Violence in Video Games

[Dr. Derpy Hooves Ph.D]

I see absolutely no blood in this game, and it's a load better than Serious Sam or Black Ops...

 

[Flyingamerboy]

..........no

[Alyxx Thorne]

Moving this to the gaming forum.

[Dr. Derpy Hooves Ph.D]

no

Yes...

Unlike Serious Sam, it has a plot and it doesn't have a load of senseless violence.

[Flyingamerboy]

the developers of serious sam did not want a serious plot they wanted people to just have fun through violence!

[Dr. Derpy Hooves Ph.D]

the developers of serious sam did not want a serious plot they wanted people to just have fun through violence!

And therefore, the developers of the game did a horrible job.

 

Serious Sam's IGN score: 7.5

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess's IGN score: 9.5

 

Serious Sam's Gamespot score: 5.0

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess's Gamespot score: 8.9

 

My work here is done...

[Alyxx Thorne]

I think both games are good in their own rights. Different strokes for different people. DNF got terrible reviews yet I still think it's more entertaining and fun than most shooters out there.

[Dr. Derpy Hooves Ph.D]

I think both games are good in their own rights. Different strokes for different people. DNF got terrible reviews yet I still think it's more entertaining and fun than most shooters out there.

From what I've heard, the only reason it got bad reviews is because of how long it's been in development...

I guess people expected more highly of a game that was in development for 12 years and got pissed off.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Well, without looking at the long development period, to me it just feels like a good b-movie that might not look or play as good as the competition in the a-market, but still manages to get a certain cult following.

 

Personally I think the violent game I enjoyed the most this year was Bulletstorm.

[Flyingamerboy]

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/118/1189361p1.html

sounds like its going to be really violent.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I think most people play Serious Sam for the violence. For me, it's fun for a while to play co-op with a friend and just mow down all the enemies.

[Dr. Derpy Hooves Ph.D]

Co-operative with that many players?

You barely get cooperative with 4 players on OP4...

[The Hamburglar]

the developers of serious sam did not want a serious plot they wanted people to just have fun through violence!

And therefore, the developers of the game did a horrible job.

 

Serious Sam's IGN score: 7.5

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess's IGN score: 9.5

 

Serious Sam's Gamespot score: 5.0

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess's Gamespot score: 8.9

 

My work here is done...

ALL RIGHT YOUR POSTS ARE GOING TO MAKE ME PUNCH MY MONITOR JESUS CHRIST YOU ARE SO HEAVY HANDED WITH YOUR POINTS.

 

GAMES ARE FUN, NOT ALL OF THEM NEED STORIES.

[Alyxx Thorne]

And critics scores don't really matter either. It's always your personal experience with a game that matters the most. So if you both love the games you play, then I see nothing wrong about that.

[Epsilon]

GAMES ARE FUN, NOT ALL OF THEM NEED STORIES.

Storyline is what makes the games fun for me, really. Violence can be necessary to add a sense of realism to the game, but I don't think the game should revolve around it and nothing else.

 

Multiplayer games almost never need storylines since they focus more on winning the game than progressing throughout something, but single player games are abysmal without them.

[Axeldeath]

I didn't see any mentionable violence in SS1 or SS2, I just enjoyed it because it had a fast pace and an arcadey style.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Bulletstorm had both a great story and tons of gratuitous violence for me.

[Pinkie Pie]

The more violent the better. I pity Australia for having gore set to low as the only option in Left 4 Dead 2.

[Toast]

I don't really pay attention to violence in video games. I usually don't notice it unless there's not enough blood, but I don't mind too much if it's ridiculously gory.

[ISGC]

And critics scores don't really matter either. It's always your personal experience with a game that matters the most. So if you both love the games you play, then I see nothing wrong about that.

I've never really paid much attention to game critics, since it's such a subjective thing to be judging. It takes a bit of personal knowledge to truly recommend a game.