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Gamer_of_the_Year on 16 May 2012
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the_dengle said:
Gamer_of_the_Year said:

I say that for a myriad of reasons.

1) It's Naughty Dog's FIRST Rated M game. Groundbreaking, can't wait to see what they do with the limitless range.

2) It's a HORROR game. Which means the horror can be taken to the FULL EXTENT and NOT HOLD BACK. Which is a GREAT THING.

3) It means the themes and motifs are going to be EXTEMELY mature. And I for one have adored the mature experiences Sony has giving me this Gen ala Heavy Rain.

This game is going to be brilliant. Without a doubt. 


1) Still don't see what the big deal is. You seem to imply that a developer is somehow restrained when their game is rated less than M, but that is not the case.

2) Yeah, it's a horror game. Which makes me wonder why people seem surprised it wound up being rated M. That's practically a given.

3) The ESRB doesn't rate games by their "themes." It's pretty clear just from the couple of trailers we've seen that the rating is due to language, violence, and likely frightening or disturbing images, courtesy of being a horror game. Likewise, mature themes are not exclusively found in M-rated games.

4) Yes, it's going to be brilliant. It's Naughty Dog, after all. :P

1) LOL! If you don't see what the big deal is...fine, that's YOUR opinion. But you're in the minority I promise you. Being a fan of Naughty Dog's for years and seeing them gradually progress from a company making GREAT but cartoonish platformers that are RATED E for their entire Playstation existence....which has been a great existence for them and now seeing them leap from Uncharted which revolutionized video game graphics and presentation to a now fully fledge mature experience in nothing short of an EVENT for any Naughty Dog, Sony, or GREAT GAME fan.

2) It has ELEMENTS of horror but ND has said the main focus is on emotion and character (Ellie and Joel) and not the horror. I am Legend the movie isn't Rated R it's PG-13 (the virtual equivalent to Rated T) and have you ever heard of Plants vs Zombies lol....there's a zombie game not Rated M.

3). Again, you missed the point. I'm not saying it's Rated M because of it's themes. But since THIS IS Naughty Dog and they have proven to be story and character driven game makers, the fact that it's Rated M gives them a limitless canvas to explore all sorts of things you couldn't in a Rated T experience in more graphic, real, and intense ways. How you don't understand that is BEYOND! me....haha

4) Duh...lol