Blood and Gore in gaming - Yay or Nay

[DeadlyFred]

As long as it doesn't look stupid, I'm all for it. I quite hate when games just remove any suggestion of blood in order to cop out a "T" rating; it looks utterly retarded to shoot someone in the face with a shotgun and just have them fall over. So don't overdo it, don't underdo it, but if it should be there, then just DO it.

If blood and gore offend you I'd say you probably shouldn't be playing games where you run about shooting people in the first place.

 

[Altorin]

my thought is, if you're intent on getting an M-Rating anyway... make the most hardcore M-Rating game every time. Manhunt it up. Although the gameplay in those games left dookie stains to be desired.

 

[JMeganSnow]

I find some gore interesting from a technical standpoint (depending on how it's done it can be tremendously difficult to implement), but I can take it or leave it. Sometimes enemy limbs can become obnoxious clutter.

It's an aesthetic choice like much else in the game, so the person responsible for the decision has to ask themselves questions like, what is the theme of my game? What purpose does the gore serve? Does that add to/detract from the scenes where the gore is found?

Not all gore is horrific--I myself used to spend my workday hacking muscle tissue off human bones with a chisel and then cutting the bones up with a bandsaw. By the end of the day we had buckets of blood and tissue and human fat. Hence I don't get much of a reaction from watching brains get spattered on a wall.

I think that gore is basically used as a shortcut to produce a visceral reaction much in the same way that bad guys are usually characterized by having them kill some random people. As far as I'm concerned, it's either laziness or lack of imagination. If you *really* have some creative ideas about horror, you don't need the crutch of gore. Likewise if you really have some fundamental understanding of evil, it's not necessary for your bad guys to act like The Evil Overlord.

 

[Porthos]

Optional equals best.

Gore and Blood are like, a bake potato sitting next to a medium steak. Not needed but can add quite a bit if done right.

The ability to remove it makes everyone happy, so I really can't argue with that.

 

[Altorin]

Not all gore is horrific--I myself used to spend my workday hacking muscle tissue off human bones with a chisel and then cutting the bones up with a bandsaw. By the end of the day we had buckets of blood and tissue and human fat. Hence I don't get much of a reaction from watching brains get spattered on a wall.

where the hell did you work?

 

[JMeganSnow]

Tissue bank. Saving lives isn't always tidy.

 

[DarthNader26]

It's a great way of conveying the power of some weapons, but there are cases where it's just annoying. If enemies start blowing apart like pinatas if you shoot them with the weakest weapon in the game, there's a problem. However, if you get, say, a rocket launcher and shoot someone, it's rewarding to see a fine red mist and falling body parts.

 

[Firefly22]

Im not botherd by gore in games, if its put in for realism but i hate pointlessly violent games.

 

[flatearth]

Blood and gore works great for games that are suited for it. Some of you might be too young to remember Moonstone, but if you turned gore off in it, the game lost a lot of it's fun. Compare Carmageddon's normal version to the German censored version, and once again, the game has lost a lot. See the difference in the US and Europe release of No more heroes and see how dull the Euro version is because of removed gore.
Gore can even be a great source of fun, think of a game where you play a girl scout selling cookies, and having the ability to gut customers who won't buy cookies.
One thing to remember is, to make it so that games intended for children do not have gore, but games for adults are not censored. Maybe give the player an option to remove it, but do not censor it. There are still sane people who want to see blood and not go and kill our families, friends and co-workers. I enjoy splatter movies because of the blood and gore, and I enjoy splatter games for the same reason.

 

[Graustein]

Every game company should be legally required to have this feature on their game, if it contains blood or gore, because this is what is put pricks like Jack Thompson and Hilary Clinton in their place, they would have to find some other medium of entertainment to blame all the problems bad parenting causes

Jack Thompson sued the makers of Mortal Kombat because their "create-a-fighter" option allowed players to create a Jack Thompson character to beat the crap out of. Yes, he sued them for user-created content. Do you honestly think that putting an off switch on the gore will shut him up?

 

[jezz8me]

Realistic blood for realistic/ gritty games.

Cartoonish over-the-top blood and gore for comedic games.

Snuff film quality gore for childrens games.

 

[poleboy]

Hey, the more blood the better.

It shows how grown up and serious a game is.

Your sarcasm sense is tingling.

You forgot swearing. Swearing a sign of fucking maturity.

Both of you haven't been watching Yahtzee enough...For shame!

Both of you guys forgot gigantic and laughably unrealistic tits. Tits tits tits tits.

It shows that the game is very serious and mature!

I don't want to alarm you guys... but I think you just proved that Duke Nukem 3D is the best game ever made.

 

[liquidious-fleshbag]

I'll say yay! Sometimes blood and gore is essential for a game's atmosphere, the Fallout series for example.

 

[x434343]

Someone make a gore mod for Disney games.

 

[minoes]

Wow, a thread from 1992

 

[jezz8me]

Wow, a thread from 1992

how so?

 

[minoes]

That is the year Mortal Kombat came out. It´s been 16 years since blood and gore were a big selling point, and it seems that people hasn´t changed that much after all these years.

PS: Sorry for responding so late, and sorry for the dumb answer too.

 

[666thHeretic]

When it isn't taken to pointless extremes. I mean, when I shoot someone, I expect some blood, but a single 9mm bullet shouldn't remind me of the Nile turning to blood. Same as swords, guns, and blunt weapons should always leave different kinds of wounds.