Resident Evil 4

[Professor S]

Ok, I'm not one to bitch about violence in videogames, but RE 4 has gone WAAAAAAAAY too far. When your putting in images so violent they would receive an x rating in movie, its time to re-evaluate how the industry is regulating itself.

Think I'm overreacting? Take a look at this:



That in game pic makes my nuts shrink. I don't know why, I guess its so disturbing that my nards are literally independently scared from the rest of my body.

I think its time that the industry starts to regulate itself better, before the FCC feels its time they should start regulating it.

[Typhoid]

So why can't they put extreme violence in games, but they can in movies?

Huh? Why?

They both have ratings to tell you who the game is for. Parents ignore game ratings because they think its just a game, so things get blown out of perportion.

Look at it this way, a mother wont let her 10 year old to go see a violent slasher movie, but she would probably let her kid rent this.

And i totally disagree with you, they shouldnt stop making violent games, or make them less violent. Why dont you complain about gory images in movies, or the news? Those are with real people, not computer animated graphics.

I see no problem whatsoever with this.

[Zaglar Ninja]

you obviously havn't seen Scarface, thats NOTHING compared to the chainsaw in the bathroom part of Scarface

[Canyarion]

I don't like the violence either. I'm not even sure if I'm going to play RE4.
I have to say, that's not just because of the violence...

[The Duggler]

Hey Mr. Conservative, if you're too much of a ***** to play that game, then don't. But leave it alone.

[Null]

um. thats quite a tame picture as far as movies go.

infact, if a movie was all fine except for that sceen i doubt it'd even get an R rating.

movies are much much much more violent then that and are rated R. theres nothing wrong with the game.

[Jonbo298]

Thats not even an actual in game image. Its more of concept art for the game

[Professor S]

Fine, thats not enough. Here's another:



You guys seem to be missing my point, as usual. My goal is to AVOID FCC REGULATION. As you'll notice, if you actually pay attantion to current events, the FCC is putting their big fat nose in everyone's business lately. Meanwhile the gaming and movie industries have been allowed to continue to self-regulate, but their is a BIG difference:

The movie industry actually attempts to enforce those regulations.

How long do you think the FCC will keep out of our industries hair when games like this are being released to the general public and for all intents and purposes allowed to be prucheased by anyone of any age? They won't. And for those of you using the lame excuse that games are rated and parents don't care... if the industry actually wanted to enforce the rules and inform the public of their ignorance, they would. But they'd rather cash in on parents not knowing and gaming stores not caring than enforce any of their rules. Well eventually their greed is going to catch up to them if they don't get smart.

But I guess I'm a conservative "*****" who is afraid to play a violent game, and not someone actually tring to look out for the future of the business. My fault Personally I'd rather have a smartly self-regulated industry than a stupidly run, puritanical system that the government is more likely to enforce.

And Nitram, it is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[Null]

dunno why your picking this game out to try and make your point tho. seems no worse then doom was 10 years ago. Sure it looks better and you can see things easier, but the voilence behind it is EXACTLY the same.

if theres a game thats going to get them really poking at the game industry its not going to be a game on gamecube like RE, its going to be a higly contraversal game on multiple platforms like GTA.
i doubt your ever going to hear anything about probs with voilence in this game.

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

Fine, thats not enough. Here's another:



You guys seem to be missing my point, as usual. My goal is to AVOID FCC REGULATION. As you'll notice, if you actually pay attantion to current events, the FCC is putting their big fat nose in everyone's business lately. Meanwhile the gaming and movie industries have been allowed to continue to self-regulate, but their is a BIG difference:

The movie industry actually attempts to enforce those regulations.

How long do you think the FCC will keep out of our industries hair when games like this are being released to the general public and for all intents and purposes allowed to be prucheased by anyone of any age? They won't. And for those of you using the lame excuse that games are rated and parents don't care... if the industry actually wanted to enforce the rules and inform the public of their ignorance, they would. But they'd rather cash in on parents not knowing and gaming stores not caring than enforce any of their rules. Well eventually their greed is going to catch up to them if they don't get smart.

But I guess I'm a conservative "*****" who is afraid to play a violent game, and not someone actually tring to look out for the future of the business. My fault Personally I'd rather have a smartly self-regulated industry than a stupidly run, puritanical system that the government is more likely to enforce.

And Nitram, it is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

If you have to regulate yourself so as to avoid government regulation, then you've already lost.

[DeathsHand]

I havn't read many replies so far, but a couple things:

I don't think the first picture is an actual in-game pic... Looks a bit too drawn or something, but I dunno maybe it's just weird from the motion...

As for the second, zombies have always turned into a gushing fountain of blood as a result of a shotgun blast to the head (or a magnum shot to anywhere)...

And as everyone else has said, that's like nothing compared to some movies...

Basically, the FCC can suck it... Uh oh, I shouldn't have said that, they might use it as evidence of how violent games make people mean and violent grarrr!

[Vampyr]

I dont see what the big deal is. I'm a very liberal person...and I see absolutely nothing wrong with this game. I dont care how violent it is, or how much gore there is...I still wouldnt see anything wrong with it, as long as it got the appropriate rating (M). Movies have been doing things like this forever...and there was nothing wrong with it then, so it shouldnt be even stricter for a video game.

And you said something about the movie industry actually enforcing their rules...not from what I can tell. I'm 17 years old, and I can go to any movie I want (and take my kid brother who is 12) and I can garuntee they wouldnt stop me from coming in. I've went and watched several R movies (Matrix...T3) and no theatre has yet asked me to verify my age. Keep in mind I was also much younger when I went to watch Matrix, and I was 16 when I saw T3.

Video games are a form of art...and I do not believe that the artist should have to hold back. If he wants to depict something, he should be allowed to. I mean, if something like this happened in real life (a guy got hit with a chainsaw), do you think little black censor boxes would float out of no where and edit out the blood? No. If this game is going to be realistic, then it has to be just that: realistic.

I agree that the industry could do something like "carding" people to make sure they are of the appropriate age...but when the rating is so clearly on the box, it is the parents fault. If they let their kid get the game, then it's their fault. Werent you the guy that said it was the customers fault if they bought a horrible video game? Well, shouldnt it also be the customers fault if they buy a game not suitable for them? The developers have done their job, as you once said. They have made the game, and made it ready to sell. Now it's your job to buy it.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Keep in mind I was also much younger when I went to watch Matrix,

The first matrix was pg-13 when it hit theatres, wasnt R untill it came out on DVD because of the shootings at the school that happened.

hehe.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Null

The first matrix was pg-13 when it hit theatres, wasnt R untill it came out on DVD because of the shootings at the school that happened.

hehe.

Oh. lol. Well, I knew it was rated R at some point in time. And besides, I own the DVD...so point proven anyway.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Null

The first matrix was pg-13 when it hit theatres, wasnt R untill it came out on DVD because of the shootings at the school that happened.

hehe.

It was R... I remember I had to see it with Daddy...