Why no blood and gore?

[Blind]

Along with the same "tsk" sound for practically every sword strike, there isn't much blood and dismemberment for a supposedly "realistic" game. I was hoping this updated sword combat would allow me to chop off the left arm or right leg if I so chose.

[Isha]

This is realistic combat with heavily armored opponents. Though there is an argument that lightly armored targets could be dismembered / gored. It's a design choice they made for whatever reason. I'm sure there will be mods that address this.

[Hippopotamus]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't work like that irl.

[Disposable Hero]

people arent vegetables. you dont just slice a limb off like that.

[Ketsa]

There is no dismemberments unfortunately. The gore could be worked on and I think that armor does protect you from damage a lot. Anyway, how are you going to chop off someones arm when they are covered in mail and inside of plate armor? Thats when you stab their stupid unprotected face and watch them fall to their knees.

[Andbrew]

Originally posted by The Spook:

people arent vegetables. you dont just slice a limb off like that.

Yes you do. If a sword can magically slice through armour and kill the user in 2 hits, I bet my ass it han slice an arm or two too!

[Magnus Aurelius, Bright Lord]

Originally posted by The Spook:

people arent vegetables. you dont just slice a limb off like that.

Im sorry, but thats not true. You can slice limbs. Try it on Pigs, and you will see how easy it is. ( but please, dont actually try it on a LIVE pig )

[Fenrir]

Seeing a victim of a sword attack in Person i would say that the gore in this game needs a slight improvement.

[Andbrew]

Originally posted by Toby:

Seeing a victim of a sword attack in Person i would say that the gore in this game needs a slight improvement.

Not to mention that there's really no gore in this game, all you see is blood overlays on armour... which honestly look worse than bloody armour in Warband

[Tseppo]

Dismembering, lets say a hand is no easy. Even ingame the executioner points out that it takes a good sword and lots of skill to chop off a head.

Most enemies are at least protected by mail, so no dismembering. Mail armor also protects from cut wounds so no blood, at least from slashing.

Sure dismembering should be possible in theory. If you had a really sharp sword and unprotected arm you MIGHT be able to dismember it but most likely it wouldnt.

And when in combat, are there any perfect chances for dismemberment to happen? Very rarely.

If your 1vs1 last long there's going to be blood. But have you noticed ALL the layers of armour? You think the blood just sprays all over to place? No. Most wounds would be internal.

[Crackjack]

You dont even get to see the sword penetrate the body with blood fizzing out of the wound and around the sword when you do a mercy kill

[Hippopotamus]

Originally posted by K'nuckles:

You dont even get to see the sword penetrate the body with blood fizzing out of the wound and around the sword when you do a mercy kill

Not sure I understand how complex you mean it would look like but I feel like that'd be quite a lot of work tho.

[Crackjack]

Originally posted by Zihuatamayo:

Originally posted by K'nuckles:

You dont even get to see the sword penetrate the body with blood fizzing out of the wound and around the sword when you do a mercy kill

Not sure I understand how complex you mean it would look like but I feel like that'd be quite a lot of work tho.

It just went a little over the top, but yes you dont see the sword enter the guy getting killed when you do a mercy kill, you're forced to stare at Henry while he stabs the f**ker

[Oriflame]

Originally posted by The Spook:

people arent vegetables. you dont just slice a limb off like that.

You obviously are ignorant, come back when you've read some history. Unless armored, dismemberment by razor sharp steel was quite possible.

[Gunfreak]

Originally posted by loki1944:

Originally posted by The Spook:

people arent vegetables. you dont just slice a limb off like that.

You obviously are ignorant, come back when you've read some history. Unless armored, dismemberment by razor sharp steel was quite possible.

Possible, not common, people generally don't stand around getting chopped up and more importantly attackers don't do giant swings with their swords.
Most fighting would be relatively fast stabs and cuts. More then enough to seriously wound. Most wounds would be to the face, right neck/shoulder/arm. (As that's the part of your body you present to the enemy when you poke your head from your shield as you try and stab/cut the enemy. Another common is the left leg (the one you lean on when holding the shield)

This of course changes as armor changed. Face and neck still a good target but mail protected the right arm and shoulder.

[Blind]

I would like a slight improvement at least. Especially considering how brutal the story is with family being killed, hangings, raping and pillaging, the fighting is pretty PG.