What I don't get is why it is so hard to rate a video game. Almost any game I have played has revealed itself within minutes as to what the rest of the game will be like. Granted, smaller things like alochol, drug abuse, sex may come in later in the storyline. My point is the level of violence, which is the big one for ratings since most FPS, RPG and action/adventure games ivolve killing enemies, is apparent within minutes. If people just fall down dead, it's probably safe to start looking at a "T" rating, if I cut someone's head off and my screen is splattered wiht blood, I'm thinking "M". I don't even see why they ESRB should have to play the games at all, however, the game companies should just tell them what they programmed in, it's really not that hard.
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What I don't get is why it is so hard to rate a video game. Almost any game I have played has revealed itself within minutes as to what the rest of the game will be like. Granted, smaller things like alochol, drug abuse, sex may come in later in the storyline. My point is the level of violence, which is the big one for ratings since most FPS, RPG and action/adventure games ivolve killing enemies, is apparent within minutes. If people just fall down dead, it's probably safe to start looking at a "T" rating, if I cut someone's head off and my screen is splattered wiht blood, I'm thinking "M". I don't even see why they ESRB should have to play the games at all, however, the game companies should just tell them what they programmed in, it's really not that hard.
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