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It’s here: Police Mod LSPDFR 0.4.0 released for GTA V

February 26, 2019March 6, 2019Isaiah53sixLeave a comment

LSPDFR 0.4.0 offers many new options for creating a character, having a car and apartment while working as a police officer in the city of Los Santos. Many new animations such as arresting, handcuff, and a supposed more complete backup system has been included as part of this release of LSPDFR.

I have spoken out against GTA V in the past for its sexual lewdness, disgusting language and other unnecessaries included within this game but until Police 10-13 releases, LSPDFR gives players a great alternative for helping to turn GTA V upside down and tame the beast.

It will be exciting to see what other surprises have been included in LSPDFR and what great mod packs the community will release now that we have a newer version of this police mod.

What are your thoughts about LSPDFR?

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Police 1013 coming to Steam – Spread the word

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What Lego City Undercover Has Proven

April 10, 2018April 9, 2018Isaiah53sixLeave a comment

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Lego City Undercover is an extremely lite GTA style open-world game for computers and consoles that proves it is possible to make a popular family friendly open world game that is still fun but without profanity, prostitution and excessive gore. In addition to this, the main playable character in Lego City Undercover is a police officer. Yep. That’s right, you play as a cop (Chase McCain) and actually have lots of fun and adventure in the process.

There are many fans of GTA that will always defend what it is. They will say it would never be possible for a similar game to exist that could be as fun unless the profanity, gore and prostitution exists. I have long believed however that this claim could be proven wrong if only the game existed. (By the way, I believe it’s actually the profanity and prostitution that is being defended from GTA games rather than the exploration of the beautifully rendered game world.

Enter Lego City Undercover

Lego City Undercover nearly achieves the objective of “fun to explore”. Note I said nearly. The world of Lego City has adventure and extensive exploration including flying helicopters but remember, the vehicles, aircraft and characters are made of computer generated Legos. There is no blood and gore here just broken Lego bricks which is fine for what it is. The sandbox open world style of Lego City Undercover is fun to explore even for adults like me but imagine if this world was not Legos but was a living breathing world complete with realistic looking people and vehicles. (Imagine if there was an actual train horn for the trains…. something Lego City Undercover is inexplicably missing.)

If Lego City Undercover wasn’t made with Legos

I believe the concept and story found within Lego City Undercover is brilliant and should be developed into a realistic looking game world. Even though Lego City Undercover is amazingly fun as it is with Legos, a realistic looking version of it (including a working train horn for the trains) would create a whole new game for me (and others) to play and completely accomplished without prostitution, profanity and excessive gore.

Will we ever see a cleaner GTA looking kind of game? As of this post, one game to keep your eyes on is Police 1013 currently in development.

The Crew and the state of open world games

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My Review of Lego City Undercover on Steam

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Would you be interested in a family-friendly version of Grand Theft Auto?

January 11, 2018January 12, 2018Isaiah53six1 Comment

The question was once raised, “Would you be interested in a family friendly version of Grand Theft Auto?”

And my response is, absolutely. By now, there are mods available which turn GTA games including GTA 5 into a similar family friendly gaming experience. Yet I believe there is money to be made for any game company/developer who developed a GTA 5 style open world game without the extensive profanity, sex and violence (specifically against others) which GTA games are known for. Essentially it could be GTA 5 lite. This game would feature the same map, same natural environment including AI traffic but different gameplay options. Police patrol? Yes. Catch bad guys? Yes. Cause explosions? Sure. Fly? Drive? Run? Yes, yes and yes.

In-game options are always good

Another option would be for Rockstar games to include a filter(s) within their games. Simple on or off options for language. Street dialogue profanity on/off. Assassin’s creed Black Flag includes a similar option to remove blood.

We already see games which feature beautiful scenery but do not focus on swearing, sex and violence at every turn. The CREW Wild Run is a perfect example. However, The CREW only features a driving mode. No running, walking, doing police patrols, exiting your car, etc. In fact you can’t get out of your car at all.

