Gore level in the next Elder scrolls game : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:40 am

I hope they don't add the gore to TES like in FO3

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:20 am

I want to be able to wear my enemies intestines as jewellery, and use their heads as ornaments and craft armours out of their skin and bones. I want to be able to eat their insides and drink their blood. :drool:

Just kidding, I just want what many people have suggested, things like the spell effect damage and the slashes and stuff. I do find it quite unrealistic when I totally destroy someone with a warhammer and they look like nothing has happened, maybe reduce the wounds with the kind of armor they wear.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:12 am

The gore should be reasonable, but if it's really realistic then the health system would have to change too. Like if you got your arm chopped off, you wouldn't get it back with a simple healing spell.
Unless maybe, they could make it so you have to hold your arm in place while being healed, but you would have to start over if you get interrupted. It could get complicated.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:35 pm

The gore should be reasonable, but if it's really realistic then the health system would have to change too. Like if you got your arm chopped off, you wouldn't get it back with a simple healing spell.
Unless maybe, they could make it so you have to hold your arm in place while being healed, but you would have to start over if you get interrupted. It could get complicated.

Well, Argonians should be able to regenerate arms (or other limbs)... right?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:48 am

I'd like to see a realistic level. Not excessive, but gory where realistically it should be.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:29 am

I hope the gore isn't overdone. I've never understood the appeal for that, it's just seems a bit childish to me and it's not the kind of game I want TES to be.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:38 pm

I'd like to see Oblivion level gore, nothing more. Some blood, blood that sticks to your weapon, is fine by me, but I really don't care for gore.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:33 am

I think gore should be in the game,just have the tone right...fallout was a bit over the top.
I would like to chop someones head off...impale them etc.....or watch them catch fire with spells etc...it would feel more immersive in my view.
But like i said "dont go over the top with it"..we should have more combat moves or finishing moves...after all oblivion etc is a brutal world...but do it tastefully,not like fallout.
Maybe have it as an option in game from : no gore,little gore,medium gore to high gore.
Let people choose

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:54 pm

NOBODY'S head flies off when they're shot by a BB gun.....

Sorry for being off-topic, but can someone's head actually fly off without a Katana or another sharp sword?
Maybe I'm not thinking right, but I can't think of anything that does that.

An exploding head with a Desert Eagle or SPAS, but no flying head.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:57 am

Sorry for being off-topic, but can someone's head actually fly off without a Katana or another sharp sword?
Maybe I'm not thinking right, but I can't think of anything that does that.

An exploding head with a Desert Eagle or SPAS, but no flying head.

If you slash a katana at someones neck and remove their heads from their body, their head actually does FLY off, pressure and blood are they participants to thank.

Edit: You'd be lucky if you can shoot someones head with a Deagle with all its recoil. :hubbahubba:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:24 am

I hope the gore isn't overdone. I've never understood the appeal for that, it's just seems a bit childish to me and it's not the kind of game I want TES to be.

My sentiments exactly. FO3-level gore would be distracting and feel out of place. I don't need to see limbs go flying, and especially against armored opponents it would just be goofy and take away from the immersiveness of the world.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:51 am

*shrug* You don't even want to know what I would like in terms of gore level......it would probably involve real life splatter testing and the mo-cap of how organs fly........so in short, I would like alot of gore, too much to most. I think the games are kinda pansy with gore as is, The Witcher was alright, still weak, my fav for gore is Soldier of Fortune 2, sooooo good, I remember shooting limbs off and there was veins and bones hanging out....then again that was a long time ago.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:18 am

Sorry for being off-topic, but can someone's head actually fly off without a Katana or another sharp sword?
Maybe I'm not thinking right, but I can't think of anything that does that.

An exploding head with a Desert Eagle or SPAS, but no flying head.

I doubt there are many guns that can decapitate someone that will leave the head whole, but there are other ways.

The neck, like the arms and legs are weaker at the joints. The sonic boom from an explosion will cause these limbs to fly off without actually pulverizing or atomizing the body. Obviously, there are also accidents like car wrecks and plane crashes. Also, if you give a body to much slack when hanging, the head will pop off.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:45 am

I just want it to be done realistically. Blood and gore yes, but done in a fallout 3 style? No. Decapitation could be incorporated, but it should be a rare occurrence.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:08 am

I'd also like gore so realistic it's scary and disgusting. Let's see someone's skull cave in after a sledgehammer hit :chaos:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:28 am

... NOBODY'S head flies off when they're shot by a BB gun.....

