O the irony...

[Daemascus]

How is it that first person shooters are usually are rated as more violent than real time strategy games where you can pit whole armys against each other when FPS's its usually one kill at a time?

 

[Mr. Grey]

FPS - You live the dream! You see that man's head explode.

RTS - You merely see a speck explode from the sky as you play God.

That's my reasoning behind it anyways. It should be noted that I love both genres.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

How is it that first person shooters are usually are rated as more violent than real time strategy games where you can pit whole armys against each other when FPS's its usually one kill at a time?

RTS' have less gore and swear words.

 

[AvsJoe]

FPS - You live the dream! You see that man's head explode.

RTS - You merely see a speck explode from the sky as you play God.

That's my reasoning behind it anyways. It should be noted that I love both genres.

How is it that first person shooters are usually are rated as more violent than real time strategy games where you can pit whole armys against each other when FPS's its usually one kill at a time?

RTS' have less gore and swear words.

Geez, both of you guys are spot on. I really have nothing new to add to the topic. Well, except that there should be more games that blur the line between shooter and strategy. Like Ring of Red.

 

[Cuacuani]

How is it that first person shooters are usually are rated as more violent than real time strategy games where you can pit whole armys against each other when FPS's its usually one kill at a time?

RTS' have less gore and swear words.

Something that really needs to be corrected.

 

[Daemascus]

So what your all saying is killing is ok it just the swearing and gore people object to?

 

[hittite]

So what your all saying is killing is ok it just the swearing and gore people object to?

Yeah, pretty much. Most RTSs, when a unit dies, it just falls over neatly and disappears a short time later. Compare this to Gears of War in which, at one point, your characters almost literally drown in blood.

 

[Kollega]

So what your all saying is killing is ok it just the swearing and gore people object to?

Popular moral standards say so, at least. It is somehow less objectionable to blow up the sun than to shoot a single guy in the face. Apparently, the Stalin's way of thinking - "one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic" - is very popular.

I'm intrested how Defcon, where you murder billions of people in each game, is rated.

 

[Daemascus]

The morals of our society are weird...

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

In an FPS you are the shooter therefore it can be interpreted as if you are the one mass murdering fellow members of your community

 

[PrimoThePro]

nah, you guys, with starcraft 2, you see all kinds o' blood and gore. not many fps' allow you to disintegrate an enemy.

 

[EvilMaggot]

Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War series
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos
Company of Heroes

dont come and say they arent gory... company of heroes if you blow a poor dude up he's body parts will be flying all over the place (yes just take 2 companies and put a howitzer strike on top of thier heads or use the 88mm cannon as def)

gory FPS'ers... hmm... no need to post any loads of those

 

[Acidwell]

nah, you guys, with starcraft 2, you see all kinds o' blood and gore. not many fps' allow you to disintegrate an enemy.

Yeah but thats aliens and space humans they dont count

 

[NeutralDrow]

nah, you guys, with starcraft 2, you see all kinds o' blood and gore. not many fps' allow you to disintegrate an enemy.

Ever play Rise of the Triad?

 

[DeadlyYellow]

How is it that FPS get flagged for partial nudity while some fantasy RTS have fully nude characters?

 

[PrimoThePro]

nah, you guys, with starcraft 2, you see all kinds o' blood and gore. not many fps' allow you to disintegrate an enemy.

Ever play Rise of the Triad?

oh. that makes... my point invalid. HAH. you sussed me. you sussed me good.

 

[NeutralDrow]

nah, you guys, with starcraft 2, you see all kinds o' blood and gore. not many fps' allow you to disintegrate an enemy.

Ever play Rise of the Triad?

oh. that makes... my point invalid. HAH. you sussed me. you sussed me good.

Oh, shoot, didn't mean to invalidate your point. I was just trying to point out an amusing FPS where you can disintegrate enemies (seriously, flamewall gun? Pretty fun to use). Maybe I should have put an emoticon at the end of that.

Any way I can make it valid again?

 

[PrimoThePro]

nah, you guys, with starcraft 2, you see all kinds o' blood and gore. not many fps' allow you to disintegrate an enemy.

Ever play Rise of the Triad?

oh. that makes... my point invalid. HAH. you sussed me. you sussed me good.

Oh, shoot, didn't mean to invalidate your point. I was just trying to point out an amusing FPS where you can disintegrate enemies (seriously, flamewall gun? Pretty fun to use). Maybe I should have put an emoticon at the end of that.

Any way I can make it valid again?

no, its cool. your point is just more valid, and you know what? that's terrific.
(i was partial to the chaingun. gotta go classic on that)

 

[NeutralDrow]

nah, you guys, with starcraft 2, you see all kinds o' blood and gore. not many fps' allow you to disintegrate an enemy.

Ever play Rise of the Triad?

oh. that makes... my point invalid. HAH. you sussed me. you sussed me good.

Oh, shoot, didn't mean to invalidate your point. I was just trying to point out an amusing FPS where you can disintegrate enemies (seriously, flamewall gun? Pretty fun to use). Maybe I should have put an emoticon at the end of that.

Any way I can make it valid again?

no, its cool. your point is just more valid, and you know what? that's terrific.
(i was partial to the chaingun. gotta go classic on that)

Preferred the firebomb, myself. Classic is cool, but there's no kill like overkill.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Because you're not the one doing the killing and because you aren't the one fighting them. You can choose to move your camera away from the fight, if you do that in FPS then you will end up dieing.