Violent video games - need AO's help

[Hamster Huey]

What, in your mind, are the most violent, graphic video games out there currently?

I'm giving a presentation of sorts on video game violence in the near future, and I hope to use some sample gameplay clips to give people a taste of what's out there. So I need AO, with it's immense accumulation of video game experience, to help me choose which select few games to highlight.

I'll probably use CS just because it's so prevalent, but what else should I use. BF 1942? SOF2? Splinter Cell? 007: Nightfire? GTA: Vice City? They can be for PC, PS2, XBox, Gamecube, or whatever.

[Koosh]

The most violent and gory?

Without question the goriest game I've ever played is Doom. I mean, the technology of this game is just unsurpassed its so amazing!

No, but really, Soldier of fortune and SOFII would be your best bet for gorieness, with GTA3 and vice city not far behind. I mean, in SOF you can just take a shotgun and blow off some poor saps leg and watch him hop around for a little while!

Also look into Max Payne, the slow motion could help with the video.

[FactsOfLife]

Yep gotta go with Doom and SOF.

I was always a fan of Rune myself.

gotta love chopping off someone's head and then picking it up and killing others with it.

[Python14]

Mario Cart You throw turtle shells at people and hope they wreck. Then if that isn't bad enough, some of the shells have spikes. And finally, on some levels, you can fall into hot lava. Violence at it's worst.

[-J�ker-]

half life can get pretty gory you can freakin blow ppl up!

[FactsOfLife]

I couldn't remember the other gory one that was on my brother in laws pc for a while...

barbie's fashion factory.

my god the horror....

the horror....

[gimp]

Vice city is nice just because you can do so much violent stuff. If your lookin for a really pointless violent game, check out 'postal'. That game is older, but it's great. You play a disgruntled postal worker, and you just kill everyone. If you could find the version of doom3 thats been floatin around, that would be nice too. Just because the graphics are so sweet.

[Sooky]

What kind of games are you looking for? War-based?

I don't know much about those, but the survival-horror ones can be gross. Check out the Resident Evil series - Zombies chewing on dead corpses ain't pretty.

Some of the cut-scenes in Metal Gear Solid II are somewhat gory...

[Restola]

1. SOF2 in single player mode (multiplayer cuts out a lot of the gore).

2. GTA3

[FooTemps]

Man... sof, sofII, gta3, gtaVC, RE (any of them would do), house of the dead (any of those would do also), hmm... postal was pretty good, halo if you like shooting aliens and spilling about 10 gallons of blood just hitting them when they're dead, HL can get pretty bad too if you try hard enough, I know there are tons more but they aren't in my brain right now...

There's also this one java game where you throw a guy down virtual stairs. You get money based on how badly you hurt the guy. I forgot the url though but it was posted on AO a while ago.

[-=Squid=-]

Doom? please...I say GTA vice city, not the goriest, but the most un-ethical. Or if you could get your hands on a bootleg copy of Thrill Kill ( I will sell you one ) that game is ULTRA gory!

[Thordic]

He beat me to it. The original version of Thrill Kill was banned it was so gory.

Carmageddon is pretty good too You run over pedestrians for points.

[Brak]

i was waiting for someone to mention carmageddon!!! that game is so horrible! you run around with cars that have spikes on them and run of people for extra points

[Hamster Huey]

This is great! Keep 'em coming!

And I want to hear more about this "Thrill Kill". Got screenies?

[dansim]

legacy of kain was gory wasnt it?