Rated E for Everyone

[Titan]

If PSU had been rated E instead of T for Teen, what difference would that make?

[Galax]

It wouldn't exist, perhaps?
I'll stick to Harvest Moon for Rated E.

[Tawon]

It would not matter because who out there believe that ratings on games make any difference... say a game Rated M for mature right.. well a parent buys it for their child, problem solved. There is no strict enforcement on the ratings because there are so many parents out there that do not care so ... would not make a difference.

[Positive]

Does japan even have a rating system?

[DeathDragon2332]

Yes they do. A B C D and Z they also have a system based on difficulty too I think.
A=All Ages
B=Ages 12 and Up
C=15 and Up
D=17 and Up
Z=18 and Up

[VexedEyes]

It wouldn't matter, online interation isn't rated.

[Keilyn]

Ratings work on a "Minimal" aspect which pisses me off.

The way it works is that if a game has one scene that is Teen (or like a movie, PG-13 scene), the entire movie or production is given that teen rating. In short you play a game that is 95 - 99% PG and the rest is PG-13.

Whether people thought it was "Good" or "Horribly Bad."

When the new Conan The Barbarian movie was released and I saw it I was happy that for the first time in a long time a rated-R movie was actually a RATED-R movie. Practically every scene in that movie was a rated R scene and it wasn't some "PG-13" movie with some 2 minute rated R scene that would force the whole movie to be judged as an R rated Flick.

When I write or do anything creative, if its given some rating...I make sure its based on "maximum" rather than "minimum."

For PSU it won't make a different. Release any Mature game and watch every minor out there who likes shooters or RPGs go out and pirate, hijack or buy the game.

[Titan]

I'm guessing PSU falls into the minimal aspect. I don't remember anything that stands out apart from an E rated game. Even PSO had blood spill on the ground when killing an enemy that is now toned down in PSU. Maybe the offline cleavage enhancer. The online content is obvious with it visible panty and man ass loin cloth.

[EvilMag]

Believe me, there is a lot of games that I question why is it E rated.

Look at Majora's Mask.

Ocarina of Time had blood and was E rated (Though they changed the color to green in later versions that and removed the chanting in the Fire Temple's music.)

[Keilyn]

Believe me, there is a lot of games that I question why is it E rated.

Look at Majora's Mask.

Ocarina of Time had blood and was E rated (Though they changed the color to green in later versions that and removed the chanting in the Fire Temple's music.)

Its the shift from comic-relief violence and gore to focusing on the actions of life-like, digital characters that in each generation are closer to real people, and thus closer to having the same exploitation possibilities as people.

Things from Naked females, Sexual Themes...Character Intention and Attitude go father than the animated violence we see because those are the characters we play as. The characters we view the story from...

You and me know what is "right" and what is "wrong" but there is a danger in the attitude of the hero of the story. If you aren't past the age of knowing heroes aren't always the model character, a kid might think the actions, themes, and nature of the character are just and "right."

...and why shouldn't we think like that? We play the game from the point of view of that character and they allow us into that world...and we aren't just the audience, we are the player.

So the focus is much stronger on the influence a hero or villain has on the player.

There once was an April Fools Day joke where a "video game" ad was created that had a 100% naked girl running around with weapons applying to sexual themes too. In just a day since the trailer release, about every major women's rights group and activist group along were attacking it and many parents were trying to keep their kids away from the said game...News Broadcasts even had the "fake game" and it fooled many. ^_^