Have video games gone too far?

[a 1 player]

Here is a scene from Modern Warfare III, (released today). What do you think?

 

[Goofy]

I am not into these games but do hear that it's a million to billion dollar industry.

Why?. Not sure.

 

[Slime]

Looks so damn real almost to the scary point.

 

[tboy]

While that is shocking it really isn't anything new. I played one (I think it was COD 2) where a city was nuked and you died a slow death from radiation poisoning. Unfortunately it is a sign of the times: scenes like the one in the video are actually happening in real life.

That is shocking but more realistic is the happenings in Grand Theft Auto where you pull people out of their cars, beat them senseless and steal their ride. On top of that, you beat hookers and take their money when you're broke.

The thing about video games these days is they put realism like the video in, yet throw combat realism out the window. I play battlefield 3 online and in that one, you can nail a person with a .50 cal tank mounted machine gun and they keep on runnin'.....total 100% bs. Oh, and you can't kill em with a .50 cal, but you can kill them instantly with a knife swipe.

 

[Dan]

It really is about the money, the more realistic it looks the more most of us want the game. It's unavoidable because it's a market demand.

 

[tboy]

It really is about the money, the more realistic it looks the more most of us want the game. It's unavoidable because it's a market demand.

That's just the opening sequence though.....might not reflect what actually occurs in the game. For eg: in Battlefield 3, you get blood splatters when you hit an enemy but no damage.

Frankly, I'd much prefer them put more into the guts of the game. In other words, use processing time etc to make the environment etc more realistic. For eg: in one online map for BF3, there's jets flying overhead. IMO instead of putting in massive amounts of code for that, make the grenades actually work like grenades. Mythbusters did a test on US frag grenades and they have a 30' diameter kill radius (even if someone falls on it). In BF3, unless it is at your feet, it does shit......and the M40 grenade launcher, unless you hit an E with it, it doesn't do shit.......

That's one of the reasons I'm NOT buying the new BF or COD games. They put too much fluff in without correcting the base issues of the games. The new BF is supposed to have Jets. Well, the problem is unless they make the maps 10 miles x 10 miles, jets are useless. For eg: they travel at 500 mph. The maps are about 1/4 mile x 1/4 mile. So all you can do is turn and burn in tight circles.