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To give a bit more to this topic, age ratings you guys agree/disagree with?

I disagree with the MA15+ for Five Nights at Freddy's in Australia, the M rating for Steins;Gate in the US, the PEGI 12 rating for Monster Monpiece in the UK (actually should be higher), and the R18+ rating for one of the Atelier Totori games in Australia.

Germany was spot-on for Persona 4, a 12 rating is perfect for that game.

Most of the games I play are rated E, and all the games I play are T and below.

A lot of games I play are usually higher than T or equal, I seriously disagree how Halo 5 is rated T…. It makes it way too much kid-friendly.

PonyoPenguin wrote:

To give a bit more to this topic, age ratings you guys agree/disagree with?

I do kind of disagree with the Australian MA15+ rating for Goat Simulator. It does have quite a bit of profanity and some silly violence (as well as some religious references and one jumpscare), but it wasn't gory or nudity-riddled. The Tony Hawk games have similar concepts (and go a bit further on occasion), but remain at a M rating.
Also, the ESRB Teen rating for Super Smash Bros. Brawl was a bit too much.

PonyoPenguin wrote:

To give a bit more to this topic, age ratings you guys agree/disagree with?

I disagree with the MA15+ for Five Nights at Freddy's in Australia, the M rating for Steins;Gate in the US, the PEGI 12 rating for Monster Monpiece in the UK (actually should be higher), and the R18+ rating for one of the Atelier Totori games in Australia.

Germany was spot-on for Persona 4, a 12 rating is perfect for that game.

Definitely disagree with the M rating for MKD. It's OK when you turn the blood all the way off (which I always turn it to maximum).

Been playing around with an ESRB auto rating tool all day because I have no life. It's telling me that:

If I submitted a game with the same content as Brawl right now, it would get a T rating (however, I figured out why Brawl has a T rating - it's because of the close-ups on the violence you see at times - no matter how cartoony, the ESRB really doesn't like that).

If I submitted a game with the same content as Persona 4 right now, it would be rated T (but then why is it rated M?!).

If I submitted a game with the same content as Five Nights at Freddy's right now, it would be rated E10+ (interesting).

PonyoPenguin wrote:

Been playing around with an ESRB auto rating tool all day because I have no life. It's telling me that:

If I submitted a game with the same content as Brawl right now, it would get a T rating (however, I figured out why Brawl has a T rating - it's because of the close-ups on the violence you see at times - no matter how cartoony, the ESRB really doesn't like that).

If I submitted a game with the same content as Persona 4 right now, it would be rated T (but then why is it rated M?!).

If I submitted a game with the same content as Five Nights at Freddy's right now, it would be rated E10+ (interesting).

Ooh, sounds interesting. Could you give the the title of it so I can look it up on Google?

P.S.; To add to the conversation, I wonder what some Scratch projects would get, if we had our own (visible!) rating system, along these lines.

Maybe it could go like this…?
NQ - No questionable (right word?) content. Suitable for Front Page.
LQ - Very little, if any, questionable content (think copyrighted content). Probably suitable for front page.
NFE - The already present Not For Everyone status. Not going on from page.

What do you guys think? Too vague? Obviously not necessary for this site?

I totally disagree with the ESRB rating of Brawl, like B&E said.

PonyoPenguin wrote:

Been playing around with an ESRB auto rating tool all day because I have no life. It's telling me that:

If I submitted a game with the same content as Brawl right now, it would get a T rating (however, I figured out why Brawl has a T rating - it's because of the close-ups on the violence you see at times - no matter how cartoony, the ESRB really doesn't like that).

If I submitted a game with the same content as Persona 4 right now, it would be rated T (but then why is it rated M?!).

If I submitted a game with the same content as Five Nights at Freddy's right now, it would be rated E10+ (interesting).

That tool sounds awesome, do you have a link?

I also disagree with Brawl's rating. I've played it and it's not that bad. Nobody can actually “die”, you either get knocked off the edge (where a giant light appears showing where you fell), you get knocked out into space (with a twinkle), hit the screen, or simply lay down.

Also, FNAF (at least according to that tool) is E10+? ESRB plz explain

As for other ratings I disagree with, I'd say Portal. It's T for blood and mild violence.

I'm guessing mild violence comes from the turrets shooting at you in some levels. As for blood, whenever you get shot by a turret, a blood splatter appears on the wall behind you. However, it's not that much (although if you keep getting shot it can be), and there's no graphic deaths, you just lower to the ground.

I can see how this game isn't exactly “Happy Fun-Time Land For 4-Year-Olds”, but I don't see why it automatically gets a T rating for some blood.

PonyoPenguin wrote:

If I submitted a game with the same content as Persona 4 right now, it would be rated T (but then why is it rated M?!).

If I submitted a game with the same content as Five Nights at Freddy's right now, it would be rated E10+ (interesting).

If you ask me, P4 probably should have a rating that's between T and M, but that doesn't exist in the ESRB. In Japan it got 15+. I think the FNAF rating is pretty spot on. (Also, thanks for sharing because I'd love trying to play with this tool later).

