Are “mature” games actually mature?

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Qwark said:

Gaming by itself isn't mature so no. Some games are just only suitable for a mature audience because of violence, sex, gore and other dark themes.

Adults also play games - they just tend to use different toys

Gaming is not a sign of maturity, or lack thereof.

Violence, sex and gore are just visual themes in most video games, but how they are handled by them most often actually lacks maturity. Dark themes in general tend to be taken more seriously by the developers and thus being also presented in more of a mature fashion to the players.

Violence and gore are often presented in such an over-the-top fashion it's hard for me to take anything even halfway seriously and just looks silly to me. Sex is often presented in a way to titilate 12 year olds at best, and the way to get there is often ridiculous (giving gifts to them to make them fall in love with you, for instance)

Games which truly tackle mature themes in a mature way are rare, I really wish there would be more of them.

I do agree to the reason as to why the games are rated as mature though. The imagery is just not really suitable to most under a certain age. However, I do think a single age gate is not the right way. There should be a description on what's actually inside the game (like sex, violence, alcohol, drugs and so on) and how far these themes are pushed. From  there, one should be able to judge if the game is truly for oneself or not