Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Anti-Matter There is no logic. You can find PEGI 3+ games that should be 12+, other way around, 16+ for something completely irrelevant, etc.

@TeaCatherine Yeah I mean not the gov't like the prime minister or other higher ups, but on the local level with the mayor or something, depending on the legal structure of schools in each country.

Lootboxes are fine, you get things for free + the thrill of gacha

@ComfyAko Microtransaction lootboxes are pretty bad in my opinion.
@Anti-Matter Eh, just different cultural standards I guess.

@Anti-Matter waito, Ratchet and Clank had blood? Guns are fine, they are purely fictional and shoot beams that turn people into sheep. I'd say R&C are 7+

@TeaCatherine sure, but nobody actually buys them with real money, so it's ok

@ComfyAko Some people do, that's why everyone makes a massive fuss about them.

@TeaCatherine As if not buying them wasn't an option

Ah, people will make a fuss over everything just for entertainment

@ComfyAko That said, a lot of them are in games with a young player base that is lacking in restraint.

@TeaCatherine It's good to learn that gambling doesn't pay off early in the life

@ComfyAko I mean, I guess but still.

@ComfyAko
It is.

Look at the descriptor from ESRB rating
Animated Blood here is a green slime from dead monsters after you shoot them.
Not every monsters will spurt green slime after dying. I have played the game and it wasn't really disturbing for me but it's very unnecessary added as the dying monsters can just disappeared without spurting any colored liquids.

The Asia version (Singapore packaging) mentioned IGRS 13+ for Ratchet & Clank PS5.

It has Animated Blood inside according to ESRB and also I found the Clank in one scene was swearing with **** on the screen and censored sounds. It indicates Mild language.
Even on USK German rating it mentioned USK 12 with green color logo.

@blindsquarel someone said, yes, this is a good idea, and everyone went with it.

@Owl1
Someone in the office must’ve wanted to work from home that day.

@TeaCatherine I mean better to lose 30$ and not get the skin you want than to gamble 10.000$ at the casino, right?

@Anti-Matter I still find it hilarious, you shoot a green blob and it spews green slime and it counts as blood, lol

@ComfyAko Well, yeah but better if neither happens.

@TeaCatherine That would be perfect, yeah.

But we need an imperfect solution for the imperfect world of ours

I hope I don't sound too negative, I'm trying very hard to be positive

@blindsquarel we then find out that's the one thing Miyamoto did.

@Anti-Matter Just get the European one, you know the game, you know its contents, it doesn't matter what age rating it says on the box, when it all comes down to it what does it matter? Sure it may cross your line in the sand but sometimes you've got to step back and see that sometimes it's all right to move the goalposts. It's just a thing some random people decided, after all, they don't always get it right.
@ComfyAko This world may be imperfect but at least sometimes stuff goes your way for once.

@Owl1
Hey, maybe Miyamoto liked working from home.

@blindsquarel Hey, maybe Miyamoto likes pants.

@Anti-Matter Eh, what's the point? I know you have a very strict personal ruleset, I just don't see the point of it, if you want the game get it, don't bother being ashamed because it has a slightly higher age rating than what you're used to.

@Anti-Matter Choose violence.

@TeaCatherine I am sometimes surpirsed how things fall in place well. It's like I'm so used to struggle, I find it sus when things go my way