Guild Wars 2

Just wondering if changing the game to a higher rating would have been beneficial to the emotional feel of the game. (Not looking at this from a business stand point but just to see if it would be more interesting)

Why? Well because I find it hard to see certain parts of the game as threatening or serious when the game cannot show the true horrors Tyria. Things like the nightmare court, Centaurs, the risen, and the combat just to name a few.

Story Examples:
There is an area where you can infiltrate an area that is part of the Nightmare court. They talk about torturing and breaking beings and you see simple things like some hounds that are imprisoned and it is explained that they are physically abused, but you never actually see any of this. Not even some cuts and bruises. (I have not explored 100% of the game so I don’t know everything about it)

Being able to see actual brutal destruction when you visit a town that was ravaged by the Centaurs. Not just a dead body but showing actual… err things that would better reveal how bad they treat Human captives or ones they have killed.

Showing the horrible experiments that the Inquest conduct so you can see how evil they can really be rather than just hearing them talk about it or seeing the aftermath (which is also toned down)
You can say that the risen themselves show what I am talking about but I mean more than just that.

Combat Examples:
I would feel more awesome as a Necro if I see the blood dripping when I bleed a foe and see them actually grasp for life if they are killed by my poison. (bad wording but you get my point)

If 100 blades kills your foe, it would at least show some blood flying in every direction.

If I am killed by a ballista, it should look like I was killed by a ballista lol

Oh, and ragdoll physics would be great. (Won’t affect the rating but I would still like that)

I know that this post may seem kinda confusing and all over the place but I just really wanted to get the idea out in the forums. It is just my opinion but I feel that the more grim parts of the lore would benefit much more if the rating jumped up a little.

Just a thought. When I hear some of the lore it seems like they really want to push out more mature ideas but they just can’t implement that into the game itself.

TLDR: Just try to read it lol