Poll: SPOILERS Dead Space 2 has gone too far.
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I think shooting something which is clearly a baby is the point being made.
Its one thing to shoot a lurker which are clearly alien because of the 3 tentacles but shooting something which is in baby attire and crying blurs the lines between the necromorph and an actual infant.
Also, it is clear that the response its just a game isn't one which the majority follow other wise MOH and six days in fallujuh wouldn't have caused any controversy.
And laughing at killing babies....... speaks for itself
Its one thing to shoot a lurker which are clearly alien because of the 3 tentacles but shooting something which is in baby attire and crying blurs the lines between the necromorph and an actual infant.
Also, it is clear that the response its just a game isn't one which the majority follow other wise MOH and six days in fallujuh wouldn't have caused any controversy.
And laughing at killing babies....... speaks for itself
Let's bring JD Salinger up on charges for the assassination of John Lennon?Generic Gamer said:
Games can be deep and meaningful. "Catcher in the Rye" is still just a goddamn book. It may be a well-written work of art, but it's still fictional and just a book.
Did Maxwell ever kill anyone with his Silver Hammer? Can you REALLY not touch this? Did Rick actually want to have Jesse's girl?
The developer of the above and the game intended one or two things: People to think and/or people to have fun with it.
1. Not really spoilers because the pack and crawlers were both shown in pre-release trailers.
2. The game is rated M for a reason. Disturbing violence is allowed and should be expected.
3. They're necromorphs. The babies are even shown using sympathy to kill someone.
2. The game is rated M for a reason. Disturbing violence is allowed and should be expected.
3. They're necromorphs. The babies are even shown using sympathy to kill someone.
I spent all weekend playing this game, (a nice length of about ten hours, if you explore in search of items quite a bit like I did) and while I found the crawlers and pack incredibly wrong, well, that's the point. For one thing, as someone mentioned earlier, the necromorphs would not spare children, so the lack of said child necromorphs would be a logical problem, but dead rising, left 4 dead, and other "infection based enemy" games manage to get by without young infected, I'd have let them get away with it too.
The point is though, horror is littered with examples of making a dangerous situation scarier with the use of enemies you wouldn't want to simply kill. Zombies? They aren't truly scary because of getting eaten alive, or their numbers, or even their ability to keep going with gaping holes in them, it was the thought of having to kill your family, and friends in order to survive. What about alma? How better to make an evil force basically unkillable than by making it take form of something so seemingly innocent as a little girl?
By casting children, and even babies, as enemies, dead space 2 taps into that disturbing feeling of having to kill something that typically, a decent person wouldn't even so much as hit. I respect this game for daring to break that boundary in the name of having a more effective and disturbing experience, like films have dared to break in the past.
The point is though, horror is littered with examples of making a dangerous situation scarier with the use of enemies you wouldn't want to simply kill. Zombies? They aren't truly scary because of getting eaten alive, or their numbers, or even their ability to keep going with gaping holes in them, it was the thought of having to kill your family, and friends in order to survive. What about alma? How better to make an evil force basically unkillable than by making it take form of something so seemingly innocent as a little girl?
By casting children, and even babies, as enemies, dead space 2 taps into that disturbing feeling of having to kill something that typically, a decent person wouldn't even so much as hit. I respect this game for daring to break that boundary in the name of having a more effective and disturbing experience, like films have dared to break in the past.
If you're unfromfortable then that's good horror's meant to make you feel at odds with yourself and your security.
I had a friend over and I was showing him some gameplay and it happened to be the nursery scene. I had Mr. Clarke walk into nursery and I came across the mother calling for her (dead) baby. When they exploded, my friend and I sort of chuckled, but at the same time thinking that this is fucked up. I am glad that they didn't pull any punches with the horror.
about half way through that area, i kinda realized the morality in it, then a baby blew me across the room
'if its hostile, you kill it'
on that note, in the airport scene in MW2, i did not shoot anyone that did/could shoot me back (so pretty much nothing until the swat showed up)
'if its hostile, you kill it'
on that note, in the airport scene in MW2, i did not shoot anyone that did/could shoot me back (so pretty much nothing until the swat showed up)
Is it an 18+ game? if so, shush.
HorrorGames can go as far as they want to be truly horrifying and repulsive, so it can creep you the fck out, me thinks.
And good that children/infants are finally in a game where you can shoot them.
HorrorGames can go as far as they want to be truly horrifying and repulsive, so it can creep you the fck out, me thinks.
And good that children/infants are finally in a game where you can shoot them.
"Oh no crying babies, im so scared and im going to cry like a little baby."
grow a pair, its a game, and one thing they love is contraversy. also crying babyes in teh nursery is a really nice touch to set the mood. i tell you dead space 2 blew up my expectations, i was so not expecting it to be this good....
grow a pair, its a game, and one thing they love is contraversy. also crying babyes in teh nursery is a really nice touch to set the mood. i tell you dead space 2 blew up my expectations, i was so not expecting it to be this good....
