View Full Version : Make Dead Rising 2 15 or 16 ! HELP
i absolutely love zombie game like L4D dead rising resident evil and all that but i only get to play them round mates as my mum n dad wont let me play 18s its stupid i no but i want like a partition or something to get it 15 or 16 Please HELP !:help::help::help: hopefully the video thing works below !:cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUdA2VVNY3w
The Possessed
21-06-09, 17:06
I had fairly strict restrictions with age ratings growing up too. It's put in place for a reason and I respect it and you might one day. There is a limit to what people of certain ages should be able to see content wise. Half the things you can see now at a 15 would have been either sickening as an 18 or banned in the 90's.
Dead Rising is definitely worthy of the 18 badge.
No.
I dislike censorship, it's an 18 rated game for a good reason, if you want to play it so bad, play it around "your mates", plus, your parents not allowing 18 rated games isn't stupid, it's common sense.
It's down to PEGI what clasification the game gets.
http://www.pegi.info/en/index/
In my honest opinion your parents are doing the right thing if you are under age.
*moved to the DR forum section*
AlienHunter
21-06-09, 20:17
i admit i i played RE3 when i was 13, but i'm sure PEGI know what to do, and Dead Rising deserve a 18+... if your parents don't want you to play DR there's a reason, and i respect them
junglist_dnb
21-06-09, 20:52
making a petition & begging for a 16 wont make it happen.
ratings are there for a good reason....but I never listened and my parents didnt mind back then but im sure theres a good reason why yours doesn't want you playing them.
just think,when the time comes would you want your kids playing them types of games ?
Yeah, As Spike 74 said, Capcom doesn't decide the rating, PEGI (and before them, the BBFC) decide, so coming here to request this isn't really helping...
The ratings are there for the protection of several things :-
Firstly, its to protect the industry, lawsuits and other nasty things could be filed at Capcom (or any other games company) for not appropriately informing consumers of content, that can be considered offensive or aimed at the wrong audience, by adding ratings, any fingerpointing can be rightfully directed to the wrongdoing party, not demonizing the company for creating it, since they followed the rules.
Secondly its to protect the work of the creators, it's certainly not nice to put a big black box over a nice painting because it's offensive to some, the ratings say "this is not for you." and can be better aimmed at the right audience, with minimal editing of the artists original intention.
Both of which benefit the consumer as they have a good quality game from a company legally able to provide it, imagine if no game had a rating, meaning no one could create an 18 rated game? Dead Rising wouldn't exist, or if it did, would be so heavily restricted that the game became dull, imagine weapons being edited out, the location changed to a child-friendly area and the blood and gore being cut out, you certainly wouldn't want to play that game, knowing what it could have been, but that's precisely what you're asking for.
I know the pain of waiting to play 18 rated games and watching 18 rated movies, after turning 18 I had no ID, so now at 22 years old I can only just buy what I wanted, it's certainly worth the wait, I'm watching old films I couldn't see as a kid and can understand them better as a result.
I feel sorry for you m8...
Luckily there are no age restrictions in my country :)
No.
I dislike censorship, it's an 18 rated game for a good reason, if you want to play it so bad, play it around "your mates", plus, your parents not allowing 18 rated games isn't stupid, it's common sense.
Really, I kinda agree about the common sense thing, but Age ratings are useless anyway, Its still as easy as hell to buy 18+ games I don't see the point in having them on except for telling people what kind of game you're about to play. The majority pay absolutely no attention to it anyway so why bother imo :shocked:
The Possessed
23-06-09, 05:35
Really, I kinda agree about the common sense thing, but Age ratings are useless anyway, Its still as easy as hell to buy 18+ games I don't see the point in having them on except for telling people what kind of game you're about to play. The majority pay absolutely no attention to it anyway so why bother imo :shocked:
A shame really. Games are as bad in content as films these days and whilst films keep getting a sharp eye on ratings you'd think games would too. It's not like the old days now where cartoon violence like Mortal Kombat is the worst we get, censorship seems to have gone to pot if this is the case. Rightly or wrongly it's one of those things that you hate when you're young, but still has a lot of value. At the end of the day if I was a father to say a 12 year old boy, I wouldn't want him to see people getting ripped apart or massacred. Reason being that particularly whilst you're young, you're at your learning stages and can be more vulnerable with a less developed mine than an adult.
A shame really. Games are as bad in content as films these days and whilst films keep getting a sharp eye on ratings you'd think games would too. It's not like the old days now where cartoon violence like Mortal Kombat is the worst we get, censorship seems to have gone to pot if this is the case. Rightly or wrongly it's one of those things that you hate when you're young, but still has a lot of value. At the end of the day if I was a father to say a 12 year old boy, I wouldn't want him to see people getting ripped apart or massacred. Reason being that particularly whilst you're young, you're at your learning stages and can be more vulnerable with a less developed mine than an adult.
