isnt m 15+? it is in australia

 

 

 

anyway... esrb is just a recommendation, not law. It says "RECOMMENED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES" on it. Doesnt it?

isnt m 15+? it is in australia

 

 

 

anyway... esrb is just a recommendation, not law. It says "RECOMMENED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES" on it. Doesnt it?

 

 

 

Yes, Australia has different ratings to the US. We have M15+, whereas their M means Mature, for over 17's only I believe? They have a 'T' category (teen) which I guess is the equivalant of an M15+ rating here in Australia.

As said above: Prove that you're mature, and that you can handle those kinds of games.

 

 

 

 

 

I guess you could try an emulator...but that wouldn't be much fun. :-$

If they won't let you play MGS than play Splinter Cell, its the next best thing....and I really feel sorry for the threadmaker...his parents won't let him play rated M games. I want to laugh at him and say how great M games are but I don't wanna look like a jerkoff. Anyway,I guess your gonna have to live with it for another two years dude...I think MGS will still be around in 09.

swap the disc jackets around or "edit" it

It seems to me to be like R rated movies: an adult should be present, but other than that, it's O.K.

Heh, I just wore them down until they let me get God of War 2. Then I told them that that was as bad as they get besides the GTA series.

 

 

 

Or, just get a tame M game such as Halo or Socom. If they see you play it, they probably won't care in the future.

Heh, I just wore them down until they let me get God of War 2. Then I told them that that was as bad as they get besides the GTA series.

 

 

 

Or, just get a tame M game such as Halo or Socom. If they see you play it, they probably won't care in the future.

 

 

 

That's what I did :P Moved from Halo to other M games using the excuse that I already own an M rated shooting game, 1 more M game can't hurt.

shoot them in the leg to show them that violent video games don't effect children like they ESRB thinks they do

 

 

 

:lol: I lol'd.

 

 

 

 

 

Just tell them off. Tell them that its just a game, and you know it is. Tell them you wouldn't even think about doing the things in the game in real life and they're sad to think so.

man that is kinda sad..... :?

 

 

 

I played duke nukem when I was like... um 9?? lol

 

and I bought timesplitters: future's pefect (said 18+ on the box) when I was 14, I think.

Heh, I just wore them down until they let me get God of War 2. Then I told them that that was as bad as they get besides the GTA series.

 

 

 

Or, just get a tame M game such as Halo or Socom. If they see you play it, they probably won't care in the future.

 

 

 

That's what I did :P Moved from Halo to other M games using the excuse that I already own an M rated shooting game, 1 more M game can't hurt.

 

 

 

 

 

Lawl. Thats what I did aswell. The worst M game I've played as of now......is Devil May Cry. Yeah.

All my games are M, my dad thinks any game without "violence" on it isn't worth playing. But once a stupid salesclerk lady mentioned "sexual themes" and it almost blew it for me. Luckily I stuck wit teh shooterz and now I'm all good. I hope they aren't around when I play Mass Effect though, heard there was a sex scene somewhere in there.

 

 

 

Same theory for your folks. It looks like they don't mind violence as long as it's simple shooting or hacknslash, so stick with those games. Stay away from other games until your parents gain your trust, upon which you can play pretty much any game your parents would care to not bother nitpicking on.

You could just stick to Mario and Tetris ... ?

 

 

 

 

 

:lol: I actually was brought up on pretty much only Mario, Donkey kong, and watching my mom play tetris. The only M game I played was Duke Nukem 3D (Heh my first gory fps at the age of 6!)

 

 

 

Yeah, but in that case M stood for "My god this is awesome!"

Prove to them that you're mature enough to play it. I proved it to my parents when I was..what...10 maybe? The first M rated game I played was Vice City if I remember right.

 

 

 

I can understand something like Halo 3 ok underage, but GTA is one of the exceptions I have...on the news one day, an 8-year-old kid went out in the streets in real life after playing Vice City and shot a real police officer. :shame:

 

 

 

Oh please Jack Thompson has gotten to you (wiki it if you don't know who he is). Just because he played the game doesn't mean he got the idea from the game to shoot a cop. Most people can play the game and realize that it's just a game. If they can't, they need some physiological help, which the game is not at fault for.

