The gorehounds over at Flicker Gaming have singled out this screenshot of Gears of War as the pinnacle of next-gen gore. It's certainly plenty great. Note the syrupy spurts of blood; the huge chunks of grey matter flying through the air. Flicker Gaming enthuses:

So, with each new generation of consoles, we have received better and better graphics. I just picked up this screenshot from Gears of War and I just have to ask: is this gory enough? It's about damn time we finally see some increase on the grotesquery in games, and this is a great way to go.

Is it gory? Undoubtedly. Is it gory enough? Absolutely not. I envision a level of butchery in my games that would cause our nation's constabulary of Jack-Thompson-protected children actually turn inside out into mindless, hedonistic goblins of blood-and-offal soaked carnage.

A good start would be someone finally realizing American McGee's original vision of Quake, in which he claimed that you would be able to cut off an opponent's head with your rusty axe, then sodomize the moist, spurting stump. Compared to that, this Gears of War screenshot looks like lollipop playtime in Snugglepook Land. Of course, you have to start somewhere. Florian Eckhardt

Is this gory enough for you? [Flicker Gaming]

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