ETW rated M?

[Martok]

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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.

[Knight of the Rose]

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

[Martok]

The "M" rating is about halfway down the page on the right side. (Unless Europeans see the page differently?)

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I guess we do since there is no 'M' in that page. Only 16+

[Husar]

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.

[Monk]

Alcohol and Tobacco Reference
Blood
Mild Language
Sexual Themes
Violence

Sexual themes? In my Total war?

Apparently it's more likely than you think.

[rajpoot]

Err.......I thought TW games always got a 16+ rating.....no?

[Ibn-Khaldun]

STW - I don't know..

RTW - It says 12+

M2TW - For me it is 16+

[Wausser]

Yeah my RTW:Gold Edition says 12+ too

[Sol Invictus]

I don't think ETW will be M rated for N. America. I expect a T rating for sexual, alchohol references, and mild violence.

[Martok]

Err.......I thought TW games always got a 16+ rating.....no?

Well it's different outside the U.S. and Canada. Over here, though, the Total War titles have always carried a "T" rating.

I don't think ETW will be M rated for N. America. I expect a T rating for sexual, alchohol references, and mild violence.

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.

[Mailman653]

The Sega website lists the game as RP,I think they would know before Steam about the rating of the game.

[Sheogorath]

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.

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!

[hellenes]

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....

[Megas Methuselah]

I always ignore ratings. I'm above such petty public morality.

[Praxil]

I always ignore ratings. I'm above such petty public morality.

You shouldn't. Lover ratings can pretty much dictate the content of the case game.

[Megas Methuselah]

Yeah, imagine how surprised I was when I first played GTA:VC as a younger kid...




Whatever the case may be, many people will buy the game regardless of the rating. Exceptions must be made, of course, for those of faint-heart and younglings with restrictive parents.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Total War games have always had some quietly naughty things in them, mostly restricted to Vices (rarely virtues :P) and a few building descriptions.

[Sheogorath]

Total War games have always had some quietly naughty things in them, mostly restricted to Vices (rarely virtues :P) and a few building descriptions.

Pet Sheep FTW ;)

[Megas Methuselah]

Yeah, that was a weird one.

[Sheogorath]

Yeah, that was a weird one.

Nothing wrong with Welsh jokes :P

[Martok]

No, but it is drifting from the original subject a bit.

I think I saw a study somewhere that M-rated games either sold better than T or about the same. I cant remember which.

Fascinating. You don't happen to remember where you saw that, did you? I'd be genuinely interested in reading it myself.

[Sheogorath]

I think the story was on Kotaku. I'll have to do a search to see if I was right.

[Joooray]

For me in Germany it shows a 12+ rating. Either they changed it recently or we have a really different rating system in Germany even compared to other European countries, which would be kinda weird.

[edyzmedieval]

How can we possibly have sexual themes in TW? Since when do they include human reproduction in TW games?
Do the soldiers take off their pants while on a ship, trying to demoralise the enemy?

[Martok]

The "M" rating simply means that a game may contain sexual themes. It doesn't necessarily mean that it actually does, however -- a title could merit an M rating for other reasons as well.

[Megas Methuselah]

Such as people killing each other?

[Celtic_Punk]

ok get this. Steam is retarded.
end of story.

[Sir Beane]

How can we possibly have sexual themes in TW? Since when do they include human reproduction in TW games?
Do the soldiers take off their pants while on a ship, trying to demoralise the enemy?

I believe that if 'sexual themes' are present then it will be in the form of the brothel series of buildings, as well as certain traits and probably generals speeches. I'm sure we all remember Medieval 2 generals getting 'the horn' from battle. Though these things are hardly a main part of the game they are enough to warrant the warning.

[Polemists]

who knows, maybe there's a racy cinematic we are not aware of.