Reading years of research into the effects of video games on children.

Kara_Jane_Adams wrote:

Reading years of research into the effects of video games on children.

So they don't have any effect either way? Fair enough, less to worry about then. I guess the adults playing it will be the ones to get the message.

People who shoot the baby should be made to watch all the cutscenes in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint as punishment.

that'll teach 'em

g.man

Yves Guillemot's statement to shareholders wrote:

"Q3 has been a disappointment, our games have underperformed, and we have been accused of breaking the Geneva convention twice: with Ghost Recon: Breakpoint and Just Dance 2020 for Wii."

Hmm not chat dross play though?

Game chat is cross play if you join my game party we can chat regardless of platform

Good man

Invite sent if you are staying on

Paul the sparky wrote:

Yossarian wrote:

Not really sure what you’re after here? Different genres are better suited for dealing with different types of themes. It would be as jarring to have an Arnie-style action flick in which the hero killed an innocent halfway through and had to process their emotions around that as it would be to have a drama where someone pulled out an M16 and start rampaging through the rest of the cast. Yes, video games can deal with issues like collateral damage, but an FPS is about as suitable a genre for doing so in as a Hollywood action movie would be.

Fair enough. I think it's fine to deal with it in a shooter as that's the kind of environment you're likely to see collateral damage, and if it makes the shooter kids playing CoD etc. stop and reflect a little on this type of thing then it's doing the job. Provided they handle it well of course, but it seems like they have here. I'm just having trouble envisioning a walking sim covering it, most probably because I don't play walking sims but also I've not seen any walking sims covering anything like this type of stuff before.

I think a 'walking sim' from the viewpoint of a journalist accompanying or following behind a military, witnessing the damage done could be really interesting. A bit like Generation Kill basically.

Reading through this, it strikes me that most of you didn’t bother to click through to the article (which is written in a manner that places more weight on the baby killing than any other innocent killing) or watched the YouTube video that is there.

If you shoot any non-enemy in the game, the screen fades immediately to black, with a message telling you not to do that. If you do it repeatedly, you get a message asking, “Are you serious?”

I know that some games disable the trigger, but that takes away the requirement to think about your targets. It’s a perfectly reasonable gameplay inclusion to force players to analyse what’s on screen, identify what is and isn’t a target, and exercise caution. If you blindly spray a room with bullets and shoot your colleagues, you get the exact same treatment.

And, guess what? It’s a fact that, when military units go into alleged terrorists’ homes, there are women and children in there.

Infinity Ward didn’t advertise this, afaik, they didn’t make a song and dance about it. Wesley Yin-Poole wrote a slightly misleading article with a click-bait headline. No, there’s not a special message for people who keep shooting a baby. There’s a general message for people who shoot any non-enemy.

If you’re going to get your knickers in a twist, at least find out what it is that you’re getting your knickers in a twist about.

I wonder how many under 18's buy this game and how much of the market they constitute? Quite a lot I should imagine, and that revenue is expected. In many industries I suppose that share of the market is much smaller and I doubt strict enforcement would be a worry, but in gaming a bet a few execs would shit it if they started coming down hard on it.

Is it okay to shoot hundreds of digital bad men, when some may have digital babies waiting for them at home?

For what it's worth, I find the choice of enemy in these games far more questionable than the baby. I gave up on the last one I played (2007ish) because it seemed pretty distasteful, with or without babies.

Hi forum. Not played any games for a few years. Can one of you kind nerds tell me if this is as good online as the hype is saying so and if I should buy it along with Red Dead? Will it be well nostalgic of COD:MW (the best video game ever made)?

Thank you.

Anyone playing the free to play mobile version of COD?

Euan wrote:

Hi forum. Not played any games for a few years. Can one of you kind nerds tell me if this is as good online as the hype is saying so and if I should buy it along with Red Dead? Will it be well nostalgic of COD:MW (the best video game ever made)? Thank you.

If you thought that about the original you’re going to like it. I was after another Blackout, it’s not that. Ground War feels exactly like Battlefield. Specs Ops is a bit sparse at the moment and so although they played down the significance of the PS4 horde exclusive it’s the best mode so worth it.