For what it's worth, I agree with you, Dark.
Do I think the game could stand to be a bit more realistic? Sure. Over
on the Audiogames forum, I've made an extensive list of suggestions that
I do hope are implemented in some way. I don't think it's very
representative of gang life, or really any crime spree that I've ever
heard of. What it is, for me at least, is a beat 'em up that was
designed for generally causing havoc and destruction and having a good
time doing it. If the game is never updated, I would still be ok with
what it is.
I think the sounds would probably be a bit graphic for some people, but
that is why the warning is in place. There's also the option within the
game to turn off adult language, although I realize that's not the same
thing, but it still sort of falls under the same category.
On 4/29/2015 9:03 PM, dark wrote:
@JEremy I think you might have missunderstood my points, or maybe
sinse it is getting a little late I did not put them clearly enough.
My point about miners was not to say "well people see this all the
time so it's okay" that is a pretty stupid ethical arguement sinse by
that deffinition any bad practice which has persisted could be
maintained simply on basis of tradition. my point was that "miner" is
a pretty lose term. Society and the law has these magic numbers around
age. Suddenly at 15 or 16 (depending upon country), viewing of
violence becomes okay. Suddenly at 18 a person can decide to get
married where they couldn't previously.
These rules are pretty dam arbitrary. I've met twelve year olds who's
views, outlook and maturity are closer to adult (heck I rather was one
myself), and I've met 30 year olds who still act like morons. The idea
of an arbitrary limit, particularly on something like viewing or
watching certain subject is pretty odd in and of itself.
Thus, all a developer can do is give a warning and advice and leave
things up to the individuals involved and their parents.
I also frankly disagree with you about either printed materials or
credit cards, sinse both would make it harder to pay for the game for
everyone else much less have a playable demo, (besides I , and plus I
tend to personally still hold to the theory that anyone old enough to
be browsing the internet downloading and trying games on their own
should be old enough to take warnings seriously.
As regards my comments about criminality, what I meant was I get the
impression the violence in the game is intended as rather absurdist
and indeed psychotic in nature, not a serious impression of crime or
even of genre crime fiction. I could well be incorrect sinse I've not
been able to play the game yet, but from the description that was the
note I thought the game was going for, which puts things in a slightly
different light, sinse just as I wouldn't usually condone a game like
rampage as I mentioned involving shear mindless destruction of cities,
the commic violence was actually sort of fun in the same way godzilla
is in the films.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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