ESRB just lost their marbles, Assassin's Creed has been rated what?!

Zapages · (08-30-2007, 10:30 PM)

Hey guys

I mean seriously... ESRB is going crazy over San Andreas, Manhunt II, and a few other violent games...

But giving Assassin's Creed a Teen rating make me go WTF?!!!

Source: http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/

-Zapages

CrushDance · (08-30-2007, 10:31 PM)

What's the problem here?

Ghengis Cohen · (08-30-2007, 10:32 PM)

What the fuck are you talking about?

No_Style · (08-30-2007, 10:32 PM)

Kinda lost. Are you suggesting that Assassin's Creed should be receiving an M rating?

Amir0x · (08-30-2007, 10:32 PM)

...? Why would this make you go "WTF"? Prince of Persia was rated teen, and this seems very much in the same way... they both have the sword fighting, the acrobatics, etc. Heck, AC even has one up on it by having some odd computer simulation level that I still can't totally figure out.

WickedLaharl · (08-30-2007, 10:32 PM)

so what's the big deal?

Zapages · (08-30-2007, 10:32 PM)

If you've seen this game in action minus some of the screen shots and stuff. It looked like it'll be rated M rating as it seems to be like GTA set in the middle ages...

Also ESRB rated The Two Thrones as Mature...

SolidSnakex · (08-30-2007, 10:32 PM)

It doesn't have blood does it? So it's going to get a T.

No_Style · (08-30-2007, 10:33 PM)

Originally Posted by SolidSnakex:

It doesn't have blood does it? So it's going to get a T.

Blood is fine with a T rating.

Red Blaster · (08-30-2007, 10:33 PM)

So are you gonna go back to the drawing board and add gibbing?

Miniboss1232 · (08-30-2007, 10:34 PM)

Originally Posted by No_Style:

Blood is fine with a T rating.

True, but I doubt AC has a gratuitous level of it, if it even has any.

But yeah, not really unexpected.

Zapages · (08-30-2007, 10:34 PM)

Originally Posted by SolidSnakex:

It doesn't have blood does it? So it's going to get a T.

I thought more along the lines of Warrior Within type of blood in Assassin's Creed would cause it get a Mature rating. Plus the somewhat controversial storyline if it had stayed true...

SolidSnakex · (08-30-2007, 10:35 PM)

Originally Posted by No_Style:

Blood is fine with a T rating.

I know, what I meant is having gushes of it coming out. That'll get you a T. They seem to be doing it in a way that won't get them a T. NT did the same with Heavenly Sword.

Thunder Monkey · (08-30-2007, 10:35 PM)

Originally Posted by No_Style:

Blood is fine with a T rating.

I see where the OP is coming from.

The people you kill in this game actually seemed to scream out in terror as your blade dug into them. Not a monsters yelp or screech, but a very human blood curdling yell as the blade cut into them.

I'm shocked it received a teen rating myself. Prince of Persia it isn't.

X26 · (08-30-2007, 10:36 PM)

All the women in the game wear big ass robes it seems, so no wonder

tits = M
no tits = T

Zombie James · (08-30-2007, 10:36 PM)

You know what else got a 'T' rating?

Barnolde · (08-30-2007, 10:36 PM)

I thought it was gonna be AO.

chinmonster · (08-30-2007, 10:36 PM)

Disappointment total.

Spayro · 10:39 PM

What the fuck.
Some trailers have WAY too much blood for this to be T rated.
You cut a guy's throat and blood gushes out.
Makes me wonder how those Splinter Cells got M ratings.

BenjaminBirdie · (08-30-2007, 10:36 PM)

The Bourne Movies? PG-13.

platypotamus · (08-30-2007, 10:37 PM)

Originally Posted by Barnolde:

I thought it was gonna be AO.

needlessly inflammatory thread titles makes with the clickies.

No_Style · (08-30-2007, 10:38 PM)

Originally Posted by _leech_:

You know what else got a 'T' rating?

Where is that from?

Linkzg · (08-30-2007, 10:38 PM)

I was expecting an 'E' rating because of all the matrix-y crap in the game.

SolidSnakex · (08-30-2007, 10:38 PM)

Originally Posted by No_Style:

Where is that from?

Snatcher

typo · (08-30-2007, 10:39 PM)

Originally Posted by No_Style:

Where is that from?

Mario is Missing

DeaconKnowledge · (08-30-2007, 10:39 PM)

Originally Posted by No_Style:

Where is that from?

Snatcher for the PC-Engine.

