Just rate the game already...

[Shamino]

We all know it's going to have a mature rating. So why is the R/P still in the box?

[Hobo]

The game has not yet been reviewed by the ESRB, therefore it is still R/P. That will change soon though.

[Arioch]

Nothing can be issued a rating when it's still in production and the content "may" be subject to change.

[Quast]

Shamino said:

We all know it's going to have a mature rating. So why is the R/P still in the box?

Who cares? Well, I guess being over 18, I don't give two shits about ratings.

[Amaster]

If "We all know it's going to have a mature rating", then who cares if they rate it soon or not?

[BlueSonnet]

Chances are it'll just get a certificate 15 over. I'd be surprised if it did though.

Still, i'll be 18 by then so i don't particularly give 2 hoots about the rating.

[Scabbed Angel]

As though anyone cards for video games. If so I'm over 18 so I'll have a moment of silence for all te kiddies before I begin. . . ; P

[Arioch]

Scabbed Angel said:

As though anyone cards for video games. If so I'm over 18 so I'll have a moment of silence for all te kiddies before I begin. . . ; P

Wal-Mart "asks". Heh.

[Scabbed Angel]

Arioch said:

Wal-Mart "asks". Heh.

Really? Heh heh. I've got my preorder from BestBuy. Ratings are useless.

[Amaster]

I think Toys R Us actually cards. At least that's what I've been told.

[Hobo]

Yeah Wal-Mart asks for your age, and I live in WA, so its illegal to sell M rated games to those under 17 now. Won't affect me though, I turn 17 in March, and I don't exactly buy games anymore.

[Scabbed Angel]

But you will buy Doom 3.

[Hobo]

Scabbed Angel said:

But you will buy Doom 3.

That will be one of the few exceptions to my philosophy.

[SunlapseVertigo]

obviously its not gonna change from M to T, but there is always the possibilty that they could have something that gets threatened with the AO. I guess thats why they can't do it yet....

[The_Tonx]

wasn't nVidia going to give DOOM III with their VGAs? If so then are they going to ask your age when you want to buy a VGA too? :p

[Prime]

Quast said:

Who cares? Well, I guess being over 18, I don't give two shits about ratings.

Heh...beat me to it. ;-)


Bring on the M-rated gibbing!

[Lectrix]

My sentiment's exactly... i hope it's an 18... i don't want doom 3 to be reduced to a mild violent game, i want carnage on my foes.

[insertwackynamehere]

My parents don't care if I get it, they already pre-ordered it for me :-P They're smart and realize I'm not getting mindfucked by what boils down to 0s and 1s.

[Unconscious_Forever]

Haha here in england they dont even let my buy 15's!

[Jello]

Yup, still in production, so they don't rate it yet. Of course it's going to get an M, but they don't rate a game until it's completely done.

As for the rating system itself, I'm 18, so I really don't care about it that much. In fact the only time it's affected me was when I was 15 and I tried to buy Deus Ex at Wal Mart. They wouldn't sell it to me, so I just went up to Game Stop, got it 10 bucks cheaper and they didn't check my ID. I also bought Soldier of Fortune 2 when I was 16 at Target and they didn't check my ID, so it's really not that big of a deal, at least where I live.

[Unconscious_Forever]

Whats a lisence? You have to have a license to buy 18's? Never heard of that?

[Sephiroth]

Assmaster said:

I think Toys R Us actually cards. At least that's what I've been told.

i was carded at meijers for buying wolf3d for GBA, however the old man did it cause he was pissed off for having to work that day. i was 19 at the time


it will be M17+ in the US. dont count on a PC 13 style rating here in the USA. it WILL be Mature. with all the gore and all

[Hobo]

Unconscious_Forever said:

Whats a lisence? You have to have a license to buy 18's? Never heard of that?

A license to kill! Actually, a drivers license, which doubles as an ID. Here in Washington, they do card you for M rated games, but the minimum age is 17. Starting Sunday, it won't be a problem for me.

[Sephiroth]

honestly not many places card, even for stuff like tobacco and alcohol, much less games.
i know at work we dont, best buy

i see kids, 12-14, always buying GTA 3 and postal 2.

they never tell us to card and there is no punishment if we dont.