Il Divo wrote...
android654 wrote...
Elhanan wrote...
android654 wrote...
Well aren't many sitting nice and pretty on your own individual pedestals.
For those of you upset over MW3 and Battlefield 3's amount of cursing, if you've every met an American marine cursing (not cussing, don't know where some of you are from) is rather normal and even more so when you're in the actual middle of a war.
As far as ME3, I'm assuming the same as ME2. A few here and there to add emphasis on certain scenes to drive a point home. Personally since you'd be dealing with aliens of different stripes and from all walks of life it would make sense for some to curse quite liberally while some wouldn't at all as a means of embedding a sense of realism to the characters, but whatever.
I do admit its a bit funny to read some people here saying, "Well cursing is so juvenile, it lowers my opinion of anyone who uses it. Any mature adult would know how to deliver a point by adding prose to their language like we were accustomed to centuries ago. *scoff*"
It's a very childish outlook on the issue itself. Sometimes adding in a f**k drives a point home and sometimes it's not needed. An extreme in either direction is childish.
The extreme of not using profanity may be often unnoticed; sometimes depends on the writing or dialogue that is used in its place. And I am not certain, but I doubt the lack of swearing actually offends anyone....
It offends me because it shows a lack of care from the writers, and blatant ignorance of organic dialogue. People speak differently in different situations and vernacular changes in different time periods, and if "profanity" is used now, common sense would suggest it'll be around in the future as well. These words aren't new nor is their usage, time may have morphed them, but s**t is the same whether you call it that or offal.
If you think yourself erudite or sophisticated because you refrain from using it, then you're ridiculous. It makes you seem more detached from reality and people as a whole.
Adults curse, under duress, in the midst of laughter, in fear and in the grips of pleasure. This is an M rated game, if hearing "F**k you!" will diminish your enjoyment of the game then don't purchase it.
I'm also curious about the implications this kind of reasoning might have for any historical work of fiction that deals with racism or slavery. I would think in that kind of setting, as repugnant as certain words might be, we would want to push for historical accuracy.
Could you imagine watching Roots or Mississippi Burning and hear the racists or slave owners go, "Hey! you ner do well person of African descent, do what I tell you!" It doesn't help the work if the dialogue seems out of place. Actually few things can ruin a story like inaccurate dialogue can.
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