The Mortal Kombat franchise is an extremely gory and gruesome one, with the developers coming up with all sorts of creative ways one could pull off a fatality. In fact a recent fatality compilation video had us cringing at just how gruesome things could get in the game, especially with its brand new graphics.That being said it seems that despite the violent nature of the game, the developers at NetherRealm have a line that they will not cross. Speaking to the folks at GameSpot, NetherRealm’s head Ed Boon talked about the violent nature of the game and how there are times when even they think they might have taken things too far.
“Oh yea, yea. Every game, we have these brainstorming meetings, and…somebody will suggest something and it’s more of a gut feeling that, you know, that’s a little too far. I think every single game, [there are] those discussions where, you know, everyone’s trying to push the envelope, but there’s always a line that you never want to cross.”
We can’t be sure what those lines are, but considering that some of the fatalities involve pulling out entrails through the mouth, punching a hole through the body of your hapless victim, popping eyes, slicing bodies in half, and etc., we have to say that the line has to be pretty far.
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