From raging homicidal maniac in Trevor to borderline stereotypical portrayals of characters in the game. Rockstar has never pulled a punch, except for when they did with some of the content in GTA: San Andreas. The Hot Coffee Mod was born as a result of data-miners discovering hidden content in the game files that was extremely explicit.
GTA: San Andreas originally had explicit mini-games that involved CJs girlfriends and CJ. These mini-games were deemed too controversial and explicit. This lead to an Adults Only rating by the ERSB in the US.
Given how much trouble Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ Hot Coffee mod caused the developer, it’s doubtful that Rockstar is happy Hot Coffee is seeing new life in Red Dead Redemption 2.The game was outrightly banned from sale in countries like Australia. Rockstar reportedly asked the mod’s creator to take it down, though they refused, saying their mod doesn’t contain any nudity and only uses sounds already featured in the game. Rather than unlocking code hidden in the game, the RDR2 mod uses in-game animations to create an explicit scene. Most recently, someone created a Hot Coffee mod specifically for Red Dead Redemption 2. The scandal also led to the introduction of the Family Entertainment Protection Act, which was introduced in part by Hilary Clinton, and called for the enforcement of ESRB ratings to protect society’s youth.ĭespite the controversy that the Hot Coffee mod created, it has inspired other third-party modifications of a similar nature.
Rockstar later released a “clean” version of the video game that was allowed to keep its original M rating.
The same year, ESRB announced GTA: San Andreas’ rating had increased from Mature to Adults Only, making it the first (and only) Grand Theft Auto game to receive such an extreme rating. The ESRB subsequently launched an investigation into GTA: San Andreas’ Hot Coffee mini-game. Despite Rockstar’s statement, the controversy eventually caught the attention of activists and politicians, some of which began demanding a review of the Entertainment Software Rating Board’s (ESRB) standards.
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