Just Cause 2 is another example of a great open world game without sex and extensive swearing. In fact, the swearing can be virtually eliminated by lowering the volume for dialogue. However, Just Cause 2 does not feature a modern American style city nor a map or vehicles like GTA 5. Additionally, there is a lot of violence in Just Cause 2 (explosions and commando style shooting)—against the bad guys.

Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption outside of missions doesn’t even feature all the sex, violence and swearing one can find in GTA 5. Red Dead Redemption isn’t available for a PC nor does the map feature a modern American-like city. In fact, RDR is a western game.

Modding GTA games

An open world game that virtually eliminates swearing, sex and allows the player assume the role of a good guy or as a cop will get my business.

At this point I will note the mod for GTA 5 called LSPDFR. LSPDFR is a police mod essentally allowing the player become a cop in the GTA 5 world. The trouble with mod’s is how they cause GTA games to crash. In the meantime, I will be waiting for a permanent solution to LSPDFR or even the family friendly mod for GTA 5. Is Police 10-13 going to be that game?

Would you like to see a GTA 5 family friendly version or similar?

The Crew and the state of open world games

Third Person Open World Games Miss the Mark

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Raising the Bar in Gaming: Top Realistic Style Open-World Police Games in 2017

August 10, 2017August 16, 2017Isaiah53sixLeave a comment

Listing the Top Sandbox Style Police Games

So what are the top, most realistic, most exciting, graphically pleasing, sandbox style police games/sims available in 2017? Unfortunately, I know of none to speak of……..yet. Not to fret though, Wingman Games is currently working on fixing that with the development of Police 10-13. Police 10-13 is a game that has the potential of finally raising the bar in gaming and filling a void in the gaming world with a realistic quality police simulator.

An Exercise in Futility

The gaming world is known for all genres and styles of kids and family games. Some kids games (and family games) feature adorable animals, digital dolls, bricks, puzzles, building skills, driving, racing and more. Then there are also realistic simulation style games such as X-plane and FSX or various vehicle simulators which allow a person to drive and race cars, drive a truck, a tractor, a ship and even a train! He or she can build a model city, manage a town, go to war, shoot zombies, shoot aliens, shoot people, inhabit alien planets, build roller coasters, fight monsters and demonic beings or even kill the police. Most of these games feature excessive violence, sex and such grotesque profanity not even gamers on YouTube will use it on their channel. It’s true the modern gamer has many gaming options available. However, if you are searching or have been searching like me, for a game that respects and features law enforcement as the hero in an open-world style environment, you will be disappointed.

The Search Continues

The most disappointing part about my search for a good police game is not that it doesn’t exist. With the more recent advancements in computer graphics and technology, I have been especially disappointed to find out this type of police game isn’t only possible to make but it could have already been done. In fact, in the past 15 years of gaming, game developers have already built police and law enforcement models and vehicles right into their games and they did it well. GTA 4 and 5 for example, have featured great looking graphical representations of police and law enforcement operations–just from the wrong side of the law. Driving simulations and games such as The Crew, various truck simulators, and many Need For Speed titles have also featured great looking police vehicles, chases, sounds and lights. However, for gamers looking for a that realistic yet fun police simulator, these games are not.

What’s the Problem

The biggest problem with these games has been their lack of option and/or unnecessary content. Any open-world game like as GTA does not give the player the option to remove excessive violence, profanity and unnecessary sex, nor do they allow one to play as the police. If such a game does allow one to play from the law enforcement side of things, such as NFS Rivals), they are always accompanied by unrealistic side affects built right in. These highly unrealistic modes or features can include but are not limited to: ramming, shooting, shocking, more ramming, jamming and similar abilities in order to get another vehicle to stop during a chase, (again, think NFS Rivals or NFS: Hot Pursuit). Albeit these unrealistic features add brief moments of gaming joy, but generally I find their inability to allow role-playing as a police officer in a respectful and realistic manner will always hinder any chance of these types of games from becoming truly great.

