What bothers me about modern gaming

[Lady Jaye]

How about Fallout 3? You can choose which part of the body you're shooting.

[adam_devry]

Why don't you play games where you do not shoot people (halo,gears of war,left for dead,RE5,) stuff like that. Also are you 5? are you not a adult that can handle a video game. What about people overseas killing people in real life? They are the people who should be writing post like this not someone about a video game. I think if you do not wanna shoot people don't buy the game.

[aclbandit]

Headshots aren't what bothers me. Video game violence isn't a problem either -- it's not real. It's a game.

What DOES bother me is that the only kind of game that seems to be popular anymore is extreme violence and headshots. Shooters are fun and all. I just get really tired of them being the only thing people talk about.

RPGs aren't even the same anymore. They're all the action-based "western" style, and no classic-style, turn-based jRPGs. They're out there, of course, but they're not what sells, and so they've become more and more scarce.

I guess this is why I'm a member of a forum about RETRO gaming. Because new games (for the most part -- there are some real modern gems) suck.

[hbkprm]

this modern trend will never go away trust me

[b0ub0u]

And this is exactly why I love games like Katamary, Pixel Junk series, Super Mario Galaxy etc... awesome games... without having to shoot people all the time. People have forgot that a game is supposed to be exactly that.. a GAME... not necessarily a violence simulator. Echochrome is as much an awesome game as Uncharted 2 in my book. Different games yes... but both on the same level in my eyes.

But I also play Battlefield 2 on a competitive level so yeah.. I still like headshots =)

[kedawa]

How in the hell is this a modern gaming phenomenon?
I've been shooting people in the face in videogames since I first played Wild Gunmen and Contra on the NES.

[kupomogli]

It's not our fault that the head is everyone's weak spot and that you have to hit it for massive damage...

Not always. Sometimes you have to flip enemies over on their back and attack their weak point for massive damage. Like a giant enemy crab's stomach.

[scottw182]

I agree, I don't need more and more gorey, realistic violence to enjoy a game. I prefer New Super Mario Bros Wii over any other current-gen game.

[Asylum Seeker]

Now I love a good RPG but they are getting to feckin ridiculous proportions now with the cut scenes - it feels sometimes that you are going through a 40 hour cut scene with a couple of battles thrown in for good measure.

Give me back Suikoden.....

[buzz_n64]

There's a wide selection of games, more than ever. Don't like it, don't buy it, simple! There's still platformers, puzzle games, sports games, and so on.If you want a shooter to be less realastic, yeah, you have to go to a simpler time with Doom, Wolfenstein, and Duke.

[Jorpho]

Virtua Cop gave you extra points for non-fatally disarming an enemy, no? I'm guessing there haven't been many other games like that.

[kedawa]

I would hardly consider the modern generic military fps to be anything close to realistic. For the most part, they're just prettier versions of Quake. Few have proper location-specific damage or injury models, and most have magical Wolverine health regeneration. The physics engines are incredibly simplistic, and the AI is mostly silly.

[whoisKeel]

It isn't that these games exist that bothers me. It's just that almost every high production game that comes out has the violence cranked up. I just find it unsettling shooting someone who looks and acts very real in the face, or when they are unarmed, etc.

The only other alternative seems to be very light/casual/party games. I still want games with some meat and story.

[kedawa]

Well, there are also games where you hack people up with swords.