Guerrilla Games’ Mathijs de Jonge has talked about that most common element of first-person-shooters, the swearing.Killzone 2wasn’t shy of an F-Bomb, butKillzone 3is restricting itself somewhat to keep the curses more impactful.
“InKillzone 2we ended up with too much of it,” admitted the director. “The thing about swearing is that it’s highly effective when it’s done right, and inKillzone 3I think there’s some swearing but if feels a lot more impactful. It’s at the right times. In total, I think there’s seven ‘fck you’s and one ‘motherfcker.’ I think that’s fine.”
There was a bit of dialogue inKillzone 2in which two characters say “that big motherf*cker” one after the other and it sounded so absurd as to be almost a parody of “gritty” game swearing. I do thinkKillzone 3has improved it, though. Every time Malcolm McDowell drops a Big Eff, it actually carries some weight, and is quite amusing.
I’ll be honest though … I only took this story for the headline.
Killzone 3 interview[Edge]
