Which basically renders the story after Deception completely moot.
GoW3 was pretty effing brutal...especially the Helios and Hermes kills. But yeah, what I've seen thus far of MK9 has been way more sickening.
I don't know about that. Whatever I've seen of MK falls in line with previous M rated games in the series, and they're just rendering more so you'll have a more realistic presentation. Ultimately, it's still cartoony M rated violence like say, NGII on the 360 or anime. Bloods and dismemberment en mass.
GOW3 has a dark and visceral presentation that's just downright brutal with no humour. Those two examples you mentioned were the worst, but it's not like other scenarios are any lighter in tone, like ulling a cyclops' eye or disemboweling a centaur. Doesn't help that Kratos is an asshole either
IMO the brutality of violence is directly related to how much of it is shown on screen. I've seen dozens of men shot in painful places by action heroes across the years. But compare that to Saving Private Ryan and say that seeing the aftermath of that carnage doesn't hit home so much harder. The key difference between MK9's level of violence and say, MKII's (which was the darkest before this) is that we can see much more realistically the bodily reactions of our foes as they're dismembered. It's not just a comical scream that continues long past when it should...it's not the same exaggerated motions as in MKD even. These kills are much less comical, you should be able to see that.
These kills are much less comical, you should be able to see that.
IMO the brutality of violence is directly related to how much of it is shown on screen. I've seen dozens of men shot in painful places by action heroes across the years. But compare that to Saving Private Ryan and say that seeing the aftermath of that carnage doesn't hit home so much harder. The key difference between MK9's level of violence and say, MKII's (which was the darkest before this) is that we can see much more realistically the bodily reactions of our foes as they're dismembered. It's not just a comical scream that continues long past when it should...it's not the same exaggerated motions as in MKD even. These kills are much less comical, you should be able to see that.