Poll: The a blood on/off option be available in violent games

[ParkourMcGhee]

I vote yes, if only to appease the crazy Australian system. Put a child lock on it too (and give it to parents separately in the shop).

Then the normal people can play their games without being disturbed, or even worse - restricted, because others can't agree.

 

[rohansoldier]

I personally don't mind the blood and usually tend to laugh when someone gets their head/arms/testicles blown through their back or whatever.

I am quite happy for games to come with options to turn off the blood and foul language (in fact all the gears of war games have come with this option), but I for one will never use them as I don't see the point. I have played and completed all the gears games and am playing the dragon age games now, and I have not once touched the gore or swearing off settings on any game.

If you don't like it yourself, fair enough, but I am not bothered personally.

 

[Quellist]

I probably wouldn't use it much but options are always good

 

[Custard_Angel]

Why not?

Customisation is a good thing.

 

[C. Cain]

Yes, there should be the option. It's not like the option takes anything away from the people who like it to be gory, so why not?

 

[Yopaz]

There's not really any reason not to have a no gore setting.

Frame rate drops when gore is added. Giving an option to remove the blood might help those who have poor hardware, or even for consoles in those tight encounters where the whole screen is covered in blood and it slows down.

 

[hazabaza1]

There's not really any reason not to have a no gore setting.

Frame rate drops when gore is added. Giving an option to remove the blood might help those who have poor hardware, or even for consoles in those tight encounters where the whole screen is covered in blood and it slows down.

I think you may need to read my first post again.

 

[natster43]

Yes for people who want it. I wouldn't use it, but hey I am not against having it in a game if people didn't want the gore.

 

[Furioso]

Well Gears of War does have that option, one and two at least, didn't check on the third, as far as other games go, there really isn't a reason not to have one, but no one ever really thinks to put it in

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

It really depends on the game in question, for example turning off the gore in Warhammer 40000: Space Marine is a bit pointless because at the end of the day you are still going to playing a game where you can pick up an opponent and cut him in half with a chainsword. On the other hand some violent games that are less visceral like Call of Duty it would make more sense.

As for your examples:

Dead Space: It's a Survival Horror game (despite what Yahtzee says)

Prototype: You can eat people and it's a vital gameplay mechanic. Kind-of hard to get rid of.

God of War: Possible, but this more of a spectacle.

Resident Evil: Apart from those chainsaw guys this could be doable.

 

[DestinyDriven]

Yes. I do think being able to turn off the BLOOD in Dead Space would be a good idea. It should be a standard option in all honesty - you can still leave everything the same, just remove the blood that shoots out of a body. Hell, most games that let you remove blood leave the stuff that's there for story purposes (such as blood on the walls or floor) but just remove that which shoots out and/or is painted against the wall. Little things can go a long way for everyone's comfort level.


And there isn't a single game out there.. that when you remove blood from it, it becomes instantly unplayable.

But there are some things wrong with that.

1: Taking the blood out of something which is meant to be a very gory horror game takes away the point of even making it a very gory horror game in the first place. Which comes to my point of "why on earth are you playing this game?"

2: If you are OK with Ellie's eye being poked out with a screwdriver in the cutscenes or just the general look of the necromorphs, it is very contradictory to have a problem with the bits of blood that come out of them.

3: It takes the atmosphere away from the game. Without the gore, I am sure that Dead Space wouldn't be nearly as atmospheric as it should and needs to be. You can do horror without gore, however, Dead Space is not one of those games that could pull it off. It is supposed to give you those feelings of fear, disgust and horror. It is supposed to invoke those feelings within you. Without the gore, it wouldn't be "scary" or "horrific".

Some games are best left without this option.

 

[KnightOfHearts]

What's the point of removing the blood if you still have all the dismemberment and decapitations? If you don't like violence, then why are you playing violent games?

Why play violent/combat heavy video games?
Because their fun hahaha

I guess it's all based on your own perception on what makes a game good
Be it Blood
Challenge
Story
Gameplay or whatever

What if someone really liked say.... gears or wars game play and reeeeeeallllyyyyyyyy wanted to play it, but just didn't like the tons of gore, the blood/gore switch makes that possible.

 

[KarlMonster]

I'm all for having the choice.

However (and especially for consoles) the blood wouldn't even be there if the game hadn't been optimized to prevent FPS slowdown during major blood events. So turning off blood to make the game run smoother is no longer a valid reason - as far as I'm aware. So that leaves personal morality and aesthetics.

You know, I just had a great idea for a game. Its like the Mafia series, but it makes more sense because you don't get stuck doing mundane shit that you don't want to. Also you get like a quadruple combat bonus if you take care of your enforcer duties without getting any blood on your Armani necktie.

Just imagine all the frustrated gamers re-loading their checkpoints just to try once more, but this time keeping the tie clean...

Use the shovel? No, its got dirt on it, and that edge might be sharp.
Use the rake? No; grass stains.
Use the hoe? Well, alright. But if she gets lipstick on my tie, I'll be mad.

