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Review Sacred Underworld jollies GamerDad

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<A href="http://www.gamerdad.com/">GamerDad</a> has posted <a href="http://www.gamerdad.com/detail.cfm?itemID=2841">a review</A> of <a href="http://eng.sacred-game.com/index.php?subsiteid=1">Sacred Underworld</a>. They give it a <b>3.5/5 stars</b>, mention that there's no gory blood(because <a href="http://www.encoresoftware.com/">Encore</a> sucks balls), and so forth. Here's a clip:
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<blockquote>The only truly new things are two added characters: Dwarf and Daemon. The Dwarf is a male character, and the Daemon is female, and they each start at level 29 with a ‘kit' that you can't alter. The Dwarf is the prototypical burly fighter type, but the Daemon is a very interesting character. She is a creature who was driven from Hell and stripped of most of her powers. She is primarily a weapon-based fighter, but can transform herself to unleash greater destruction, and also use some magical powers. My previous character from the original Sacred was a Battle Mage, which was focused mainly on the fire and water disciplines, but always needed some melee capability. I had tried the Gladiator and found the direct combat to be tiresome after several hours. I was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable the combat was with the Daemon because her blend of melee and elemental powers are a very nice mix that made some of the more grinding dungeon crawls interesting. </blockquote>
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Well, that's only if you don't want to play through the original campaign at level 1. If you start from level 1, the classes are whatever you want them to be within the limitations of what that class offers. The <i>Daemon</i> doesn't have to really be a melee class.
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Now really, though, about that <b>T for Teen</b> rating crap. Notice that the uncensored version sold <i>very</i> well where it was offered. Meanwhile, the game kind of bombed in North America where the publisher decided to censor the violence. Sometimes cutting out some blood effects just to get in to big box retail outlets doesn't help sales, I guess!
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Sovy Kurosei

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I bet the Nintendo Kids will be saying that violence shouldn't be a part of a game and is completely unnecessary.

Then imagine playing Fallout if the mature and violence factor were on par with Mario 64.
 

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The whole "T" rating or less deal is completely over-rated. *Every* retailer carries "M" rated games. Hell, Walmart has *TV advertisements* for "M" rated games. I don't know who these publishers are trying to fool. I've yet to hear of a franchise that went from "M" ratings to "T" ratings and actually sold better. I have, however, seen one or two franchises that went from "T" rated to "M" rated and sold about 2X as many copies.

Anyway, I'm waiting for a hack before getting Sacred Gold, or I may decide to import it from the UK. Funny thing is, though, that even in Europe the game is rating 12+ (lower than a "T" rating), yet people say it is the uncensored version :?
 

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The United States ESRB is pretty silly. Sacred had dismemberment, pools of blood, and gibbing, but none of those were realistic and fairly cartoony. The dismemberment is just part of the model disappearing and replaced with a particle fountain, so it looked pretty goofy. The pools of expanding blood are basically like they are in Restricted Area. Same thing there. As for the gibs, well.. They're just monsters going POOF and being replaced with bouncing rib cage models and things like that. Nothing really special.

Don't get me wrong, I prefer all those things being in there. I just think it's silly Encore decided to cut those because they thought it would increase sales. Yes, Target and Wal-Mart have backed away from their "No Mature Games EVAR" policy in favor of making the purchaser show an ID for purchase. I even bought Restricted Area at Wal-Mart, so they definitely carry M rated games that aren't huge sellers.
 

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You poor stupid Americans. Thankfully in Australia, nobody cares about that crap. Hell, even ToEE was rated M15+ for "medium level blood and violance".
 

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I went into EB the other day and saw a game with a sticker warning that it had "Medium Level Themes".










































huh?

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And we do occasional get reactionary idiocy and product boycotts from retailers. I remember Big W refused to stock Regurgitator's Unit album, because it featured a song entitled "I Will Lick Your Arsehole." Of course, after it went double platinum and scooped a bunch of ARIA awards, I do believe they reconsidered their stance.

Besides, what's wrong with a bit of salad tossing between consenting adults?
 

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