Swearing

[Tuzo]

Do you hate swearing in video games? Do you wish developers would put in an option so you can dub swearing into less offending words?

I personally don't really care, but a friend brought this up to me and I'm just curious how you all feel about it.

 

[Lovebeat]

I think they use swearing as an easy way to develop characters. The logic is, "the more they swear, the more they look like real people! Right?" And to a point, it works. It shows how gritty and human a character is, until they overdo it and that character becomes a caricature of what they are representing.

 

[AndroidOS]

I personally don't mind it, but I think an option to dub it out would be good, as I know many people are offended by foul language.

 

[Mikaya]

It doesn't bother me. But on games, there is a warning that the game may contain swearing (on the back with the age rating) so if someone might get offended, then don't buy it. xD

 

[TheYESDragon]

Honestly, it annoys me if used too often and games with that language will have a higher rating and therefore kids won't be able to play them (and I don't like 18+ games normally).

 

[Sundance Kid]

It really doesn't bother me. Not that I grew up around a lot of swearing or anything, I just never cared about it.

Having an option like that would be a good idea but it might take away from the story telling and characters.

 

[Starforce]

I don't mind swearing in Video Games whatsoever. I do mind, however, the people that complain about swearing in Video Games. That's we have a rating system called the ESRB (PEGI if you're in Europe) to warn potential consumers about the content of said game.

In fact, I find that in certain games, profanity brings out the emotion in characters during gameplay. Having a dumbed-down version of a game without profanity is just basically a game with a storyline and a bit of interstitial speech, and nothing really special.