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RebelousDarkElf · Post by **RebelousDarkElf** » Sun May 02, 2004 8:31 am

This is totally agreeable, my little borthers play Halo and I believe it is mauture. I think the people who rate the games are a wee bit to strict. So anyway the game is like too gory or something like that. If you want gory get Resident Evil, not Halo. Halo is a strait out great game, though. Cant wait til Halo 2 comes out. Well anyway Morrowind should be everyone and Halo should be teen.

Bloodthroe · Post by **Bloodthroe** » Sun May 02, 2004 8:36 am

I think it's rated mature, because it shows a marine with his skull split open. It's a military game and it shows dead human bodies everywhere.

thousandfrac · Post by **thousandfrac** » Sun May 02, 2004 9:12 am

Originally posted by lifeishell91
Why does everyone just assume that I am one of those simple lived "hack and slash" freaks? I feel insulted that JUST because of my age, you judge me.

i meant average teens... morrowind players are obviously intelligent and deep.

hwesta_elf · Post by **hwesta_elf** » Sun May 02, 2004 11:26 am

Originally posted by RebelousDarkElf
This is totally agreeable, my little borthers play Halo and I believe it is mauture. I think the people who rate the games are a wee bit to strict. So anyway the game is like too gory or something like that. If you want gory get Resident Evil, not Halo. Halo is a strait out great game, though. Cant wait til Halo 2 comes out. Well anyway Morrowind should be everyone and Halo should be teen.

maybe this post should be posted in the "random stuff" forum or something but no one seems to mind which is great. as i was saying, Morrowind is THE best 1 person game and Halo is the best Multiplayer, although i wish it had 4 player co-op (it would be pretty funny if Morrowind was a multiplayer, but i don't know how that would work out) anyways, you should never buy a game from the rating. Anything except Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog (both these games i find incredibly boring) is rated teen or higher, when i was around 11, i couldn't play a lot of games because my parents went by the ratings.

oh well, now i can

hwesta_elf · Post by **hwesta_elf** » Sun May 02, 2004 11:31 am

Originally posted by Bloodthroe
I think it's rated mature, because it shows a marine with his skull split open. It's a military game and it shows dead human bodies everywhere.

but a lot of little kids can handle that. anyway, i don't remember any part with the skull thing but the "bodies" thing is pretty true, but remember: your fighting to kill the things that killed those marines. This thought fuels hatred for the covenant and the flood so you want to kill them, if you die you get even more mad at them and this cycle continues. I actually try my very best NOT to let the marines die because it is just so unbearable, i see your reasoning though.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun May 02, 2004 11:51 am

I think the subject of rating games is a minefield (excuse the pun

).... Much as is the case with movies and literature it is an extremely subjective area ... a great deal depends on the actual maturity level (not always related to age) of the person playing the game, viewing the movie or reading the book...

That being said, I know if I found my 9-year-old son playing a game such as Halo, Grand Theft Auto or any other game like that.. I would hit the roof. I would not even consider consenting to him playing a game of that nature unless he knew something of the context behind such gore and human depravity.... and even after that.. I would be extremely hesitant.

Okay.. my son is only nine.. a few years removed from 'teen'. However, a number of studies show that it is precisely the 7-12 age group that is drawn by games such as Halo. This IMO.. is worrying... I frankly, do not think 'little kids' should play graphically violent games; they do not yet understand the context and from a social development/psychological perspective I very much doubt it is healthy...

Morrowind on the other hand is very cleary fanatasy and when you take somebody out it is not graphic... nor is the game really based on extreme gore...

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Sun May 02, 2004 12:10 pm

Unless you use the Blood&Gore mod...

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun May 02, 2004 12:17 pm

Originally posted by Monolith
Unless you use the Blood&Gore mod...

True, but that is a mod, so you have the choice of not playing it in this way and it is not imposed by the game developers

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Sun May 02, 2004 12:23 pm

They only made Morrowind gore-free because they wanted to sell it in Germany, too - without changing the whole game. They knew that fans would make such a mod, which finally makes the game to what the developers wanted it to be

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Sun May 02, 2004 2:47 pm

can anyone tell me what a mod is? I hear you guys talking about mods, but I have no idea whatsoever as to what they are. A little insight would be welcome

HiRo11er · Post by **HiRo11er** » Sun May 02, 2004 2:56 pm

I'm 25, graduating college in two weeks & going on to bigger & better things...

Hopefully...

BTW, a mod is an add-on for PC. You can pretty much anything, if you have the right mod. I'm an xbox guy, so I wouldn't know where to find them, but ask around & it'll come to you.

