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Originally posted by Jonbo298
Is it just me, or are a lot of games lately that were more "light" at first are now dark, gritty, violent, and possibly more sex-oriented? I'm not saying its a bad trend, but sometimes I don't buy a game because it has too much of it. I'm not a fan of the GTA games because there is too much violence (among many other things). But back on target. Jak2 looks good for a PS2 game.
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Gaming in general is keeping up with its target audience. Look how well
the Getaway is selling in North America and Europe. Gaming hasn't exactly reached film as far as 'mature content' is concerned, though...I'm sure you've had no problem watching movies with murder, sex and crude language. Why the problem with videogames?
I'm thinking it has to do with the fact that these types of games appear mainly on non-Nintendo platforms. Oh, and...
"Jak2 looks good for a PS2 game"
could you find it within yourself to leave out those last 4 terms? just curious
In the case of Jak2, though, I don't think Naughty Dog is going to just throw in unneeded violence or mature content. They're wanting to stretch the boundries of platform games (Conker is another more bold example) with their work. If that means adding some more action based gameplay or including a more meaningful story with character emotion then I'm
all for it.