360fanboy11
May 20th, 2008, 18:13
Filed under: News (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/category/news/)
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Sometimes it almost feels like people are trying really hard to start controversy where there isn't any. Arizona's KTVK-TV is the latest in a long line of videogame fear mongering by warning parents of the horrors of the 'meat shield,' according to Game Politics (http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/05/20/meat-shield-new-chainsaw-attack-prompting-gears-war-2-controversy).
Citing a Yahoo!Games report detailing features in Gears of War 2 (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/tag/Gears-of-War-2/) KTVK-TV warns, "A popular video game for the Xbox 360 is getting a sequel this year - and it seems to be raising eyebrows with its level of gore and detail ... The game certainly attracted attention for its realistic visuals and battle scenes, but caused some pause when game designers showed off a new attack players can use in the game."
The report continued to warn, "Players can pick up the corpses of fallen enemies and use them as a "meat shield" to protect themself from enemy fire as they engage in battle from behind the corpse."
As good as Gears 2 looks, calling it's visuals realistic is like saying E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/) is based on a true story. Are we really resorting to hyping-up hate for a game months before it releases?
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Sometimes it almost feels like people are trying really hard to start controversy where there isn't any. Arizona's KTVK-TV is the latest in a long line of videogame fear mongering by warning parents of the horrors of the 'meat shield,' according to Game Politics (http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/05/20/meat-shield-new-chainsaw-attack-prompting-gears-war-2-controversy).
Citing a Yahoo!Games report detailing features in Gears of War 2 (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/tag/Gears-of-War-2/) KTVK-TV warns, "A popular video game for the Xbox 360 is getting a sequel this year - and it seems to be raising eyebrows with its level of gore and detail ... The game certainly attracted attention for its realistic visuals and battle scenes, but caused some pause when game designers showed off a new attack players can use in the game."
The report continued to warn, "Players can pick up the corpses of fallen enemies and use them as a "meat shield" to protect themself from enemy fire as they engage in battle from behind the corpse."
As good as Gears 2 looks, calling it's visuals realistic is like saying E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/) is based on a true story. Are we really resorting to hyping-up hate for a game months before it releases?
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