Battle Raper (series)

Battle Raper (バトルレイパー) is a controversial erotic video game developed and published by Illusion Soft (developers of RapeLay) In 2002. The game has gained notoriety for its simulation of rape. This aspect was removed from the follow-up game Battle Raper II: The Game in 2005.

Battle Raper

Gameplay

Battle Raper is a hand-to-hand combat 3D fighting game. The gameplay system features power-ups that can be picked up in the arena. The female characters can lose their clothes as they take damage and special moves include sexually explicit grapple attacks. Besides the single- and multiplayer modes, including Story mode, Battle Raper features the Extra mode for the additional unlockable content. It allows the player to see unlockable artworks and animations, as well as features an option to allow to freely molest any of the four female characters (Mai Kisaragi, Suzume Hachisuka, Fa Taolee, Chihaya Kagami: the only male character is Zenon).

Reception

The game has gained notoriety because of its forced sex elements and was credited to be one of the Japanese adult games that not only resulted in "a widely publicised outcry in the West which only started years after the fact" but also led to the establishment of the Ethics Organization of Computer Software in 2009.Battle Raper was included on the GamesRadar's lists of the seven "most evil" video games in 2007 ("At first, seeing female brawlers beat each others' clothes off is pretty amusing in a twisted way, but the streaming tears that come when the raping begins quickly kills any quirky humor or titillation to be had with this sick hentai title") and the 12 weirdest fighting games in 2008 ("Humiliation, rape and degradation are wrapped up in one package of shame, that's not only a shitty fighting game, but a sick idea as well").