Good News For Police Game Seekers

The good news is that for the millions of gaming fans who have been seeking (and patiently waiting) for a graphically feature rich open-world game which represent law enforcement in a positive light, will finally get their wish. Many law enforcement and gaming fans like myself are anticipating a great police experience in the eventual release of Police 10-13. This game promises to be all the things many gaming police fans are hoping for–without skimping on graphics and overall quality. (Support Police 10-13) (Roadmap of Police 10-13)

Honorable Mentions

For now, there is another game I have recently discovered (despite being released in 2006) called 911 First Responders/Emergency 4 and although not open-world, it does feature law enforcement and first responders in some realistic situations. The game may be graphically dated and not a third-person sandbox style game but there is the ability to add MODS which for me breathes fresh life into this top-down strategy based game. Find my review on Steam here.

Also worth mentioning is a game called Enforcer: Police-Crime-Action. If you can find it for $5 or less this game is worth playing. (Note: Steam has periodic sales) The game is an open-world style game which allows the player to take on the role of a police officer, sort of. Enforcer is an indie game which can be modded also helping to lift some of its built-in but nearly game breaking limitations. The graphics are somewhat dated but for a cheap price it’s worth a look. Find my review on Steam here.

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My Take on Open-World Games and Police 10-13

July 17, 2017August 2, 2017Isaiah53sixLeave a comment

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Like many things, the gaming world is no stranger to oddities. And when it comes to open-world sandbox style games this reality takes center stage. For me, simulation gaming is not only fun but can also be educational. Gaming for many is visual so when a game creates a breathtaking realistic looking environment to play in, both casual and die-hard gamers take note.

Stunning Graphics

For example, flight sims such as X-plane or Microsoft Flight Simulator have the ability to carry one to another place all from the comfort of the home computer. These games are not only fun but for the most part they provide a clean, safe, toxic and profanity free entertainment. Many driving sims such as American Truck Simulator and similar games rise to the same level of gaming entertainment. Even games like NFS Rivals, or Forza games allow for relatively toxic free gaming environments. Enter open-world games such as Grand Theft Auto, Saints Row, Watch Dogs 2, Assassins Creed to name a few, and a person’s toxic free gaming experience vanishes.

Let me explain. The graphics of X-plane 11 rise to a new standard in realism as do the graphics for most modern open-world games such as GTA V. However, besides the sandbox nature of both games and the visually stunning graphics, there isn’t much to compare in terms of the quality of content. Which brings to me my main point about gaming.

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Where is the open-world game as visually mesmerizing as GTA V or X-plane 11 and one that features free roam driving, flying etc but without the vulgar profanity, obscene sexual content and excessive violence? I have no doubt developers have the ability to develop such a game. In fact GTA games would get my vote (and many others) if they had removed (or allowed for) the removal of swearing, unending blasphemy and lewd sexual content. After all, kids do play these types of games–lots of kids. And why do they? I doubt it’s for the grotesque sexual content or even the swearing. I believe millions of kids (and adults) play open-world games because they are fun to explore, free roam, and do stunts within a graphically rich environment. It is my view that exposing anyone to lewd sex acts, treating women as nothing but sex objects, glorifying murder and raw abuse and wrapping it with unending cussing only will prove to degrade and desensitize society against such behavior. (These points alone is why Barack Obama was and is so popular and Donald Trump or Ted Cruz is not. It is also a principle reason why Jesus was murdered and God is hated.)

Game Ruining Material

Let me ask this. What does driving a car have to do with citizens on the street insulting and swearing at you when you pass by? Nothing. What does flying a plane or helicopter have to do with featuring inappropriate sexual behavior? Nothing. What does getting the choice to drive various vehicles featured in-game have to do with waterboarding and torture of fellow human beings? Nothing, that is unless developers choose to write a story which includes it. And with all open-world games that I know of, this has been essentially the case. Yet, as developers have shown the corruptness of their hearts by writing these types of sub-par stories, a developer and game company could raise the standard in gaming and write a truly great story that all adults and teens could enjoy.