Also, I think ESRB goofed on the rating for Project Mirai DX. It should be rated E in my opinion but it's rated E10+. It's a rhythm game about vocaloid, but the issue is it's a kids game with some songs that may be a bit inappropriate (Clover Club, On the Rocks, Romeo and Cinderella) but the thing is, they're JAPANESE songs. Kids aren't gonna know what they're saying. In Japan this game was rated A for All Ages, but in Japan it's different what's considered taboo for kids or not.

WeeabooForever wrote:

Also, I think ESRB goofed on the rating for Project Mirai DX. It should be rated E in my opinion but it's rated E10+. It's a rhythm game about vocaloid, but the issue is it's a kids game with some songs that may be a bit inappropriate (Clover Club, On the Rocks, Romeo and Cinderella) but the thing is, they're JAPANESE songs. Kids aren't gonna know what they're saying. In Japan this game was rated A for All Ages, but in Japan it's different what's considered taboo for kids or not.

I disagree. I think that no matter what language it's in, the rating should be upped for lyrics. What if a kid speaks Japanese but lives in the US?

WeeabooForever wrote:

Also, I think ESRB goofed on the rating for Project Mirai DX. It should be rated E in my opinion but it's rated E10+. It's a rhythm game about vocaloid, but the issue is it's a kids game with some songs that may be a bit inappropriate (Clover Club, On the Rocks, Romeo and Cinderella) but the thing is, they're JAPANESE songs. Kids aren't gonna know what they're saying. In Japan this game was rated A for All Ages, but in Japan it's different what's considered taboo for kids or not.

Project Mirai DX was also E10+ for a scene of implied violence (a girl on a guillotine; the screen cuts away as we hear the blade fall and her ribbon floats away).

Are the English translations accessible through the game? If not, then I agree with you. And so did PEGI, as they gave the game a 3+ rating.

I unfortunately cannot link to the ESRB auto-rating tool multiple people asked for directly here as it contains references to mature content. However, if you Google “Windows 10 submit app age rating” and click on a link to a Windows blog, you will be able to find the tool as well as the PEGI tool.

PonyoPenguin wrote:

WeeabooForever wrote:

Also, I think ESRB goofed on the rating for Project Mirai DX. It should be rated E in my opinion but it's rated E10+. It's a rhythm game about vocaloid, but the issue is it's a kids game with some songs that may be a bit inappropriate (Clover Club, On the Rocks, Romeo and Cinderella) but the thing is, they're JAPANESE songs. Kids aren't gonna know what they're saying. In Japan this game was rated A for All Ages, but in Japan it's different what's considered taboo for kids or not.

Project Mirai DX was also E10+ for a scene of implied violence (a girl on a guillotine; the screen cuts away as we hear the blade fall and her ribbon floats away).

Are the English translations accessible through the game? If not, then I agree with you. And so did PEGI, as they gave the game a 3+ rating.

I unfortunately cannot link to the ESRB auto-rating tool multiple people asked for directly here as it contains references to mature content. However, if you Google “Windows 10 submit app age rating” and click on a link to a Windows blog, you will be able to find the tool as well as the PEGI tool.

Yeah, I never really thought about that. And the Matryoshka music video is kinda terrifying, for little kids probably even more so. And no, the English lyrics are inaccessible.

And thanks for letting me know where to find the tool.

Tymewalk wrote:

WeeabooForever wrote:

Also, I think ESRB goofed on the rating for Project Mirai DX. It should be rated E in my opinion but it's rated E10+. It's a rhythm game about vocaloid, but the issue is it's a kids game with some songs that may be a bit inappropriate (Clover Club, On the Rocks, Romeo and Cinderella) but the thing is, they're JAPANESE songs. Kids aren't gonna know what they're saying. In Japan this game was rated A for All Ages, but in Japan it's different what's considered taboo for kids or not.

I disagree. I think that no matter what language it's in, the rating should be upped for lyrics. What if a kid speaks Japanese but lives in the US?

That is possible, but the chances are much lower that there's young native Japanese speakers in the U.S. compared to, say, Vancouver in Canada (which has such a high Asian immigration rate that it's often nicknamed Hongcouver)

One rating I will never understand is Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers' T rating. Yes, it was released before the invention of the E10+ rating, but in the context of a franchise that has been loved by young children for decades, how could anyone think a T rating was appropriate?

PonyoPenguin wrote:

One rating I will never understand is Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers' T rating. Yes, it was released before the invention of the E10+ rating, but in the context of a franchise that has been loved by young children for decades, how could anyone think a T rating was appropriate?

What, for real? Never heard of that before. That's insane.
Meanwhile in Japan you have mystery games about murder (the death note games cough cough) being rated A. Video game rating systems never fail to baffle me.

On PEGI, Undertale would be rate 12 for- violence? even when you can choose note to hurt anyone…
On ESRB, Undertale is-T?? for violence and blood… what?

firefang16 wrote:

On PEGI, Undertale would be rate 12 for- violence? even when you can choose note to hurt anyone…
On ESRB, Undertale is-T?? for violence and blood… what?

Most rating systems choose to check the extremes of a game. True, you don't have to hurt anyone, but there's (probably, I've never played it) a way to kill everyone and everything.
ESRB also considers most appearances of more than a little blood to warrant a T rating.