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Subject: Why is halo rated M?
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honestly, the blood and gore doesn't seem that bad. Halo isn't much worse than a sci-fi movie or tv series.

  • 06.24.2005 3:06 PM PDT

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true, but there's swearing and a lot of gore. And it's only for mature people, like us. Some people can't stand the gore/swearing.

  • 06.24.2005 3:16 PM PDT
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Believe it or not, Bungie was actually trying to make Halo a T game. And the reason why there isn't a lot of blood, is because they didn't know if PC graphics cards could handle it. I mean look at Halo for XBox, when you kill a grunt purple blood splatters all over the ground and wall behind it and stays there. And there isn't a lot of swearing, except for whenever Sgt. Johnson decides to give a prep speach, but even than its only -blam!-, ass, or FUBAR.

  • 06.24.2005 3:30 PM PDT
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If you had a kid, especially a young one, you might not want him/her playing a violent game like Halo. Sure, there's worse games out there, like Mankind and GTA. But there are nicer ones too, like Spongebog and Powerpuff Girls.

  • 06.24.2005 3:51 PM PDT
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Believe it or not, Bungie was actually trying to make Halo a T game. And the reason why there isn't a lot of blood, is because they didn't know if PC graphics cards could handle it. I mean look at Halo for XBox, when you kill a grunt purple blood splatters all over the ground and wall behind it and stays there. And there isn't a lot of swearing, except for whenever Sgt. Johnson decides to give a prep speach, but even than its only -blam!-, ass, or FUBAR.


I don't know what Halo you play - I kill anything, and blood sprays and leave marks everywhere...I've left hallways on Halo drenched in the stuff.

I think that the mature rating is fine. I'm serious - it is borderline teen/mature, but i'm fine with it. I've never had gripes with ESRB - in fact they're much more liberal than most other ratings systems.

  • 06.24.2005 6:29 PM PDT
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yea, even most moderate parents & catholic school commitees are impressed with the ESRB's rating system, it actually works, unlike the movie rating system. If parents actually want they can make sure what games their children are playing by just looking at the front of the box, the rating isin't hidden somewhere on the inside front-cover. However most of the game-stores don't care, when I went to buy Halo PC, i think I was 13, and the guy was like "good choice" so not much disagreement there. The only thing is is uber-violent games that everyone knows about, like The Suffering, and those other zombie games that come around, otherwise Halo wouldn't, make that couldn't have that much blood & gore if it was humans you were killing, i guess even ESRB has a liking towards shredding up alien covie bastards. ;)

  • 06.24.2005 7:14 PM PDT
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Yeah, at the same time they've got to impress and appease a lot of conservative groups - in tandem with doing the same for the more liberal ones and for the game industry, which of course doesn't really like having games turned down to kids...they could be making $$

But, then again, thank god that I'm 17 - no longer effected by those ratings anymore :D

  • 06.24.2005 7:35 PM PDT
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its coz kortana is naked

  • 06.24.2005 8:29 PM PDT
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Yeah, but she's pixelated and purple. It's kind of like Trinity wearing that skin tight suit in The Matrix.

  • 06.24.2005 8:47 PM PDT
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Yeah... that's good to hear... for the longest time I thought I was the only one who thought Cortana was hot...

The Suffering scared the bejesus out of me when I was 20... That deserved its M.

  • 06.24.2005 9:12 PM PDT
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heeeh i thinks shes hot too.. in her own way..
i wudnt want her in a poster with
jennah jamieson or pamela anderson ..
but shes is hot (i am not sayin jnnah and pam are hot)
lolz... yeha an the suffering
one heck of a ride...
kept me jumping at evry noise
one freakin good game
specially coz i played it with my dads theater system
man 52" (or sumn) plasma tv with surround acoustics kicks butt man...
u feel like ur in it... whoo..

  • 06.24.2005 9:19 PM PDT
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i always tought i was the only one who liked cortana...but in the danger of this going off topic i will say halo deserves its m rating. of course theirs not much blood and gore but come on remember the first time in level 6 when you saw the flood for the first time. my ten year old sister started cry and she was watching me. i actually nearly fainted and my nerves were on edge all of the rest of the level and at the library. now i love killing them but my point is with the flood you can actually shoot off limbs and some youger people shouldnt see that plus theres a lot of cursing in the game(yeah, right) plus when you melee the dead covies blood keeps spilling out its real borderline with t but i think the flood made all the difference(btw i had nightmares of them for weeks)

  • 06.24.2005 11:05 PM PDT
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Nightmares about the flood? No offense or anything but that's knida funny. *muffled laugh* That's kinda what they were going for though, I mean a mutilated, bleeding zombie type person lurching out from the darkness is supposed to be M rated and scary. For some reason stuff like that doesn't bother me (I find most horror movies too slow and boring lol).

  • 06.25.2005 12:01 AM PDT
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who pays attention to ratings anyway?

  • 06.25.2005 9:33 AM PDT

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Heres a reason for the 'M' rating.

And heres another reason.

  • 06.25.2005 11:43 AM PDT
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darth - your screenshots and videos...lol

  • 06.25.2005 12:23 PM PDT

* Pr: ĭnʹtərnĕts: "I hear there's rumors on the uh (pause), Internets...

lol

  • 06.25.2005 12:34 PM PDT
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You serious about the blood SLD? My Halo's not like that. Whenever I kill something blood sprays in the air, but than dissapears. Must be my graphics card.

[Edited on 6/25/2005]

  • 06.25.2005 1:05 PM PDT
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you only get a lot of blood if you're into serious overkill. Do you really think anybody would waste all their ammo into a dead alien in a situation like that?

  • 06.25.2005 2:23 PM PDT
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Go into video options and turn decals on. you'll see the blood on the walls then.

Yes, ESRB is a good rating system. I respect them and their decisions, even though halo being an M is a little borderline.

Dude, the flood scared the -blam!- out of me when I first played 343GS. That level's ambients and environment radiate evil. And yes, it made by little bro have nightmares (he was i think 12 when i first got HPC).

Games like the suffering dude, yeah, they're scary.

  • 06.25.2005 6:42 PM PDT
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Okay.

I guess saying she's hot automatically equates to being a loser!?

FYI - I'm not really interested in a sci-fi hologram.

  • 06.25.2005 7:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: CHAOS_ENEMY
wow u guys said cortana's hot.......

i'm sorry but that is HORRIBLE! plz go get a girlfriend...like now....before its too late, tho i fear for some of you....it maybe already too late......


Okay. *vectorracer restrains Inspire*

Look - do us all a favor and say something positive and constructive.
Please.
I am dying to hear it.

I fear for you, son - your people skills need a lot of work. Take a note out of SLD's book. He can post his opinion without bashing anyone else.. But then again, SLD has substance. We may be onto something there....

  • 06.25.2005 8:43 PM PDT
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If you read the rating, it tells you why it is rated so. I think cotana looks like a turtle... sorta, but thats just me. WTF???? That video is crazy. So many chiefs... so much blood. I wonder if we could make a bulls eye in blood.

  • 06.25.2005 9:01 PM PDT

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