" You can turn off the gore in the options menu if you think it's a bit too much "

" @ahaisthisourchance said:

" You can turn off the gore in the options menu if you think it's a bit too much "

I did not know this, that's good news.  I think the use of blood and the Marilyn Manson really killed this game for me, then hearing the Baldur's Gate talk has got me back into it.  Like the OP i have a sensitive wife and stuff like that doesn't fly. "

Doesn't bother me at all. I'll never get tired of discussing the intricacies religion with a blood-splattered party member.

" My only problem is that some people cry for " more realistic looking gore" but don't take into account that you couldn't cut someone's head off with one fell swoop from a sword.  I think if a game really wanted to have realism it should make you actually work for your gore, if you really want to decapitate someone you should have to stand over their dead carcas and chop at it for 5 minutes.  "

Lol, that myth is busted.

If that was true, I kinda imagine duders cursing because an axe got stuck into their enemy's neck. "OH SHIT! Someone chop it from the other side!"

I realize there's no Marilyn Manson in the game, it's just the use of it for the trailers just made me sigh and say to myself "Trying too hard". 
 
As for the wife situation, i play my games in the same room as she does her hobbies.  Many times we're doing our own hobbies at the same time.  I prefer not having to defend what i'm doing all the time when she looks at me and sighs or  says things like "Our son better never see this".  It's a point of contention that i'd rather avoid if possible.  It makes life easier.

I can understand making compromises in relationships, I've had to make many myself, and it never really bothered me. But for something like video games, to me, is about personal enjoyment; and I wouldn't ever censor my own entertainment for another person's sake just because they'll "look at me and sigh." I'd move to a different room, or have them move, if it bothers them so much.
 
But maybe I'm just biased. I was an English Literature major, so I like my stuff gritty and uncensored, and I hate it when people get all stuffy and defensive about what could be a great story.

But i'm not asking them to censor the story, just the buckets of blood.  The fact like Dragon Age lets you cut it out (as did Brutal Legend and MGS4) shows that they realize that people like options.  Some just want all the gore they can get ( work with a guy that is a gore fiend) and others can take it or leave it.  It's not that i hate gore or blood in video games, it's just that it seems unnecessary.  Like when people said they wanted more swearing and violence in Mass Effect.  I found it ridiculous because the swearing and violence worked for the story they had there, anymore and it would be pandering.  I'm sure Dragon Age has a great story, so what does the copious amounts of blood do to enhance that story? 
 
Just my thoughts, not trying to start a "thing"

I think it works. Not a big fan of overly explicit stuff, but it definitely goes with the atmosphere from what I've seen.

I'm offended that there isn't more blood in this game.

Gore is good!
 
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