As my parents used to say, two wrongs don't make a right.

Once again the Giant PC Mudcrab attacks.

This thread is some kind of fail.

The OP's post was meant as a joke! If you actually watched the video you will find that the woman got a sword straight up the ass, hence the SARCASTIC comment about toning down the violence...

There isn't.

Well, they should have added the option to turn off the finishing animations. I like them but others find them too violent and others too boring.

Aaahaha, that was pretty funny.

You're just trying to pick a fight, aren't you? Else stop nitpicking so much. Geez.

psssst! I know who you are, hail Sithis!

I really hope Bethesda is *just* getting started with the gore. Next elder scrolls I want face stabs, half head decaps, gut stabs with entrails falling out, leg removal and then they try to crawl away leaving a trail of blood and then you can pig stick them in the back to finish them off, and jobs as executioner

anyway, it's a rated M game, so no surprise there's violence included...that's why they invented the rating system

Tone it down? i want more not less.

But this is America! Don't you know, that we looove our violence! It's even okay for the kiddies, *but* GOD forbid, they ever see a woman's briast! (Most kids in the US are even deprived of their own mother's milk in favor of baby formula)

But yeah, these days violence in games is pretty common, and I mean, what do you expect will happen if you shove 2 feet of steel into someone? It is a Sword & Sorcery/Medieval Fantasy inspired game. It's not really for "kids", though I'm sure there are alot of kid playing it. The rating systems are broken b/c these days most parents don't care what their kids are playing as long as they aren't out on the streets smoking meth and giving bjs to strangers for drug money.

It is?

Are you saying that once i log onto these forums i am in America?

Fascinating.

Tamriel is America, didn't you know?

agree, in every corner of the world we see these kind of violence. human has an animal side, which has the urge to enjoy killing and bloodshed.
Is it really a matter that we just put this urge in a video game and not in streets?

I detect a hint of sarcasm.

Bethesda's offices are near DC, actually. So yeah, when I say "This is America", I mean, where the game is made. Sheesh. You overly Ameri-sensitive types, just waiting to pounce out of the woodwork at the first mention of the "A" word.

What do YOU want, Argonian??

NO!

Yes, please tone down the killing animations. We wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about murder.

Not really, I was simply taking their interpretation to its logical conclusion.

yeah, I want flowers to pour out of dead people, not blood.
oh, and a death kiss instead of beheading, no wait, no death, you just tell people "go away" and they leave the dungeon, speechcraft skill for the win!

Skyrim's fan base as well as the users on this forum are from all over. So when you say "This is America" on these forums... yeah you get the point.

Oh in case you hadn't noticed i was being sarcastic.


Um... I'm an Orc... can't you tell you N'Wah!

It's a thematic decision. You are playing a game with a dark tone set in a brutal land, I imagine somewhat inspired by the works of Robert E. Howard. It is not Mario, and it is not Oblivion. I personally think the violence is well-done, although not overly fussed on third-person cam.

Complaining about the violence in Skyrim is a bit like complaining about the violence in Gladiator.

If you're a PC player, there is nothing stopping you from downloading a mod that disables finishing moves.

In Grim Fandango the guns sprouted flowers out of people. It was kindof creepy.