While this is true, please remember that research like this is age dependent what is good for a relatively advlt person will not always be equally good for a younger one. The younger the child is the less distinction is made by him between gamin behavior and behavior outside the gems - when we are children games are not outlet, they are a way to learn. For an advlt person it is not so, and letting off steam through violent games have a positive effect.
The age at which violent games became more of entertainment and less of an important part of life that lets you learn how to react to your environment is different for all people, and it takes someone who actually knows the child or young man to tell if it's ok for them to play certain kind of games. That is why parents decide what games they should buy.

Where do you live? The rating might not apply to your country.

Being an advlt is fun!

When we were younger a buddy of mine wasn't allowed to play 18 rated games, so either one of my other friends or I would lend him a copy, once we where done with it ourselves of course! If you have a friend who likes the game, organise a game-night round their house and confince them they want to play a different game and let you play their copy.

I live in belize. Central America. but i am english. so my parents look at pegi ratings. oblivion was a 15. so i was allowed it. im quite sure that as long as it is only violence and language i'll be able to get it. my brother was my age when mw2 came out. and he managed to convince my parents then. btw COD FAILS

I'm sure there are ways around this if you get creative. I bought a 80,000 volt tazer off ebay when I was 14. You don't have to be 18 to walk into a bank and get a money order....

My parents let me play all games even if it is 18+ and i am 15

If you were able to play Oblivion, then you can play Skyrim =) just one question though... When did you start playing Oblivion? When it released? How long after the release, aka what year did you start playing it?

I actually find it pretty sad that there's posters on here flaming the OP or suggesting its a bad thing to have strict parents. That tells me that these people, who seem to insinuate that they themselves are advlts, are not all that grown up and haven't yet been faced with "the real world" -- or if they have, they have a pretty poor view of it.

OP -- Good on your parents. I don't mean that to talk down to you, you should be very happy to have them. A lot of people grow up awefully twisted and full of themselves because of parents that let them do as they please.

My suggestion would be to WAIT until the game came out and watch for REVIEWS -- preferrably from a source reputed to be for parents, like commonsense.org. IF the game starts getting decent ratings and reviews that discuss how the ratings may be jumping the gun (which is often the case, thnaks to legal issues), or how the mature issues aren't THAT mature, you may want to share those reviews and sites with your parents and ask them to reavulate the game. Or even ask one of them to watch you play it, or view those play-along videos on YouTube that shows gameplay.

yea, don't anticipate it being anything less then an M, or 18

that officially makes you cooler than all of us

rather than being upset about the age rating, you should be extremely thankful that your parents actually parent you. Try to get a busy social life and stay healthy and in the future you will thank your parents for raising you so well.

It was already expected by many fans to be an M. Oblivion got re-rated M after the ESRB found out that it was more violent and gory than they originally thought. I personally enjoy that is will likely be an M rating, because Bethesda should not be holding themselves back. Its not as if they were aiming for an M rating, but they were aiming for Skyrim to feel gritty, and that's difficult to do with a T rating.

Won't be any major foul language.

Pretty sure the word "damn" has been used quite a bit in the games though.

M, or Mature rating, is "technically" 17+, not 16. As for sixual themes... There probably will be promiscuous bar wenches and/or dunmer. There usually are.

Skyrim doesn't look to add the violence to the sequel so, tell your parents that it is the sequel to Oblivion, and it is only a fictional fantasy adventure.

That is why I am glad I am a College sophmore!!!!!!!!!! I can get anything I want, except for legal alcohol!

A good suggestion that deserves being repeated. The most mature and sensible way of dealing with the issue.

Man, i could not imagine strict parents, I was rented robocop when I was 9, my mum used to rent me jean claude van damm movies when ever i wanted and any game i could afford I could buy...that just svcks ass bro

You'll have to take that up iwth your parents. Honestly, the same thing hapened to my best friend. The dude at wal-mart said to his mother "Ma'am, in all honesty, it's just some animated blood, and the "nudity" part is just cause you can strip down to your skivvies when you have no armor or clothes equipped. Nothing big. It's fine, especially for a 15 year old."

Try to take a spin off of that, if you are going to (respectfully) discuss this with your parents.

Hey I know this may be considered thread hijacking to some people.... but I have a question.

Assuming the ESRB rating is going to be M, I am only 15 and have already pre-ordered Skyrim. Parents aren't a problem they are actually excited for me. Would I be able to walk in and buy it with my dad standing next to me (clearly giving me permission) or would my dad have to go in on his own and buy it for me because I'm under age?

Thank you~

yes, you're allowed to watch your dad buy you skyrim, im glad i was able to give you such joyful news. :celebration:

Too bad. We here at the forum give you 5 years to grow some more! ^^

Great! I was really hoping that would be the case Thank you!

Haha. I'm 14, so I made my brother pre-order it for me.

And yes, it is going ti be PEGI 18, no doubt.

My Dad used to be pretty strict too, but he loved Daggerfall so he never had a problem with TES

It will probably be the same rating as Oblivion was..

Just plead for her to realise that this is the ONE game you want to get, and that it only contains a little bit of blood. Show her some of the more friendly gameplay videos, read some of the more friendly reviews.