Why are games so non violent nowadays?

[Tazor]

I've been thinking about this when playing the Project Brutality mod for DOOM. After a particularly ultra violent part of a level involving a lot of low tier enemies and several grenades. No idea if I can even post a screenshot without getting banned.

I understand this is a mod but even vanilla games decades ago were pushing it to the limit with the available technology. DOOM, Unreal Tournament, Half-Life, The Punisher, Soldier of Fortune, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Mortal Kombat, Postal 2.

M and R rated games nowadays look like a joke for the most part in terms of violence.

What happened?

[TGC> The Games Collector]

Originally posted by Sarge the Imperial Stormdoggo:

Originally posted by Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏:

> Tetris has just entered the discussion.

I'd pay big bucks for a tetris with gore.

Tetris where they saw off limbs that fall in the grid.
On higher levels they start twitching into other shapes.

10 / 10 game concept. lol

[kingjames488]

political correctness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eidz4JD7F80

[Pierce Dalton]

For those that don't care about outdated graphics, Soldier Fortune 1 and 2 are great games too and extremely gory. It's a shame they're not on Steam, only GOG. Keep your distance from the 3rd game, though, that one is awful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hml7xuVlHaU

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Originally posted by TGC> The Games Collector:

Originally posted by Sarge the Imperial Stormdoggo:

I'd pay big bucks for a tetris with gore.

Tetris where they saw off limbs that fall in the grid.
On higher levels they start twitching into other shapes.

10 / 10 game concept. lol

That would actually be a pretty sweet take on Tetris. I'd buy it

[MEGA MAN]

fun fact: non violent stuff can make people even more violent bec. of false education! like when people think a punch will do almost nothing to a face. but that goes in both directions, people have to understand that or they will make bad experiences lol - like its possible u punch somebody into the face and nothing happens, well gg and rip when the other person will fight back instantly XD its called false and delusional education i guess and jeah - we are basicly experiencing this alot in the media nowadays. like almost a super retarded and stupid agenda religion lol but its happening everywhere nowadays like with being "woke" in the media or in school too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1INjUyBhjok

in short words: the world gets crazier like a circus tent filled with lsd-gas

why? bec. more and more people are delusional and the media/ politics/ companies/ profit vultures are useing it against us.

that leads to: people choose to be delusional bec. they are scared and their life sucks and they are to weak to change something.

in other words: its slave and weakling education!

[Pierce Dalton]

Originally posted by Sarge the Imperial Stormdoggo:

Originally posted by Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏:

> Tetris has just entered the discussion.

I'd pay big bucks for a tetris with gore.

Tetris with body parts? Take my money!

[kingjames488]

fun fact: they said pretty much everything was causing violence.

"oh that newfangled radio is causing so much violence! everyone is listening to that hitler fellow and doing the charleston!"

[Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

Originally posted by Axe:

No one will wilfully abandon violence and gore in games as it pays the bills and fills the human need. You think the Devs or Publishers aren't aware of this? No worries here.

Originally posted by Axe:

Originally posted by Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏:

> Tetris has just entered the discussion.

I really would like you to tell me what this means. No aggression here my friend :-)

Meme format giving a succinct short response presenting an idea that contributes to (often as a counter-point that contradicts) the point being addressed or the subject matter.

Tetris is one of the best selling games throughout the ages and it's not even a recent development in non-violent video games like Animal Crossing.

If you go to the Wikipedia page for "List of best selling video games", Tetris is currently sitting at #3 for most games sold in its series, just under Minecraft & Grand Theft Auto. Minecraft has violence too but it's not a particularly violent game - the main mechanics are mining and crafting, which aren't actually violent, despite the game having some violence in it.
Right underneath Tetris, we have Wii Sports, then PUBG: Battlegrounds, then Mario Kart.
Mario Kart is sort of violent but it's nowhere near as violent as Mortal Kombat or Kirby.

Based on the sales figures cited in this list (and other places too) violence clearly isn't the #1 quality needed to sell games - it certainly does sell quite a bit or things like GTA & PUBG would not be in the best sellers top 10 figures, but among the top 10 best selling series, there's still plenty that are pretty non-violent and always have been non-violent. Tetris didn't abandon violence - it took a different path that was also very successful, without the need for depictions of violence - except for maybe the way that rows of blocks get violently cleared away but that's more a metaphorical way to use the word "violence" rather than the word's actual meaning.

At the bottom of the items that Wikipedia considers still "best selling" is Nintendogs, with near 24 million copies sold, which goes to show that even if you just make a game about raising pets - if you do so on a budget then it can still be quite popular & by object of relation - quite profitable.

[kingjames488]

I mean... all games are basically just elaborate copies of pong and/or tetris...

name a game and I'll tell you how it's pong and/or tetris.

[Masque]

Just tried (and refunded) Far Cry 6 last week.

First four kills were from behind, of people who weren't targeting me. Just minding their own business. I slit their throats, very graphically, like a horror movie villain.

Not violent?

That's not why I refunded it. But still.

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

I mean... all games are basically just elaborate copies of pong and/or tetris...

name a game and I'll tell you how it's pong and/or tetris.

Microsoft Flight Simulator

I had to think about that for a min... but it's pong.

tho I've not personally played MS flight simulator the base gameplay of flight simulators is to keep your plane stable by balancing your inputs against the game.

in pong you move the paddle back in forth to balance out where the ball goes, in a flgith sim you balance out the elevators to fly straight.

[Paratech2008]

Google the video game chiller, the Sega CD Eternal Champions, arcade Primal Rage, Atari 2600 Custer's Revenge, Commodore 64 Barbarian, Forbidden Forest, that's just a small sample of old gory games.

[Voroff]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

I mean... all games are basically just elaborate copies of pong and/or tetris...

name a game and I'll tell you how it's pong and/or tetris.

Challenge : accepted. This one is in my wish list, so not hard to find /o/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349230/5D_Chess_With_Multiverse_Time_Travel/

I think you'll find yourself ... in check, mate ! /badumtsss





For the topic : violence and gore bits comes and goes, but if you're hoping on triple A to fill your bloodthirst ... you'll wait long. Get "Ultrakill" and shower yourself in blood - today !

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Voroff:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

I mean... all games are basically just elaborate copies of pong and/or tetris...

name a game and I'll tell you how it's pong and/or tetris.

Challenge : accepted. This one is in my wish list, so not hard to find /o/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349230/5D_Chess_With_Multiverse_Time_Travel/

I think you'll find yourself ... in check, mate ! /badumtsss





For the topic : violence and gore bits comes and goes, but if you're hoping on triple A to fill your bloodthirst ... you'll wait long. Get "Ultrakill" and shower yourself in blood - today !

I mean... it's tetris ofc.
you're moving pieces into spots.

[Voroff]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

Originally posted by Voroff:

Challenge : accepted.

I mean... it's tetris ofc.
you're moving pieces into spots.

Chess pre-dates tetris (almost) as much as stone banging pre-dates e-mails.