Can you turn off the blood? : V

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:36 pm

Yeah flame me, but most normal people don't get pleasure out of seeing graphic murders.

So any news about this? It'd be cool if you could remove decapitations as well but oh well. I wish there was more sixual content + swearing etc instead of this ultra-violence.

» Tue May 15, 2012 7:52 am

No, it's been confirmed there is no way to filter the violence level (And no flames there are understandable reasons why people might not want the blood and gore)

If you're on PC I'm sure someone will make a mod to remove it.

» Tue May 15, 2012 4:12 pm

And decapitation is a perk not automatic from what I've heard

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:36 pm

Hoping for an early mod. :-/

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:43 pm

No you cannot.

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:16 pm

I barely played Fallout 3 because it was waaay too depressive, but when I did I found out a way (thank you, internet) to edit the gore away thru the ini file.

the same could be possible with skyrim

» Tue May 15, 2012 10:58 am

No you can′t. :shakehead:

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:38 pm

Why is this even an issue?

It's okay to stab someone or something in the face but if there's a slight blood decal then you're going to flip out?

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:08 pm

Why is this even an issue?

It's okay to stab someone or something in the face but if there's a slight blood decal then you're going to flip out?

Compare old fashioned westerns where a guy would clutch his hand to the chest and flop over and say a few last words, to modern movies where you're treated to a gaping wound spurting blood while he begs not to let him die. One is clearly much more horrific.

I've seen in another thread a number of people who had good reason to not wish to see excessive fake violence, I can respect their perspective. (Nurses, ex soldiers etc)

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:43 am

what do you think happens when you take a blade to someones gut? well, blood comes out along with other innards. you dont want to see blood, then you can always play a pacifist. isnt the point of these games to be immersive? i think part of that is the repercussion of taking a blade to someone is seeing what there insides look like. just my opinion though.

» Tue May 15, 2012 9:47 pm

what do you think happens when you take a blade to someones gut? well, blood comes out along with other innards. you dont want to see blood, then you can always play a pacifist. isnt the point of these games to be immersive? i think part of that is the repercussion of taking a blade to someone is seeing what there insides look like. just my opinion though.

Yeah, I see what you're saying but your logic is flawed in two ways:

a) Realism by itself isn't always good. What about forcing the PC to regularly eat, go to the toilet, sleep etc. ?
b.) Humans are hard-wired by nature not to enjoy blood and gore. Enjoying blood and gore is an evolutionary disadvantage.

Me personally I don't like exaggerated gore. It's just unpleasant and limits my gaming experience.

» Tue May 15, 2012 10:42 am

what do you think happens when you take a blade to someones gut? well, blood comes out along with other innards. you dont want to see blood, then you can always play a pacifist. isnt the point of these games to be immersive? i think part of that is the repercussion of taking a blade to someone is seeing what there insides look like. just my opinion though.

I think you'll find the point of a game is to provide and a challenge and to entertain. I recommend you don't try and bring realism into a game where you can levitate objects with you mind, close wounds with the wave of your hand, do battle with living tree spirits, ghosts and fire breathing lizards, and Madness has actual, living, breathing god

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:30 pm

I've seen in another thread a number of people who had good reason to not wish to see excessive fake violence

The problem is that the game does involve excessive fake violence, and it is not limited to simply blood.

There are scenes of people being decapitated so simply not taking the One Handed perk for it wont solve that.

Finishing moves can be rather brutal and aren't simply limited to the play, NPCs can perform finishing moves too.

There are no doubt countless examples besides these too, that I unfortunately cannot list as I do not have the game.

The game involves excessive violence. If your constitution cannot handle excessive violence then do not play games in which excessive violence is a major player.

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:06 pm

................... :user:

....it's not real

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:35 pm

...Nope.

» Tue May 15, 2012 11:28 am

You find blood offensive but you don't find actually killing your enemies offensive? :sadvaultboy:

You need to rethink your doublethink.

Games like skyrim are designed to immersive and make you think about your actions. If you don't want people to bleed horribly then don't injure them.

If you're old enough to buy an M Rated game, you should be old enough to stomach a bit of blood.

