this....the way it worked in fallout was terrible

actually the chance of dismemberment in battle is slim to none
you really cant chop off humans head just like that.... and even a chain mail is enough to protect your body from dismemberment in most occasions.

do some resewarch on the matter and you understand why dismemberment isn't so real

There is violence and blood. Heads don't really fly off in melee combat. It just doesn't realistically happen unless you are trying to make it happen, even then it would only really work if your opponent were lying on the ground and you took an axe to them. The over the type gore you're talking about doesn't actually happen in real melee combat (except on very rare occasions or if done to purposefully mutilate enemies after a battle) and I don't see why it should happen in the game, either. The idea that guts and gore and limbs coming off actually happens all the time in real combat is just a video-game and movie trope.

Ha ha no, getting your throat slit/head shot is a insta kill. having your body parts severed will lead to death quickly but they still feel all the pain for at least 15 seconds and back then having your arm chopped off usually meant death beacuse it could be infected and death would be dragged out.

exactly and skyrim is a video game

cause if we want to throw around realism and and all that I can pretty much say that dragon skin is thick as hell and you can't even scratch them with swords or arrows unless u hit the weak spot (open mouth or something)

and I don't want fallout crazy gore I just want gore plain and simple, if I have a deadric katana and I swing it right something is gonna fly off no matter what :thumbsup:

exactly people could get their "fix" that way and we dont have to eviscerate people/animals.

although skinning an animal red dead style wouldn't be so bad.

I LOL at you sir, beheadings in a finisher? first of all finishers shouldn't even be in the game and second they definitely shouldn't be a beheading, you should go and play god of war it's right up your alley :thumbsup:

already did

so lets list the finishing moves

stab opponent in the gut

.....

the end

Yes. Any problem with that?

It's as absurd as saying that headshots for snipers in a shooter game is "sadistic". Besides, calm down; it's a game, not real life.

help me :hugs:

they are only pixels, might aswell let people kill them how ever they want :shrug:

As far as "finishers" go, they do mean just a flourish, or animation, correct? Not some quick-time-event. As far as the appropriateness of beheadings in a game that's region is at least somewhat influenced by Scandinavian vikings, ask the 51 headless viking corpses they found at the Olympic site in Dorset, UK last year.

(P.S. I, personally, would still prefer decapitation to be a rare "treat", so to speak. See my "Vorpal blade" comment, above.)

I did my research:

"Pier Gerlofs Donia is reputed to have wielded a Zweih?nder with such skill, strength and efficiency that he managed to behead multiple people with it in a single blow. The Zweih?nder ascribed to him is, as of 2008, on display in the Frisian museum. It has a length of 213 cm (84 in) and a weight of about 6.6 kg (14? lb)."

In battle of Waterloo (1815):
"Soon after the cuirassiers had retired, we observed to our right the red hussars of the Garde Imperiale charging a square of Brunswick riflemen, who were about fifty yards from us. This charge was brilliantly executed, but the well-sustained fire from the square baffled the enemy, who were obliged to retire after suffering a severe loss in killed and wounded. The ground was completely covered with those brave men, who lay in various positions, mutilated in every conceivable way. "

"Ensign Gronow of British 1st Foot Guard writes, "Our squares presented a shocking sight. Inside we were nearly suffocated by the smoke and smell from burnt cartridges. It was impossible to move a yard without treading upon a wounded comrade, or upon the bodies of the dead; and the load groans of the wounded and dying was most appaling. At 4 o'clock our square was a perfect hospital, being full of dead, dying, and mutilated bodies."

Amazon has it rated as an 18

Although I'd imagine that's just a precaution for pre-orders..

What the hell is with you kids these days?

Kids? Or is it sarcasm? The game was meant for over 18, if I am not mistaken.

Not sarcasm.

Next people will be complaining about why we can't sixually assault NPCs in war zones. That actually happened so we should be able to do it! It's only a game and they're only pixels. That's realistic, right guys? :facepalm:

And if peeople say that no, this is pretty wrong and despicable, then I invite them to apply this same moralistic view to the dismemberment and mutilation of human bodies.

ha ha no buddy i mean in real life, I dont think you would cut someone's head off. Maybe multiple stab wounds or heavy blunt trauma but not decapitation. heavy gore dosen't fit in this type of game. maybe to undead or as a finisher, but not gears of war style.

Exactly in murder stories decapitation Rarely happens most people aren't that sadistic. again maybe as a finisher or to Undead but heavy gore and mutilation does not fit in this type of game.

sry double post

Gore is an optional feature is just about every game that has gore.

Nobody cares if you're glad, because you would have been just as glad had there been gore, but with a feature to turn it off.



Killing people is also terribly gruesome. You shouldn't be allowed to kill people, anybody who kills somebody in TES is sick!

Given to how popular deadly reflex mod was in Oblivion, I'm also surprised Bethesda implemented something similar to Fallout 3 but will not be using something similar for Skyrim.



What's with you people against dismembering? Sharp blades and deadly blunt weapons are known to cause goring and dismembering. I'm not asking for Fallout 3 level of gore and dismemberment, but at least have dismembering happen for Skyrim depending on several factors such as amount of protection/armor a character has on, limb damage levels, etc.

I, for one, welcome our new enemies who's limbs aren't held together with spit and scotch tape.

Yes great idea if there is a option to turn it off sure. I just don't want to be forced to see people mutilated.

I care a crap about what would you or anyone do in real life.

Besides, if you think you're "better" or "more merciful" by stabbing a man to death (which would probably mean a slow death until he runs out of blood) than giving him an instant death with no suffering by beheading him, please go pay a visit to your nearest psychologist.