Are you serious? Why would you act like that? "if you dont like it, dont buy it". Blood is a phobia of a lot of people, and it's not somthing they can control. just as many more people do not like the sight of it- and i dont see how just making it toggle on and off would hurt anyone who wants blood.

Blood and gore simply increases the realism. When people slash at things they want to see it react how it normally which maybe ''sick and disgusting'' as it is real. Pretending cutting people doesn't do anything is delusional and much more sick and disgusting in my humble opinion.
I am not against toggleable blood but I really dont see it as necessary in a Mature game.

I suppose foes should soil themselves in fear too. Wouldn't that be oh so immersive?

There are dozens of great games without blood and gore. The literally dozens of classic games without it trump the notion that it's somehow integral and shouldn't be able to turn off (which some of the other posters are claiming).

To think that some people would dismiss a classic game such as the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past all because it doesn't have "realistic" graphics and gore is kind of depressing. I'm playing a video game. That's the whole point, I'm not actually killing real people. If games were truly realistic with the horrors of killing and death most people would not kill in them. Actually some might still, which is on an entirely different level of disturbing.

As to the phobia comments, it's not just a "phobia." To many people blood and gore is simply disgusting, akin to watching characters use the bathroom (worse really). Should you have to use the bathroom and watch your character graphically do so? Should you have to clean up afterwards for the realism? That's the severity of graphic gore to some of us. Obviously blood splatter isn't that bad (to me at least), but I think it's a fair comparison since the "realism" card is being played. I suppose foes should soil themselves in fear too. Wouldn't that be oh so immersive?

Too much options make the game look shallow and "weak" according to me.

Blood and gore simply increases the realism.

Very well said, there's a point where realism is no longer a good thing. Case and point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5tRNs2X5Q4

No, I do not want to have to see the gore. I think it is sick and disgusting and it detracts from the game for me. If others like it so be it. You don't have to stare at the options menu all day you know. It is ridiculous to clamor against options for others, especially when it is something on a matter like this. I find gore to be more disgusting than full nudity in the game would be (I don't think the game needs nudity either). If you like it, fine. Don't tell me that I shouldn't be able to turn off such graphic violence.

One of the first things I will do if you can't turn it off is look for a mod to disable the blood splatter. If we were asking for there to be NO blood I could understand the opposition, since that encroaches on the desires of those who want the blood.

It's really strange to me. You look at a topic about innocent romance and you see oodles of "eew that's icky" posts but you look in a topic about blood or gore and people openly lust for it. I'm not in a place to judge others for wanting to see that kind of thing, but I certainly don't want to have to see it myself.

I'm glad it's not going to be on the level of Fallout 3. Maybe some day I'll play that game with the gore disabling mods (what's sad is if you look up that topic you'll see many people immaturely being no help whatsoever bashing people for not wanting to see that graphic violence, as if there's something wrong not wanting to see people blown apart). If Skyrim were as bad as those other games I simply would not play it until mods come out to get rid of it. I don't play games to be disgusted by horrific gore. I play them to have fun. If gore is fun for others, so be it. I don't have to see it, and for others like myself that shouldn't exclude us from the game considering blood/gore has nothing to do with the core game play experience.

I personally like the ability to turn off gore when I have younger siblings or parents in the room. I feel like it wouldn't be all that complicated for them to at least give gamers the choice, even though most of the time we won't use it.

Edit: To those saying that they want to always have gore, allowing this option would have zero effect on you. You wouldn't have to utilize this feature. It would just allow people in more complicated situations to be more fully able to enjoy the game.

Options are good, but this would just take time away from them that they could be using to do something more productive.

Also, I don't think we have to worry about fallout level style of gore in this game.

Agreed. Plus, it's probably going to be an M game. If your family is cool with you playing an M game, aren't they accepting of what comes with an M game (some gore and sixuality)?

When i have 2 years old (when i have my first computer), i play bloody games... Blood is something natural, its in movies, its in your body, its everywhere! Blood dont hurt nobody... Its idiot say "Oh no! My children! If he see blood he will be [censored]!" I am very normal and i see blood from my 2 years old and i am pretty norm

So why do a game unnatural? I vote NO (minor things to do for the devs)

(If they add ChildGuard again, they have to add NUDITY to the game! XD)