Is this fair at all?

[Rewdalf]

There's an easier way around all of this.
Simply make a new account with an age above 18, download it using that account, and the files should be on your HDD for your main account to use.
That's what I did before I turned 17, and it worked every time.

 

[Ashsaver]

It's OFLCNZ's fault for given the game R13 rating,This is a R18,or M game.

Every country should have just use the ESRB's rating instead of their own.

But what if said countries censors are not a bunch of weirdos who think that seeing a nipple is 10,000 times worse than blowing someones head off?
In other words, sane people.

ESRB are one of the sane people,and if every country actually use ESRB rating system,at least we'd all have some kind of a consistency.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

It's OFLCNZ's fault for given the game R13 rating,This is a R18,or M game.

Every country should have just use the ESRB's rating instead of their own.

But what if said countries censors are not a bunch of weirdos who think that seeing a nipple is 10,000 times worse than blowing someones head off?
In other words, sane people.

ESRB are one of the sane people,and if every country actually use ESRB rating system,at least we'd all have some kind of a consistency.

I havent seen that much of the ESRB's rating system but they do seem a little biased against sex than violence, thats not exactly what id call reliable

btw why do you use red text?

 

[Canid117]

It's rated M in America, which is where Microsoft is based, which means you play by their rules (meaning no cool stuff until you're 17). I don't endorse lying, but you really should have lied about your age.

Microsoft did not publish Mass Effect 2. EA did.

 

[Pandaman1911]

Microsoft did not publish Mass Effect 2. EA did.

I realize this, but the extra content is handled through Xbox Live, which IS a part of Microsoft, which means you have to do things their way and like it.

 

[boholikeu]

Yes it is fair simply because you have a means to circumvent this system in the form of parents.

try not having parents buddy, also yeah im getting all these things about faking my age, i really dont want to have to lie to get content that probably should be avaliable to me

Surely you have a legal guardian of some sort? Why can't you ask them?

Also, while the system is a bit unfair, I believe it says on the game box that the bonus materials are all DLC. Didn't you take this into account when buying the game? After all, someone without an internet connection also wouldn't be able to access the material they paid for, but you don't see many people complaining about that.

 

[Ashsaver]

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I suggested Mass Effect as an M game not because of the blood (which the game certainly has) alone, the game contained Drug and Alcohol References,Sex (albeit G rated),strong language,etc.

The ESRB is a free organization (that means ESRB's is not the same as American's),they don't force their rating on games the system is entirely voluntary,if someone doesn't want the ESRB to rate their games then they don't have to (thus RP rating)and there are no actually penalty for that.

If you don't like it,well that's fine,but if you ask me,i rather have people who play games to rate games for my children rather than greyhair politicians who're old enough to be my grandparent to do it

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The ESRB are mostly reliable,there are some weird miss rating here and there,sure,but not too absurd,I prefer the ESRB's rating system over my government because...well,they're not the government! they're gamers like us (sorta)

And i use red text because...i like red....we are getting off-topic here,i should stop.

 

[Cj Vanek]

According to the ESRB inFamous was rated T for Blood, Drug Refrences, Language, Suggestive Themes, and violence, while Prototype was rated M for Blood and gore, intense violence, and strong language. The language in both of them were the same according to their droid app. And they bother to point out that in prototype you can consume people by absorbing them into you, but they don't mention you can do that in inFamous(its called bioleech instead). They mention that prototype has scenes of crows eating dead bodies, while inFamous has a scene where the police open fire on innocent civilians trying to escape the horrors in the city, i don't know bout you but the second seems way worse. Also as they said in inFamous Sasha is a naked chick covered in tar talking about how she had sex with someone, I can't remember who but I haven't played in about a year. To me inFamous is a a lot worse but I guess the ESRB knows best, even if they don't actually play the games. Yes I am serious, which seems incredibly ridiculous as anything will seem a lot more horrible, violent, and vulgar if you don't actually experience the entire thing as opposed to just seeing the most violent, vulgar and inappropriate parts.

TL;DR the ESRB doesn't actually play games, look it up.

OT: No that isn't fair, it should be determined by whoever rates video games in your country, that would be as random as me, an American citizen, having to abide by the laws in England, when I'm not even in England.