Loud Mouthed Gamers: Speaking in an interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Patrick Bach Executive Producer of Battlefield 3 has given his opinion on how his game will be more mature than other games out there. "We are trying to do something that is more mature. Mature not being gore –some people confuse the two. That’s childish actually, to want more blood. I think games need to grow up a bit." Does he inadvertently call everyone that produces and plays games such as Gears of War childish?
Whether it comes through remakes or a new game with a similar style, DICE should aim to revive the glory days of Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2.
hmmm I think there will be no old BF glory days for EA since they are loyal to their greediness and laziness :D
You're asking for a miracle with EA that will never happen unless they can exploit the money making schemes behind it.
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"Technically when he says “I want games for grown-ups,” hes calling everyone that plays Mature rated games, which are only for those who are 18+, by legal means adults, children. Does that make you angry? Because it makes us annoyed."
That's a sweeping statement if I ever read one. I think the author is really taking a lot of what Bach is saying, too literally. Bach is alluding to the use of blood and voilence just for the sake of it. His comment stems from the announcement that you cannot kill civilians in BF3. That, understandably, could strike at the heart of any maturity BF3 is aiming for because it wouldn't really serve any purpose (unless the game was experltly crafted around collateral damage and the psychological affect it can have on soldies- which is not what BF3 is about).
Like I've said before, using blood and gore can enhance the experience in a game and help it become mature. It's just a matter of how you utilise it.
When you give players the option to do bad things, of course people will do them, not because they are bad people, but just to see what happens.
On topic: battlefield 3 will have serious tone without it going onto the area of bad taste. People who want mass destruction, also want non-stop chaos in the game (and maybe the choice to kill civilians also?). That's childish. The guys at DICE are trying to give you believability, think of it as a mix between The Hurt Locker and Black Hawk Down.
If Patrick wanted to actually make a mature game he wouldn't be pandering to the war genre itself so he's being just a bit hypocritical.
a storm in a teacup sure, but insulting your potential customers is never a good move i'd have thought.
but then i don't know what kind of bizarro world marketing school that guy went to where it's considered a good idea.