TEEN RATING IDEA pls read
Gunbone_CL
Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Join Date: 2016-09-15 Member: 222348Members
Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Join Date: 2016-09-15 Member: 222348Members
Think About it, In Subnautica you can Freeze a fish, THEN STAB IT TO DEATH!!
WTF, and people are telling me A DEAD BODY somewhere on the Aurora is too violent?!?
We need to rethink the E10+ rating on this amazing game!
WTF, and people are telling me A DEAD BODY somewhere on the Aurora is too violent?!?
We need to rethink the E10+ rating on this amazing game!
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1. It's an alien fish so they don't have the same biology or rights a earth biology.
2. There's no gore, you could have a scary game where you could scrape you knees, at would be a teen or pg. a skate game where you get dismembered would be an adult.
3. You couldn't do the same thing to a person.
4. It's a fish not a human being, two completely differeny creatures.
No there's not. The yellow muck that is released isn't even close to blood. Nor do children think such things when they see it. You are comparing hunting to dead bodies. Lots of kids hunt with their parents, but thats not close to seeing a dead body.
Two very different things. Im not sure how you can't see that.
I don't want to start a war back and forth about blood and stabbing things, I'm just stating my opinion. Death in this game is in a more kid friendly way, but death is death. I also just want a Teen rating because then they could add dead humans in places
Only you think that. Where is the blood? Think of a Octopus, when scared secretes an ink like substance. When a child see you "hitting" a fish and nothing but a yellow substance comes out, their minds do not think about blood. To them blood is red, nothing more. Again you compare an ANIMAL dieing to a HUMAN dieing. You cannot say "Death is Death" because that is a very broad and objective view point.
To a child of 10, they are already hunting, seeing hunting, know about hunting, in some way shape or form. Either fishing, or actual riffle / bow hunting. Now im sure there are kids in the world who may not participate in any of the events, but you can still bet they KNOW about the events. Its a part of NORMAL life to them.
However a child of 10 seeing a dead body is not normal, and whether you are ok with it or not, opens their mind to things that 10 year old's should not be exposed to. This isn't a back and forth war as you state. It's YOUR community explaining to you what you don't seem to understand. Which is fine. But a dead HUMAN body cannot be compared to blood / the body of an ANIMAL.
It's the world we live in, so while thats your opinion and you are very much entitled to it, this game remains a family friendly environment, and that includes users 10+. The devs have openly stated that they want a FAMILY environment and that requires an E 10+ rating. I not only support this, but I support their motivation on not adding guns. So I thank you truly for your opinion. But now you know why it will never be, and should never be.
To answer that no we do not say its too violent, I don't think the devs even say its to violent. The ESRB says its to violent.
Also I would like to point out one MAJOR fact being left out. Go back to when we explore the Aurora. Our PDA tells us the creatures around us have consumed human flesh. Bodies on the Aurora wouldn't fit our story line.
Im sorry you believe feedback and brainstorming (what you asked for) is dumb s*. But if you didn't want to hear the opposite side, why did you ask for feedback?
No im not the first or the last, but your e-mails have you misinformed. Your community has provided their feedback through your disagree's from the OP. But why stop on one idea, try coming up with more, because there is more to come up with.
Either way I don't think Subnautica is a 10+ game. Once the carar information was added into the game and the Reaper and Sea dragon was added and the fact we know that everyone on the aurora died and same for the Degasi crew the game is intended for more mature audiences. Having said that everything being implied doesn't make the whole situation that scary and I guess it depends upon children's perceptions.
But either way it is rated what it is and I guess their criteria results in a much higher rating. If adding dead bodies for realism and some blood increases the rating dramatically then I personally think there is something wrong with the criteria. Stop assuming that kids are dumb and don't associate yellow blood for actual blood. Although I do understand that the dead bodies would increase the rating I do however think it creates some gerater realism.
A suggestion could be upon entering the game you can choose to enter a harder rating mode and a softer rating mode. Those who are around 10 would get the current game. Whereas those who are older and want to be immersed in some better realism can choose to play a game that is more graphic.
By the way I am not bothered either way just my reflections on the issue. I do think the Aurora needs some dead bodies it is really creapy that you are still alone when searching there. That is more disturbing than if I knew that everyone on board died.
It's not an unfair point though is it? Like I said I am going to continue playing without any thought given, but this as a suggestion is not a bad thing.
It isn't going to happen to keep the rating down and that is fine. And I guess for adults/teens who understand the story and what has happened then the game is psychologically scarier/more disturbing for older audiences. The information gathered in the PDA that is hard to comprehend will just go over most younger children's heads.
Just like how panto's have adult jokes in them but are aimed at kids.
This is just... gaming the rating system to get a game sold as much as possible. The devs think they can move more copies if they keep the age rating low. This expectation is either correct or incorrect, I have no idea.
So, welcome to games ratings. Logic doesn't matter here. I'm fairly certain the entire process is carried out by idiots going down a checklist and playing the game for probably half an hour.
No wait, I'm wrong. The process is done by beancounters who go down a self-reported list. I forgot. Then... maybe they test some of them? Or wait until people complain?
http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_process.aspx
or when fishing at age of 6. No dramas made, fish is fish. You are all mentally ill nations. No surprise we own half of the world and defeated everyone of you.
Aside maybe PETA but frankly they can sit on a cactus, hypocrytical crazies-
How about empty suits. Just suits, undamaged, lying on the ground, and in situations where it is even more obvious the suit was recently tenanted. Like draped in the inside of a nonfunctional PRAWN.
Or lying on the ocean floor near fish bones, presumably where predators might take a bio break...
Doesn't even need bloodstains.
Creepy, yet subtle enough to perhaps not trigger any ratings hits?
You do realize that replying to a topic with "let's stop replying to this topic" is counter-productive, right? As it bumps the topic back up where more people will see it and chime in.
Best to just ignore the topic, or ignore the rude guy and post content instead.
Now this I have to see.
How's that international athletics ban going, champ?
dont forget the cconstent civil wars.