Gore level in planetside

FraBaktos · 2002-12-31, 03:26 PM

Is there blood in planetside? Can you blow people up into lil' bits? I think all action games need a little BLOOD and GORE

Just curious

Hamma · 2002-12-31, 03:37 PM

No.

FraBaktos · 2002-12-31, 03:43 PM

awwww

Hamma · 2002-12-31, 03:46 PM

hehe, there is no blood or body parts flying everywhere. But you will know when your hitting someone

Sandtaco · 2002-12-31, 03:50 PM

Yeah from what I'v seen they flash when you hit them...

Unregistered · 2002-12-31, 04:08 PM

With the number of people that could potencially be in a fire fight, no flying body parts = better frame rates.

Sputty · 2002-12-31, 05:23 PM

Allso everyone is wearing pretty heavy armor so if blood flew everywhere it wouldn't make very much sense.

Warborn · 2002-12-31, 06:16 PM

Blood flying everywhere doesn't make sense in most games. Unless you're hit in an artery, the blood will flow, sure, but it's not going to spray everywhere.

Anyway, no gore in PS because:

1) Has to have as low a rating as possible to make anal parents OK with little Billy playing it. These games need as big a player base as they can, so every little bit helps.

2) Unnecessary use of system resources. This is especially important in PS where larger scale combat will occur.

3) Overall unecessary. Most people don't buy a game specifically because of the gore. If the game sucks, gore won't save it, and if a game is good, it didn't become good by having gore.

Coliostro · 2002-12-31, 06:25 PM

Still, you guys gotta admit. Blowing some random guy's arm off is kinda fun

It's one of the reasons i liked using Dwarves in a game called Myth: The Fallen Lords and its sequels. They used grenades and when they were finished there were body parts everywhere (plus their commentary was always funny).

Warborn · 2002-12-31, 06:34 PM

Yep, it's definitely icing on the cake, but only the most superficial gamer would have gore make or break a game for him/her (unless the gore was totally ridiculous to the point where it ruined the game). It'd be nice to have, but I don't think anyone is going to really miss it, given the baggage that'd go along with it.

Coliostro · 2002-12-31, 06:37 PM

I agree with you on that one. I don't think it really belongs in this game and it won't be necessary for it to be fun. I still have fun blowing things up and seeing the pieces fly everywhere once in a while though. Kinda sick and sadistic I know, but oh well. If i were the only one that was amused by things like that we wouldn't have the movies and games we have today.