The R18+ Rating for Games Thread

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I was trying to think of something to say here, but realised that I'd be preaching to the choir, so I'll just say that this can only be a good thing. Even if it does spend more time descibing HotD than promoting an R18+ rating, it's a step in the right direction.

[Clockw0rk]

Originally Posted by Lazlow

Despite this they've still managed to ban Manhunt 1/2, Postal 2, and Resevoir Dogs.

Didn't all of those games suck anyway?
I think it's ridiculous that Australia doesn't have an R18+ rating for games yet, but sadly I don't think that's about to change anytime soon.

[Vindik8or]

Originally Posted by sillysausage

Legislation does not guarantee maturity.

No, but the violence in those things mentioned is decidedly immature.

[Lazlow]

Originally Posted by Clockw0rk

Didn't all of those games suck anyway?
I think it's ridiculous that Australia doesn't have an R18+ rating for games yet, but sadly I don't think that's about to change anytime soon.

Product quality is neither here nor there when government departments play mother.

That said, the Manhunt games aren't that bad. Bit monotonous, otherwise good.

[fishonthecarpet]

Originally Posted by Vindik8or

Shocked? WTF, mate? There's nothing in these games you wouldn't see in a good MA Arnie action flick.

Put it another way. A 15 year old is only one year from the age where they can be declared legally independant, can be tried as an adult, is old enough to give consent for sex. And you want to shelter them? From what? A bit of gratuitous over-the-top gore?

I'd hardly go with that Arnie movie comparison. In Fallout 3 you can take chunks out of a guy's head with a pistol and watch it all in slow motion glory over and over again. It's in your control. There's something to be said for the fact that you are the one causing these actions over and over again rather than just simply observing it. There's a big difference in the psychology behind games and movies.

I'm not sure that I'd claim it's about the literal meaning of an MA15+ or R18+ classification but the level of seriousness with which parents and guardians take these guidelines.

Does anyone else agree that a parent is much less likely to be lenient with an R18+ rating than a MA15+ rating?

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I think most of the parent's that complain about it are the ones buying their 8 year old the MA15+ game, so I'm not sure if an R18+ rating would actually deter them.

[Space_Monkey]

Originally Posted by Lazlow

Despite this they've still managed to ban Manhunt 1/2, Postal 2, and Resevoir Dogs.

Don't forget they got the same censored versions of GTA4 like us!

[super_deformed]

I they bring in an R18+rating Id hope it would enable more adult content, not necessarily more VIOLENT content. Cause Im not sure games could get anymore violent.

And I dont mean 'strip tetris'. Though Im sure it would sell

[Vindik8or]

Originally Posted by fishonthecarpet

I'd hardly go with that Arnie movie comparison. In Fallout 3 you can take chunks out of a guy's head with a pistol and watch it all in slow motion glory over and over again. It's in your control. There's something to be said for the fact that you are the one causing these actions over and over again rather than just simply observing it. There's a big difference in the psychology behind games and movies.

Is there really such a big difference? Actual psychologists can't prove one way or the other any of the media effects, but hey play pop-freud anyway!

The gore in Fallout 3 is completely hilariously over-the-top, you're kinda bespeaking the mind-stripping terrors of The Black Knight scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the same sentence.

[Stevorooni]

Originally Posted by fishonthecarpet

I'd hardly go with that Arnie movie comparison. In Fallout 3 you can take chunks out of a guy's head with a pistol and watch it all in slow motion glory over and over again. It's in your control. There's something to be said for the fact that you are the one causing these actions over and over again rather than just simply observing it. There's a big difference in the psychology behind games and movies.

I can rewind and play an Arnie movie in slow motion during the gory bits, it's in my control at the push of a button, much like playing a game where a button has an impact on what's happening on my screen.