 

Jack Thompson let his kid buy GTA Vice City underaged :P . why can't we?

I don't know, my parents have never set Video Game restrictions for me. I have been playing M games since I was five, eight years now.

the the flameing begin.

 

 

 

i have to say, if you perents wont let a 15 year old boy play a M. game there is serios something wrong with them. i'm also 15 and i play all the games i wont to. as long as i can buy them myself. i mean comon, our language is so bad that the most violent games or nicer then reality :ohnoes: just flick the the tv on and you got more violence then any game can give you :roll: ecspecily if you live in america :uhh:

the the flameing begin.

 

 

 

i have to say, if you perents wont let a 15 year old boy play a M. game there is serios something wrong with them. i'm also 15 and i play all the games i wont to. as long as i can buy them myself. i mean comon, our language is so bad that the most violent games or nicer then reality :ohnoes: just flick the the tv on and you got more violence then any game can give you :roll: ecspecily if you live in america :uhh:

 

 

 

By bad do you mean grammar and spelling? :P

 

 

 

Anyways, have you convinced your parents yet?

Wow, strict parents :anxious:

 

I would try to convince them that it's not "dangerous" to you or whatever the reason is they won't let you get it. Good luck!

 

 

 

Strict? I just see it as trying to raise their kids without rated M games, or blood, gore, and the f word every other second.

Wow, strict parents :anxious:

 

I would try to convince them that it's not "dangerous" to you or whatever the reason is they won't let you get it. Good luck!

 

 

 

Strict? I just see it as trying to raise their kids without rated M games, or blood, gore, and the f word every other second.

 

Wow nice one, I've never played an M game in recent memory that even has the f word more then once, if at all. And in some games you can turn off the blood & gore. And he's in high school, I think he can handle it...

Wow, strict parents :anxious:

 

I would try to convince them that it's not "dangerous" to you or whatever the reason is they won't let you get it. Good luck!

 

 

 

Strict? I just see it as trying to raise their kids without rated M games, or blood, gore, and the f word every other second.

 

Wow nice one, I've never played an M game in recent memory that even has the f word more then once, if at all. And in some games you can turn off the blood & gore. And he's in high school, I think he can handle it...

 

 

 

Yeah, even crime games such as GTA which I played, don't use 'bad language'. The characters and criminals do make threats or call each other names, but I can barely remember even a few occassions of 'f' being used in that game.

 

 

 

But other than that I would have to agree with Pirate_Steve; Why on earth would I want my kid to play, say GTA? :? I can have fun while playing it, but don't expect a 10-11 year old (or heaven forgive, younger than that) understanding the game, and the fact it's just entertainment, not something 'acceptable'...

Wow, strict parents :anxious:

 

I would try to convince them that it's not "dangerous" to you or whatever the reason is they won't let you get it. Good luck!

 

 

 

Strict? I just see it as trying to raise their kids without rated M games, or blood, gore, and the f word every other second.

 

Wow nice one, I've never played an M game in recent memory that even has the f word more then once, if at all. And in some games you can turn off the blood & gore. And he's in high school, I think he can handle it...

 

 

 

Yeah, even crime games such as GTA which I played, don't use 'bad language'. The characters and criminals do make threats or call each other names, but I can barely remember even a few occassions of 'f' being used in that game.

 

 

 

But other than that I would have to agree with Pirate_Steve; Why on earth would I want my kid to play, say GTA? :? I can have fun while playing it, but don't expect a 10-11 year old (or heaven forgive, younger than that) understanding the game, and the fact it's just entertainment, not something 'acceptable'...

GTA is really as bad as they get, he said his parents won't let him get any.

 

 

 

And he's also in high school, I think high school kids hear much more language and witness much more drug use and such in the real world than in a game such as GTA. Don't tell that to my parents though, they think GTA is the spawn of Satan.