I'd have to say at least fifteen or sixteen, though it would be best if you were the required age. It does kinda depend on the game sometimes, but not that often. Also, game developers make mature rated games because it's the people over eighteen who have jobs and thus the money needed to buy the games. Also, when game developers make a game that's rated M for Mature, they intend for the game to be played by adults.
would it be better to seperate the ratings. Like saying this is rated "M" in violience but is rated "E" in language and in Sexual themes its rated "T". that way you know exactly whats in the game so a parent doesnt blindly buy Gears of War and wonder where their kid learned f*** and other things.
I think some M games are stupid for being M. Halo 3 was rated M, and it said for Blood and violence, Language. I can understand the language, but the blood? There was only blood when you went into theater mode.
Alchohol is also a stupid reason to make something an M game. A kid will more likely be exposed to alchohol by their parents drinking some wine than through A game like Red Dead Redemption.
It really depends on the game. Its seems that some games are over rated, like guitar hero, witch is rated T. You would think it would either be E or E10.
Alchohol is also a stupid reason to make something an M game. A kid will more likely be exposed to alchohol by their parents drinking some wine than through A game like Red Dead Redemption.
Some newer games are rated E10 and they have alcohol.
Hm, I think that having to be eight-teen to buy // rent a 'M' rated game is kinda of harsh, but being the age of elven?! Hell no.
There is a reason there is this whole 'being of proper age'. I don't think a child needs to be playing a game about sex, or has very sexual themes.
Now, for the other gory blood crap. Eh, I don't think it's has bad.
But still, kids can still play some 'M' games that are just a little gory. They can go to their 'rents and ask them to get it for them. Or some other adult.
I think the age of six-teen should be when people can start buying // renting 'M' rated games.
i played halo when i was 10 and it is fine. There is so much going on in school and on TV that M rated games can be played by 6 year olds.
Yeah, except some M-Rated games are WAY worse than others. For instance, my parents STILL won't let me get Red Dead Redemption because of all the sexual themes in it, and I'm 13. Halo isn't that bad, it only has a few curses in the campaign, other than that it's perfectly fine for a 10 year old other than some blood. My first T-rated game was when I was seven... I think. The game was Star Wars Battlefront. Oh yeah... that game was f***ing awesome. My first M-rated game was when I was about 10 or maybe 11. My parents didn't buy it for me, they bought it for my older brother (who had to have been 14 or 13). The game was Tom Clancey's: Ghost Recon (1). That game was WAY to hard for me back then. But now, I can probably beat it in a blink of an eye.
I played God of War when it first came out when I was 12. So I think it depends on the kid. I personally could handle the blood, gore, and nudity even at that age. I don't think parents should be so uppity about what kids see or play. My parents certainly weren't, obviously. Thinking back on it, it would have been terrible if I had missed out on games like that. Those are the types of games that really got me into gaming. So I say it's not ESRB that needs to change, it's the parents that need to stop going by what ESRB says, they just need to evaluate the capacities of their children. By the way, kids know what blood is. They've gotten paper cuts before. I say blood should never be a deciding factor in whether a kid can play a game or not, rather it should be the kind of violence that made the person bleed.
im 1 1. most of the games i play are M. sometimes AO. it depends on the child. i mean, i play REALLY violent games and thats fine with my parents because they know that im smart enough to know that its just a game. i mean, you dont see me walking around killing everyone.
