[QUOTE="wurd"]i find it quite staggering, and may I add is a sign of the sheer stupidity of the human race, how it can be acceptable for games to show extreme levels of violence and murder yet the smallest hint of any sexual content, something that is enjoyable to the human race and something we are 'meant' to do, the gaming community (or at least the censors, media, killjoys and ahem religious types) go nuts. I remember the first ever leisure suit larry way back in the 80's. The censors and killjoys were going crazy over what essentially were a few green monochrome pixels that vaguely resembled a woman with badly drawn jugs.dracosummoner
Violence in games is generally not very palatable but is usually "justified." (The player is often endeavoring to "save the world" or "defeat the enemy regime" or fulfill another classic trope.) Not all games present "violence for the sake of violence" in the vein of Unreal Tournament and Mortal Kombat. Most games that actually allow "murder" (which is quite different from "killing") take the time to distinguish between killing and murder. Even the now-infamous "kill the civilians" scene (I'm not even sure if that constitutes a spoiler now, considering how much it's been in gaming news) from "a certain" ultra-popular upcoming game, has been disclaimed as something the developers obviously don't endorse. As for sex, what bothers me here is not so much the nudity (the only issue you addressed about sex at all) but the context. Most games with violence have at least something of a justification for it, but the vast majority of games I've seen that offer any sort of sexual interaction at all (e.g. Planescape: Torment and other role-playing games from that era, Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto), portray sex as simply, as you put it, "something that is enjoyable to the human race," as though there are no real consequences for the people involved. I'm not talking about STDs or pregnancy; I'm talking about real and actual psychological consequences, good and bad, for the people involved. "Yes," I realize that "games are games," but if games are actually trying to tell *more* immersive stories, then games are only shooting themselves in the foot if they take something as ridiculously complex as sex and reduce it to "just something that people who are 'in love' [another term that needs to be rethought] do." In short, violence in games usually has a sensible context. Sex usually does not, and naturally I realize there are many exceptions in both cases. But let's take this: Imagine a game that "implies" that people have sex: the screen fades to black, the characters' relationship is further developed (maybe), for good or ill, and the game goes on. Would actually showing the sex improve the game? (That's not a rhetorical question.) Why is the sex in there in the first place -- for the sake of character development or for the sake of gratifying the player? buddy, let me just say that you are freakin brilliant! I agree 100 percent!
Since this is a forum, I can post whether or not I agree or disagree. And I don't.
Why? It's NINJA TURTLES. Can you really imagine the Ninja Turtles taking the 'dark and edgy' route? How can you possibly say that you want to bring back old memories if at the same time you want to change the Turtles completely? And do you need reminding that the Turtles are meant for kids? What would become of their catch phrase 'Cowabunga', and Michaelangelo? He's not suited for what you want at all. Should we just leave him out? What would become of the charm that they have that made them popular in the first place? It simply IS NOT possible to make a TMNT game 'mature' without completely messing with the formula. And what's gonna happen if they take this route? The fans will complain. They'll flame the developers.
I honestly don't think that this is a good idea. At all.
so what we really need is a 4 person co-op ninja adventure game. With similar tones as TMNT: as in not taking itself seriously all the time (my favorite type of game, btw) but also with enough action to satisfy the adult players. SOunds like a winner to me.
[QUOTE="Ironserpent"][QUOTE="Mr_Anderson1817"]i still can't believe you couldn't have sex with that hooker in fallout 3. It was M, they should've done it. they had it in mass effect and gta IV Mr_Anderson1817
no see, thats what I was talking about, that kind doesn't move the story at all and seems... i dunno... just... Stupid, i guess. getting high and drinking doesn't advance the game, but you can do it one of the reasons I think gta4 is lame.
the song isn't about anything. Its purpose is to demonstrate how using overly cute lyrics will make girls go crazy for you.
cgi15
I'm actually finding it hard to believe that that was the writer's intention. Of course, the music industry is a bit wacked these days so you never know. :P
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