A New Choice

There is one game that is currently in development that I hope will be one of the first, if not the first to raise that standard for open-world gaming. That game is called Police 10-13. It aims to be a realistic police simulator set in an open-world environment. Police 10-13 has great potential to become a one-of-kind sandbox game featuring beautiful graphics without the unnecessary baggage that has kept so many people from playing other open-world games.

Police 1013 coming to Steam – Spread the word

Police 10-13

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The Anger and Vulgarity Free Open World Game: Will We Ever See It?

July 13, 2017July 13, 2017Isaiah53sixLeave a comment

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First, I am an adult who enjoys playing simulation style video games. And like many other people who live on this planet that God has created for us to live on, have beliefs and boundaries that we do not seek to cross. That does not mean we don’t like to have fun.

A higher standard in open-world gaming

It’s too bad someone doesn’t make a game with the beauty, magnitude and detail seen in the map featured in GTA 5 and others. Will we ever see a game that can be freely explored on land, by rail, in the air, in or on the water without being subject to hate-filled angry citizens who repeatedly insult, curse or swear whenever they are passed. When will there be a beautiful game world that does not feature vulgar, immoral sexual encounters, unnecessary violence and murder? For people who believe this is acceptable and simply part of the game, it’s no wonder so many people would have no desire to go to heaven in real life. Maybe now would be a good time to pause to take the good person test.

The responsibility of game developers

In a game I would play, there would naturally be some blood if an in-game police officer or criminal was shot (part of police and military work by the way). Why should this be considered excessive violence? It wouldn’t be in my kind of game. And in my kind of game there would be a filter option for people who might want to remove blood completely. In my kind of game, unnecessary anger and vulgarity would not be found.

Speaking of filters, as far as I know, GTA developers have never included an offensive content filter in any of their games. And why not? They target 17-year-old kids. They target adults. They target anyone who wants to explore a beautifully crafted game world and drive a car, plane or boat. What kid doesn’t want to drive a car, train, plane or boat, do stunts or see explosions. I know I do and I am not a kid.

Reality shows us that there is a blatant disdain for moral values (especially Biblical ones) among developers—hence games that feature fun plus unnecessary trash are created. It’s true that as much as the developers may disagree with my worldview and participate in these types of vulgarites in real life (or simply lack a mindset that fears God), does not mean that there aren’t people (like myself) who disagree with this Godless lifestyle. And it certainly does not mean we don’t desire to drive a car or complete missions in game like GTA 5 that can be vulgar and hate free. We already have mods (that crash) which allow this type of adventure, so why not a complete standalone game?

If you agree, let me know in the comment section below!

Third-Person Open-World Games Miss the Mark

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The GTA 5, Donald Trump Conundrum

July 11, 2017December 9, 2018Isaiah53sixLeave a comment

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75 million plus people have played the unmodded version of the game Grand Theft Auto 5 and don’t see anything wrong with its contents. Twenty-five million have purchased Grand Theft Auto 4. Judging from these numbers many people must not have a problem with language vulgarities, excessive violence and disturbing sex that is featured in these core games. And to criticize any blatant gratuitous aspects of the game is asking for put-downs, name calling and extended cursing from the critics themselves.

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Enter Donald Trump. I venture to say many of these same people hate or strongly dislike President Trump. Why? I do not know because it certainly cannot be for his offensive language, decisions, tweets, or even his personality. Perhaps what is not liked is his desire for the restoration of law and order to our land after the lawlessness of the previous president. Or perhaps what many of these millions of Grand Theft Auto 4 and 5 fans don’t like about Donald Trump is his moral stand to stop the murder of innocent babies. Maybe still, what is so despised is Donald Trump’s relentless defense of the police and military while he seeks to uphold traditional Biblical values that our country was founded on. Yep. That must be it. Show support and belief in Biblical values and the fan base of a game that glorifies vulgar behavior, rampant immorality and excessive violence against police will cry foul against you. And it’s understandable because it’s exactly this kind of thing that Jesus said would happen over 2000 years ago (see John 15). In the meantime, I will be looking for a game as massive in scale as Grand Theft Auto 5 (scenery-wise) that instead glorifies the police and obeying the law.

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