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Tue, 02 August 2005 06:04

KIA

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The "real" reason why developers tend to eliminate blood splashes, etc. is because the German laws prohibit any depiction of blood or viscera in videogames. Germany is a big market, therefore they have no intention of even developing a game which cannot be marketed in Germany. The common practice is to use a software-toggle for US markets and to software-disable the splashes in the German market. Simple problem, simple solution. I like to have the option to customize my games and parents or people with different values should have the right to customize their game to their tastes too.

As for the philosophy behind removing the gore, I personally believe it should be left in. The act of shooting another human being should never be trivialized. "Bloodless" movies of the 1950's and 1960's led one to believe that death was a quick, clean solution to all problems. If you're really anti-war and anti-violence, you should be insisting that the true results of the violence be revealed in it full nauseating detail. Nothing like the stench of old meat to make one retch up their own mortality. But this is a game. The head-popping graphics, mercenaries' quips and comments, etc. tend to distance one from the violence just as soldiers who are on the front lines tend to impersonalize conflict to retain their sanity. I, for one, think a very good balance between the real horror of war and the potentially trite nature of a perfectly sanitized version was struck by Sir-Tech. If you've got something right, don't change the formula.

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		JA:what we wont be getting By: Alpha Male on Fri, 25 June 2004 20:55
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Lasakon on Fri, 25 June 2004 21:34
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: TrooperThorn on Sat, 26 June 2004 00:10
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Harper on Sat, 26 June 2004 01:28
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		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Alpha Male on Sat, 26 June 2004 07:34
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: slayer on Sun, 27 June 2004 00:03
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: TrooperThorn on Sun, 27 June 2004 01:02
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Di^^^ on Sun, 27 June 2004 01:30
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Alpha Male on Sun, 27 June 2004 04:36
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		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Harper on Sun, 27 June 2004 07:51
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		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Alpha Male on Sun, 27 June 2004 09:58
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: slayer on Sun, 27 June 2004 10:03
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Khor1255 on Sun, 27 June 2004 13:36
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Cybro on Fri, 02 July 2004 01:57
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		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: robsmith77 on Sat, 03 July 2004 08:13
		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Alpha Male on Wed, 07 July 2004 01:58
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		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Sooner on Sat, 28 May 2005 04:46
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		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: Alpha Male on Wed, 01 June 2005 09:59
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		Re: JA:what we wont be getting By: KIA on Tue, 02 August 2005 06:04
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