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22 | 91.67% |
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2 | 8.33% |
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Alpha Geek
Join Date: Apr 2005
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I'm sick of this ESRB rating on games (E,T,M,blah,blah). Do you follow it strictly while playing? I don't. I completed Half Life (1), without taking a second look at the ESRB rating (M). Happy Fraggin!
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Wise Old Owl
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New York
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I do take a look at the rating, but that doesn't affect my ubying decision
And drvarunmehta is right. Those ratings are for legal reasons and they are also there to help parents decide if a particular game is suitable for their kids. |
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In The Zone
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: The New World Order
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I dont care about the ratings, I am 13 years old but most of my games are rated M at ESRB or 16+ at PEGI.
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Human Spambot
Join Date: May 2005
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Mr. Acceleraotr then i must call ur parents coz u should not play those games..which may harm u..otherwise why these games have been rated !
Well i look at the ratings but since i get few games to play i play them alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllll
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In The Zone
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Most of these M rated games are gory stuff, sometimes scary. But mostly it doesnt affect me at all.
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A Year Closer To Heaven
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bangalore
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Not me, but I will really take care to see what the ratings are when I buy any game for my children in future.
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Core i7 (nehalem) Owner
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mumbai
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The ESRB as they r called r totally a crap thing for me
neways the BOTTOM line is that u hv to KICK every bad asses buTT b4 they kick ur b@ll$ out of the town !!! cheers n e-peace..mates... and yes HAPPY FRAGGIN' !!!!! |
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A Year Closer To Heaven
Join Date: Feb 2005
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It would be naive to say that the ratings mean nothing. I haven't come across a single game that has been awarded a rating that it doesn't deserves. Imagine a game like "Manhunt" with a "+3" rating and a kid clamouring to have it. How will you explain that?
Honouring a rating is your personal choice but calling it useless is something which I don't agree with.
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Hanging, since 2004..
Join Date: Aug 2004
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manhunt was a dull game imo(voilence is not always entertainment, it lacked the special element which makes a game good) , whatever rating does a game has , i need not to worry abt them except one
K+ - For kids below 10 yrs, lol
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In The Zone
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Delhi
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its like saying u CANT watch ' A ' rated movies b4 ur 18
so applies with the games ( tho have been above the legal limit now 4 the past 2 yrs ) if u like 'em , play 'em yeh hai india meri jaan btw , have ne of ur parents ever looked at the ratings of the games u play . bet they dont even no such a thing exists even 4 games !!!!!!!!! the mindset here is , if its a computer game , its meant 4 kids
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Wise Old Owl
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New York
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Hehe well said mamba. But the ratings are there just as an indicator. ESRB is not forcing anything, but just laying out guidelines. It's totally upto the consumers to decide whether or not to follow them. It's just a legal thing. They too know that these ratings don't matter.
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Broken In
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Chennai
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even parents of young kids dont even bother to take a second look at the restricted rating on many films for violence like
matrix reloaded star wars III etc so even when they dont bother about the content their kids are exposed do u really believe we will give it a second tought ( if we give a first one ) ammusk |
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In The Zone
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Moving out of mumbai soon!
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ratings eh.. I look at them.. the badder the better ...
so yes it affects my buying decision.. manhunt was a nice game..the videos were made using real physics.postal 2, and i forget a few were a few gory games worth the R rating
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In The Zone
Join Date: May 2004
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there is one way that they matter..
u can return a game saying that it was sold to ur minor brother, the shop has to accept it back. of course even if u have installed the game, u can't play without the original CD or DVD... heh heh *cough
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Wise Old Owl
Join Date: Nov 2004
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In The Zone
Join Date: May 2004
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@drvarunmehta Thx m8 now u get warned, banned and burnt at the stake by the all-seeing mods..lol..
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Tux Fan
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Mumbai
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let me tell u of a recent incident:
I was at planet m and this 40 something guy comes up and asks the sales guy for a game for his 12yr old nephew. The sales guy dipped in and gave him Doom3!!! The 40 something guy didnt know abt ratings so he was going to buy it. His eyes fell on the warning lable reading 17+. when he asked the sales guy the sales guy told him it was the diffuculty level!!! and he fell for it! Can u believe that. later when i asked the sales guy why he did that he said: "bcoz doom3 wasnt selling well !" it was really the height of ignorance. immagine the 12year old kids reaction when he starts playing the game!!!
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Just Do It
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Wise Old Owl
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bangalore/Jamshedpur
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well i just take a look at it to get d idea of d game's maturity level....though its compulsory n it shud be given as some games really shud not be bothered by young ones....yes but i dont efect my decision on d ratings.
cheers
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In The Zone
Join Date: May 2004
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well the 12yr old will be pretty happy.. he got D# rather than pokemon or sonic
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Apprentice
Join Date: May 2005
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There is some purpose behind it try to understand why these ratings are put.
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