When was the first time you heard a curse in a game?
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Heh, if it makes you feel better, I got OoT for Christmas when I was 5. I made it through the first dungeon and got to the first boss (Gohma) and turned off the game crying because I was so scared. It took me 5-6 years before I could conquer that fear and finally beat that dungeon! Only to find out there were much scarier bossesmaidenm said:
The line is "The sage yaps on about the Precursors who built this place all the time. 'Where did they go? Why did they build this crap?'" (Just played the HD version last weekend. First time 100%ing it!T0ad 0f Truth said:
)The latter part of that quote, along with "even the rocks do not recall" are the two parts of that game I'll never forget. Also he's an ottsel (otter+weasel).
OT: First time I heard a swear in a game? Huh... probably The Thing on PS2, which may or may not have been my first M-rated game.
Gee, I'm pretty sure that goes to Jak 3, when Daxter says "Damn straight!" Unless there was a swear earlier on in the game that I can't remember. I was plenty old enough to have heard almost every curse word under the sun by then, especially with my father being a semi-stereotypical construction worker, so I didn't have any reaction other than being a little nervous that my mom might hear. Though if you're looking for a stronger oath, I'm pretty sure inFamous was the first game I heard "shit" in and and king of swears ("fuck") wasn't until BioShock only a couple years ago. Ahhhhhh, gotta love Sander Cohen.
Though if you're looking for a stronger oath, I'm pretty sure inFamous was the first game I heard "shit" in and and king of swears ("fuck") wasn't until BioShock only a couple years ago. Ahhhhhh, gotta love Sander Cohen.
Thank ye kindlyThe_Echo said:The line is "The sage yaps on about the Precursors who built this place all the time. 'Where did they go? Why did they build this crap?'" (Just played the HD version last weekend. First time 100%ing it!T0ad 0f Truth said:
The latter part of that quote, along with "even the rocks do not recall" are the two parts of that game I'll never forget. Also he's an ottsel (otter+weasel).
OT: First time I heard a swear in a game? Huh... probably The Thing on PS2, which may or may not have been my first M-rated game.
I haven't played in ages. I only was able to play the trilogy through once on my friends PS2.
...And that entire opening quote is pretty awesome
Made even more awesome (in a funny way) by the answer to it. XD
The first time I remember there being cursing was Halo 3, being my first M rated game and having some foul-mouthed marines. I'm sure there was a time before that, though.
The first game with uncensored swearing in it that I played that I can remember was True Crime Streets of LA.
After beating the crap out of some random punk the players character, I forget his name, said "Stay the fuck down!"
If you want to count censored swearing, then that'd be most of the stuff Barret said in FF7. I don't consider words like hell or damn to be cursing.
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After beating the crap out of some random punk the players character, I forget his name, said "Stay the fuck down!"
If you want to count censored swearing, then that'd be most of the stuff Barret said in FF7. I don't consider words like hell or damn to be cursing.
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Wich is kinda why I got curious. Today no one will bat an eyelid is a videogame character curses. But to me, back when I was a kid there where far less games that had such language. "Dammit", "crap" and "shit" seems to be the first one most people heard and I don't think those are bad words at all. But "fuck", "****" etc are heavier and I'm curious if there was a point where gaming realised it could get away with it or if I just missed all the good dialogues. I find it interesting to see if we can see some sort of line in these experiences and when it was crossed.mbarker said:
I'm pretty sure the first game I heard the heavy duty F bomb dropped in was Gears of War. Then after that it was just everywhere.
Before that in all the games I was playing in the previous generation all I was hearing was "Shit"
Maybe I was just really ignorant at the time because I didn't hear one F bomb from the N64/Sony era nor did I hear any from the PS2 era.
Before that in all the games I was playing in the previous generation all I was hearing was "Shit"
Maybe I was just really ignorant at the time because I didn't hear one F bomb from the N64/Sony era nor did I hear any from the PS2 era.
Most likely Crazy Taxi. The people you picked up had a habit of saying "dammit" a lot in that game when you rammed into things, and it was even worse in the original arcade and Dreamcast versions where none of the songs that played during gameplay were censored. Thus, how the game got past the ESRB with just a T-raiting despite having a song that drops "Fuck" in its lyrics is beyond me.
Hm, the only one I can think of is cocksucker. Though something tells me the translation team wasn't thinking that hard about it. More symbols just meant they were angrierTiamattt said:Rats, someone beat me to it. To this day I wonder what curse words/combination of them actually was enough to make ten symbols, no spaces.Lilani said:
I think it was Breath of Fire 2 for the SNES when one of the characters said "damn."
Hardly an affront to your virgin ears I'm sure. Keep in mind though that this occurred when Nintendo was hard set in it's family friendly image and was well known for editing content for American audiences to keep up appearances.
Hardly an affront to your virgin ears I'm sure. Keep in mind though that this occurred when Nintendo was hard set in it's family friendly image and was well known for editing content for American audiences to keep up appearances.
Barret drops a lot of uncensored "shit" "crap" and "ass" in the game. When AVALANCHE are on the train near the start and they're talking about how they think Cloud didn't make it, Barret says "Shi't!"DarkSeraphim02 said:
I never understood what the apostrophe was for.
I'm relatively sure it was either watching my cousin play GTA 3 or me getting all giddy when they said 'bastard' or 'crap' in FFIX. Given how ubiquitous casual profanity has been in my life since then, it's hard for me to remember a time where hearing this kind of thing would have shocked/impressed/excited me.
Hard to say, the 90's was a long time ago. Shadow Warrior has some good cursing moments, Blood was mentioned, Redneck Rampage was a good one. Honestly I cannot remember, however if you heard swearing from any game especially Mario Kart, It was me.
