Things That Bother You About Gaming

[Spark Of Spirit]

I can already hear the shake of hundreds of stampeding manchildren running to their keyboards to prove him wrong.

[Rosalinas Spare Wand]

We've gone too far. The slow-motion blood spurts, the impalement by deadly assassins, the knives, shoulders, elbows to the throat. You know, Deus Ex had its moments of violence, but they were designed - whether they succeeded or not I can't say - but they were designed to make you uncomfortable, and I don't see that happening now. I think we're just appealing to an adolescent mindset and calling it mature. It's time to stop. I'm just glad I work for a company like Disney, where not only is that not something that's encouraged, you can't even do it, and I'm fine with it.

This man gets it.

[Foggle]

I'd like to say I agree with him, but since I play tons of ultraviolent video games and love them to death, I can't.

They're just games, after all.

[Spark Of Spirit]

We can't all be like Nathan Drake- casually slaughtering hundreds of people.

I'd rather be like the DOOM trooper if given the choice.

[Foggle]

So what defines "ultraviolence", anyway?

[Rynnec]

I'd assume stuff like Hitman, Manhunter, the new Tomb Raider, etc.

[Foggle]

Hitman is amazing.

[Rynnec]

Eh, I was just throwing out names really.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Well, Ninja Gaiden II on the XBOX360 is ultraviolent, but I love that game.

[Foggle]

Well, Ninja Gaiden II on the XBOX360 is ultraviolent, but I love that game.

Yeah, I have no problem with ultraviolent games unless they're truly sickening and without purpose, like the new Tomb Raider. That kind of violence would be acceptable in a game where the player is supposed to regret their actions and isn't promoted to shoot every baddie they meet in the face, though.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Well, Ninja Gaiden II on the XBOX360 is ultraviolent, but I love that game.

Ninja Gaiden 2 - Cutting through deadly ninjas and creatures trying to do the same to you
Ninja Gaiden 3 - Getting your sword randomly stuck in peoples bodies (because why not?) and killing people begging for their lives

One is a game, one is entirely needless.

[gunswordfist]

This is just stupid. There's nothing wrong with ultraviolence. I'm all for blasting through non-monster/zombie/ninja people. There isn't enough TPSs where we get to mow through humans Total Recall style and I'm not joking. This Jack Thompson angle has to stop. Look, violence in games like say Manhunt makes me sick, but this is just ridiculous. The cutscenes and "torture porn" is the problem, not how many people die in games. This is fucking silly.

[Foggle]

This is just stupid. There's nothing wrong with ultraviolence. I'm all for blasting through non-monster/zombie/ninja people. There isn't enough TPSs where we get to mow through humans Total Recall style and I'm not joking. This Jack Thompson angle has to stop. Look, violence in games like say Manhunt makes me sick, but this is just ridiculous. The cutscenes and "torture porn" is the problem, not how many people die in games. This is fucking silly.

Agreed 100%.

Though to be fair, the first Manhunt really isn't that bad. The second one is definitely torture porn, though.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Torture porn pretty much Is ultraviolence, though. I'm not sure what other kind there is in games other than enemies bleeding when you kill them.

And to be honest, I don't like it in ninja games. I prefer them just bursting into a faded evil-essence of something. Maybe that's partially because how that's how all the old school ninja games did it, but I find over-the-top gore and blood fountains contrasted with a stealthy and quick character kind of weird to me. It was really weird to me in Shinobi PS2 because they burst into essence AFTER getting sliced into pieces... I dunno, that's just me.

Something like DOOM, or DMC, doesn't really bother me at all however.

[gunswordfist]

1. I forgot there was 2 Manhunts.
2. If you don't think Manhunt 1 was that bad then this is the part where I slowly back away from you and then bolt out of the door.