Poll: So do you actually like "violent video games"?
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Lots of personal, pretty realistic one-on-one violence, but not much gore
Actually, my favorite uses of blood would be in
Devil May Cry 3 (DMC4 got nerfed a bit)
And Metal Gear Solid
Actually, my favorite uses of blood would be in
Devil May Cry 3 (DMC4 got nerfed a bit)
And Metal Gear Solid
In EVE Online I probably kill a few hundred thousand spaceship crewmen every day (of course, capsuleers can come back, so they don't count) Borderlands was pretty messy too. I play a lot of RTS games also, so there's a lot of violence going on there.
But I've never really been a fan of unnecessarily gratuitous violence, if it doesn't need to be there, then development resources were wasted on that instead of improving the game itself.
But I've never really been a fan of unnecessarily gratuitous violence, if it doesn't need to be there, then development resources were wasted on that instead of improving the game itself.
I like violence in my games because I'm almost never violent in real life, and like to release stress and other such things on virtual people in videogames.Araksardet said:
Head-splosions make me giddy and happy, and a good story only adds to the feeling.
I also like some of the less violent games like Minecraft and more recently, From Dust.
I have always found myself enjoying my violent actions in video games more if their is a lot of blood. I remember playing assasin's creed, the first time i ever performed a counter kill move, I was just like, ho-ly shit. Hmm, didn't yahtzee recently talk about how weapons in games are funner if their attacks carry a lot of 'weight'? I think that might be a big part of the fun I had at that point, since although there is alot of blood, there is never any decapitation or dismemberment in that game. It was also cool how other enemies would flinch and be visibly demoralized Whenever Altair Grabbed one of them and stabbed him repeatedly, tossing him to the ground and florishing to the rest again.
I like games that are violent (Grand Theft Auto, Saints Row, Gears of War, God of War, Mass Effect, Fallout, TES, Two Worlds 2, Dragon Age, etc.) but that isn't what is necessary for me to have fun.
As a side note, I hate it when games aren't reasonably gory. When I dig into someone with a chainsaw, or slash them with a sword, or shoot them in the face with a shotgun and there is no evidence on the body that anything happened to them, I hate it. Saints Row 2 lets me use a chainsaw to cut through crowds of people, yet nothing happens to their bodies when you stab them all the way through and cut them from the waist to the head. It looks like they just dropped dead on the ground after having a heart attack or something.
As a side note, I hate it when games aren't reasonably gory. When I dig into someone with a chainsaw, or slash them with a sword, or shoot them in the face with a shotgun and there is no evidence on the body that anything happened to them, I hate it. Saints Row 2 lets me use a chainsaw to cut through crowds of people, yet nothing happens to their bodies when you stab them all the way through and cut them from the waist to the head. It looks like they just dropped dead on the ground after having a heart attack or something.
I like a bit of everything same as movies, sometime i want to play something soft and kiddy like mario other times a bit of condemned.
i really cant say i like gushy gore but i do love mortal combat! and pokemon...cuz im a total nerd lol. its the stylized kills that mean the most to me
im not a huge fan of massive ammounts of gore (for example the bone breaking system in the new mortal combat kind of turned me away) but then again im cool with prototype but its kind of unrealistic so i guess im kind of a double standard and so long as the game isnt a glorified jack the ripper surgery sim im cool with violence in games if the game is good without it
so in follow up so long as the game is good without having 'TONNES OF GORE' as a selling point im cool
so in follow up so long as the game is good without having 'TONNES OF GORE' as a selling point im cool
It all depends on the game really. Mario wouldn't feel right if when ever I jumped on a goomba it exploded into a mess of blood and gore. It also wouldn't feel right if in Gears of War nothing happened when I too a chainsaw to a guy.
It is all dependent on what the game is and trying to do.
It is all dependent on what the game is and trying to do.
I like violent videogames, but only if the violence is within reason and if it actually makes sense in the type of game it is in.
Basically, what I mean by that is that I enjoy games that involve violence. I have played Prototype where I slashed appart thousands, and I have played Half-Life 2, where I took down hundreds of Combine soldires. I think these kinds of games are fun, but I do know that there are some occasions where the violence reaches that point that it might be too unnecessary (I am not referring to these games). I cannot think of any real good examples off the top of my head, but my meaning is that while a game can have blood and gore in it, the blood and gore cannot be the only thing the game has going for it. If I am ripping peoples heads off every minute or so, sure it may be fun at first to be able to do that type of thing, but after a while it may seem repeated, and somewhat silly. For any type of thing to have a meaningful effect - violence in videogames included - there has to be some sort of pacing, where the violent moments acutally hold some weight. Otherwise, the violence loses its importance and hold, and the game no longer has any serious meaning to it, other than a game that you occasionally play to blow off some steam.
