> "it's actually about scoring points" Right -- you can replace all of the humans with mechs, and the ak-47 with some sort of power-sapping stun beam (that dis

> "it's actually about scoring points" Right -- you can replace all of the humans with mechs, and the ak-47 with some sort of power-sapping stun beam (that disables, rather than destroying, the mech) and many AAA games would play just as well. There are people who seem to really like "ultra-realistic" gore instead of exploding robots or de-summoned cartoons, but that doesn't change the fundamental basis: most AAA games are about scoring hits against hitpoints, not really about violence.