OuterWorldVoice · (08-30-2007, 10:39 PM)

Again. EXPLAIN YOUR OUTRAGE.

sk3tch · (08-30-2007, 10:39 PM)

Originally Posted by _leech_:

You know what else got a 'T' rating?

Actually, Snatcher (Sega CD) did not get a T rating in the US. It had the MA rating.

joesmokey · (08-30-2007, 10:40 PM)

This thread confuses me.

TrueReligion · (08-30-2007, 10:40 PM)

I don't care because I'm not buying that mess.

Clandestine · (08-30-2007, 10:41 PM)

Originally Posted by Amir0x:

Heck, AC even has one up on it by having some odd computer simulation level that I still can't totally figure out.

the entire game is someone reliving their past life. it's called regression therapy. this simulation of the person's past life is brought about by some fancy technology, hence all the computery stuff.

krypt0nian · (08-30-2007, 10:42 PM)

So nothing then?

Xeke · (08-30-2007, 10:42 PM)

What?

Cmagus · (08-30-2007, 10:45 PM)

just tell us man i don't want to visit a link

Haunted · (08-30-2007, 10:55 PM)

DKnight · (08-30-2007, 10:59 PM)

I think this low rating may be due to the fact that the people in the game are just virtual reality holograms, and when you kill someone that's real, it's only their avatar. Yeah, that's my wild guess about AC story

Kulock · (08-30-2007, 11:01 PM)

Originally Posted by Clandestine:

the entire game is someone reliving their past life. it's called regression therapy. this simulation of the person's past life is brought about by some fancy technology, hence all the computery stuff.

So computer people killing equal computer people is an AO, but computer people killing lesser computer people is a T. So all Manhunt 2 needed was a quick cinema at the beginning of them hooking the lead into a VR sim, and things would've been fine!

I know, I'm oversimplifying it, and there's obviously a difference in level of detail. Still, for a game to be about... you know, killing people, full stop, the title even reflecting it, a T is kind of pushing it.

Emerson · (08-30-2007, 11:03 PM)

Well the official ESRB website has nothing listed for this game.

Odysseus · (08-30-2007, 11:06 PM)

maybe the video they showed esrb monkeys wasn't as revealing as it was supposed to be.

read this and other conspiracy theories at my weblog. tomorrow: what the government doesn't want you to know about dental floss.

Zombie James · (08-30-2007, 11:06 PM)

Originally Posted by sk3tch:

Actually, Snatcher (Sega CD) did not get a T rating in the US. It had the MA rating.

reilo · (08-30-2007, 11:08 PM)

Heavenly Sword got a Teen rating [even surprised the shit out of Ninja Theory], so this shouldn't be a shock to anyone.

But that is the fundamental flaw with the ESRB. They don't play the games, they just watch videos of them submitted to them by publishers.

Arthursw1 · (08-30-2007, 11:11 PM)

Originally Posted by Clandestine:

the entire game is someone reliving their past life. it's called regression therapy. this simulation of the person's past life is brought about by some fancy technology, hence all the computery stuff.

yes is like a simulation, or some thing like they go back to the past maybe to change the future in some way, yeah maybe thats why you need to kill all those people, that could explain that weird DNA like bar they showed at E3!

Victrix · (08-30-2007, 11:14 PM)

ESRB is biased, EGM would have given it at least an M-

Chris Remo · (08-30-2007, 11:17 PM)

With that title, I thought it was going to be either AO or E. But T? Tons of Ubi games are T.

Kulock · (08-30-2007, 11:17 PM)

But the US version of Snatcher was censored unless you inputted a particular code. (Ah, Snatcher, Rings of Power, Wild Woody, Mortal Kombat, the things they were paranoid about with Hot Coffee already came and went.)

tanod · (08-30-2007, 11:33 PM)

Heavenly Sword was rated T too.

ALERT THE MEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Core407 · (08-30-2007, 11:34 PM)

Originally Posted by Amir0x:

...? Why would this make you go "WTF"? Prince of Persia was rated teen, and this seems very much in the same way... they both have the sword fighting, the acrobatics, etc. Heck, AC even has one up on it by having some odd computer simulation level that I still can't totally figure out.

PoP was teen?! That's retarded. Should have been E.

Joe Molotov · (08-30-2007, 11:41 PM)

Ganon bled at the end of Ocarina of the Time and it was rated E! OMGWTFBBQ!!!!

rakka · (08-30-2007, 11:45 PM)

what's the big deal?

Wario64 · (08-30-2007, 11:45 PM)

Wow, clever way to viral market your game on NeoGAF. Very clever.