OMG - What if GTA IV gets an AO rating!!!!!!!!!!

I was so confident in Rockstar's ability to meet release deadlines that I had no concern about the GTA IV release date, but what if they get hit with an AO rating?

The consoles will refuse to carry it and Rockstar will be forced to delay to the game to change things to get a lower rating!

I will literally cry if it happens!

There isn't even the slimmest chance in hell Take-Two would let that happen for GTA IV. If they even think they're skirting the line, they'll immediately edit to save the "M" rating. If GTA IV gets the AO, Take-Two - and maybe even Rockstar - dies very soon. They would never risk that, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Besides, Manhunt 2 and GTA IV are very different games.

why do we have such a stupid rating system? M is for 17 year olds and up. then AO is for 18 and up. its only a 1 year difference. what kind of content could they put in an AO game that a 17 year old hasnt seen. just make 18 M and we'll all be happy. its dumb how once a game turns AO its ZOMG SUCH AN INNAPROPRIATE GAME.SDog624

It's a major difference. AO games aren't carried by several retailers (Wal-Mart included), Blockbuster won't rent it, and the game is basically treated like porn. You may not have noticed, but the difference between 17 and 18, as far as the law is concerned, is a pretty big deal. Already mentioned porn, but what about other things like, say, voting?

why do we have such a stupid rating system? M is for 17 year olds and up. then AO is for 18 and up. its only a 1 year difference. what kind of content could they put in an AO game that a 17 year old hasnt seen. just make 18 M and we'll all be happy. its dumb how once a game turns AO its ZOMG SUCH AN INNAPROPRIATE GAME.SDog624

It's no worse than te difference between an R-rated movie and an NC-17 movie. With an Rirated movie, you can get in by yourself if you're 17. If you're under 17, you can see it if accompanied by your parents. But with NC-17, you aren't allowed in even if your parents fervently demand that you see the movie.

And yes, I do agree that it's dumb how a game is deemed inappropriate only once it's gotten an AO rating. Instead, I think we should be equally criticizing all of the gornographic M rated games out there that serve no purpose other than to let them commit murder in the most gruesome ways possible withing the confines of an M-rating. I don't think that ultraviolent A) games should be more acceptable, I think that ultraviolent M games should be LESS acceptable.

Nah, they're very different games. From what I read, Manhunt 2 does feature some "in-your-face" instances, with the full intention of promoting media backlash. Now that this publicit stunt backfired, Rockstar are going to be very careful.

Nah, they're very different games. From what I read, Manhunt 2 does feature some "in-your-face" instances, with the full intention of promoting media backlash. Now that this publicit stunt backfired, Rockstar are going to be very careful.

nopalversion

You can bet *he-who-shall-remain-nameless* will be after the game no matter what sort of content it features.

I was actually thinking about this earlier.

I don't think there is any chance of it happening,but if it did, it would spell disaster for Rockstar.

I was so confident in Rockstar's ability to meet release deadlines that I had no concern about the GTA IV release date, but what if they get hit with an AO rating?

The consoles will refuse to carry it and Rockstar will be forced to delay to the game to change things to get a lower rating!

I will literally cry if it happens!

Jason_A

i WISH it would happen..

you must be under 17..

BESIDES whats all this **** about if it gets AO any game is doomed..

WHAT other game has gotten AO?! Bmx,xxx? That game was crap from the beginning..

Before u say a game is doomed with AO, wait to see how well manhunt 2 sells. as im sure it will.

I'm not sure that this would ever happen but if it did, you could probably just import it from another country so long as it was region free.

But seriously, I don't think that Rockstar would risk getting it's biggest money maker banned.

[QUOTE="Jason_A"]

I was so confident in Rockstar's ability to meet release deadlines that I had no concern about the GTA IV release date, but what if they get hit with an AO rating?

The consoles will refuse to carry it and Rockstar will be forced to delay to the game to change things to get a lower rating!

I will literally cry if it happens!

expandingeye

i WISH it would happen..

you must be under 17..

BESIDES whats all this **** about if it gets AO any game is doomed..

WHAT other game has gotten AO?! Bmx,xxx? That game was crap from the beginning..

Before u say a game is doomed with AO, wait to see how well manhunt 2 sells. as im sure it will.

BMX XXX was rated M, not AO for your information.

As for waiting to see how well Manhunt 2 sells with an AO rating........it'll be a loooooooong wait......seeing as Nintendo, Sony, and MS have already stated that they will not publish a game with an AO rating, and few(if any) stores would carry it even if they did.

So yes, an AO rating is a death sentence for Manhunt 2 in it's current stage.

I'm beginning to question the creibility of the ESRB, with this Manhunt 2 fiasco.

Who runs the ESRB? Who are the people who decide if games are innapropriate for me? (Even though i'm perfectly capable of deciding that for myself...) How do they decide wether a game gets an M rating or an AO.

Can anyone have these questions answered? I'm curious.

If it was AO, does Microsoft have any qualms against publishing AO games? Or the PC? Seriously, I know Sony and Nintendo refuse to publish 3rd party AO rated games, but does Microsoft though?

Fanboys might not like that prospect, but there's always that avenue of hope.

And still, I doubt even GTA will be rated AO though. Aside from inclusion of certain sexual scenes though, that would probably do it.

If it was AO, does Microsoft have any qualms against publishing AO games? Or the PC? Seriously, I know Sony and Nintendo refuse to publish 3rd party AO rated games, but does Microsoft though?SemiMaster

None of the three console manufacturers allow AO rated games (though uncensored versions of games like Fahrenheit and Leisure Suit Larry were released in Europe)- such games can only be released on PC.

There isn't even the slimmest chance in hell Take-Two would let that happen for GTA IV. If they even think they're skirting the line, they'll immediately edit to save the "M" rating. If GTA IV gets the AO, Take-Two - and maybe even Rockstar - dies very soon. They would never risk that, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Besides, Manhunt 2 and GTA IV are very different games.

fathoms_basic

Right, and since the AO ratingis clearly expanding (it has never been imposed for violence in the past) that could translate into a pretty tame (relatively speaking) GTA.

[QUOTE="SemiMaster"]If it was AO, does Microsoft have any qualms against publishing AO games? Or the PC? Seriously, I know Sony and Nintendo refuse to publish 3rd party AO rated games, but does Microsoft though?UpInFlames

None of the three console manufacturers allow AO rated games (though uncensored versions of games like Fahrenheit and Leisure Suit Larry were released in Europe)- such games can only be released on PC.

Wot? Fahrenheit was censored in the US? This is too much...

Wot? Fahrenheit was censored in the US? This is too much...nopalversion

Yeah, the sex scenes were completely cut-out which is rediculous when you think about it.

[QUOTE="nopalversion"]Wot? Fahrenheit was censored in the US? This is too much...UpInFlames

Yeah, the sex scenes were completely cut-out which is rediculous when you think about it.