Its the radiation, their bodies were weaker.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:42 am

I hope the gore isn't overdone. I've never understood the appeal for that, it's just seems a bit childish to me and it's not the kind of game I want TES to be.

Agreed. Is it more realistic to see blood shooting out of your arm if someone hits it with a battleaxe? Yes, but I don't need to see realistic in that sense of the term. How about challenging quests or puzzles to figure out? You know... stuff that actually requires thought? The moment TES becomes a combat to combat game is the moment I stop playing TES. You want excessive gore... mod it in.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:30 am

If there is anything that I want there to NOT be in the next installment, it's stupidly large amounts of gore. I don't mind chopping an arm, or even head, off on a RARE occasion but more than that just makes me sick. I remember the moment I quit playing FO3 is when I caused every limb on someone's body to explode with a pipe, and then exploded their torso as well.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:31 am

Agreed. Is it more realistic to see blood shooting out of your arm if someone hits it with a battleaxe? Yes, but I don't need to see realistic in that sense of the term. How about challenging quests or puzzles to figure out? You know... stuff that actually requires thought? The moment TES becomes a combat to combat game is the moment I stop playing TES. You want excessive gore... mod it in.

Its all good & well saying mod it in.....what about console users?
Consoles have added massively to sales of morrowind,oblivion & fallout ( fact )...why should console users get the [censored] end of a stick?
Gore could be an option you turn on and off.....or have no gore,low gore,medium gore,or high gore...at least give people an option.
I dont want high rates of gore,but it could be done tastefully...& that includes head chopping etc,its more immersive in my opinion.
Your talking about swords ,arrows & destructive spells, not a tickling stick.
Just my view

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:03 am

I want to be able to decapitate people, and then have a little imp-like creature come along and kick the head away.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:44 pm

Its all good & well saying mod it in.....what about console users?
Consoles have added massively to sales of morrowind,oblivion & fallout ( fact )...why should console users get the [censored] end of a stick?
Gore could be an option you turn on and off.....or have no gore,low gore,medium gore,or high gore...at least give people an option.
I dont want high rates of gore,but it could be done tastefully...& that includes head chopping etc,its more immersive in my opinion.
Your talking about swords ,arrows & destructive spells, not a tickling stick.
Just my view

Exactly. I actually play TES mostly in PC but I get your point and do think that there should be high level of gore as it should be...maybe not FO3 style...but I do wish the gore level is just a bit above reality.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:35 am

I would love to see completely realistic gore, as in you get sliced with a sword on bare skin and it leaves an open wound that bleeds profusely (possibly causing death if not treated quickly) until you use a healing spell or potion, upon which it the flesh should knit back up.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:33 am

Agree. I actually already suggested that.

Swords and axes would slice through the flesh which would create a big wound that would keep bleeding, and so health rapidily dropping, until the the use of a healing spell or potion or visiting a medic of some sort (maybe shamans if the game is in Skyrim). This should leave nasty scars which would be permanent unless you saw a medic / shaman.

On the other hand blunt weapons would crush bones and leave bruises which would disappear in time.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:57 pm

Hi, I just wanted to know your guys opinion about the level of Gore in Elder scroll games.

In case you're wondering the older games (like Daggerfall and Arena) had some nice gore (For the time) and I was hoping the Elder Scrolls could maybe get a little more gruesome.

Your opinions?

the more gore the better in my opinion

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:26 am

Its all good & well saying mod it in.....what about console users?
Consoles have added massively to sales of morrowind,oblivion & fallout ( fact )...why should console users get the [censored] end of a stick?
Gore could be an option you turn on and off.....or have no gore,low gore,medium gore,or high gore...at least give people an option.
I dont want high rates of gore,but it could be done tastefully...& that includes head chopping etc,its more immersive in my opinion.
Your talking about swords ,arrows & destructive spells, not a tickling stick.
Just my view

I actually didn't think about the console users... it's a good point. I've never seen a game that was toggleable when dealing with gore. Honestly, I really don't get the love of gore. Part of the reason people get messed up in the head after being involved in war is because they see the grissley things that happen during war 1st hand. But you want to pay for it and are eagerly looking forward to doing it to someone (virtual or no). Something's not quite right with that.