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:50 pm

I think you'll find the point of a game is to provide and a challenge and to entertain. I recommend you don't try and bring realism into a game where you can levitate objects with you mind, close wounds with the wave of your hand, do battle with living tree spirits, ghosts and fire breathing lizards, and Madness has actual, living, breathing god

good point. the main thing i was getting at though is people want to be able to run and gun and slice and dice, but some blood flies out and some people get queasy. while I personally dont want fallout levels of gore, but a good in between and i think that is what they have achieved.

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:12 am

The problem is that the game does involve excessive fake violence, and it is not limited to simply blood.

There are scenes of people being decapitated so simply not taking the One Handed perk for it wont solve that.

Finishing moves can be rather brutal and aren't simply limited to the play, NPCs can perform finishing moves too.

There are no doubt countless examples besides these too, that I unfortunately cannot list as I do not have the game.

The game involves excessive violence. If your constitution cannot handle excessive violence then do not play games in which excessive violence is a major player.

You're moving the goalposts

The OP simply wants to know if there is a way to turn off the blood/finishing moves/decapitations. The answer is "no"

Incidentlly, at a coding level it's really not difficult to insert a toggle. And I'm confident the mod community can implement a solution no matter your protestations and strawmanning of the OP

You find blood offensive but you don't find actually killing your enemies offensive?
You need to rethink your doublethink.

Ever play super Mario brothers?

» Tue May 15, 2012 9:18 am

You find blood offensive but you don't find actually killing your enemies offensive? :sadvaultboy:

You need to rethink your doublethink.

he said it perfect

» Tue May 15, 2012 9:28 am

You're moving the goalposts

On the contrary, I'm suggesting that if the OP can't handle the very minor amount of blood that is in TES games (compared to say... Fallout) then a simple blood toggle wont be sufficient for him considering all of the other excessive violence that is in there based upon the context of the post.

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:33 am

can you turn off your manliness?

» Tue May 15, 2012 7:16 pm

You find blood offensive but you don't find actually killing your enemies offensive? :sadvaultboy:

You need to rethink your doublethink.

Games like skyrim are designed to immersive and make you think about your actions. If you don't want people to bleed horribly then don't injure them.

If you're old enough to buy an M Rated game, you should be old enough to stomach a bit of blood.

Not at all. Murder isn't a graphical thing like gore. Killing a few pixels mean nothing because you can't form proper bonds with the characters, while seeing fallout 3 style gore on 1080 HD is not that extremely far away from seeing the real thing.

» Tue May 15, 2012 11:21 am

Not at all. Murder isn't a graphical thing like gore. Killing a few pixels mean nothing because you can't form proper bonds with the characters, while seeing fallout 3 style gore on 1080 HD is not that extremely far away from seeing the real thing.

Skyrim doesn't HAVE the enormous amount Fallout 3 style gore, it doesn't even have the ludicrously exaggerated blood puddles that Dragon Age has.

There will be no hacked-off limbs, there will be no gore. It has slight blood splatter decals on the environment, characters and weapons, as well as the occasional decapitation (the number of which can be greatly reduced by not taking the perk, but again there will be executions). In Oblivion you would barely even notice that blood splatter and it isn't going to be a world apart this time round. Really, what is there to complain about?

This shouldn't be an issue and evidently Bethesda feels that way too since there's no toggle.

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:20 am

b.) Humans are hard-wired by nature not to enjoy blood and gore. Enjoying blood and gore is an evolutionary disadvantage.

Then how do we eat?
I thought we needed nutrients to survive.

» Tue May 15, 2012 9:43 pm

Skyrim doesn't HAVE the enormous amount Fallout 3 style gore, it doesn't even have the ludicrously exaggerated blood puddles that Dragon Age has.

There will be no hacked-off limbs, there will be no gore. It has slight blood splatter decals on the environment, characters and weapons, as well as the occasional decapitation (the number of which can be greatly reduced by not taking the perk, but again there will be executions). In Oblivion you would barely even notice that blood splatter and it isn't going to be a world apart this time round. Really, what is there to complain about?

This shouldn't be an issue and evidently Bethesda feels that way too since there's no toggle.

Might I suggest that it is no one's business what other people like or dislike in a game. The OP asked about the existence of a toggle, not for permission to enjoy what s/he enjoys. DO we really need people running into threads to declare that topics that do not concern them should not concern anyone?