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Samus Aran on 28 April 2015
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Aeolus451 said:
Samus Aran said:

Most M rated games are quite immature though.

Metroid Prime 2 and Majora's Mask 3D are some of the darkest games I've played and yet they're only rated 12+.

These games are more mature and subtle in their presentation than the majority of the M rated games.


Maturity is subjective and I don't trust your opinion on such a thing. 

Maturity is not being ashamed of liking the games/things you like, no matter what the target audience is supposed to be.

As a kid/teenager I was ashamed of liking DBZ because of what my friends might think. Now I don't care anymore. That is maturity.

That's why I can consider games like Super Mario 3D World mature. For starters, the level design is structured around a principle called kishōtenketsu - a four part structure of Chinese poetry (introduction, development, twist and conclusion). It's absolutely brilliant and this is not something a kid can pick up on. Something like that can only be appreciated by a mature person. Secondly, the final world can only be unlocked by collecting 3 green stars, one stamp and hit the top of the flagpole in every level. The final world is so hard that it's not designed for kids, but for seasoned gamers. I'm not saying a kid can't beat the final world, I'm saying it wasn't designed with them in mind.

So yeah, I don't care if you trust my opinion or not. The truth is, there's more thought put into an E for everyone game like Super Mario 3D World than 95% of the M rated games on the market.