I've finally seen a few instances of it- a couple of limbs blown off, no heads popping though. And it's really infrequent... I wonder if the weapon damage threshold for triggering it is just too high for level-scaled enemies or something.

I did see a few sites mention Gearbox made some concessions to the violence to make sure it cleared the aforementioned countries. Not sure how true that is.

@emem: Wasn't sure if maybe Germany had lightened up on it some. We're finally getting the R18+ rating for games after years of ridiculous debate from uninformed detractors. Not sure when it actually takes effect though.

As one who's playing Borderlands 1 to finish it before I play BL2. I have to say that the gore is quite small, not that much blood, Sure there's the satisfying limb dismemberment and head popping. But I wouldn't say it's much, from what I've seen too. I don't like the tonal change where enemies are spouting silly things when they die. Couple that with supposedly less dismemberment and head popping. Not sure I like the sound of that. It's a satisfying thing when you have a powerful gun, or hey. Just a nice gun and you run up to some guy to blow a full limb off or his head. If that's gone then I'm gonna miss that.

@HellBrendy said:

I do miss the death animations in the first game, especially those of electrical and acid deaths. Then again, throwing a grenade at a cluster of enemies only to see them turn into a red cloud... It's not really wrong that either.

I'm okay that they toned down acid and electricity deaths. In the first game, the screams and convulsions were so horrific I felt bad using those weapons.

I don't mind it. It lets me know I shot 'em good!

Gibs baby:

@pandorasbox said:

Who cares? It doesn't add anything to the gameplay, it's just a visual effect. It's not something most people will even notice.

A lot of dudes are seriously pissed at the Gearbox forums. "MAH IMMERSION! A BLOO BLOO!"

Does dismembering robots count?