Don't care.
In my country this rating doesn't play significant role anyway.

edit: completely agree with MythicalCreatures777.

Some people may say that marriage is some kind of finishing move, but...

Other 18+ products: http://www.thetoyshop.com/media/toyshop/products/Playmobil/Zoom/367862.jpg, http://www.mattel.de/images/pr/N4970_01xl.jpg and http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/lego_bride_groom_30k.jpg.

I voted D.

I don't care about ratings, never look at them once when I buy a game. The only useful rating is your own judgement.

You should have to be a gamer to rate games. I swear, the people giving out the ratings are too far out of the loop to be competent.

If ESRB or a similar entity didn't exist, then violent games would just be sensored entirely, or outright banned. Some form of ratings bored is necessary if video games are to be protected as a form of media that can safely include mature content. And the only joke here is the notion that somehow we'd be better off without a ratings bored, it's not like ESRB keeps you from playing the game, all it does is tell us if a game is suitable for children or not, and it's ridiculous to say that's a bad thing, not all parents want their children to see blood, gore and six, and if they actually pay attention to it, a rating for video games or other media can be used as a guideline to help them decide if they're willing to let their children play a game or not. If no such things exist, then they can accuse video game companies of distributing aimulated violence or six to their children, which they can still do with the existence of ESRB mind you, but as long as a video game rating system exists, we can use this to defend the violent video games and tell those parents that if they don't want their children playing such games, they shouldn't be buying M rated games. But if you take ESRB away, then they're complaints become justified because the video game companies are still distributing such content, and yet then, no warning is given that not all parents necessarily want their children to play the game in question. Gamers should be grateful for the existence of ESRB, if anything, because as long as it's around it can justify the production and distribution of violent video games by showing that not all games are simply children's toys.

Although I agree that it's kind of silly that nudity is seen as worse for children than violence, but that's a completely different subject as it has to do with the actual standards by which the rating for a game are decided, not with the validity of any attempt to classify games based on what age groups they're appropriate for.



How is marriage contributing to the M/18+ rating? :confused: Last I checked, acknowledging that *gasp* people get married doesn't automatically make something unsuitable for children. I mean I've seen children's movies in which marriage is referenced.



And what do you do when you've never played a game before and don't know enough about it to really know what kind of content to expect from it? You can't apply your own judgement to somrthing you don't know about, and by the time you do know about it, it may be too late.

six simulation games are 16+ :wink_smile:

Hmm, a M game with E10 as target audience? :whistling:

I remember there being a suggestion somewhere that strictly numerical or age-based ratings should be gotten rid of and instead the type of potentially offending content would be listed on the front of the box like it's currently listed on the back or in the manual.

It's RP because the esrb rates it after the game is finished. That's just how it works.

Saves time and is simple. But I don't think we'll be seing that any time soon, if at all :homestar:

Blood and violence equals M for mature.

Yes it's a known fact. All teenagers are torturing and murdering people and none of them are doing anything sixual or related to mammalian glands or other body parts.....or atleast that's fox new's approach.

I'll take your word for it. I don't have my original copy of OB (the "T" rated one) and the oldest copy I have doesn't have the nipble texture so Beth must have replaced the actual asset located on the disk.


I can't see anyone over 18, especially a parent, thinking the ESRB is stupid. When I was under 21 I thought the legal drinking age was stupid too.

The ESRB isn't stupid but it's current rating system is. Slight nudity (Something any human will see in their life) is considered "M" and murder and killing is considered "T" (Think of the children! briast will ruin them for life!!! But yes murdering people is perfectly acceptable)