how important is violence in a game to you

Would you want to buy a game just because it is violent even if it gets bad reviews. Would you be turned off to buya game because it is not violent enought to you. Would you bash a sequal because the violence was toned down

If a game looks good and appeals to me in general then I will buy it - violent or otherwise. So, no, it is not important in the least.

I REALLY hope no one says violence is important in a game. That person would lose ALL his or her ccredibility by saying that.

Not very, depends on the game really I went through most MGS games with very few kills, the same thing with splinter cell, with shooters i try to get almost every target on screen rather than relying on my ally to take them out.

I REALLY hope no one says violence is important in a game. That person would lose ALL his or her ccredibility by saying that.

Pikminmaniac

Not important at all. Why would you buy a game purely based off of how violent it is?

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I REALLY hope no one says violence is important in a game. That person would lose ALL his or her ccredibility by saying that.

blue_hazy_basic

It is important in some games. Horror (I LOVE the old Resident Evil games) in particular, but if you don't buy Super Mario Galaxy, Viva Pinata, or Little Big Planetbecause it's too "kiddy", that's wrong. Ignoring a whole slew of fantastic games just because you can't draw blood from your opponents would be a sad case.

P.S. Pikmin is more violent than Smash Bros. The pikmin swarm enemies and pelt them to death and then their dead bodies (sometimes just their heads remain) are dragged back to the landing site to reproduce more Pikmin. It's the first time a Nintendo game has delt with the death of enemies in such a manner. Usually dead bodies aren't left behind

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I REALLY hope no one says violence is important in a game. That person would lose ALL his or her ccredibility by saying that.

It is important in some games. Horror (I LOVE the old Resident Evil games) in particular, but if you don't buy Super Mario Galaxy, Viva Pinata, or Little Big Planetbecause it's too "kiddy", that's wrong. Ignoring a whole slew of fantastic games just because you can't draw blood from your opponents would be a sad case.

In some games, it's important for immersion, believability, and can make the situation seem more dire or intense. Other than that, I couldn't care less.

Violence is only important if it makes sense, like if I'm playing a FPS I want some blood when I shoot enemies, but If I'm playing a football game I don't want people to lose limbs when I tackle them... Actually yes I do that's the best idea for a game ever.bobbetybob

It's not important at all. I don't need it, but I don't mind it.

VERY! Often when I come home from work, I feel all stressed out and pissed, like I just need to kill something. An hour of pure game violence helps out alot....

I've enjoyed a few violent games, but I'd rather they tone it down for the most part. I like a good h/s or beat'm up game, but they don't need to be as graphic as they've gotten to be fun. X:Men Origins, while a great game, bothered me that is was so graphic and brutal that it needed a M rating. Yes the character is violent, but the comics are read by kids, the movie the game is directly supporting is PG-13 so a Teen rating would have been better.

If a game looks good and appeals to me in general then I will buy it - violent or otherwise. So, no, it is not important in the least.

ironcreed

I focus more on the story and gameplay. Although more than half the games I own are violent, I didn't buy them for that reason.

I REALLY hope no one says violence is important in a game. That person would lose ALL his or her ccredibility by saying that.

Pikminmaniac

It all depends on the game. I couldn't play GTA games without it for example, but I can play Gran Turismo without it.

You buy a game whatever RATING it is which your suitable for.
If your not aged enough, then stick what your capable of playing.

Talking about violence is part of a core thing in some games.
Its like talking about super mario galaxy without the platform and jumping or need for speed without the racing etc.

critic reviews although interesting are not of primary concern to me. I don't care how a game compares to another game as far as technical aspects.

I want to know if it is fun to play and I go more by the user scores of my preferred genres of horror-survival, horror-adventure and RPG.

mediocre rated games are often a blast and give me hours of enjoyment as do MMOs.

To answer your question, I would NEVER buy a bad game just because it is violent. I'll buy a game if it looks good. Sometimes those games have violence, sometimes not.

A game needs to be equally or more violent than bejeweled or I just can't get into it.

Doesn't matter, a game is good when a game is good, violence or with no violence.

If violence in a game was important to me I would have cared about Mad World.

depends on the type of game... if its a platform title there is no need for explicit violence scenes etc.. i enjoy games such as Sly, Ratchet & Clank, Jak etc

But if i want to play tps, fps or else action/adventure games i think violence can make it more interesting & gets you more involved in the action..

Well, if anyone does what TC says, I'd call them an idiot. I think gore actually DETRIMENTS from some games, actually. Some blood's nice for realism, sure, but some people spend too much time designing gruesome physics systems in the games and forget the game's for playing, not for watching decapitations followed by being impaled on a wall with your intestines hanging out. And then those games get rave reviews because of the over-the-top gore...=/

It's about the sense of accomplishment you get when you kill somebody in a game. As long as it has that, I'm fine. :)

It depends on the game, If you are talking about a title like "God of War" then hell yes I need violence. I need all the violence AND GORE I can get. It's god of war for god's sake. It's important to see the broken, bloody stretched open jaws of the minotaurs, as well as the medusa heads being popped off like champagne corks. But I agree, that the majority of games out there do not need excessive violence to be fun.

not much....i'm interested in more than just shooters and hack n slash action games.

Violence is nice when you play Co-op, it adds some value then IMO.

Otherwise I couldn't care less.

violence isn't important at all to me. I care about gameplay more than anything else.

gameplay>graphics>violence

violence isnt important, its just in most games seeing as most games are about conflict resolution and there arent alot of non-violent ways to do that.

I REALLY hope no one says violence is important in a game. That person would lose ALL his or her ccredibility by saying that.

Pikminmaniac

Not that important.

ONLY if it bolsters a story and genre. For example, here are a few games that are story driven, but have violence in them:

• Half-Life 2 (Orange Box)
• Dead Space
• Resident Evil Series
• Max Payne series
• Silent Hill series
• Metal Gear Solid series