Computer games get a lot of negative reviews for being “too violent,” but like it or not, many of the important and memorable video games are filled with blood, guts and machine gun fire. Video games have been shocking people with violence since the 1970s, when games were limited to simple arcade games. Since then there have been many violent racing games, violent shooters and fighting games like Mortal Kombat. The proliferation of gaming consoles and computers are only increasing in popularity.
Below is a rating of bloody fighting games, open world crime games such as Grand Theft Auto, violent games of other genres and, of course, DOOM.
1 Mortal Kombat game series, 1992-2016
No other game series (except perhaps GTA) has caused as much outrage and protests from country authorities as Mortal Kombat. And not without reason – Fatality, Brutality and other finishing opponents in these games are always brutal and excruciating. The main line of games in the series is a fighting game with one-on-one duels. The classic games, as well as their updates were made in 2D. With the release of Mortal Kombat 4 the series goes to 3D. Since 2011 there was a re-release of the series. In the new games added more blood, broken bones and brutality.
Genre: Fighting
2 Manhunt, 2003
The game is a stealth horror with third-person action elements. The player has to move through different locations, completing his tasks, which usually boil down to the fact that the player needs to get somewhere, kill someone or get something to further plot progression. To fight enemies, the game provides the ability to hide and sneak up on them.
Massacre of enemies is carried out in two ways: direct contact and silent killing. In the first case it is much more difficult to kill an opponent, because the main combat system is sharpened on stealth kills: the player misses too many blows and cannot hit from too great a distance, however there are moments in the game where the player has to get into a fight or a firefight. Quiet kills are called “executions.” There are three types of executions: fast (white pointer), brutal (yellow) and brutal (red). The longer the attack button is held, the more brutal the execution will be. Each execution differs in both speed and brutality (which is the main point for which so much criticism has fallen on this game). Executions are carried out with a variety of weapons, but only with bladed weapons: firearms will simply be used as intended. Conducting more gruesome executions gets you a higher rating, which affects the content that opens up for the passage, victories in hand-to-hand combat are also given a high score.
Manhunt 2 was released in 2007.
Genre: Snuff, Stealth action
3 God of War series, 2005-2013
In God of War you play as Spartan general Kratos, being ambushed by huge army of barbarians and already feeling the cold breath of death, Kratos asks Ares for help. Ares agreed to take Kratos as a servant in exchange for his life and victory in battle. Receiving the famous blades of Chaos from the hands of the God of War, the warrior began to wreak havoc and destruction across the land at his master’s command. But soon the treacherous god forced Kratos to kill his own family. The ashes of his wife and daughter’s bodies forever stained the Spartan’s skin white, for which he earned his nickname, the Ghost of Sparta. After committing such a terrible crime, Kratos decided by all means to take revenge on Ares. To do so, he must brutally kill many enemies standing in his way.
Genre: Action/Adventure, Hack and slash
4 Silent Hill Game Series, 1999-2012
The creepy, gothic artistry of the Silent Hill franchise is undeniable, the creators of these games came up with such nightmarish, gory imagery that people still remember these games with horror. Silent Hill is a series of computer games in the survival horror genre. It is one of the most famous and popular horror series in the history of the gaming industry. The early games of the series belong to the brightest representatives of the genre, which to a great extent determined its development.
Most of the games in the series are set in the fictional town of Silent Hill. The series was heavily influenced by horror literature, particularly the psychological horror genre. They stand out among the earlier survivor horror titles because of their colorful, layered storylines and dark, frightening atmosphere and the fact that the characters in the Silent Hill series are not action heroes but ordinary everyday people. In all, over 7 million copies of the game were sold worldwide.
The basis of the Silent Hill concept is what we call the subjectivity of perception.
Another important component of the concept is the idea that any emotion is a kind of energy. Negative emotions have the most powerful psycho-energetic potential. The peculiarity of such energy is its property to be absorbed into space, objects and buildings. In the game, the city of Silent Hill absorbed a huge amount of it, due to the fact that many people suffered and died there over the course of decades for various reasons. This reserve of “dark” power affects everyone who happens to be near the city. And if a person under the influence of the city, keeps in his soul hidden sin – the power accumulated in the city, instantly affects him, and all the fears of man will begin to take conditionally material form, drawing before him the most realistic and most terrible visions.
In different parts of the game we are shown in a variety of ways – visual, aural, musical and otherwise – what forms people’s distorted perceptions can take. This includes the images of in-game “monsters” drawn by the subconscious of the characters, as well as the strange puzzles of the game, which are only fictional obstacles related to the desire of the creator of this subconscious world to limit the freedom of the protagonist.
Only Part 1 and Part 3 are directly related to the story, but the connections and references of the later games to the earlier ones are present throughout the series.
The basis of the game’s universe is the desert city of Silent Hill, which has the property of bringing to life the subconscious dark impulses of people who have fallen within its confines.
Genre: Survival Horror
5 Resident Evil game series, 1996-2017
A perennial candidate for this top is the Resident Evil series of games. Its members remain some of the bloodiest and most shocking games released to date.
Resident Evil 7: biohazard is a first-person horror game developed by Capcom studio. The game is set in America, four years after the events of Resident Evil 6. The story tells us about young man named Ethan, who goes to abandoned and gloomy mansion to find his lost wife.
Ethan Winters receives a message from his wife, Mia, who has been missing for three years. His search leads him to an abandoned house somewhere in the town of Dalvey, Louisiana. Exploring the house, Ethan discovers that it once belonged to the Baker family, also missing under mysterious circumstances. After a while, he finds Mia locked in the basement. Attempt to get out of the house turns into a fight for life for the hero, as his wife is possessed by some force that turns the girl into a monster. Along the way Ethan receives a call from a certain Zoe who tells him to leave the evil house as soon as possible. His plans are ruined by Jack Baker, who forcibly takes him and Mia to the main house. There Ethan sees the rest of the family: Jack’s wife, Marguerite, their son Lucas, and an elderly woman. Circumstances allow the hero to escape his shackles, but Jack is still in his way, following the hero everywhere and invulnerable to attack. At the cost of incredible effort Ethan manages to defeat Jack and get out of the main house.
Genre: Survival Horror