Was this year's E3 too violent?

[Jeremy]

Was E3 2012 too violent?

Assassin’s Creed 3 director: “We’re probably not putting our best foot forward”

[Kryptyk]

Better on your screen than out on the streets.

When people can actually show a direct correlation between video game violence and mass murdering psychopaths being influenced by them, then I will start to think that hey, maybe there is something to it. At the moment, they just make it fit the other way around - oh noes these kids shot up the school, they played evil games and listened to metal, those must definitely be negative influences that turned them in to psychos! Bullshit. Bad parenting and / or genetics turned them in to gun toting savages long before any animated form of entertainment came along.

If you make a good enough game that it doesn't have to rely on violence to be successful then kudos to you. But just take a look at what sells well and what doesn't - your market dictates what kind of game is going to make you more money!

[Xero]

Too Violent, Too Fast, Too Sexy, Too Boring
Who Cares?
Anyone wasting their time trying to delve into the subconsious of gamers to the extent where they are concerned that our fragile personas will be upset by seeing some pixels rip the face of some other pixels should perhaps direct their energy to a more productive past time

[DCWarhound]

I kill things in games for fun,if i ever were to go on a killing spree in real life then it would probably be when i'm fed up with the people on this planet (currently stable,thankfully).

If i were ever to go on a killing spree i would start at one of the ANC gatherings.

[Memee]

I don't mind violence in games, I actually expect it to be violent in FPS games and the like. What has got me irritated is when they started adding violence into the general arcade style car games like NFS.