I just saw the preview video for P2, and I must say....damn...but not in a good kind of way.
I don't believe in censoring games at all. I've played the original Postal, though I didn't care for it. I've played GTA, GTA2 briefly (it sucks), and of course GTA3 for PS2 and PC (plz send Vice City to PC heaven soon Rockstar!) and perhaps one of the most gory and violent games to date, SOF 2. Now, SOF2 pushed my boundaries a bit, but actually the gore didn't bother me as much as the whole jingoistic tone of the series (I'm at a very liberal college, so sue me.) So, I don't mind violence. Mind you, realistic violence nowadays is starting to wear on me a bit- it can get really disturbing. The invasion on Normandy scene forced me to stop playing - why on earth did we send so many people to their deaths that day? And in SOF2, I remember shooting a guy in the jaw. He was gargled blood sans lower jaw, stumbling around, then finally collapsing in gory death. That was....interesting. Maybe it's just me, but this stuff just doesn't interest me anymore. Perhaps it's because I'm getting more interested in arcade-style games like Neo Geo stuff and Treasure Games (yeah!) but I don't get jollies from disemboweling an enemy. I'm weird that way.
Anyway, the preview video was really, really out there. I've seen all the preview pics and read nearly every article on the game, but to actually see the game move is a totally different thing. To me, it actually looked a bit cheesy. The whole structure felt shoddy - the animations were a bit wonky (though the physics was excellent), the game didn't seem to be fully utilising the Unreal engine, which is a kickass engine. And ok, I'll finally say - there's some sick sh** in this game! I mean, showing a someone snipe a guy even when he's dead....jesus. Perhaps in some weird Oliver Stone "Natural Born Killers" meets Bret Easton Ellis twist, this game is a cogint comment on our society. Or perhaps it's just a pyschotic game meant to vent your frustrations. I don't think I'd like to meet Vin Desi in person - his juvenile assumptions about violence disturb me a bit.
I'm expecting a bunch of replies in form of "it's just a game" or "stop being so anal." I know it's a game, and whether or not I'm anal is for you to decide and come to an unfounded conclusion. This message is really for people who perhaps share a similar sentiment. I'm guessing the game is in an early build (or not? Isn't it supposed to be released soon? But even so, when I want to vent my anger I play Quake 3. Yes, there's blood and gore but it's more like a sport. The gore isn't meant to be a center piece of the game. And, if anything, MOHAA has proven you really don't need blood, or even gore (which I admit is really unrealistic and idiotic to leave out of a game of this genre) to be effective. I'll never advocate the censorship of games like GTA 3 or Postal 2. But where as gamers do we draw the line? Or perhaps we as gamers should continually push our moral boundaries in games, one of the few safe places to do so? I leave that question open to you guys.
I don't believe in censoring games at all. I've played the original Postal, though I didn't care for it. I've played GTA, GTA2 briefly (it sucks), and of course GTA3 for PS2 and PC (plz send Vice City to PC heaven soon Rockstar!) and perhaps one of the most gory and violent games to date, SOF 2. Now, SOF2 pushed my boundaries a bit, but actually the gore didn't bother me as much as the whole jingoistic tone of the series (I'm at a very liberal college, so sue me.) So, I don't mind violence. Mind you, realistic violence nowadays is starting to wear on me a bit- it can get really disturbing. The invasion on Normandy scene forced me to stop playing - why on earth did we send so many people to their deaths that day? And in SOF2, I remember shooting a guy in the jaw. He was gargled blood sans lower jaw, stumbling around, then finally collapsing in gory death. That was....interesting. Maybe it's just me, but this stuff just doesn't interest me anymore. Perhaps it's because I'm getting more interested in arcade-style games like Neo Geo stuff and Treasure Games (yeah!) but I don't get jollies from disemboweling an enemy. I'm weird that way.
Anyway, the preview video was really, really out there. I've seen all the preview pics and read nearly every article on the game, but to actually see the game move is a totally different thing. To me, it actually looked a bit cheesy. The whole structure felt shoddy - the animations were a bit wonky (though the physics was excellent), the game didn't seem to be fully utilising the Unreal engine, which is a kickass engine. And ok, I'll finally say - there's some sick sh** in this game! I mean, showing a someone snipe a guy even when he's dead....jesus. Perhaps in some weird Oliver Stone "Natural Born Killers" meets Bret Easton Ellis twist, this game is a cogint comment on our society. Or perhaps it's just a pyschotic game meant to vent your frustrations. I don't think I'd like to meet Vin Desi in person - his juvenile assumptions about violence disturb me a bit.
I'm expecting a bunch of replies in form of "it's just a game" or "stop being so anal." I know it's a game, and whether or not I'm anal is for you to decide and come to an unfounded conclusion. This message is really for people who perhaps share a similar sentiment. I'm guessing the game is in an early build (or not? Isn't it supposed to be released soon? But even so, when I want to vent my anger I play Quake 3. Yes, there's blood and gore but it's more like a sport. The gore isn't meant to be a center piece of the game. And, if anything, MOHAA has proven you really don't need blood, or even gore (which I admit is really unrealistic and idiotic to leave out of a game of this genre) to be effective. I'll never advocate the censorship of games like GTA 3 or Postal 2. But where as gamers do we draw the line? Or perhaps we as gamers should continually push our moral boundaries in games, one of the few safe places to do so? I leave that question open to you guys.