 

[Phisi]

It heightens some people's enjoyment of the game to not have or to have less gore because it repulses some people. That said I prefer the blood... because it repulses me... in certain games. Think about it. I can go crush Lego figurines under my shoe and rip their arms off anytime I wish and it doesn't have any effect on me but I find myself looking away and cringing when I stamp someone's skull in in Dead Island. The high gore factor of the game increases the experience of the game for me. It can produces an emotional reaction. Also besides disgust it can give you a sense of achievement and satisfaction. If the big bad guy who has been picking off your teammates Crysis style gets killed by you in the most gory and thus most likely painful way possible, well you would be damned chuffed about it assuming you have connected with the NPCs. Or not even, I quite liked Spacemarine. The gore can decrease and increase the experience someone has and that is why it should have a button or even better; a slider.

 

[KnightOfHearts]

Yes. I do think being able to turn off the BLOOD in Dead Space would be a good idea. It should be a standard option in all honesty - you can still leave everything the same, just remove the blood that shoots out of a body. Hell, most games that let you remove blood leave the stuff that's there for story purposes (such as blood on the walls or floor) but just remove that which shoots out and/or is painted against the wall. Little things can go a long way for everyone's comfort level.


And there isn't a single game out there.. that when you remove blood from it, it becomes instantly unplayable.

But there are some things wrong with that.

1: Taking the blood out of something which is meant to be a very gory horror game takes away the point of even making it a very gory horror game in the first place. Which comes to my point of "why on earth are you playing this game?"

2: If you are OK with Ellie's eye being poked out with a screwdriver in the cutscenes or just the general look of the necromorphs, it is very contradictory to have a problem with the bits of blood that come out of them.

3: It takes the atmosphere away from the game. Without the gore, I am sure that Dead Space wouldn't be nearly as atmospheric as it should and needs to be. You can do horror without gore, however, Dead Space is not one of those games that could pull it off. It is supposed to give you those feelings of fear, disgust and horror. It is supposed to invoke those feelings within you. Without the gore, it wouldn't be "scary" or "horrific".

Some games are best left without this option.

But that's your opinion
Yes, games like dead space or silent hill really need those shocking moments
But would it really matter if someone didn't want to see them?
Couldn't the screen black out before Issac shoots his face off with a javelin gun (only heard about that, haven't actually seen it it)?
It doesn't effect your gaming experience, only theirs,
Unless of course you sitting around the water cooler at work saying 'how was that moment in *insert game title here* where *insert game characters name here* went and did *insert graphic description of a heinous act of violence being carried out on another living organism*... dunno about you but if I heard someone talking about how awesome some super gorey moment was in a game I'd just think they were... strange.

Re: the cutsence thing: Somethings you can just look away from, like Leon getting his head chainsawed off or prototype guy (I forget his name) beating the hell out of someone and eating them but when the gore is a massive gameplay mechanic the ability to change that can mean a 'buy' or a 'not buy'.

As a gamer who doesn't particularly enjoy gore in video games can't I say your wrong?
That the fact that you enjoy those super gorey shock value moments is gross?

we're all entitled to our own opinions of course but it's not like a game can't be modified to still have the same effect with or without the gore.

 

[dave1004]

Yes. My little sister likes to play Oblivion, but I made a massive mistake of leaving blood on.

This 8 year old brat turns on god mode, and runs around murdering EVERYBODY. I mean, holy crap. She steals whatever she can grab and dumps it into some dead guy's house. She kills and kills and kills.

I wish I had turned the blood off. I still have nightmares of seeing her "Body House!"...She drags the dead corpses into this open, half-destroyed house. Then sits there slashing them...

OPTIONS ARE REQUIRED.

 

[Spitfire]

I'm all for customization in games, but one has to wonder, what's the point of detracting the violence from a violent videogame?

 

[DestinyDriven]

But that's your opinion
Yes, games like dead space or silent hill really need those shocking moments
But would it really matter if someone didn't want to see them?
Couldn't the screen black out before Issac shoots his face off with a javelin gun (only heard about that, haven't actually seen it it)?
It doesn't effect your gaming experience, only theirs,
Unless of course you sitting around the water cooler at work saying 'how was that moment in *insert game title here* where *insert game characters name here* went and did *insert graphic description of a heinous act of violence being carried out on another living organism*... dunno about you but if I heard someone talking about how awesome some super gorey moment was in a game I'd just think they were... strange.

Re: the cutsence thing: Somethings you can just look away from, like Leon getting his head chainsawed off or prototype guy (I forget his name) beating the hell out of someone and eating them but when the gore is a massive gameplay mechanic the ability to change that can mean a 'buy' or a 'not buy'.

As a gamer who doesn't particularly enjoy gore in video games can't I say your wrong?
That the fact that you enjoy those super gorey shock value moments is gross?

we're all entitled to our own opinions of course but it's not like a game can't be modified to still have the same effect with or without the gore.

Meh, I'm a horror fan. I don't care if you think what I like is gross.
But just take this into consideration. The point of gory horror games is to be gory, taking the gore out of gory horror games is like having an option to take out the use of stealth in a Splinter Cell game, or to have the option to take out the dating options in a dating game.

It is pointless and taking a huge part of the core game out of it. Just because some don't particularly like that aspect, it is like saying I want the option to take out all the scenes of romance in a romance film because I don't like romance.

Dead Space is obviously not for you. And you CANNOT just have the ability to take core elements that are crucial to a game out of a it just because you don't like it. It will ruin a game, because what Dead Space's target audience is, are horror fans. Without the gory horror aspect, it would be loosing a major part of the game. Because that is what it is, and what it was designed and made to be.