Sooo... Why is dark souls 2 rated T?

[F0X]

Dgc1808 said:

F0X said:
For the same reason why Ace Attorney 5 got a M rating. The ESRB knows what it's doing.

Sometimes I think it's like a review team; game A goes to Mike, he does what he thinks; game B goes to Serra, she goes with how she's feeling that day, and so on.

Naw. They get together and discuss each game, then the winner of the mandatory Mario Kart competition decides which rating gets applied. Of course, since only one person is allowed to represent each proposed rating, some employees will lobby for substantially lower/higher ratings just to get a chance to play. And upon winning, the employee will make a more logical ratings determinaton, albiet not remotely based on the results of the earlier discussion.