A few days ago, we reported that Gears of War 2 would utilize two socially acceptable filters. The first of which would censor out all of the dreadful language that Baird spits out of his colorful mouth. The second filter was the more intriguing "sparks instead of blood" switch. These options will be made available at launch for parents who have the slightest idea what the hell they just bought their kid. Today, Mark Epic Vice President Mark Rein spoke to Spong to reinforce the point that Gears of War 2 is indeed no Viva Pinata.
Nothing about Gears 2 is 'family friendly' - it is a MATURE title. However there are options for turning down 'strong language' and 'gore'
That is great news, because I was really confused. I assumed the chainsaw, bullets, toothy aliens, and red-tinted imagery was meant to convey wholesome values, as opposed to violence. I’m glad Rein decided to clear up this issue before I inadvertently bought this title expecting party games and casual amusement.
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2:06 PM on 08.07.2008
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Anyway, developers should make sure you are able to tell if a game is family friendly just by looking at its cover. I mean, how could anyone tell GOW2 is NSFK? It's not like the cog with a skull in it and the word WAR in the name help. And the ESRB rating in the front? Totally doesn't help. And the screenshots in the back (I'm speculating here, there's no way to know if they'll put any but it's very likely)? Nobody with a bit of common sense would take those seriously.
What you say? Use the intertubes to find out the rating and target audience of a game my son/daughter wants to buy? That's waaaaaaay too complicated for me.
One too many Marks?
Also, I'm still wondering if sparks will fly when you chainsaw a locust. That'd be so confusing.