Author Topic: Who cares about game ratings? (Read 19116 times)

Ultima Shadow · « **Reply #45 on:** May 24, 2006, 01:35:37 AM »

Video games are meant to keep the gamers hooked/excited/having fun.

Movies are meant to keep the moviergoers hooked/excited/having fun.

Books are meant to keep the readers hooked/excited/having fun.

I don't think video games, books and movies are that different, personally.

Glorb · « **Reply #46 on:** May 25, 2006, 09:17:18 AM »

My criteria is:

Must be cheap
Must contain at least one of the following elements: Robots, ninjas, pirates, crajackings, zombies, airplanes or Mario

I have high standards.

smfan1085 · « **Reply #47 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:11:18 PM »

My views are as follows:

Games that are violent to a reasonable degree like the Lord of the Rings games are okay.

Games that are excessively and gratuitously violent, showing blood and gore mostly just for the sake of showing blood and gore, are BAD. Maybe not quite the "spawn of Satan", but not all that far off from it in my view. The same goes for movies.

Games with sexual content in them = always bad (as far as I know).

Disagree with me if you will, but that's how I'm going to continue to think.

Oh, and Lizard Dude: I don't think SushieBoy really meant "bland fun". I suspect his choice of words was just a little off.

Hirocon · « **Reply #48 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:26:53 PM »

Have you ever played The Sims or The Sims 2? In Sims 2 characters can engage in "WooHoo" (which is basically sex, though nothing graphic is shown) but if the player chooses they can refrain from WooHoo except between a married couple for procreation.

smfan1085 · « **Reply #49 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:30:39 PM »

I still think they shouldn't show it, even non-graphically. I just don't consider it appropriate for a video game.

I also don't like too much the way that, since there's an option for simulated sex in the first place, it's possible to engage in sex other than sex between a married couple for procreation.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #50 on:** May 26, 2006, 01:35:15 AM »

Killing someone if shown in a reasonable degree is okay

while

married couples having WooHoo is not appropriate for a video game about simulating a life?

YOU ARE MESSED UP

Ultima Shadow · « **Reply #51 on:** May 26, 2006, 06:26:32 AM »

Pwnt.

Anyway, video games were never really a kiddy thing. There were adult themed video games even in the Atari days, and just now people are getting angry about it?!?!?

MaxVance · « **Reply #52 on:** May 26, 2006, 07:44:28 AM »

In those days, the adult games couldn't show much detail. But now...

Let's just say that I hope there aren't any adult games on the Wii.

SushieBoy · « **Reply #53 on:** May 26, 2006, 03:18:15 PM »

Sorry folks, what I ment to say when I said "Bland Fun" was just fun that didn't include any violence or obsene scenes. Hey! that rymed!

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #54 on:** May 26, 2006, 10:21:41 PM »

Quote from: Lizard Dude on May 26, 2006, 01:35:15 AM

Killing someone if shown in a reasonable degree is okay

while

married couples having WooHoo is not appropriate for a video game about simulating a life?

YOU ARE MESSED UP

Seconded.

nensondubois · « **Reply #55 on:** June 16, 2006, 05:25:48 PM »

why"Ya'll" you make a poll out of this?

The Chef · « **Reply #56 on:** June 16, 2006, 05:41:58 PM »

Because it's a topic worth discussing.

nensondubois · « **Reply #57 on:** June 16, 2006, 05:45:42 PM »

{Sarcasm} sorry Bout' my southern grammer {Sarcasm} What i meant to say was why did you not make a poll out of this to begin with?

fuzzy · « **Reply #58 on:** June 16, 2006, 05:54:36 PM »

That statement failed to make any sense at all. Game ratings can be very important to some people.

coolkid · « **Reply #59 on:** June 22, 2006, 01:09:45 PM »

Is ESRB as important When a Mario Game or such is rated i.e. Super Smash Bros. Melee Rated T in ESRB Rules because in Japan the CERO rated it ALL Ages