Why are all the good games rated "M"?

[christiki7]

Because all games that don't use blood are kiddy, lets-ride-a-pony games.

Real games use (real) blood, that's why.

Dude, totally. I mean, people keep telling me what a great game Tetris is, so I tried it out. The blocks totally did NOT explode with blood and organs flying around when I cleared them! It sucks!

[small]...I may have burst my sarcasm gland here. Maybe I should see a doctor.[/small]

Yeah, puzzle games too.

My post was mildly sarcastic, but I did forget them.

"Beyond Good and Evil" and "Psychonauts". It doesn't have to be rated mature to be good it has to be good to BE GOOD. Any other rules you attach are about as accurate as "Praying to Zeus protects you from lightning."

Psychonauts. Possibly the BEST GAME OF ALL TIME. Seriously,now that I am mature enough to play those bloody, Mature rated shooters, I still find myself coming back to the campy, silly, funny, and gernerally great game tat was psychonauts. (though I still enjoy my share of blood 'n violence,) I'm glad someone apreciates the true great games.

 

[rathorn14]

Because an M game can pretty much have all the sex n violence we want.
Then when the do gooders cry "thing of the children" we can say "rated M, they wont play it unless bad parents buy it for them"

Bingo. The ESRB and ratings systems are our way of defending the gaming community and our games from ignorant finger pointing when the media blames video games for some mentally unstable persons' acts of violence and things of that nature.

 

[TheHitcher]

Because tits, blood and violence are all awesome.

Well to be honest, I wish parents would clamp down on their kids. When I whack in a game like Gears of War 2 or Modern Warfare, I wanna play with other people my age (18+), not twelve year olds. I can understand that games like Halo have a younger audience because of the age rating, and that's absolutely fine. But I just can't escape the juvenile gamer world anymore, because when I want to play a more adult game it's filled with kids.

It's definitely gotten worse, too. I don't know about you guys, but when I was a kid I simply wasn't allowed to play a game like Grand Theft Auto. Sure I played it anyway, but it wasn't with my mum/dad's permission. And I certainly have NEVER been allowed to shout through an Xbox LIVE headset swearing at people and/or calling them "gay"/"******".

Damn, I've gone off the point. Anyway, your post simply isn't true. Some of the best games I've ever played, e.g. Ocarina of Time (LoZ) Super Mario World, etc. aren't even rated 12+s and are still enjoyable.

 

[NBSRDan]

Why are all the games worth playing rated "M"?

They're not. A few examples that are not:
Donkey Kong Country series: E-E-E
Golden Sun: E-E
Mario & Luigi RPG series: E-E-E
Ratchet & Clank series: T-T-T-T-E-E-E
StarCraft: T
Super Mario 2D platformer series: E-E-E-E
Super Smash Bros. Series: E-T-T

 

[Eggsnham]

There was a post a couple days ago about some kid getting in the age old ratings argument with his mom that got me wondering. Why are all the games worth playing rated "M"? This was a ***** to me a few years ago when both of my parents had the strict "No mature games in this house, no exceptions!" rule (turns out there was an exception, putting up a well organized argument apparently means I've matured, needless to say, I WTF'd and ran with it) but it was annoying as hell when a game that half of my friends wanted to play with me was rated "M". It seems to me that the line between "T" and "M" is blood, why?

What are your thoughts on this (keep in mind though, that if you're not going to contribute to any conversation, then please don't post at all)?

Nobody likes children. You will realize this when you are of adult age. The restrictions are there to try and stop kids ruining online play in games such as the Call of Duty series. Unfortunately you find ways to bypass the ploy and spoil it anyway.

Fixed.

I'm 15 and from what I understand, most of the people playing CoD are between 14-25 so your point is invalid. Do you honestly think that the minute you turn 18 you become more qualified to play certain games. Anyways, I've been allowed to play mature rated games for a while now, if you'd read my post, you would know that.

