Microsoft has confirmed today that Remedy's Alan Wake has been cleared by the ESRB, and will be rated... T?
Yup, that's right. The dark thriller can be played by adults and teens alike when it's released on May 18. What this means for you: Don't expect to hear Alan Wake say anything like "Oh sh*t, did you see that motherf**king car? It just moved, dude. It just flew in the f**king air and tried to kill me. Where the f**k's my God damned wife? This flashlight's a piece of s**t!" And then take off his clothes.
No, that's not happening in Alan Wake.
Are you surprised? Did you expect Alan Wake to get slapped with a "Mature" rating, and does it change how you feel about the upcoming title? It shouldn't -- the game is shaping up to be a hell of a number. Check out our recent preview for more details.
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1:40 PM on 02.18.2010 | 
Still means next to nothing since I don't have a 360, but yeah, I am surprised.
Somehow T games seem more interesting to me because they touch the topics in a more straight manner in a way.
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Won't be buying it anyway: Thanks for canceling the PC version, guys.
I mean this is the esrb, one swear or some flexed glutuses (no I don't know if I spelled that right) and BAM M rated.
How gritty can it be if it made it past their over sensitive asses with a T rating?
Game like this, lower rating can point to them holding back, taming it down for a higher profit.
If it's a T rating simply because the story they wanted to tell didn't require the gore or swearing, then no big deal.
But if it is watered down for profit's sake...well, that's a slap in the face to fans of thrillers and/or horrors.
I'm not really saying the game is toned down or not, merely pointing out the possibilities to ponder for day one buyers that a T rating represents so they really thought about it before laying out 60 bucks.
T rating made it a rent for me. I used to be excited for this...but the more I see the stronger my Spidey sense is buzzing.
"Oh excrement, did you see that motherfornacating car? It just moved, dude. It just flew in the procreating air and tried to seriously injure me. Where the intercourse is my loving damned wife? This flashlight's a piece of defication!"
See?
They just don't want anybody who used to look forward to this to buy it, do they?
I don't remember the Silent Hill (1 and 2) charcters dropping F-bombs every 5 minutes and showing a lot of skin (there were sex undetones, but it was rather creepy and tasteful)
On the other hand, while deeply symbolic and creative, I don't consider No More Heroes 2 to be exactly "mature".... it was actually a parody of what most people here considers a mature game.
Go read Lovecraft and then we'll decide if you really nedd foul lenaguage and bucketloads of gore to be creepy and shocking.
Not really, and it shouldn't change anyone else's opinion of it. It hasn't changed mine one bit.
Yes, you shoot dudes, but they are disembodied ghostly dudes. Yes, the game can be scary, and not for overtly disturbing thing, but more for things that make you jump. A well timed pile of logs rolling over, an earth mover pushing over the building you are standing in, watching a video of your character writing the novel, but not remembering any of it.
It's weird, but it's more Sixth Sense creepy or The Ring creepy than something that is traditionally horror. Both those movies got by with a PG-13.
The sad thing is that the only ones concerned and crying foul because the game isn't "mature" and has no sex and cursing in it, are probably the people that should only be playing T and E games... they're not discussing if the game is actually good and engaging.
I'm still looking forward to it! :]
Amen.
I strongly agree with this statement.
People it's a rating. Who gives a fuck? It means nothing unless you're a parent or a guardian. It says nothing about the quality or maturity of the title.
C'mon now.
"Go read Lovecraft and then we'll decide if you really (sic) nedd foul lenaguage and bucketloads of gore to be creepy and shocking." - m_earendil
This statement is 100% correct. "The whisperer in the Darkness" is one of the best, and creepiest stories I've ever read.
Interested.
I kid i kid, good morning all, ready for another toidy day?
Or will I?