Author Topic: The Conduit (Read 497269 times)

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #950 on:** April 07, 2009, 03:57:32 AM »

Whatever I like the box art, the colors are good.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #951 on:** April 07, 2009, 03:59:08 AM »

I just want to see the box art and I can not see it.

Edit: NEVER MIND FOUND IT

Extreme in a 80's action flick meets a 90's Image comic kind of way.

Stratos · « **Reply #952 on:** April 07, 2009, 04:10:17 AM »

How's this image?

ShyGuy · « **Reply #953 on:** April 07, 2009, 04:14:00 AM »

Michael Beihn is... Agent Gerald Ford.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #954 on:** April 07, 2009, 04:14:33 AM »

Heh Shyguy beat you by a few seconds Stratos.
You know even the boxart is great.

Stratos · « **Reply #955 on:** April 07, 2009, 04:23:17 AM »

Quote from: Maxi on April 07, 2009, 04:14:33 AM

Heh Shyguy beat you by a few seconds Stratos.
You know even the boxart is great.

It was close enough that the warning that somebody else already posted while I was typing mine didn't appear to stop me and let me go over the new post.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #956 on:** April 07, 2009, 04:24:49 AM »

Double the pleasure, double the fun. Cyclops is packing heat.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #957 on:** April 07, 2009, 06:26:06 AM »

Note how Mr. Ford caresses his ball. The alien watches him intently.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #958 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:09:21 AM »

He doesn't even touch the ball, that hardly counts as caressing.

decoyman · « **Reply #959 on:** April 07, 2009, 11:52:00 AM »

Quote from: KDR_11k on April 07, 2009, 07:09:21 AM

He doesn't even touch the ball, that hardly counts as caressing.

KDR, your homework for today is to practice being more fun.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #960 on:** April 07, 2009, 12:03:55 PM »

His ball rises cuz it's in such a good mood.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #961 on:** April 07, 2009, 02:45:34 PM »

Quote from: KDR_11k on April 07, 2009, 03:45:43 AM

Shooting alien bugs, even with blood spraying everywhere, is T. No need for unnecessary extra violence just to get the rating up to M. AFAIK games sell better with lower ratings

I again point you to Halo for both of these statements.

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #962 on:** April 07, 2009, 03:32:18 PM »

We are actually taught that in school. Teen rated games sell way better than M games.

Plus I'm pretty sure Jet Force Gemini is more violent than Halo could dream of being and JFG is teen.

EasyCure · « **Reply #963 on:** April 07, 2009, 05:40:43 PM »

Quote from: DAaaMan64 on April 07, 2009, 03:32:18 PM

We are actually taught that in school. Teen rated games sell way better than M games.

Plus I'm pretty sure Jet Force Gemini is more violent than Halo could dream of being and JFG is teen.

You don't even need to be taught it in any school, its just common sense really. Same thing goes for movies, too. If Saw VI came out the same Friday as some Hannah Montana kids movie, which one has a better chance of being number one in the box office? Kids movie hands down, because no matter how much hype those saw movies have, the fact that its rated ARRUH keeps anyone under 17 from seeing it, which means less potential ticket sales.

The big difference between movies and games when it comes to ratings is, usually movies rated G or PG have the potential to sell twice as much as something rated higher because of the fact that the younger target audience in this case usually has mom or dad accompany them to the theater. Basically, +1 for every kid that wants to see the latest Disney flick.

oh and i never got into JFG. I think it was the art style.. it felt like it was trying to be cutsey and gritty at the same time. Then my friend pointed out how the female characters boobs bounced as she ran and i returned the game to him.

Mop it up · « **Reply #964 on:** April 07, 2009, 06:25:25 PM »

With the more powerful systems comes more realistic depictions of violence, blood, and gore, that's why something like Jet Force Gemini could get away with a T rating back then but not now.

If there is any blood splatter, that game is going to get an M rating. Goldeneye got a T rating because when you shot somebody, there would just be a red spot where you hit them, no splatter. In Perfect Dark, blood could end up on walls or pool under bodies, so it got an M rating.

EasyCure · « **Reply #965 on:** April 07, 2009, 06:35:57 PM »

Quote from: Mop_it_up on April 07, 2009, 06:25:25 PM

With the more powerful systems comes more realistic depictions of violence, blood, and gore, that's why something like Jet Force Gemini could get away with a T rating back then but not now.

If there is any blood splatter, that game is going to get an M rating. Goldeneye got a T rating because when you shot somebody, there would just be a red spot where you hit them, no splatter. In Perfect Dark, blood could end up on walls or pool under bodies, so it got an M rating.

well thats more of a design choice. Just because systems get more powerful and can show more detailed violence, or blood with realistic splatter physics, doesn't mean it has to be done.

but then again i dont even know what this argument about ratings is or how i got involved in it lol

ShyGuy · « **Reply #966 on:** April 07, 2009, 06:54:36 PM »

Blanka bit my face off in Street Fighter II. Blood spurted out.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #967 on:** April 07, 2009, 06:56:45 PM »

JFG had blood splatters out the wazoo. It was a big selling point. It got rated T because the blood was green.

Mop it up · « **Reply #968 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:23:43 PM »

Quote from: UltimatePartyBear on April 07, 2009, 06:56:45 PM

JFG had blood splatters out the wazoo. It was a big selling point. It got rated T because the blood was green.

That, and the enemies were not human but instead aliens, of which didn't have a humanoid form. If humans are involved in the violence and blood that's when things turn mature.

You play as a human in Jet Force Gemini though... Are there blood splatters when your character is shot/killed?

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #969 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:37:27 PM »

You don't shoot humans in Halo

Mop it up · « **Reply #970 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:52:02 PM »

Quote from: GoldenPhoenix on April 07, 2009, 07:37:27 PM

You don't shoot humans in Halo

In multiplayer you do.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #971 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:53:59 PM »

Quote from: Mop_it_up on April 07, 2009, 07:52:02 PM

Quote from: GoldenPhoenix on April 07, 2009, 07:37:27 PM
You don't shoot humans in Halo
In multiplayer you do.

Ah true. They look like robots though! Not even sure if they bleed.

Mop it up · « **Reply #972 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:57:27 PM »

I can't remember if Halo 1 has blood when the humans are shot/killed, but I'm pretty sure it's that way in Halo 2.

It's hard to say really, sometimes the ratings by the ESRB seem arbitrary. I suppose it is possible that they've changed their guidelines a few times; with the increased performance of newer hardware and violence becoming more graphic, perhaps it doesn't take as much anymore for them to slap an M rating on anything with guns.

MoronSonOfBoron · « **Reply #973 on:** April 07, 2009, 08:33:24 PM »

Let's replace the blood with black dust and see if that changes the rating!

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #974 on:** April 07, 2009, 08:57:01 PM »

Quote from: Mop_it_up on April 07, 2009, 07:52:02 PM

Quote from: GoldenPhoenix on April 07, 2009, 07:37:27 PM
You don't shoot humans in Halo
In multiplayer you do.

JFG as well. In fact, you also shoot dogs

Before E10 rating was created, there was some ridiculousness, like F-zero getting rated T. >.<

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