 

[aarontg]

Because everyone below 17 will take any kind of crap so most developers take advantage of that (not all of course)

 

[boholikeu]

Well, I am easily amused. Don't get me wrong, I like a good RTS and I'm a huge fan of the Ratchet and Clank series, but games like CoD that (to me anyways) are amazing fun to play and are rated "M". When I got MW2, I was told by my mom that I couldn't play it in front of my 10 year old brother. Not that I would have, but this was a major turn off to me, because it's almost like our rating system is set up so that you can't enjoy a good portion of the good games until you're a certain age, on purpose. Although I do hate squeakers when you're trying to something ingame... But I stand by my point.

You just proved yourself wrong. While you may like "M" shooters like MW2 the best, that hardly means they are the only good games worth playing.

There are lots of good games that aren't rated M but as you grow older your taste grows too and you start to find M rated material more entertaining (and make it your standard where you compare everything else).

Then you get even older and your taste grows even more, and you find that the "mature" material you liked from M rated games isn't so interesting after all.

 

[Eggsnham]

Well, I am easily amused. Don't get me wrong, I like a good RTS and I'm a huge fan of the Ratchet and Clank series, but games like CoD that (to me anyways) are amazing fun to play and are rated "M". When I got MW2, I was told by my mom that I couldn't play it in front of my 10 year old brother. Not that I would have, but this was a major turn off to me, because it's almost like our rating system is set up so that you can't enjoy a good portion of the good games until you're a certain age, on purpose. Although I do hate squeakers when you're trying to something ingame... But I stand by my point.

You just proved yourself wrong. While you may like "M" shooters like MW2 the best, that hardly means they are the only good games worth playing.

There are lots of good games that aren't rated M but as you grow older your taste grows too and you start to find M rated material more entertaining (and make it your standard where you compare everything else).

Then you get even older and your taste grows even more, and you find that the "mature" material you liked from M rated games isn't so interesting after all.

I never said that I liked them the best, I just said that they're amazing fun to play, while my thread title could do for a change considering all replies from people saying things like "No, here's a list of games that are good and not "M" are staggering in amount. I completely agree, although I stand by my point.

 

[Asturiel]

M stands for "Much more awesome" dont ya know?

 

[vodkainferno]

Because peoples taste seem to be maturing faster?
I don't know...
The good news is, My dads sees me mature enough to play those games as long as they are not in front of my younger bro...

Is that the clause you got with your parents, to be seen as mature enough to play it?

EDIT: Because they are hyped a hell of a lot more then most non-"M" Rated games?

 

[zhoominator]

If it is rated M it mean it was made with less restrictions. Less restrictions means more fun.

I disagree, with the M meaning less restrictions but I agree with the second part. I remember when the games I played as a kid were varied and challenging. Not one of them were bloody. Kid's games restrict themselves, which is just stupidity.

Kids games these days are just too easy and missing the variety and charm tat they used to have. (I still can't finish Rolo to the Rescue, a game I first played at 9 years old)

 

[Sulu]

There was a post a couple days ago about some kid getting in the age old ratings argument with his mom that got me wondering. Why are all the games worth playing rated "M"? This was a ***** to me a few years ago when both of my parents had the strict "No mature games in this house, no exceptions!" rule (turns out there was an exception, putting up a well organized argument apparently means I've matured, needless to say, I WTF'd and ran with it) but it was annoying as hell when a game that half of my friends wanted to play with me was rated "M". It seems to me that the line between "T" and "M" is blood, why?

What are your thoughts on this (keep in mind though, that if you're not going to contribute to any conversation, then please don't post at all)?

Nobody likes children. You will realize this when you are of adult age. The restrictions are there to try and stop kids ruining online play in games such as the Call of Duty series. Unfortunately you find ways to bypass the ploy and spoil it anyway.

Fixed.

I'm 15 and from what I understand, most of the people playing CoD are between 14-25 so your point is invalid. Do you honestly think that the minute you turn 18 you become more qualified to play certain games. Anyways, I've been allowed to play mature rated games for a while now, if you'd read my post, you would know that.

