ESRB Gives Arkham City a Teen Rating
If you're old enough for high school, you're old enough to play Arkham City.
The ESRB has cast its critical eye over Batman: Arkham City [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002I0JAVK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p63_d4_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1QH1HDCDQVBS38RVZ2AD&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846] and given it a T for Teen rating, making it the latest in a series of Batman media, including The Dark Knight and Arkham Asylum, deemed suitable for a teenaged market.
The ESRB's summary reads as you might expect. Much like its predecessor, the game contains violent hand-to-hand combat, with sounds of pain, realistic gunfire, and slow-motion effects. There is some sexual content, but it is suggestive rather than explicit. Female characters - and my money is on Catwoman - are said to display a lot of cleavage, and there is at least one instance of a neon sign promising "Live Nudes." Characters also make reference to sex and porn.
There are also a few instances of smoking, and references to drinking. One of the examples given for drinking also contributes the most intriguing part of the ESRB's summary. At one point, a character in the game says, "She got a little drunk and killed her classmates," which is a rather interesting snippet of incidental dialogue. It could just refer to a random gang member, but with the exception of Harley Quinn and Catwoman, women seem a little thin on the ground in Arkham City. If I had to guess, my money would be on Harley - she seems the type.
Batman: Arkham City comes out for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on October 18th.
Source: Silconera [http://www.siliconera.com/2011/08/08/batman-arkham-city-passes-the-esrb-trial-with-a-t/]
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If you're old enough for high school, you're old enough to play Arkham City.
The ESRB has cast its critical eye over Batman: Arkham City [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002I0JAVK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p63_d4_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1QH1HDCDQVBS38RVZ2AD&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846] and given it a T for Teen rating, making it the latest in a series of Batman media, including The Dark Knight and Arkham Asylum, deemed suitable for a teenaged market.
The ESRB's summary reads as you might expect. Much like its predecessor, the game contains violent hand-to-hand combat, with sounds of pain, realistic gunfire, and slow-motion effects. There is some sexual content, but it is suggestive rather than explicit. Female characters - and my money is on Catwoman - are said to display a lot of cleavage, and there is at least one instance of a neon sign promising "Live Nudes." Characters also make reference to sex and porn.
There are also a few instances of smoking, and references to drinking. One of the examples given for drinking also contributes the most intriguing part of the ESRB's summary. At one point, a character in the game says, "She got a little drunk and killed her classmates," which is a rather interesting snippet of incidental dialogue. It could just refer to a random gang member, but with the exception of Harley Quinn and Catwoman, women seem a little thin on the ground in Arkham City. If I had to guess, my money would be on Harley - she seems the type.
Batman: Arkham City comes out for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on October 18th.
Source: Silconera [http://www.siliconera.com/2011/08/08/batman-arkham-city-passes-the-esrb-trial-with-a-t/]
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