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David said:
Psychonaut said:
David said:
Psychonaut said:
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Facts? Just play the damn game and you'll know what it's like. It's no worse than something like the Metroid Primes or Zelda: Twilight Princess.
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even if i played the game, my opinion still wouldn't matter.

and I played Halo on PC once or twice at school about five years ago, and Halo 3 a bit when it was released with a friend. I didn't really understand why it's so wildly popular, but then again, it was mainly just dicking around.

the esrb rated the game M due to blood, and realistic/detailed violence (since sci-fi isn't really realistic, yet)
the esrb rated metroid prime T, most likely due to the lack of realistic violence (by which i mainly mean blood, and that your enemies all either asplode into balls of light, or just disintegrate)
rating on the newer zeldas is T, IIRC (not counting the DS ones), for fantasy violence, and maybe for comic mischief.
the esrb rating is the only real fact that you can present when saying that a child should or shouldn't be allowed to have a game, your/my opinion means nothing.

the parents are the ones who must interpret the "facts" of the esrb rating system, and come to their own conclusion as to if the game is suitable for thier children.



let me reiterate for you david.

tl;dr, your, mine, or anyone elses opinion, bar parents, will mean nothing if all that they are based on is playing the game.

the facts are what is contained in the game, and how the game has been rated, not how you or anyone else thinks the game should be rated.

the only exception is the parents of the underage children, who ultimately make the decision, and make or break the ratings existence.
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Cool.
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frozen.
 
My aunt started being a parent with a rule against toy guns for her son. This rule made him only want one about 100% more... and even treated things that weren't "guns"as them, aka Sticks and tinker toys and whatnot. By entirely restricting a genre with rules like this, you only give it a forbidden fruit angle. It is part of why underage drinking happens, it is part of why illegal drugs still get sold.

If a kid wants to play a rated M game, trust me, he will find a way once smart enough, and sometimes you don't have to be that smart at all...
 
Sporge27 said:
My aunt started being a parent with a rule against toy guns for her son. This rule made him only want one about 100% more... and even treated things that weren't "guns"as them, aka Sticks and tinker toys and whatnot. By entirely restricting a genre with rules like this, you only give it a forbidden fruit angle. It is part of why underage drinking happens, it is part of why illegal drugs still get sold.

If a kid wants to play a rated M game, trust me, he will find a way once smart enough, and sometimes you don't have to be that smart at all...
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which is why parents are the only thing that can stop/enforce this.

kids have to have a parent to get it, and going to a friend's house who does have it = plan failed, but if everyone gave half a crap about their kids, they wouldn't be playing the games unless they felt it was acceptable for them to.

yes, making it forbidden is more or less putting it into a "do want" position, but that doesn't mean that the kid will get it, if the parents are smart enough.

but eh.
 
Modern Warfare has taught me how to use a P-90 and how to Balistic knife a taliban. NO EDUCATION HMMMMMMMM?
 
How about no one gives a damn on ratings and just plays the *censored.3.0*ing game? Enjoy life why dont ya.
 
Its not like you'll actually rob a bank or steal a car. People are stupid but in order to mirror events in games you have to go full ******
 
Oraki51 said:
How about no one gives a damn on ratings and just plays the *censored.3.0*ing game? Enjoy life why dont ya.
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My 6-year-old brother is playing Halo, MW2, etc.

he just turned 6. hmmm

He's too scared to go upstairs at night to sleep now, he also lays games with zombies and crap :L
 
David said:
Pear said:
Tyeforce said:
SSgt. Garrett said:
They have a fine rule already.

No getting M rated games without an adult, whats wrong with that!? <_ <
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Because not all adults are responsible. Today, I sold Halo Reach to two little boys a mother of two little boys who couldn't have been a day over 7. >_>
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Dude, have you ever actually played Halo? It's not bat at all, the only rated it it M because they knew marketing. If it was inaccessible to many people, they'd want it even more. It's rated M for Blood, and Violence. Call of Duty 3 was rated T for Blood, Language, and Violence.

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-reviews/halo-reach

Ignore the super conservative review in the beginning, look at the parent reviews in the comments section.

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How is it a bad game at all? There's barely any blood.
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Totally agree with you, anyone can play Halo. Tye just hates it cause it has the M rating on it. Ignorant douche.
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Well it appears violent games doesn't have negative outcomes.

Just Halo makes you mainstream enough to actually use the word "douche" as an insult.

B)
 
I think the system is fine as is.

I wouldn't buy my little kid an M-rated game. But if it get's the parent's approval then it's parenting at fault there, not the system.
 
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