The [i]entire[/i] Lord of the Rings series, books and movies, would like to have a word with you. That is one of the greatest epics written, has darkness, violence, and death, but not one ounce of profanity nor explicit violence simply because "it's gritty." I could read LOTR to my future children and the worst I would be worried about is scaring them with a part featuring a giant spider.
If anything, the LOTR's story feel seems to be what Bungie is shooting for: A world with hope.
To say that the ridiculous overuse of profanity is a [i]necessity?[/i] Oh, come now, surely we haven't fallen this deep into societal degradation. Battlefield 3 was [i]ruined[/i] because every single multiplayer character cursed like a fourth-grader who just learned what curse words are, and it didn't make the game more "realistic" or "gritty" in a war game.
Destiny will be what it will be, and to demand that it must strive for an "M" rating simply to cater to your tastes discredits Bungie's work.
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Have you ever wayched the Funker videos of helmet cams in iraq/afghanistan that are on youtube? soldiers-especially ones in a firefight- swear profusely. it's not to be childish or vilgar (well, maybe a little vulgar). it's to release stress. profanities- no matter how frequently used- have a very theraputic effect.
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Edited by Crimson Thomas: 10/7/2013 11:16:41 PMI never denied that soldiers in real-life scenarios swear in live firefights. Yes, I have watched plenty of those helmet cam videos. Regardless, Destiny, nor any game for that matter, needs profanity to be "authentic," or drive the "hardcore" point home to make it good.
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oh, I was just talking in terms of battlefield 3.
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Edited by Crimson Thomas: 10/7/2013 11:40:48 PM[quote]oh, I was just talking in terms of battlefield 3.[/quote] Fair enough, I completely respect that viewpoint. Even for that game, I disagree with its implementation. Having played the Battlefield 4 beta where DICE has removed all profanity from multiplayer characters, I can say (at least for me) that the gameplay still had that great intense affect without it.