BulletStorm, Too Violent?

Fox recently put out a report saying BulletStorm is geared toward advertising toward a younger adolescent audience and considered too violent. Filled with profanity and sexual content. Hey! Thatt's why its a M rated game. Technically young kids shouldn't play it. Now if their parents are irresponsible enough to buy it then their parents should be held liable.

So what if you're aiming your shots at different parts of the body. Other games reward you for head shots!

The rating system works! I'm tired of groups slamming games when the problem are the parents or people selling games to unaged kids.

Folks, there's even a rating setting in XBOX that can be used if the paranet is intelligent enough to activate it.

So to answer my question. HELL no!(M-rated response edited out) It's a M-rated game aand adheres to the rating without question!

See Fox's article below

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/

I guess blowing off a Locust head in Gears with a shotgun is considered acceptable.

I think Fox is just jealous that they didn't come up with the saying "d*ck t*ts" :P

I know that you can turn off the gore and language

I hate it when people say that video games are damaging kids these days. Don't buy the higher rated game for you 10 year old son!

I hate it when people say that video games are damaging kids these days. Don't buy the higher rated game for you 10 year old son!

Paramore289

Bulletstorm & Gears of war isnt violent enough if i could have my way id make a gruesome game .

10 year olds shouldn't play Bulletstorm like 10 year olds shouldn't watch Saving Private Ryan.

Video games still have a stigma that they're only for children, but that is slowly starting to fade away with the Wii coming into play.

Well, I don't personally consider Bulletstorm to be too violent. For me it's not, but for a 9 or 10 year old it definitely is. Along with the profanity and sexual references made in the game.

However, if parents didn't know about parental controls or have them activated, then any kid with a Live account could have accessed the Demo and gotten to play it without even going through the process of dealing with an incompetent store clerk.

In the end, it all comes down to parents. I don't know how a 9 or 10 year old would get to a store without their parents anyways. If the parents are there with the kids and they're still not screening what their children are purchasing, then it's their own fault. Too violent and graphic for 10 years olds, but not for me.

Also, I think that some parents are just plan clueless about games since they probably never played that much themselves. And that can be a dangerous combination when raising a child who's agrument is that so-and-so's parents lets him play this game.

A M rating isn't meant to be ignored just because some other clueless parents are letting their kids play. It means to use extreme caution and parental common sense. My son is 13 and says his friends are playing Call of Duty and Halo "Why can't I?"

My answer is you're too young for that (even though I've played those games). There are many other games you can play and still have fun. Plus at his age there are many other rewarding things he can do outside of video games. Balance is what I'm showing him not mere flow the herd mentality.

No offense, but this is a pointless topic, it is FOX news, get over it they are idiots. THIS WAS A JOKE

Lol Its probably just me but I believe that kids who play games usually are the ones who dont end being **** upsTrapMuzik92

lol dude fox news talks crap about halo... and look at that game. i think it really deserves a T rating lol. the blood in halo looks like fake bloood from the dollar store/ whole game looks like a cartoon.

so what dose that tell you about fox news

10 year olds shouldn't play Bulletstorm like 10 year olds shouldn't watch Saving Private Ryan.

Video games still have a stigma that they're only for children, but that is slowly starting to fade away with the Wii coming into play.

Cwagmire21

My answer is no, but I have a slightly different view on the "parenting" issue that TC brought up. Every kid is different, because every family is different.

TC says he doesn't let his kid play CoD at age 13, but I was playing Mortal Kombat at 12 years old when it came out in the arcade (1992, putting me at 31 now). I didn't go shoot up my school because I wasn't CRAZY. I knew right and wrong and I got my ass whipped if I ever stumbled into the latter. But then again, I was raised in a decent home and went to Sunday School until I got my first job at age 13.

I don't give a rat's ass what BS any shrink comes up with, but video games aren't responsible for some kids getting violent, it is their **** upbringing. It is the family's fault. Whether a daddy was abusive, mommy was neglective, or big brother was a F-up, the kid has a warped mind because of it. Too many families have these whacked out situations going on that they are too busy with and their kid isn't learning how to be responsible for their own actions.

Take that stupid wench that let her kid crank up her credit card bills and then she cries woe. Get the **** out of here. Learn to teach your kid some personal responsibility.

Honestly TC, each to his own, but if you don't think your 13 year old kid knows enough about right and wrong to be able to handle playing a violent video game and come out with just "gaming" satisfaction, and not "violent" satisfaction, you might not trust your own parenting.

And if I had a dollar for every mom or dad I see typing something in on their "smart phone" while their little brat is running around kicking F'in ankles, I would be able pay off the US deficit. Get off of Facebook and be a parent. So what if your stupid crops die, you yuppy snot mother.

/rant

Oh, and I'm not saying that TC is anyone of those examples of bad parenting...

In fact, being over protective would be better than letting your 13 year old kick ankles...

Wait... do you use Facebook on a smart phone?...

Its rated M,enough said.Games are as free as any other medium and no different in their content or demographic.If people are so worried then the problem is with parents and game shops who arent enforcing the ratings.

Last time I checked M stands for Mature 17+, so I don't see how its "geared toward a younger audience when it clearly states the audience its intended for.

I hate it when people say that video games are damaging kids these days. Don't buy the higher rated game for you 10 year old son!

Paramore289

Quoted for truth.

Of course its not too violent. What Fox news should reallly be asking is "BulletStorm, Too Repetitive?"

No, by far. Someone show them Postal, Leisure Suit Larry, GTA San Andreas.

Hey, does anyone remember this'debate'from Fox News? The one where they ignored the video game expert who had played through the entire game?

No, by far. Someone show them Postal, Leisure Suit Larry, GTA San Andreas.

Hey, does anyone remember this'debate'from Fox News? The one where they ignored the video game expert who had played through the entire game?

No, by far. Someone show them Postal, Leisure Suit Larry, GTA San Andreas.

Hey, does anyone remember this'debate'from Fox News? The one where they ignored the video game expert who had played through the entire game?

[QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"][QUOTE="realguitarhero5"]

No, by far. Someone show them Postal, Leisure Suit Larry, GTA San Andreas.

Hey, does anyone remember this'debate'from Fox News? The one where they ignored the video game expert who had played through the entire game?

realguitarhero5

I agree. Apologize me for saying this, but if I was the guy from Spike TV, I would've walked over to that studio and smacked those reporters. Seriously, how ignorant can you be? Did I miss the part of Mass Effect where you can have multiple sex partners? Geez.

It's Fox News, I've stopped taking them seriously after the whole Mass Effect incident.

No, by far. Someone show them Postal, Leisure Suit Larry, GTA San Andreas.

Hey, does anyone remember this'debate'from Fox News? The one where they ignored the video game expert who had played through the entire game?

I guess blowing off a Locust head in Gears with a shotgun is considered acceptable.

XCyberForceX

Fox News should be talking about politics, not video games also just to point out.

I'm not going to vote on the poll, because it's rated M. Thus, it should be for adults. If any kid has the game, their parents would have to buy it for them. Thus, the parents are liable. I'm not sure why people don't think, "My kid just asked me to buy this game, and the cashier needs to make sure I'm 17? I should look into this game before letting my child play it."