Poll: Would you turn off the blood if you could?

[irishstormtrooper]

I don't care either way. If blood is on, I'll leave it on, and if it's off, I leave it off. Usually the default knows best.

 

[Mr. Socky]

I remember Rainbow Six Vegas 2. The explosion of blood when you flanked a group of enemies, then laid into 'em with a P90 was so satisfying. Just not to good for little jimmy

 

[Jamash]

I enjoy saving the game and then killing everything in Rivet City. That's all I do when I play Fallout 3, so you get my opinion.

I like saving the game just before the wedding, waiting until everyone is inside the chapel, then doing funny stuff like using the stealth boy to surreptitiously lay mines in the corridor outside, or using the console to spawn a monster in the middle of the ceremony.

"Is there anyone present who knows any reason why these two shan't marry..."

*spawns Super Mutant*

"HOT POTATO! Raaagh!"

*Hilarity ensues*

I think I must have reloaded that save game so many times that I corrupted the file!

Ah, good times.

 

[tenlong]

The more blood the merrier.

 

[Phoenix Arrow]

I don't give a flying fuck if there's blood or not. Personally, of course.

The problem is when games sort of add excessive blood and gore as a pretention to maturity. Manhunt is a good and bad example for this. I mean, the game is basically focused on beating the bells out of people so you expect some graphic scenes, but it's all ust a bit over the top. So much so that the violence becomes dull and tedious. Then you take a game like Condemned, a similar premise, but it's not like "here's some stuff, kill those guys", you feel more like a part of the experience, if you will. You're the one hearing those fast guys and thinking "shit, I'll grab this faster weapon" and you're the one who screams your head off at the mannequins (seriously, never been so freaked out in my life).

Basically, blood and violence is fine and dandy, if you handle it well. Most people can't but apparently Sega can? Crazy times we live in.