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Blood and language filters to be in Gears of War 2

goldva x | August 08, 2008 | News | XBOX 360 Company 
Well it seems that epic decided to add filters so the younger audience can play this awesome game too. The question is, will us hardcore gamers like it?
Remember Gears of War? Remember how bloody and vulgar it is? Well the sequel will have just as much of that "mature" content, but this time will come equipped with optional filters to block it, as well.

The game has already received an M rating from the ESRB for "Blood and Gore," "Intense Violence," and "Strong Language," but Microsoft has told the gaming press that the included filters will let Xbox 360 users "turn the blood into sparks," "take out all the swear words," or both.

Honestly, what's the point of a violence filter? The game is violent, no matter what spews from the severed appendages of Marcus Fenix's slain enemies. Be it blood, green ooze, sparks, or butterflies--body parts are still getting blasted, torn, and sawed off all over the place.

Regardless of that, hopefully this makes the media look more favorably upon an industry that sincerely tries to do the right thing by parents and their children, because I can already picture headlines reading, "Ultraviolent game baits parents with ineffective 'violence filter,' poisons children."

I hope that's not the case.
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    RabidChinaGirl | August 08, 2008 | reply
    Wrote about this a couple days ago. All hail Neoseeker~
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    lord of vice city | August 08, 2008 | reply
    isnt this game rated mature anyway?
    as in not designed for a young audience?

    why is it under ps3 news anyway, ps3 wont get it
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      goldva x | August 08, 2008 | reply
      A lot of articles use different tags even if they have nothing to do with the article. Use your *bleep*ing head.
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        Deadman Rules | August 08, 2008 | reply
        People should be using their *bleep*ing head and not adding tags to articles where they don't belong.
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    Tenken | August 08, 2008 | reply
    I love how everyone makes a big deal about something that was in the first Gears of War..
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      goldva x | August 08, 2008 | reply
      I just found the news and decided I'd add it here. I'm not making a big deal out of anything, you understand?
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        Cdemon | 29 days 19 hours ago | reply
        No, you're just trying to post shit to get kicks out of people.

        Sorry to burst your bubble, but this option was in Gears 1 and is switched off by default.
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          goldva x | 28 days 2 hours ago
          Umm, no. I found this and decided to post it here. Why would I want to get kicks out of people? Judging by yourself, amirite? Omg, seriously.
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    Deadman Rules | August 08, 2008 | reply
    goldva x gets so defensive, look at him go!

    This is old news anyways.
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      goldva x | August 08, 2008 | reply
      If it is then how come I haven't seen it on gamegrep yet?
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        RabidChinaGirl | August 08, 2008 | reply
        Because you guys don't love Neoseeker.
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          goldva x | August 08, 2008
          Well I don't usually hang out in the Gears of War 2 forums, so...
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          RabidChinaGirl | August 08, 2008
          It was news on front page a couple days ago. ;D
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        slumpy monkey | 28 days 20 hours ago | reply
        Maybe because its not news and it's a stupid article that regrets to mention that this option was already in the first one.
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    HisServant77 | August 08, 2008 | reply
    Hmm . . . Wasn't there supposed to be a filter in the first one? But . . . it didn't work as far as I can recall. I saw nothing different about the gameplay.

    Hopefully this one DOES work much better. I'm not getting the game (not interested in the plotline), but this type of filtering is something I've been saying for over a decade needs to be in all games. I don't care to listen to profanity in every sentence of the script. Not even once in an hour! I can't stand profanity, and it honestly becomes a deciding factor when buying games. I don't need to have people in the room (even when they're not watching it) hearing "F-this" "That's BS!" and "S-t!" No thanks.

    But if Devs put in this type of filtering for both language AND violence, I think it'd sell more games, and it'd show the devs are considerate about their customers and their friends/family. Those devs, have my respect.
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      Deadman Rules | 29 days 16 hours ago | reply
      It did work, the bodies didn't disintegrate and heads didn't explode. There was no blood.
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        HisServant77 | 29 days 4 hours ago | reply
        Ah, well that kinda explains things Haha
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    cheatcodeman11 | 29 days 22 hours ago | reply
    but think about it who is gonna use that!
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    Dance Floor Killah | 29 days 21 hours ago | reply
    You could turn off the gore in the first one. MLG always had gore turned off in tournaments, and I've known a couple of people that didn't like seeing all the blood and guts.
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      RabidChinaGirl | 29 days 14 hours ago | reply
      Gears of War was my first game for the 360, and I was quite startled by the amount of blood and how much swearing there was at first (got used to it 10 minutes in). I'm not personally offended but I can see how some people might just wanna keep that stuff to a minimum.

      Even if people don't get this game FOR their kids (which I really don't think they should do), they may happen to live with young children.

      Also, some of the blood splatter really got in the way. Yes, I know I'm dying, now please let me see the damn screen! They need some kinda windshield wiper option
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    BANDITO ATTACK | 29 days 20 hours ago | reply
    theres plenty of mature individuals who don't like profanity.
    i think this is an interesting concept, really.
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    Zeon I | 29 days 14 hours ago | reply
    How the *bleep* will that work? The second you kill something, a big black bar pops up?
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      Deadman Rules | 29 days 11 hours ago | reply
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      the bodies didn't disintegrate and heads didn't explode. There was no blood.
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        Zeon I | 28 days 23 hours ago | reply
        The pretty much raped the game of what it was great for.
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    Raziel_326 | 28 days 23 hours ago | reply
    I don't understand the point of buying such a violent game and wanting to filter out the violence. That's like eating cake without icing to me. The blood and gore was one of the best things about Gears of War.
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      HisServant77 | 28 days 22 hours ago | reply
      Maybe some don't really like the icing, but love the cake itself (Like me)? Just the same, maybe some like the game with the plot and gameplay, but could do without the excessive violence
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    slumpy monkey | 28 days 20 hours ago | reply
    what's the big deal?

    This was in the first one too? So I don't get why its news.

    That's like saying BIG NEWS: NEXT HALO WILL HAVE GUNS.
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      goldva x | 28 days 2 hours ago | reply
      I never said that it's a big deal though.

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