| Immortal said:
Civilization games are generally rated 12, I think, putting them in that ambiguous category. I think the vast majority of history-based strategy-ish games along the lines of Civilization and Age of Empires are in the same boat. GT - and the sports genre as a whole - is admittedly an exception. And, honestly, I've seen 7-year-olds playing Minecraft. On their phones. Unless they've really lowered the standards, like hell is that hardcore. I definitely agree with Rol's point as well; this rule works much better on the other end. |
The only Civilization game that is 12+ is the 5th part... and only in Europe. All the other games are below that. Then there's The Settlers, Dodonpachi, R-Type Final, Tyrian, Mushihime-sama... should we exclude shoot em ups as well?
Now the system determines if the game is hardcore or not? And what's the problem with the age? The extra muscles you get when you grow up won't make a difference in a videogame. Kayane (yes, a girl) was a semi-finalist in the Soul Calibur 2 World Tournament when she was 12 (or 11... I can't remember well). And D21Lewis' daughter who is 11 years old probably have beated more hardcore games than you and me combined.
Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Hatsune Miku, Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles and Umbrella Chronicles... and then we have lots of simple games with girls that are T-Rated... it is easy as well the other way around.
