M-Rated: Blood, Guts, Gore, and Glorious Gibs (+18 Warning for video game gore)

Warning: This thread will contain scenes of explicit video game violence and gore but will be used more as a manner of discussion among people and fellow gorehounds. Then again, most people have played more violent or graphic stuff anyway.



Ahh Blood, Gore, and Gibs. The use of blood and gore to portray graphic violence in video games has been used since the days of Doom and Mortal Kombat - the two franchises we can thank for granting the world that lovely label we call the M-rating and the ESRB. Since Doom and MK, many other games have popped up in order to elevate the level of graphic violence that Doom and MK helped pioneer.



The use of Blood and Gore is pretty simple in games - to glorify takedowns or kills. That sight of blood showing from your opponent's body and splattering all over your head up display or on your main character's avatar and seeing the dead and dismantled remains of your opponent or aggressor has left you something, the desire for more, and the desire to live in order for you not to end up in the same dismantled state.


In other cases, the use of blood and gore is to scare or frighten the player, giving him or her an unsettling atmosphere that heightens your the desire to live and more importantly not screw up.

Video games have gone far and long when it comes to said use of bloody graphical violence. As mentioned before, it glorifies kills, but it also horrifies the deaths of your player characters. As such, the art of showing off some graphic violence has become an art form in many established video game titles and franchises that it would be hard to imagine what if some of these beloved video game nasties would be if it iddn't have any blood and gore.

Of course, there will always be those little controversies that challenges the gaming community regarding the use of graphical violence. As mentioned before, Doom and Mortal Kombat were two of the most violent video games at their time in the early 90s that they were often featured in the mass media. These kinds of games or such levels of graphical violence in games often are the concern of parents and other older generation people, but we aren' here to get political with the discussion of such matter.

This thread is made simply to discuss and relate your experiences with blood and gore in video games. What was your first experience with a violent video game and how did it feel? How do you feel about the use of blood and gore in general. Do you think that the formula still works? Do you want to see more brutal, bloody, and gory versions of games? What are some of your favorite gory moments in games?

If you all ask me, I pretty much welcome the use of said graphic violence in games. I'm pretty much a gorehound and I simply love the sight of glorified deaths and kills. As long as it makes sense for said game to have blood and gore on it, I approve.

Alright, before you post, I have a simple question to ask, and it would be nice if you can actually
say it first before making your post here so:

How do you like your level of blood and gore?

O - I like to keep myself T-rated thanks!
Pretty much what it says on the can.

I- Hey not so rough!

Drakengard 3 and the main heroiine, Zero
Perhaps the most basic level of Blood use in your video game that earns its M-rating. Just blood or the use of blood but no gibs, no dismemberment, no decapitations, just the use of blood.

II - Edgy as ****!

A better use of blood and gore. Here's where we get our glorious gibs, decapitations, disembowelment, disentegrations, blood splatters, and all that good stuff.

III - Anime on steroids!

Much like certain animes that feature mature or Violent Content such as Elfen Lied, Fist of the North Star, Berserk, and Blood, we get glorious exaggerated blood shower, extremely graphic sights of organs exploding, body fluids melting down into indistinguishable matter, and all of that juicy sounds of blood and guts dripping all over the walls and ceilings.

IV - Overdrawn at the Bloodbank!

Just the sample of the the gory and over the top action of Brutal Doom
You'll be brutality killing all of your enemies so violently that gaming journalists, social justice warriors and the mass media are going to tell you to slooowww down but you'll be like "F*** you!" and kick their faces off with your BRUTALITY LEGS!

tldr; Take everything from the previous levels and multiply all of that by 54000x. ts the really cream of the crop level of ultra violence that makes the likes of uncool people feel disgusted to, but makes the whole experience so good. Its the kind of extreme level of graphic violence that tells you that the game doesn't give any **** and it knows that it is. The shameless amounts of goretastic graphical violence adds everything you love about ripping and tearing your enemies apart.

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You forgot the fifth level of blood and gore: Hyper Realistic Blood (assuming all of those creepypasta stories are true)

It's hard for me to pick which level of blood I prefer, but I don't know which level horror games w/ blood such as Dead Space fit into, so I can avoid choosing that level.

I remember the very first time I saw my cousins playing Mortal Kombat I couldn't take my gaze off the blood and gore, haha. Many years later with Mortal Kombat X I'm more amused than anything, but it's interesting how games today do try to go all the way with the blood and gore.

As for the level of violence I can handle, I guess "Hey not so rough" level? I don't play horror/ultra violent games too much as those aren't my thing, but I did play Vanishing of Ethan Carter that does have some disturbing images so that kind of violence is my breaking point I think.

I'd give myself a solid IV most of the time, especially since it becomes so ludicrous that it comes off as entertaining to me rather than squicky. The fact that it tends to be over-the-top and completely unrealistic also helps.

Bloodborne often leaves you covered in blood after a good run/boss fight, which gives me that uber-testosterone feeling of victory.

"I only drink the blood of my enemies....and the occasional strawberry Yoohoo" - Sarge, Red Vs. Blue

So I've been playing a couple of Metal Gear Rising and I am quite pleased with the amount of gore it has for a Metal Gear game, then again, it had everything i wanted on a game anyway (Violence, Political in your face references, gameplay, yumm)

Anyway, with Doom 4 (or Doom 2016) coming out in May 13 of this year, I have an important question to ask to VG, like i always do. For those who have seen the Doom 4 gameplay teasers and trailers and have grew up with Doom, how did you guys loved the elevated level of violence that Doom 4 exhibited?

Question number 2 -> There was, and is Brutal Doom, then came in Brutal Halflife, then also came Brutal Wolftenstein. (Btw both Brutal Halflife and Brutal Wolfenstein exist as mods) what does VG think of the next game that needs a "Brutal" Version?

To be clear on what a "Brutal" version of a game is, again referencing Brutal Doom, it is a gameplay update that gives the game a much more violent and gory atmosphere. It has greatly increased blood and gore, complete with the player character able to perform fatalities or executions on enemies, enemies themselves die much bloodier deaths such as limbs or heads being blown off and accompanied with blood showers, enemies are much more dangerous but the usable weapons are also much more powerful.

My personal candidates for the next "Brutal" version are:
- Medal of Honor
- Metroid Prime = I always wanted to see a darker, edgier, and gorier Metroid game where Samus headstomps any dying monsters.
- Devil May Cry = Dante dismembering and disemboweling demons while still saying one liners? Yes?
- Army Men
- F.E.A.R: First Encounter Assault Recon
- Halo = who doesn't see this coming? Come on, we know you guys want to see a much more violent Halo game since 2003
- American McGee's Alice

what do you guys think?