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Sun May 02, 2004 3:17 pm

k, thanks...

hwesta_elf · Post by **hwesta_elf** » Sun May 02, 2004 4:31 pm

Originally posted by dragon wench

That being said, I know if I found my 9-year-old son playing a game such as Halo, Grand Theft Auto or any other game like that.. I would hit the roof. I would not even consider consenting to him playing a game of that nature unless he knew something of the context behind such gore and human depravity.... and even after that.. I would be extremely hesitant.
Okay.. my son is only nine.. a few years removed from 'teen'. However, a number of studies show that it is precisely the 7-12 age group that is drawn by games such as Halo. This IMO.. is worrying... I frankly, do not think 'little kids' should play graphically violent games; they do not yet understand the context and from a social development/psychological perspective I very much doubt it is healthy...

well, you better ask him what games he does play because I have a 8 year old cousin and he has been playing Halo longer than me and he isn't messed-up. his friends play all sorts of games like Halo, many -10 kids do. I can agree with you on "Grand Theft Auto" though. Even though I'm 13 and consider myself eligable to like it: I dispise it beyond belief. the whold idea is just stupid.

blake · Post by **blake** » Sun May 02, 2004 7:18 pm

15

i love all games, rpgs, fps, rts. I own every game by id software, every game by blizzard, and all the sim cities, all my friends play games and so do i. I cant wait for doom3 and half-life 2 and Starcraft Ghost, there are so many great games that come out all the time and i try to play as many of them as i can. I still get good grades and i go to parties and things and sleep alot... and im a socialist... does anyone have an n64 they want to sell me with ocarina of time? later

KoreeGahn · Post by **KoreeGahn** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:09 am

Yea man, me be like 18 man

Digitalchimp · Post by **Digitalchimp** » Tue May 04, 2004 4:37 am

kids, whatareyagonnado?

Originally posted by hwesta_elf
and i think the ratings are a teensy bit wierd. blood and violence aren't that shocking to most kids (i've noticed that every little kid i meet has played violent video games, maybe its just me.)

thats because we are all desensitised (right word?) i think its cool that my generation and below are all getting used to violence etc, after all we appear to heading into the age of conflict, and if we arent going to get used to it, were all screwed. personally, im ready for anything.

also, we have been brought up with conflict in our nature, maybe i cant play that card anymore because we have evolved so much but...

I can see peoples points about games like GTA though, it might not be the best 'role model' for younger kids, but i can hardly see 8/9 year olds dipatching elites with a melee attack. the kids know games like HALO arent real, thats why they play them. if someone made a game with real footage of people getting blown apart/impaled/shot/beaten, i dontr think many kids would be able to handle it if they knew it was real, but if you told them it was like nexgen CGI, the would be all for it.

but thats my opinion

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Tue May 04, 2004 7:19 am

Re: kids, whatareyagonnado?

Originally posted by Digitalchimp
thats because we are all desensitised (right word?) i think its cool that my generation and below are all getting used to violence etc, after all we appear to heading into the age of conflict [...]

You can see that from another point of view; maybe we're heading into an age of conflict because we're getting used to violence...

hwesta_elf · Post by **hwesta_elf** » Tue May 04, 2004 6:05 pm

Re: Re: kids, whatareyagonnado?

Originally posted by Monolith
You can see that from another point of view; maybe we're heading into an age of conflict because we're getting used to violence...

good point. but the pendulum of time is swinging and digitalchimp's vision has soon to come to truth. I have no doubt that it will, after all, we have gone a long way from 100 years ago. not just in technology but in social function. Hollywood is stupid and thinks that all woman should be blonde with blue eyes and look like and anorexic to be considered "pretty", boys wear pants that are so loose that you can see their underwear and girls wear skirts that couldn't cover anything. seriously, when will people learn that society is already crumbling and it is all HOLLYWOOD's fault. I shall hide in an underground haven until the wave of stupidity is over and we can all get back to our decent lives and wardrobes...

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Wed May 05, 2004 8:45 am

Re: Re: Re: kids, whatareyagonnado?

Originally posted by hwesta_elf
[...] and girls wear skirts that couldn't cover anything. [...]

We have the same opinion according to that. It is terrible and somehow sick. I've been always trying to convince these girls to wear nothing, but they simply don't listen....

i4v02v95i5p09k9 · Post by **i4v02v95i5p09k9** » Wed May 05, 2004 8:51 am

They have those ratings for the stupid mothers who think their kid is as innocent as a scrib..

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