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Checkout this pic I found on marvel.com. Apparently the Punisher originally had "a toy gun", but for some reason they took it out before the release :(
http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/...f2d9f267e3.jpg
http://marvel.com/images/804314.Litt....videogame.107
NUUUUUUUUUUUUU
/sadface
Quote the Hulk all you like!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonaolst
Yeah, what StealthyHawaiian said.
Dang nabbit!! >=(
"Omg oh noes dis away from da cuteness of lbp dis are bad!"
No, you are wrong.
They've always said "No Guns" for LBP to keep it family friendly and as far away from every other game as possible.
Of course they made a concession with the MGS pack - & that's why that fires harmless paint rather than lethal bullets.
A toy gun would have been nice for so many costumes... but *shrug* oh well.
As macnme said, Im sure they had to remove because of ESRB difficulties. Tis a shame, as Im sure many players would love to have that as a costume peice.
I guess we still have the car parts, right? :p
^^What he said^^Quote:
Originally Posted by StealthyHawaiian
>:(
So no one would've noticed and no one would be mad(der?) If you hadn't posted this...
You know, sometimes announcements are better off not told m8. ;)
:p
Why can we burn, electrocute, and tear-gas Sackboy then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Macnme
:SH:
Sackboy's... a doll? I dunno. :p
Personally I can survive without the gun. Don't know about everyone else.
another misleading advertisement by MM.
:)
(make sure it meets PEGI regs before advertising it :))
Remember kids:
Guns are bad but pirate cutlasses are a-OK!
If you want to be a mindless zombie and not be aware of real issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverleon
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Originally Posted by Jillian
lol, I'm just saying it would make no difference to anyone if you knew this or not. XDQuote:
Originally Posted by midnight_heist
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I just imagined a sackperson holding thatAK-47gun and the paintinator at the same time...
GUNS AKIMBO LOLZ NOW WIF REAL GANS!!!1eleven
So, just to clafiry for everyone....
Swords, Spears, Sai & Cutlasses are all ok... presumably because you have to garrote someone up close and personal with those weapons, rather than unfairly shoot them from a distance.
And you can burn, electorcute, gas, drown and explode your sackboy - because it's cute... but no shooting him ok?
And you can also dress him up as mass murderers from history like Genghis Khan ;)
I hope that's clarified why we aren't allowed toy guns :p
You have any idea how many kids have accidentally shot themselves?Quote:
Originally Posted by Macnme
Its not to laugh...
In words, guns have killed more people, specially YOUNG people this last decade than all the others combined, so yeah, still wondering why?
And yes I know, it may seem overdoing it not placing a plastic gun in the game, but they're trying to attract younger people to guns the least possible.
Yes, I agree, some costumes would;ve been better/ cooler with it, but do keep in mind the massive number of small children playing the game.
I think not having access to guns, i.e. no gun in your home, would be a lot more effective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverleon
On topic: Meh. Maybe they scrapped the gun because it looked ridiculous when he was holding a paininator.
Media Molecule are (or were) a British company... we do not have the same gun control issues as Gun Crazy America.
And how many children were killed last year by Toy guns?
Precicely Zero.
Now look at the games market and tally up the amount of shooters released - or games that contain an element of shooting - why is it so taboo for MM to join in (the most crowded gaming genre)?
An easy way they could get around it - call it a water gun... problem solved.
It's the same trick they used with the Paintenator (and don't try and tell me *that* hasn't been used as a gun by the LBP community)
The difference between an average shooter and LBP is that LBP is a game for 7+ people, where Im pretty sure most shooters are 18+ or atleast Teen rated.
I personally wouldnt want 7 year old children learning that guns and fun.
And I cant possibly imagine why people who are old enough to use guns would want a toy gun for LBP anyways. <,<....
P.S. Im pretty sure someone died last year from a toy gun. Some kid could easily swallow and choke on any kind of toy.
The standard fair military shooter - sure that's 18+ ;
But an alien invasion game - doesn't Toy Stoy 3 even have laser guns from Buzz LightYear? so no, not all games that contain shooting elements are over 18 - alot are U rated.
