I know I'm at the rong side, but I'm actually very sick of the fact that i have to constantly defend myself because I DO NOT want ANY blood or ore in games - which makes me wonder what kind of people are those who force me to defend my taste ?
Me, I DO like light-hearted, colourful games with - if possible - no violence at all. (I come from the non-action adventure game genre, that's why).
And every time I tell someone on a forum I don't like Dragon Age for its blood and gore, I receive looks (I can feel that over their writing) as if I#m a 10 year old or as if I'm completely insane and should better spend the rest of my days in a rubber cell in some kind of "mental inanity hospital".
The current gaming world has evolved so,
that the darker, the more grim, the more bloody, the more grey, the moe muted colours, the more filled with hopelessness and despair a setting is,
the better.
I completely understand you! I also love lighthearted game from time to time.
There's not many games absolutely without violence... Besides dark world usually allows us to become the good ones, helping others. This also interests people.
No-one wants lighthearted fun anymore.
Disagreed! Just look at Mario series, Sonic series and much more others.
Do you see any kind of violence in them? Nope. Are they some of the most well known games and best selling games? Of course! Are they loved by both adults and children? Most obviously!
Everything HAS to be bad, bloody, an with the bowels hanging out of a scorched body, if possible. Or with blood fountains coming out of a body that is losing its had (his barbrian MMORPG, I forgot its name ...)
Blood and gore sells. The people want it. They want to be covered with it - I mean their charcters.
Me, I call THIS insanity.
Completely agreed!
Barbarian MMORPG I think is Conan the Barbarian? Didn't play this one.
I don't need any violence in my games to enjoy them if they're good. I agree with the part about insanity - especially when it's usually done by those same people who shout and cry their outrage when they see a naked nipple, or something that even indicates to sex.
And you certainly do have a point in your quote, but... Sometimes, we just want to vent our spleen, calm down - and some games fit better to this, usually violent ones.
But I agree, gore isn't needed in games as much as it lately is - only best of developers can make a message without heads going down.
