Exactly - we've got an adult rated game in which the character is an criminal who can kill innocent people with a flame-thrower, beat police to death with baseball bats, get "serviced" by hookers and then kill them and take the money back, etc, etc...
But, allow a little simulated nudity and sex and there is an outcry. The hypocrisy is ludicrous. No 10-year-old should be playing this game. That's why it is rated 17+ in the US, 18 certificated in the UK. But if parents allow their child to play this game then, given the rest of the game, I can't see that some content you can only gain access to via a mod is the problem.
Entirely agree on System Shock - the sequel was competently done (although the frequent breaking of weapons drove me to distraction). Many of the later levels simply felt like a run from A-B in a half-life style (all other entrances and exits conveniently blocked by debris).
The original system shock did a phenomenal job of creating a living-breathing space station, with believable areas and rooms. It felt like you'd dropped into a nightmare set on a space station, not like a specially designed obstacle course for your character.
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Exactly - we've got an adult rated game in which the character is an criminal who can kill innocent people with a flame-thrower, beat police to death with baseball bats, get "serviced" by hookers and then kill them and take the money back, etc, etc...
But, allow a little simulated nudity and sex and there is an outcry. The hypocrisy is ludicrous. No 10-year-old should be playing this game. That's why it is rated 17+ in the US, 18 certificated in the UK. But if parents allow their child to play this game then, given the rest of the game, I can't see that some content you can only gain access to via a mod is the problem.
Entirely agree on System Shock - the sequel was competently done (although the frequent breaking of weapons drove me to distraction). Many of the later levels simply felt like a run from A-B in a half-life style (all other entrances and exits conveniently blocked by debris). The original system shock did a phenomenal job of creating a living-breathing space station, with believable areas and rooms. It felt like you'd dropped into a nightmare set on a space station, not like a specially designed obstacle course for your character.