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New ESRB ratings detail Spoilers and Plot Twists!

November 16, 2008 in News comments 5

While many people were happy about the new ESRB ratings system, it seems there will be a negative side to the new ratings' summaries. Some game summaries (Resistance 2 and Fallout 3, to name a few) detail spoilers and plot twists...

Ratings board now including paragraph write-ups detailing possible objectionable content, including some spoilers.

Consumers using the content descriptors to make decisions about games they will play themselves should be wary, however. The ESRB write-ups can also include details of plot twists and other spoilers. One line from the Resistance 2 write-up omitted in the quote above reveals a significant plot detail from a climactic moment of the game. Fallout 3 is another title with a key revelation included in the summary.
Miss Razz via gamespot.com »
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    Absolute Nov 16, 08
    Well, it's online, not on the back of the actual box. I could understand it for parents who want to know what's what.

    However, I shudder to think what Dead Space's details will be..

    "A game completely focused on dismembering reanimated human corpses"?

    Yeah.
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    IAMJOB56 Nov 16, 08
    Damnit ESRB. You had a perfectly good rating system before...
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    HisServant77 Nov 17, 08
    Gotta take the good with the bad. I like the new way their doing it. It's not as though the new ratings are for those who are solely interested in buying the game for themselves. It's aimed to help parents who will buy games for their kids. Though I doubt it may help since most parents who didn't care about ratings before, will hardly care enough to go the extra step and look online.

    But It's at least a move forward instead of sticking with the same old thing that doesn't work. What's that definition of insanity again? ("Doing the same thing over again, hoping for different results"?)

    I know I'll enjoy checking into the games for myself, because I have personal game standards, and also don't feel like getting a game and not knowing whether it's bad enough that I should not play when the kids are around (or not knowing exactly what is in it). The spoilers and plot twists . . . might be a bad thing to those like me who want to check into the games for personal use. However, that's not what this is aimed toward.

    Take the bad with the good I suppose.
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      Final Blade Nov 17, 08
      Im an adult and could give two shits about the ESRB ratings on games. But I suppose this does help out the parents with games, but then its up to them to take the initiative and read it. Doubt its going to happen, but at least people are trying.
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    kik36 Nov 17, 08
    Luckily I'm an adult as well as a parent and don't need the ESRB to tell me what is safe for my kids or not. I will avoid the ESRB website for the same reason I avoid the game forums that I want to be surprised with......no spoiler tags!!! LMAO

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