The other point I made is that the violence has to have a reason to be there. There are some games where punching a person's head clean off makes sense, and there are games where anything more than a comical slap seems over the top. Games are different depending on the subject and nature, and the violence needs to be adjusted accordingly. In a game like Mario, or Pac-Man, unless the goal is to make a gritty reboot of the series like "There Will Be Brawl," adding blood and guts to the game would not improve it. In fact, making either of those two games more violent than what they really are will turn me away from them. On the other hand, the main God of War trilogy of games has very violent situations. In the third game you tear off Helios' head and use it as a flashlight. However, the game trilogy revolves around Kratos, the killer and eventual God of War. The game is about a man trying to get revenge and redemption. It is about a man getting angry and willing to destroy the world just to try and carry out his anger. In that game violence makes sense, and it would be ridiculous not to have violence. Looney Tunes: Back in Action was a game about the Looney Tunes movie of the same name. Looney Tunes is meant to be the kids' cartoon show. Violence would have made the game inappropriate for the younger audiances, and would feel out of place in a cartoon world. Constantine - a game based on the movie of the same name, based on the comic series Hellblazer - is about a chain smoking American (English in comics) who fights demons from Hell. It makes sense to have violence in a game where evil demons from Hell come to Earth and kill people.
Basically, I like violent videogames, but only if it makes sense in the context of the game, and if the violence is not pushed too hard. Otherwise, the violence becomes silly and out of place. Violence does have its place in gameing, but only if it drives a story or is used with pacing. I do not think you can have a whole game with nothing but violence, unless of course it is a very short game - the type you occasionally find online, and play after you had a really bad day.
Basically, what I mean by that is that I enjoy games that involve violence. I have played Prototype where I slashed appart thousands, and I have played Half-Life 2, where I took down hundreds of Combine soldires. I think these kinds of games are fun, but I do know that there are some occasions where the violence reaches that point that it might be too unnecessary (I am not referring to these games). I cannot think of any real good examples off the top of my head, but my meaning is that while a game can have blood and gore in it, the blood and gore cannot be the only thing the game has going for it. If I am ripping peoples heads off every minute or so, sure it may be fun at first to be able to do that type of thing, but after a while it may seem repeated, and somewhat silly. For any type of thing to have a meaningful effect - violence in videogames included - there has to be some sort of pacing, where the violent moments acutally hold some weight. Otherwise, the violence loses its importance and hold, and the game no longer has any serious meaning to it, other than a game that you occasionally play to blow off some steam.
The other point I made is that the violence has to have a reason to be there. There are some games where punching a person's head clean off makes sense, and there are games where anything more than a comical slap seems over the top. Games are different depending on the subject and nature, and the violence needs to be adjusted accordingly. In a game like Mario, or Pac-Man, unless the goal is to make a gritty reboot of the series like "There Will Be Brawl," adding blood and guts to the game would not improve it. In fact, making either of those two games more violent than what they really are will turn me away from them. On the other hand, the main God of War trilogy of games has very violent situations. In the third game you tear off Helios' head and use it as a flashlight. However, the game trilogy revolves around Kratos, the killer and eventual God of War. The game is about a man trying to get revenge and redemption. It is about a man getting angry and willing to destroy the world just to try and carry out his anger. In that game violence makes sense, and it would be ridiculous not to have violence. Looney Tunes: Back in Action was a game about the Looney Tunes movie of the same name. Looney Tunes is meant to be the kids' cartoon show. Violence would have made the game inappropriate for the younger audiances, and would feel out of place in a cartoon world. Constantine - a game based on the movie of the same name, based on the comic series Hellblazer - is about a chain smoking American (English in comics) who fights demons from Hell. It makes sense to have violence in a game where evil demons from Hell come to Earth and kill people.
Basically, I like violent videogames, but only if it makes sense in the context of the game, and if the violence is not pushed too hard. Otherwise, the violence becomes silly and out of place. Violence does have its place in gameing, but only if it drives a story or is used with pacing. I do not think you can have a whole game with nothing but violence, unless of course it is a very short game - the type you occasionally find online, and play after you had a really bad day.