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What I'm wondering is whether this is confirmed, or is Steam just guessing at what the rating will be? If it is "M", I have to admit it'd surprise the hell out of me.![]()
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What I'm wondering is whether this is confirmed, or is Steam just guessing at what the rating will be? If it is "M", I have to admit it'd surprise the hell out of me.![]()
"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
Sorry, I simply don't get it? What is "M" - doesn't say so anywhere in the link, whereas the pegi rating is 16+. Is this what you are talking about?
/KotR
The "M" rating is about halfway down the page on the right side. (Unless Europeans see the page differently?)
Last edited by Martok; 10-31-2008 at 09:31.
"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
I guess we do since there is no 'M' in that page. Only 16+
Steam checks your IP(and possibly your credit card) and determines where you are from, so yes, it shows different stuff depending on where you are from and what the publisher/country want. That means only censored games for germans if they are 18+ games, some games more expensive for europeans and some games not available outside America, oh and different age ratings obviously.
Last edited by Husar; 10-31-2008 at 10:05.
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Sexual themes? In my Total war?Alcohol and Tobacco Reference
Blood
Mild Language
Sexual Themes
Violence
Apparently it's more likely than you think.![]()
Yeah my RTW:Gold Edition says 12+ too![]()
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The actual UP flag
I don't think ETW will be M rated for N. America. I expect a T rating for sexual, alchohol references, and mild violence.
"The fruit of too much liberty is slavery", Cicero
Well it's different outside the U.S. and Canada. Over here, though, the Total War titles have always carried a "T" rating.
Well that's what I'd always figured. An "M" rating would restrict ETW to a much smaller audience, and I'm sure CA/Sega doesn't want that. This is why I speculated that perhaps the rating is only a guess on Steam's part.
"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
The Sega website lists the game as RP,I think they would know before Steam about the rating of the game.
I think I saw a study somewhere that M-rated games either sold better than T or about the same. I cant remember which.
So basically the tradeoff is that while you're losing some target audience (Theoretically everybody under 18 without parents who are willing to buy it for them or can't get it off Amazon), you're impressing all the people in your target audience (IE: Everybody between 18 and about 80).
I say good on them. More blood! More violence! I demand intestines! Exploding elephants! I want splatter calculations to affect morale!
Tallyho lads, rape the houses and burn the women! Leave not a single potted plant alive! Full speed ahead and damn the cheesemongers!
If we judge from GTAIV sales there must be millions of adults in the gaming industry....Ratings are just spider webs trying to restrict an elephant....
Impunity is an open wound in the human soul.
ΑΙΡΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΑΝΤΙ ΑΠΑΝΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΙ ΚΛΕΟΣ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ ΘΝΗΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΔΕ ΠΟΛΛΟΙ ΚΕΚΟΡΗΝΤΑΙ ΟΚΩΣΠΕΡ ΚΤΗΝΕΑ
The best choose one thing in exchange for all, everflowing fame among mortals; but the majority are satisfied with just feasting like beasts.
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