Thoughts on language in games

Mr.Cookie · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:28

So happily booting up tomb raider 2013, watching all the pretty scenes and then all hell breaks loose, Lara's back trouble etc, but then, did i just hear right, Lara swore

.
Now don't get me wrong, i understand the making it real thing but really is it necessary for Lara to swear, i thought of her as a wholesome

young woman.

Interested in peoples opinions of language in game?

panyan · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:30

you were concerned about swearing buy not about the GBH she deals out?

CaptainRAVE · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:30

Doesn't bother me.

HecFam · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:33

To be fair the game is an 18.

With all the gore going down, the swearing doesn't really surprise me. It was going to be rated highly for all the violence so a bit of swearing doesn't matter in my opinion.

If a games rating was changed just because of the swearing, I would see it as very pointless. Since swearing doesn't seem to add too much to a game.

Davanius · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:35

The swearing ain't to bad in this game compared to some games like splinter cell conviction.

I don't enjoy overdone swearing to be honest.

Somebody will post about you complaining about swearing but not about shooting people in a bit.

Bennie-Mac · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:36

Id much rather have her swear, i feel its a lot more realistic rather than have her break an arm and say "fiddlesticks that's painful!" Ruins the realism in my opinion.

Davanius · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:36

panyan said:
you were concerned about swearing buy not about the GBH she deals out?

Told ya!

arc@css · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:39

Sometimes I tire of it, though it doesn't bother me too much.

TheVoice · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:39

Mr.Cookie said:
i thought of her as a wholesome young woman.

Newsflash: they swear too.

Only bothers me when it's every other word like in your average, generic dudebro military shooter. Doesn't offend me, it just makes the game and the script writers look stupid.

Games like Uncharted and Tomb Raider don't have much swearing at all really, and it's not used casually either so I don't see a problem.

Mr.Cookie · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:43

Not really bothered by it, just being devils advocate and seeing what other people views are, the only time it bothers me is when i can't play a game because i'm looking after niece and wouldn't want her picking up words

IRLeetly · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:50

45 hail Mary's for her!

Nemeses · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:52

People always have to find something to whine about.

Ryan-3 · 17 Mar 2013 at 18:54

I find it in games like I do in comedy - no problem until its just swearing for swearing sake.

Drake5 · 17 Mar 2013 at 19:21

I really don't mind swearing, it doesn't bother me in the slightest but I felt it was VERY overused in Bulletstorm, the point where it just got annoying.

Pighardia · 17 Mar 2013 at 19:24

I have no problem with it whatsoever.

jakspyder · 17 Mar 2013 at 19:26

I like swearing in games. Its realistic people are (in general) terribly spoken now days and every 3rd word is a curse. However it makes me cringe when they say it so forced and false. Like they added a swear word for the sake of adding it. Rather than because its appropriate.

panyan · 17 Mar 2013 at 19:28

TheVoice said:
Only bothers me when it's every other word like in your average, generic dudebro military shooter. Doesn't offend me, it just makes the game and the script writers look stupid.

+1

I reckon its written like that to make kids think the game is good :rolleyes:

(not that they should really be allowed to play them)

Stanith · 17 Mar 2013 at 19:51

If it's relevant (i.e. for realism purposes) then I don't have a problem with it. Excessive bad language for the sake of it is a little silly though! I don't think it's any different to movies, television series etc

Minstadave · 17 Mar 2013 at 20:05

Mr.Cookie said:
So happily booting up tomb raider 2013, watching all the pretty scenes and then all hell breaks loose, Lara's back trouble etc, but then, did i just hear right, Lara swore .
Now don't get me wrong, i understand the making it real thing but really is it necessary for Lara to swear, i thought of her as a wholesome young woman.

Interested in peoples opinions of language in game?

Shooting people in the head - ok.

Swearing - very bad.

Wut?

HangTime · 17 Mar 2013 at 20:08

TheVoice said:
Games like Uncharted and Tomb Raider don't have much swearing at all really, and it's not used casually either so I don't see a problem.

LOL, I fired up Uncharted 2 for the first time in a couple of years earlier today and one of the first things my wife commented on was the swearing (probably because I didn't know WTF I was doing and get kept getting spotted, so they cussed every time)