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[Beerfish]

He blankety blank blank me with his blankety blank blank blank! Then I swung at him and blankety blank blank missed! Blanking Darkblankety spawn!

[Aristorum]

They DID say "sodding" a few times. An F Bomb equivalent in England, if I remember right.

[Fodder007]

"Oh good lord I have an arrow sticking out of my rear"

"Charge, kill the toe rags"

"Who on earth do you think you are waving you're sword around like that"

[LaztRezort]

I think, though I am not sure, that the blight was actually caused by overruse of curse words, thus summoning the dragon Geldon and awaking the acient knights of the Order of Standards and Practices.
:innocent:

Seriously though, I could care less whether I hear swear words in the game.  Overruse of modern-sounding words against a background of archaic-sounding words would, however, break immersion.  As for the overruse of blood splatter:  bring it on, baby, bring on the blood:devil:

[SheffSteel]

Aristorum wrote...

They DID say "sodding" a few times. An F Bomb equivalent in England, if I remember right.

Well, technically yes, but lots of people use the word casually without knowing what it's short for, and it doesn't tend to cause that much offense compared with other swear words.

(I worked not so long ago on a game where we had to change the dialogue because a character used the word "sodding", so I know far more than I really want to about it.)

[EvilPistolet]

SheffSteel wrote...

Aristorum wrote...

They DID say "sodding" a few times. An F Bomb equivalent in England, if I remember right.

Well, technically yes, but lots of people use the word casually without knowing what it's short for, and it doesn't tend to cause that much offense compared with other swear words.

(I worked not so long ago on a game where we had to change the dialogue because a character used the word "sodding", so I know far more than I really want to about it.)

Sheffsteel what does sodding mean? I´m not an englishman.

[SheffSteel]

Sod = sodomy, sodomist, sodomise etc. depending on context.



Hope this helps...

[EvilPistolet]

Ah. Anal**** or massrape I get it. Well if everyne wants it even the masochist victim it not so wrong now is it? You Soddin bloody bastards..

[Flamin Jesus]

I don't see the connection between sodomy and massrape, or even rape in general O_o



By the way, given the subject matter "soddin bloody buggers" would be a better fit

[EvilPistolet]

well mr jesus you know, in the bible the cause of the sin there were because the whole town maby hundreds or thousands of people were so evil they wanted to massrape Lot and the angels..Massrape desire, that is sodomy. Not happy gays lickin oneanothers rectum chocolada.



hm..

[Flamin Jesus]

EvilPistolet wrote...

well mr jesus you know, in the bible the cause of the sin there were because the whole town maby hundreds or thousands of people were so evil they wanted to massrape Lot and the angels..Massrape desire, that is sodomy. Not happy gays lickin oneanothers rectum chocolada.

hm..

Granted, but it's not really used in that context anymore, even people who even use the word 'sodomy' seriously nowadays probably don't equate anal sex and the mass rape of angels anymore.

[Aurvan]

It doesn't have to be modern swear words, as long as they stick with swear topics. The most usual swear topics are religious words (damn, hell), sexual activity, bodyparts used in sexual activity, human waste, inappropriate relations with someone's family members (like someone's mother, especially in asian countries).



I think 'frak' is a good example of swearing by not using a real world swear word. Alright, motherfrakkers? Good.

[Maria Caliban]

EvilPistolet wrote...

I havent seen filthy words like **** and **** or anything like it or heard a preview mention it. Now it is a mature game and lot of "grown ups" do swear in ****ed up situations, even though it is not looked upon as something "sophisticate ah whatever, it is powerwords adding your to your emotions
Have you heard if there is and curse language,swear words or what you call it in english in the game?

The words sh*t, b*tch, and *ss occur in the game.

[Luxus]

Man, people are really into swearing, sex and raw violence and seriously concerend that their videogames won't include the above.



I don't know why I keep getting suprised everytime I see a topic like this. Perhaps I think everyone gets enough of filth in real life, but I suppose some people are more lucky than me.

[MrGOH]

Modern swearing isn't needed to make a game mature, but good writing and acting can make it work really well. My favorite TV Show, Deadwood, takes place in Deadwood, South Dakota at the end of the 19th century and includes tons of anachronistic swearing - the writers said they originally planned to use period curses, but every character ended up sounding like Yosemite Sam. The modern swearing just works, reflecting the down-and-dirty frontier nature of the setting, the roughness and lack of education of many of the characters and it also serves as an excellent counterpoint within main baddie Al Swearengen's very erudite, yet threatening and very very dirty, English-accented speech.

I don't expect Bioware to make a hyperreal video game any time soon, but traces of the style can certainly work in their games. I'm happy with period curses, though they may sound cheesy - at least the characters say something other than tacky bowdlerizations.

Modifié par MrGOH, 28 octobre 2009 - 06:55 .

[Skeetles]

I find an overuse of swearing annoying, but I would like to hear "Your mother sucks dwarf ****" at least once. Yeah, I love that game.

[FoolFodder]

Swearing FTW.

[FoolFodder]

"SWEARING occurs in most cultures - people swear to let off steam, or to
shock or insult others. It is also a common response to a painful
experience. We've all done it: after stubbing our toe, or hitting our
thumb with a hammer, we draw a sharp breath and mutter a swear word.
Until now, though, whether swearing actually alters our perception of
pain had not been investigated. But according to a new study due to be
published next month in the journal NeuroReport, swearing increases pain tolerance, enabling us to withstand at least one form of pain for longer."
- scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2009/07/swearing_increases_pain_tolerance.php

"Virtually all people swear, and people swear pretty consistently
throughout their lifetime — from the moment they can speak to the day
they die. Swearing is almost a universal constant in most people’s
lives. Research, according to Jay, has shown we swear on average from
0.3% to 0.7% of the time — a tiny but significant percentage of our
overall speech (frequently-used personal pronouns occur at
approximately 1.0% rate in speech). Swearing is more common than you
might think. But personality research suggests that people who swear
more, not surprisingly, score higher on traits such as extraversion,
dominance, hostility and Type A personalities. Swearing is not just for
the uneducated or people of a lower socioeconomic class — it knows no
social boundaries in its expression."
- psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/03/30/why-do-we-swear/

[Mordaedil]

I am more a fan of the gentleman approach, or rather the Futurama approach.



Swear rarily, it'll have a better impact, but also swear cleverly.



*attaches monocle*

[Quecken]

Mordaedil wrote...

I am more a fan of the gentleman approach, or rather the Futurama approach.

Swear rarily, it'll have a better impact, but also swear cleverly.

*attaches monocle*

I agree.

*hands Mordaedil a cup of tea*

Modifié par Quecken, 28 octobre 2009 - 01:18 .

[telephasic]

I've been wondering about this too. Mainly if they took the Planescape: Torment approach and had their own invented swears (Pike off!)



I have to say while gratuitous swearing would be annoying, swearing should be a part of a realistic battle. I loved it in Fallout 2 when Cassidy would say "Just Die Mother****ers" right as he fired off his shotgun.