I fully agree. The level of ultra-violence has gone off the deep end. In the developers/publishers defense, however, gamers are clamoring for it and it is selling... If gamers refused to buy it, ultra-violent games would end immediately.

I'd prefer to see games have a feature similar to the Gears of War option to turn "extreme content" on and off. Games could come out with two ratings then -- Teen and Mature... Parents, if they actually had a clue, could use the built-in console functionality to limit the ESRB level allowed. Games could read that at boot up. Gears, for instance, upon finding the console set to Teen as a maximum allowable setting would turn off extreme content by default.

I know, wishful thinking. Developers don't want to be told how they should deliver their "vision" and gamers don't want to be told what they can and can't watch... I don't suspect it will ever change.

I would add that I think developers are being a bit short-sighted, however, in their defensive posture of "I'll make it my way". The ability to get Teen rating would ultimately sell more copies because there are a few parents out there that DON'T allow their kids to play the more violent version.

Obviously it's because you are not hardcore enough. Go play your Wii, crybaby soccer mom.




j/k heh. While I can't say that I 'enjoy' lots of violence in my games, I can't say that I despise it either. While violence kinda fits in some games, I don't believe in violence for the sake of violence lilke Manhunt or GTA. It's obvious they are only seeking for sales based on the "OH YEAH BLOOOD" coming from 14-yo kids.

Over the top gore is hilarious, realistic gore is way more disturbing.

Anyone who doesn't like this shit can play one of the 1000000 games that are made for kids. And there are more games that are realistic with there violence. There is something for everyone so quit your bitching.

In Turok you could turn the violence too, you could turn the blood green, or you could turn it off entirely. That also meant that you couldn't blow stuff off of anyone either. It even made it so these zombies that spit blood at you didn't have an attack anymore. Parents should get a clue.

its not that i want it turned off--its not a here or nothing--its a here is reality--you get shot it hurts like hell but that does not mean your arm is going flying and you are painting the room red

It is rather frustrating seeing the FPS emerge as the game of choice for "hardcore hype" this generation. If its not walking past Gamestop posters then it'll be glancing over the screens of the next must have "big boy" game on this site that you'll see nothing but necks thicker than heads, chain swords or space guns and either monsters or aliens... Maybe even a hot scantily clad chick or two.

Remember when gaming was more than just trying to outdo Halo and God of War?

 Since Wolfenstein released.

so very true

Haha the video was pretty funny, bullets made the enemies like fall apart. I actually started laughing at it, Tarantino-esque.

loved turok 2, but at the time i was 17.  I think it just reaches to that certain demographic, right now i don't care at all for a game like turok 2, it's more of a turn off then anything.  Of course if it had good gameplay i would play it but the blood doesn't attract me anymore.