Top Ten Violent Games
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Well, the sequel was better and mentioned above, but the original Soldier of Fortune really was in a league of its own when it came out. Never before had I been able to cause such violent deaths in a game whilst being right in the thick of it.
I'm surprised it wasn't banned in Australia. Maybe nobody in such positions over here paid much attention to games back then.
I'm surprised it wasn't banned in Australia. Maybe nobody in such positions over here paid much attention to games back then.
The violence in most violent games is akin to punching balloons filled with jam. Like a Tom & Jerry cartoon with extra red.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a game where the violence carried any real weight. Heavy Rain kinda managed it a couple of times.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a game where the violence carried any real weight. Heavy Rain kinda managed it a couple of times.
(1) Soldier of Fortune
(2) FEAR (sooo much blood!)
(3) Blood (1997)
(4) House Of The Dead series
(5) Unreal Tournament
(6 )Condemned Criminal Origins (Hobo brain surgery... with a baseball bat)
(7) Dead Space
(8) Left 4 Dead 2
(9) Bioshock (burn Baby, Buuuurn!)
(10) Alien vs Predator
(2) FEAR (sooo much blood!)
(3) Blood (1997)
(4) House Of The Dead series
(5) Unreal Tournament
(6 )Condemned Criminal Origins (Hobo brain surgery... with a baseball bat)
(7) Dead Space
(8) Left 4 Dead 2
(9) Bioshock (burn Baby, Buuuurn!)
(10) Alien vs Predator
Remember the Mortal Kombat era, followed by "Eternal Champions" and "TimeKillers." Then the shooter got all the "too violent" labels. Then ultraviolent went to sandboxers like GTA. Now I think that the ultra-gore games are pretty much seen as juvinile and more or less overcompensating for the lack of actually being good. Then again the same was true in the doom/shooter era with a little game called Rise of the Triad.
This is Always a hard topic since some games that where really bad have slipped under the radar or are quickly forgotten. Here are a few that pushed the limits but never seem to get there due.
Death Race (Arcade - 1976) - The great granddad of controversy games. years before mortal combat made headlines this one made headlines as it was the first where your goal was to simply run over people (based on the 1975 cult movie of the same name). Back in the day this was the first game that I became an expert at which might not necessarily something to boast about.
Robocop vs the Terminator (Genesis - 1994). Released during the Sega Genesis era and round the same time mortal combat was released and causing an uproar. Oddly enough even the regular mode was far more violent than Mortal combat but there was even a code to make it even worse (heads popping off and women enemies exploding into pieces) yet hardly a word was ever mentioned of this game.
Tecmo's Deception series (PS1 and PS2)- Not particularly gory but definitely brutal in tone. Killing off intruders with traps was always pretty cruel and satisfying but the sequel Kagero (Deception 2) briefly sort of upped the ante by actually allowing you to kill a kid (or maybe two?).
Hitman Series - Not sure why this was left out. Of course if you played the game like an pro (only killed the target(s) intended) there was not to complain about; however, if you wanted your own version of a Friday the 13th serial killer video game, then you could really rack up the body count.
Death Race (Arcade - 1976) - The great granddad of controversy games. years before mortal combat made headlines this one made headlines as it was the first where your goal was to simply run over people (based on the 1975 cult movie of the same name). Back in the day this was the first game that I became an expert at which might not necessarily something to boast about.
Robocop vs the Terminator (Genesis - 1994). Released during the Sega Genesis era and round the same time mortal combat was released and causing an uproar. Oddly enough even the regular mode was far more violent than Mortal combat but there was even a code to make it even worse (heads popping off and women enemies exploding into pieces) yet hardly a word was ever mentioned of this game.
Tecmo's Deception series (PS1 and PS2)- Not particularly gory but definitely brutal in tone. Killing off intruders with traps was always pretty cruel and satisfying but the sequel Kagero (Deception 2) briefly sort of upped the ante by actually allowing you to kill a kid (or maybe two?).
Hitman Series - Not sure why this was left out. Of course if you played the game like an pro (only killed the target(s) intended) there was not to complain about; however, if you wanted your own version of a Friday the 13th serial killer video game, then you could really rack up the body count.