Nope it is Realise. The English language is spelled correctly in the English manner.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Because they aren't held back. They can do whatever they want. Why are all the best movies rated "R"? See, a lot of T rated games have to be careful of what they put in the game and it sort of holds back the artistic direction. Some games, like the Professor Layton series and Psychonauts, were not meant to be very violent and gory so the art direction basically stays the game. When you start censoring, it starts to play in a different way than it was meant to be played. It's like listening to a censored song with half the words cut out, it's just not the same.

 

[Lukeje]

There was a post a couple days ago about some kid getting in the age old ratings argument with his mom that got me wondering. Why are all the games worth playing rated "M"? This was a ***** to me a few years ago when both of my parents had the strict "No mature games in this house, no exceptions!" rule (turns out there was an exception, putting up a well organized argument apparently means I've matured, needless to say, I WTF'd and ran with it) but it was annoying as hell when a game that half of my friends wanted to play with me was rated "M". It seems to me that the line between "T" and "M" is blood, why?

What are your thoughts on this (keep in mind though, that if you're not going to contribute to any conversation, then please don't post at all)?

Nobody likes children. You will realize this when you are of adult age. The restrictions are there to try and stop kids ruining online play in games such as the Call of Duty series. Unfortunately you find ways to bypass the ploy and spoil it anyway.

Fixed.

I'm 15 and from what I understand, most of the people playing CoD are between 14-25 so your point is invalid. Do you honestly think that the minute you turn 18 you become more qualified to play certain games. Anyways, I've been allowed to play mature rated games for a while now, if you'd read my post, you would know that.

Nope it is Realise. The English language is spelled correctly in the English manner.

Actually, the OED spells it with a zed.

...and it seems like a narrow-minded viewpoint to only enjoy games rated M. Maybe you should go back and play some of the classics?

 

[oppp7]

I've been wondering that too. Years ago I rarely got a mature game, most were teen. Now just about every Xbox game is mature. Maybe it's because computers have lower ratings and I've just gotten a higher amount of Xbox games?

 

[sdafdfhrye3245]

correct me if I'm wrong but isn't half life 2 rated 15+ in Europe?

 

[Noone From Nowhere]

So, you don't like any games from series such as Street Fighter,Capcom vs., Tekken,BlazBlue,Final Fantasy, Soul Calibur, 'Tales of...',Star Fox,Legend of Zelda, Ratchet and Clank,Suikoden,Super Mario Galaxy,Tomb Raider,Mercenaries,Okami,Punch-Out,or BatMan:Arkham Asylum?

If none of those appeal to you, maybe it's time to re-evaluate what's important to you in gaming.

 

[Eggsnham]

There was a post a couple days ago about some kid getting in the age old ratings argument with his mom that got me wondering. Why are all the games worth playing rated "M"? This was a ***** to me a few years ago when both of my parents had the strict "No mature games in this house, no exceptions!" rule (turns out there was an exception, putting up a well organized argument apparently means I've matured, needless to say, I WTF'd and ran with it) but it was annoying as hell when a game that half of my friends wanted to play with me was rated "M". It seems to me that the line between "T" and "M" is blood, why?

What are your thoughts on this (keep in mind though, that if you're not going to contribute to any conversation, then please don't post at all)?

Nobody likes children. You will realize this when you are of adult age. The restrictions are there to try and stop kids ruining online play in games such as the Call of Duty series. Unfortunately you find ways to bypass the ploy and spoil it anyway.

Fixed.

I'm 15 and from what I understand, most of the people playing CoD are between 14-25 so your point is invalid. Do you honestly think that the minute you turn 18 you become more qualified to play certain games. Anyways, I've been allowed to play mature rated games for a while now, if you'd read my post, you would know that.

Nope it is Realise. The English language is spelled correctly in the English manner.

Yeah, because the only dialect of English that can possibly be correct is the original, because language is never supposed to change and conform to current times; this is why people from Germany can speak the same dialect of German spoken thousands of years ago.



EDIT: fixed.