Comments on: Bayonetta: Too Risqué? http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/01/08/bayonetta-too-risqu/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jerry http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/01/08/bayonetta-too-risqu/#comment-239677 jerry Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:53:55 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=16697#comment-239677 Just want to say this has genereated a great comment out cry. Good topic! Just want to say this has genereated a great comment out cry. Good topic!

]]> By: apaf http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/01/08/bayonetta-too-risqu/#comment-239606 apaf Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:27:48 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=16697#comment-239606 "Absolutely, I would. This Christmas, my whole family agreed to go see Avatar together. If we were all sitting in the theater and half-way through the movie, there was a completely unexpected fetish scene where everyone started pissing on each other, I would go over to James Cameron’s house and kick his ass." Yeah but thats why it is rated PG-13. I would be pretty surprised too if that would happen in a movie with that rating. Bayonetta on the other hand has a M-Rating and the box says contains language, nudity and violence. Please just refrain from buying games you know you won't enjoy and don't destroy the fun for people who do enjoy them by calling for "hiding" mature stuff. “Absolutely, I would. This Christmas, my whole family agreed to go see Avatar together. If we were all sitting in the theater and half-way through the movie, there was a completely unexpected fetish scene where everyone started pissing on each other, I would go over to James Cameron’s house and kick his ass.”
Yeah but thats why it is rated PG-13. I would be pretty surprised too if that would happen in a movie with that rating.
Bayonetta on the other hand has a M-Rating and the box says contains language, nudity and violence.
Please just refrain from buying games you know you won’t enjoy and don’t destroy the fun for people who do enjoy them by calling for “hiding” mature stuff.

]]> By: JimmyMagnum http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/01/08/bayonetta-too-risqu/#comment-239592 JimmyMagnum Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:51:54 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=16697#comment-239592 that's not what I meant, but whatever. that’s not what I meant, but whatever.

]]> By: darrin http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/01/08/bayonetta-too-risqu/#comment-239590 darrin Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:28:26 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=16697#comment-239590 "What you identify as a problem, I see as something that makes Bayonetta unique" Agreed (although, I'd say it's more bad taste than a problem). That's why they make chocolate and vanilla. "Why not just find a different game to play?" Well, that's exactly what I did... I wasn't really hung up on this... My goal with posts such as this one is to entertain myself, the visitors on this site, and promote discussion. If you think you can do better, Tosh is always looking for more quality volunteer writers. :) Jimmy, There are no "mature" (as in emotionally/mentally developed) games? I disagree. First, many games are centered around reflexes or mental challenges rather than narrative: I wouldn't say that Tetris is immature. Movies, as an overall medium, definitely do a better job at delivering more range and quality of narratives, and characters, and dialogs. However, I would say there is some great stuff in video games as well. Uncharted 2 had great acting and dialog. GTA is filled with mature sarcasm and definitely caters to 30+ adults. “What you identify as a problem, I see as something that makes Bayonetta unique”

Agreed (although, I’d say it’s more bad taste than a problem). That’s why they make chocolate and vanilla.

“Why not just find a different game to play?”

Well, that’s exactly what I did… I wasn’t really hung up on this… My goal with posts such as this one is to entertain myself, the visitors on this site, and promote discussion.

If you think you can do better, Tosh is always looking for more quality volunteer writers. :)

Jimmy,

There are no “mature” (as in emotionally/mentally developed) games? I disagree. First, many games are centered around reflexes or mental challenges rather than narrative: I wouldn’t say that Tetris is immature. Movies, as an overall medium, definitely do a better job at delivering more range and quality of narratives, and characters, and dialogs. However, I would say there is some great stuff in video games as well. Uncharted 2 had great acting and dialog. GTA is filled with mature sarcasm and definitely caters to 30+ adults.

]]> By: JimmyMagnum http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/01/08/bayonetta-too-risqu/#comment-239589 JimmyMagnum Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:08:46 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=16697#comment-239589 going by the true definition of Mature, there's very, very few games that would hold up to that moniker. Off the top of my head, we got Call of Duty MW, WaW, MW2, Metal Gear Solid series and Heavy Rain. All of which have a more serious overtone (Heavy Rain also has nudity, but really nudity doesn't count toward mature content in a literal sense). Those kinds of games require you to have a more mature understanding, usually in a narrative and emotional sense. Most other games are made for thrills and immediate psychological response requiring little to no use of the mature thought process. I went to see some Bayonetta videos on YouTbe, it doesn't seem that bad and looks to be the style of the game. I've seen worse. I didn't need to see a naked senator on GTAIV's the Lost and the Damned or the unneeded sex scene in Ballad of Gay Tony lol. Both of those could have simply been implied to have taken place. I just think that the Mature rating has basically blurred the line between AO and M games, coming to the point where the AO rating will never be used in cases where it should. going by the true definition of Mature, there’s very, very few games that would hold up to that moniker. Off the top of my head, we got Call of Duty MW, WaW, MW2, Metal Gear Solid series and Heavy Rain. All of which have a more serious overtone (Heavy Rain also has nudity, but really nudity doesn’t count toward mature content in a literal sense). Those kinds of games require you to have a more mature understanding, usually in a narrative and emotional sense. Most other games are made for thrills and immediate psychological response requiring little to no use of the mature thought process.

I went to see some Bayonetta videos on YouTbe, it doesn’t seem that bad and looks to be the style of the game. I’ve seen worse. I didn’t need to see a naked senator on GTAIV’s the Lost and the Damned or the unneeded sex scene in Ballad of Gay Tony lol. Both of those could have simply been implied to have taken place.

I just think that the Mature rating has basically blurred the line between AO and M games, coming to the point where the AO rating will never be used in cases where it should.

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