Poll of the Day > How violent does a game gotta be before you'll vomit in disgust?

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We need to go grosser!

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Logical Journey of the Zoombinis

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I haven't yet so no idea if a game can make me vomit in disgust.

Gore doesn't gross me out. I've been around plenty of giant pools of human blood and done numerous dissections of multiple animals.

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some of the death and kill animations in the last of us part ii are fucking NASTY. like I would actually just reset the checkpoints from the pause menu instead of watching some of the animations cause they were so gory and brutal

Actually I find that the less violence a game has, that when the violence does happen, it's more shocking/disturbing.

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idk, i'm weird - i don't bat an eye at blood, gore, etc basically ever, but a well-timed jumpscare will freak me out for days

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Gore is more tacky than anything else. Like a 13-year old's idea of what it means to be edgy and mature.

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my body knows the difference between life terrible things and fake ones

I know this because I have a habit of getting light headed and even passing out if I see massive real life injuries

ReggieTheReckless posted...

my body knows the difference between life terrible things and fake ones

I know this because I have a habit of getting light headed and even passing out if I see massive real life injuries

I've been covered in blood before, but I find bone extremely icky in real life - it freaks me out

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No limit
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xjayguyx posted...

I haven't yet so no idea if a game can make me vomit in disgust.

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Gore or violence won't do it. Circumstances dealing with excrement, rancid food or spit bottles could make me vomit IRL, so if those could be portrayed cleverly and realistically enough in a game, then maybe...

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papercup posted...

Actually I find that the less violence a game has, that when the violence does happen, it's more shocking/disturbing.

it's the same in any platform

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Fictional violence, horror, and gore isn't real so it doesn't bother me.

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How the hell should I know the answer to that question?

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Manhunt was bad, but for some reason Clive Barkers Jericho and The Darkness seemed worse to me.

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Not much

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zebatov posted...

Manhunt was bad, but for some reason Clive Barkers Jericho and The Darkness seemed worse to me.

Level 3 plastic bag baby!

I love gory violence in games don't care for it irl though.
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I'll never get disgusted from violence, however i came close to vomiting when i was young while playing Silent Hill 2.. there was this part where you hear someone violently vomiting and look for him until you see him a toilet.. the sound of that vomiting was too much..

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I doubt that's possible for violence, although maybe for gore or something? idk, I've never vomited after watching anything so I don't have a real benchmark.

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Another take: I find it silly when people on reddit complain about lack of NSFW tags on pictures of medical procedures / of the human body. Like, sorry you have a sensitive stomach, but there's nothing "NSFW" about a medical procedure.

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I throw up at the slightest drop of blood. I throw up so much that I start throwing up blood myself and throw up even more. A viscious cycle that end in me dying.

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This made me laugh.

https://i.imgur.com/2DmDlfp.jpg

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Clench281 posted...

I've been around plenty of giant pools of human blood and done numerous dissections of multiple animals.

You got some hobbies we need to be concerned with, son?

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Fictional gore doesn't really mean anything to me.

I used to watch CSI when they'd be talking about how someone's body liquefied after having been stuffed inside a bag for months, and then they poured out this black viscous goo with a few bones in it, and I'd be eating my dinner at the time with not a moment's hesitation.

I'm not sure it would actually BE possible to make a film or game that would gross me out to a degree where I'd feel physically ill. The only sort of thing I can even remotely think of was the eye-cutting scene in Un Chien Andalou, and that just kind of makes me a bit uneasy.

Though that kind of ties into the sorts of things that DO tend to squick me out - actual things that my brain knows are REAL. I find the sort of shows with knee surgery or open-heart surgery to be more shudder-inducing that gallons of artificial blood or gore could ever be. In the same vein, the only thing other than either sickness or alcohol that's ever led me to come close to vomiting in my entire life is strong "wrong" smells (like rotting animal carcass or feces).

So, I suppose until gaming either gets so immersive that I can literally be playing without being aware that I'm playing, or they add smell-o-vision that blasts me with week-old skunk roadkill, games will never cross (or even come anywhere near) my vomit threshold.
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Enemies body parts basically exploding in Fallout 4 and New Vegas kinda icks me out. I forgot if Fallout 3 has that.

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Clench281 posted...

there's nothing "NSFW" about a medical procedure.

so you think employers are cool with people looking at borderline-gore on the job?

Ya, real life is pretty NSFW... I think I'd vomit at a simple pimple removal

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

so you think employers are cool with people looking at borderline-gore on the job?

If you're going to go that route, ANYTHING that isn't work related would be classified as NSFW, just because your employer doesn't want you doing non work related tasks. And that obviously isn't how it's used. NSFW is typically applied to pornographic material that would be inappropriate even if you were on a break/your own time on the job.

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Far-Queue posted...

You got some hobbies we need to be concerned with, son?

working at a blood bank and teaching human anatomy and physiology lab

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I've never vomited in disgust over visual things. Smells on the other hand can get to me.

zebatov posted...

Manhunt was bad, but for some reason Clive Barkers Jericho and The Darkness seemed worse to me.

Manhunt isn't that bad. Manhunt 2 was fine too. Shame we will never see a Manhunt 3.

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Clench281 posted...

If you're going to go that route, ANYTHING that isn't work related would be classified as NSFW, just because your employer doesn't want you doing non work related tasks. And that obviously isn't how it's used. NSFW is typically applied to pornographic material that would be inappropriate even if you were on a break/your own time on the job.

so you think employers would be cool with someone watching amputation videos on their breaks?

doki doki literature club level of violence

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

so you think employers would be cool with someone watching amputation videos on their breaks?

I think employers should be fine with an employee watching medical procedure videos on their breaks, yes.

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okay but I mean its still pretty NSFW

most people are not into seeing peoples insides

Fazeo13 posted...

Level 3 plastic bag baby!

I love gory violence in games don't care for it irl though.

The garrote was the worst because you could then toss their head around as a distraction after you had removed it.

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That eye bit in Dead Space 2 was pretty fucky


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No level of violence has ever been "too much" for me in a video game.


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GTA5 had a moment or two where I seriously asked myself "What the hell is this psycho shit?" and felt a little repulsive about what I was doing, but I can't say anything has gotten me close to puking.

I've never felt even a tinge of nausea at seeing anything so I couldn't tell ya.

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