a Barack Obama
mask as terrorist costume. The online retailer said the offensive category was
put there by someone using its “tag” feature and had removed it
immediately.

Update

After being contacted by the Belfast Telegraph Amazon today removed the
webpage (still viewable here from Google’s
cache). A screenshot is also available at this location. The
company would not comment on the item or say why it had been offered for sale
through their website.

The Amazon page

Rapelay Japanese PC game

by Illusion

Game description on Amazon

Rapelay is an offshoot of the Illusion series, Interact Play. You, like in
previous installments, play as a public nuisance that gets away from captivity
and starts scouting for new targets. This time around you find a family of a
single mother and her two daughters. You quickly begin your hunt and capture
each woman one by one. The gameplay involves an amusing training/disposition
system with which to break each respective target to your liking….