Munkay,May 6 2006, 09:16 AM Wrote:How does everyone feel about this? Am I correct in minimizing the gore-content, or does it truly exceed the typicall Teen rated game?
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It doesn't likely affect anyone here. Maybe some parents that don't game themselves, but given the average age of gamers being something like 35 now, and if they don't game themselves they won't likely have a rig capable of playing Oblivion, a few million units already sold, the change is really a moot point. Many non US societies (European, South American, Japanese for a few) are also generally more accepting of nudity anyways. So nipples, even though its on the disc but not but not unlockable in-game (requires a mod/hack), doesn't even affect their social norms.
However IMO, in terms of blood and gore, I've honestly not seen much of it. Definitely not Bloodrayne or Horror splat splat spurt spurt console game level. Actually, the only body parts that fall apart are the stone elementals, the rest of the bodies fall down whole and uncut.
Did Bethesda got away with selling more with the teen rating, it may be possible, but given average game age factor and social norms of non US buyers, it doesn't seem likely. A great number of Oblivion buyers were carry-over from other TES games too.
The mature rating change is fun to chat about, but doesn't honestly affect most buyers and players of Oblivion.