Thierry Nguyen of GameTap writes: The game industry is always taking interesting cues from movies, and while the "cinematic cutscene" is firmly established in games, the new movie trope that seems to be going around is "let's do a buddy cop movie, but in gaming form." In the middle of co-op heavy shooter releases like Gears of War, the Halo franchise, and the upcoming Army of Two is Conflict: Denied Ops. While it seemed logical that there would be co-op play, since the game is about controlling a pair of operatives in secret missions, I've only been able to play it solo--until now. I sampled some online co-op play by going through a couple of missions with an Eidos representative.
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"I swear (figuratively), playing all the gung-ho "I'm cool 'cause I've got tons of bad language" games these days can feel like I'm on Xbox Live with drunken foul-mouthed sods from the Country That Shall Remain Nameless.
Case in point: the recent Chronicles of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena. The enemy just don't shut the f*** up!"
Well what can I say . . Actually, I'm sick to death of it all, not only in games, but also on XboxLIVE and other mediums. Sure, swearing has been around since gods-knows-when. However, it's not been such a huge thing as it is now, where children grow up thinking it's a normal part of everyday language, which it IS NOT.
If developers make great games, they do not have to rely on the swearing that seems to fill them these days. The gameplay and mechanics should make the game shine.
I didn't realise Gears of War 2 you can choose to filter out bad language. Maybe if you are going to make it a feature of your game that might be a good option?
I didn't either. That's a good idea, though I don't remember too much over the top swearing there? There probaby wa...i was just too involved to notice
Internet + Young Kids = Ability to do anything they want that they would most likely not do in real life
I thought the dialogues for Killzone and Gears of war sucked because there was no quality, only quantity and that quantity included too much meaningless swearing.
To me it depends on context. If you're portraying a person that would tend to curse more, then it can fit. But cursing just for the sake of cursing just shows ignorance.
For example, you would sort of expect this guy (who I randomly picked through Google)
http://www.yvonnegraphy.com...
to curse more than this guy:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www....
Yeah that movie Wanted was over the top and it sounded stupid there too. Yet it was funny in In Bruges... It has to be done with some context. Sure I know a lot of people actually DO talk like that, (like 50 Cent in the example) but all these scripted swear phrases in games just to sound like cool baddies do make a game seem a bit silly.
I think Riddick, Killzone 2, Conflict: Denied Ops, Kane & Lynch are good examples...
I agree, sometimes it can seem out of place (like your wanted reference), but other times it can add to the legitimacy of the dialogue. Look at GTA4 for example, the dialogue is so much more believable because of the occasional 'swear word'. It's all about balance.
lol i still can't believe that a Wii game has gotten in the Gusiness Book of Records for most swearing in a video game who would of thought :P
Man you should play MadWorld if you like constant inane swearing.
That thing delivers! lol
Zeitgeist no offence but...YOU HAVE TO PUT THE TITLE IN AS IT IS IN THE ACTUAL ARTICLE. Can't change it....read the rules. And who cares if XBox and GCN are dead...they have a channel for it and games back then had less swearing. Therefore relevant.
Please stop reporting just for the sake of it!
AHh, but you see, they get 10 brownie points in the N4g score for every report, so you could basically lodge reports all day and get several hundred points . . instant rise in ones points tally . . Which is another thing that needs looking at by N4g staff.
Oh, and you do realize, that the person that lodges a report can delete it, then make another covering BOTH items, rather than one report for each item . . but that would mean LESS POINTS you see . . get the picture now . .
This is a generalised thing on n4g, and ppl exploit it no end.
I'll now remove mine as it wasn't a report, but a comment . .
Tired of the stupid talk, but hey, the developers are pandering to the lowest common denominator.
Ugly characters, doing ugly things, to other ugly characters, in an ugly world, while using ugly language. That $hit sells games!!!
Worst game I've ever played.
Also one of the easiest demos I have ever played. I didn't even know You needed to control both characters until I got to a check point. By then I had taken out everyone in the base that I saw with out taking anything more than minor damage.
Just finished the full game in solo mode and it actually looks and plays great! Personally I dont need 12 months of hype to be able to appreciate a game.