And if you "cant possibly imagine why people who are old enough to use guns would want a toy gun for LBP anyways" then all I would say is - Imagine harder.
I can think of SO many costumes that would benefit from having a cool looking AK or Assualt Rifle or Pistol.
Now because it's LBP - they wouldn't be 'usable guns' (we'll let the community make their own - which they do in their 1000's) - they'd be cardboard cut-out guns... just like a child who uses a twig and pretends it's a gun.
We already pretend that the paintenator's a real gun - so I don't see the conflict with releasing a fake costume gun.
Edit: There is NO choking hazard from a 'virtual' toy gun --- loosen up :rolleyes:
Im pretty sure you can put a toy gun in a game, and it will remain E 7+,Quote:
Originally Posted by grayspence
MM doesn't want to take the risk. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Snrm
Theres no risk, you just gotta run it through with ESRB to make sure, but i have played a E game with a toy gun i believe it was on Sega dreamcast :oQuote:
Originally Posted by gdn001
Neon eyes for females, finally!
Yeah, doesn't the toy story games have toy guns?Quote:
Originally Posted by Snrm
Toy Story 3: The Game does. You can see it in the trailer.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazeAlec
Though a gun is more dangerous, a weapon is a weapon. We already have hazards where sackboy can get burned, electrocuted, disintegrated in gas, or vaporized in plasma. There are lethal knives, buzzsaws, and shuriken. Media Molecule has already put out references like the night club in that one meerkat story level. Numerous story characters are half-naked. The recurring pattern of violence and weapons in story mode include the moon ray gun in the Marvel levels.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverleon
Is this ok for an E-rated game? I personally think so, but that's another topic. I just think a plastic-looking gun costume part shouldn't be that much of a concern considering all the other things in LBP that ESRB watches out for. It even has the orange tip like a BB-gun has.
Venom's tongue is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Rogar
Id be more okey with a gun that kills you than a gun that is harmless.
There's a difference between something that looks like a gun and something that looks like a Tube of Toothpaste shooting paint, If you get my drift.
The problem is that it looks like a gun and is harmless, because it teaches you that a gun is harmless, which is not the case. :o
It would be cool to have it in a game, but I can see the logic in why its not ^^
This is true, I remember playing the story and wondering how they got away with meerkats going up and down on a pole XDQuote:
Originally Posted by Incinerator22
According to tvtropes.com, that's called "Getting Crap Past the Radar", and may not work everytime... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Snrm
Well, in everyone's defence, Kids do know what guns a for. Are you telling me that you never had a plastic gun as a toy, even when you were very little?
And what exactly was happening at the beginning of the level Boom town? Now tell me that's not suspicious!Quote:
This is true, I remember playing the story and wondering how they got away with meerkats going up and down on a pole XD
:p
"Oooh, come're you lovely skeleton!! You're so hunky..."
... D:
/runs
Why is this even a problem?
sure it be fun to have it but is it really needed?
you could... i don't know... just make a gun out
of decorations etc like a lot do :o *mew
don't know about you but some of the user hand made guns
are really awesome, a DLC is not much needed,
we'll live without it im sure.*mew
You can make anything with LBP tools genereally, but having it as actual DLC is always 100x betterQuote:
Originally Posted by fumetsusozo
True , but also true is user made costumes can beQuote:
Originally Posted by Snrm
more cute sometimes,
like I really love the patch work doll look
and the idea that are sack people go around
and pick things up and put stuff on them selfs
for costumes, but however some stuff just looks
better professional, AKA Sonic costumes...
it all depends on the skills of the person
like sure i never used stuff like the horrible lion wig
for sonic but everyone else did, though i did have to put
up with white quills :/ but yeah sometimes the home
made look is better, other times its not, *mew
i my self would not mind a gun DLC, but its not going to
happen so no point getting upset about it
also i like the patch work doll made looking guns. *mew
Ohh now cmon! They could've atleast of added a orange cap on the end of the gun!