badgenome on 15 June 2012
Not really. Games like Prototype and God of War don't do anything for me regardless of how violent they get because they're just boring and violence is all they have to offer. (Okay, the GOW: Ascension footage of the cyclops getting its eye ripped out did make me cringe.) It's only natural to become inured to it when it's so monotonous and uninspired. But the Metal Gear Rising footage can still make me say, "Holy shit!", and Mortal Kombat still makes me laugh like a maniac. So I think it's about the presentation, not the violence itself.
