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Halo 3, Rated M.
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Modeps
Lifer
The blood in single and multiplayer is SO tame its almost pointless to have it there.
I didnt think that Truth's death was really bad. He got stabbed. I really dont remember any blood though in that scene.
Maybe they just gave it the M rating because Halo fans expect an M rating, and they knew that online people would be cursing a lot after I kill them.
I didnt think that Truth's death was really bad. He got stabbed. I really dont remember any blood though in that scene.
Maybe they just gave it the M rating because Halo fans expect an M rating, and they knew that online people would be cursing a lot after I kill them.
R Nilla
Diamond Member
I have a feeling most parents don't pay as much (if any) attention to the ESRB ratings as they should. They certainly could buy far worse games than Halo 3 for their children, however.
EDIT: Actually, the more I think about it the more I find it hard to believe that Gears of War and Halo 3 share the same ESRB rating. I guess they are equally violent, but Gears is far more gruesome.
bucwylde23
Diamond Member
the M rating didn't stop all the moms i saw in gamestop from buying halo 3 for all their young kids 😛 I doubt they even know about ratings on games..
The rating system for games is a little unbalanced. I feel that the M rating is handed out too often. Halo 3 is a good example. You simply cannot look at Halo 3 and then look at games like Manhunt 2 and say that they both even come close to comparison. The point of the rating system is to inform parents who are interested in censoring their kids. I feel that they need to raise the bar a little when handing out the M rating.
InflatableBuddha
Diamond Member
That's the official reasoning. In actuality, the ratings scheme is a profit-maximizing schema. This is the same phenomenon with MPAA ratings. There are a ton of R-rated movies out there - some with intense violence and gore and lots of swearing, others with only one f-bomb or boob shot. There is no consistency. What is consistent is how the movies are carefully crafted to earn a certain rating, sometimes at the expense of the creative content within.
No studio wants over-the-top violence or sex that earns an NC-17 rating - the movie will lose wider distribution and revenue. It will tank. Similarly, AO games aren't sold in mainstream stores, so game companies lobby hard for M ratings, even if they don't really deserve them (Manhunt 2 being a great example). So the game or movie is toned down just enough to earn the M or R.
Same deal with PG-13 movies, which can be overly violent or scary, but only contain one f-bomb. This avoids an R rating, which would exclude revenue from most of the teen population. You can bet that if game ratings were more rigidly enforced, there would be a lot more T-rated games, in order to maximize revenue.
Honestly, there's too large of a psychological development gap between 13 and 17, and I think that perpetuates these problems. A more effective rating scheme is PEGI, which includes 12+, 15+ and 18+ ratings (only 3 year gaps).
EvilComputer92
Golden Member
Halo 3 is nothing compared to Gears of War and Unreal Tournament.
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