Tbh, your right, but still the learning age would usually end when you leave school because after that your in the "big bad world" and not learning anything really further which is at age 16 but still, some peoples parents might still not let them play 18+ games, sometimes it also makes people feel left out, for example my friend cant play games over his age rating then when we talk about said games, he can't really join in, I mean I see no good points of having age ratings, I only see bad ones.
Really, I kinda agree about the common sense thing, but Age ratings are useless anyway, Its still as easy as hell to buy 18+ games I don't see the point in having them on except for telling people what kind of game you're about to play. The majority pay absolutely no attention to it anyway so why bother imo :shocked:
Truth is, regardless of measures put in place, kids will always find a route around it.
It's usually the fault of the retailers casually beeping games through without noticing, I get ID'd quite often and I'm 22, those that I noticed who didn't bother to check just beeped it through without a care.
Parents aren't usually to blame, chances are, they simply don't know and they can't be blamed that badly simply because their kid is doing stuff behind their back, when they know and do not care, they are at fault.
As I said, it's the system is put in place to protect everyone, when a party fails to uphold it, that is where the problem stems...
A shame really. Games are as bad in content as films these days and whilst films keep getting a sharp eye on ratings you'd think games would too. It's not like the old days now where cartoon violence like Mortal Kombat is the worst we get, censorship seems to have gone to pot if this is the case. Rightly or wrongly it's one of those things that you hate when you're young, but still has a lot of value. At the end of the day if I was a father to say a 12 year old boy, I wouldn't want him to see people getting ripped apart or massacred. Reason being that particularly whilst you're young, you're at your learning stages and can be more vulnerable with a less developed mine than an adult.
It's only natural that games should follow suit of films, since they are developing means to make a game look as realistic as possible. I'm sorta glad that PEGI have taken the reigns on it since they where dedicated to games from the start, whereas the BBFC only got their noses in when they needed a more solid certification system.
But yeah, I agree with what you are saying, the certifications are there for a very good reason and have a lot more value that someone young would never understand.
Sometimes, parents just don't want to burden their kids with scares or distorted views of the world, nasty things exist out there that parents do not want to tell their kids about, not just the stuff that would influence children to do bad things or to think that illegal activities where cool, thats just part of it, but parents should love their children enough not to want them to lose their innocence by knowing nasty things.
but parents should love their children enough not to want them to lose their innocence by knowing nasty things.
I disagree, not telling kids nasty things leaves them unprepared for when they happen. I'll use Santa as an example, when you find out Santa isnt real, your generally kind of gutted that you were lied too all that time, so over all those years the parents just built up the upset inside then let it all come out at once, which is kinda stupid really.
I disagree, not telling kids nasty things leaves them unprepared for when they happen. I'll use Santa as an example, when you find out Santa isnt real, your generally kind of gutted that you were lied too all that time, so over all those years the parents just built up the upset inside then let it all come out at once, which is kinda stupid really.
Possibly, but I'm going to assume you don't have kids yet. You may well feel differently about this if and when you do. Parenthood changes an awful lot of your life, including your emotional attachment to a whole lot of other subjects.
Getting back on-topic, one of the reasons of PEGI and BBFC ratings are to inform parents about the content of the game/film - no-one can be expected to know the subject of everything, and not all parents have the time or interest to follow games (and grand-parents even less so). Having a set of easily followed guidelines so they can at least determine if a game is in the right ball-park age-range and subject can only be a good thing.
I'll use Santa as an example, when you find out Santa isnt real, your generally kind of gutted that you were lied too all that time, so over all those years the parents just built up the upset inside then let it all come out at once, which is kinda stupid really.
Having children myslef the Father Christmas/Santa thing is great yes they may feel gutted when they learn the truth but the years of belief outway that.
It's simply amazing chrsitmas morning.
My 9 year old now knows he is not real but he does not feel sad or bitter towards us or any one for that and he understands the whole concept as it is ti fuel a childs imagination which aids in learning and is extreamly fun to do.
With a lower age rating the quality of the gameplay will be brought down(no zombies without violence, right?) leading to plenty of complaints from everyone else. That and the fact that if it did have a lower age rating it'd be a 16 and not a 15.
I feel sorry for people whos parents don't let them play games or watch movies because of the age rating.
I was really lucky growing up and no film or gay was every off limits.
I was watching films like Robocop and Full Metal Jacket when I was round 8 years old and i'm probably a more balanced person due to it.
I can understand why some parents think it's the right thing to do though. However should I ever have kids I won't enforce any such system.
well im 13 now and im in Australia and we have a different rating system as we dont have 18+ games we have G for all ages PG for parentel guidence recomended for young viewers M for mature audience and Finally MA 15+ restricted. Now ive been playing MA games And watching MA movies since i was about 9 as my parents thought i would be fine ( and they were correct) Dead rising got an MA 15 + rating over here yet i can still play it. i guess it all depends. If your parents think its because of all those things that they hear on the news about teens playing gta making them go on a shooting rampage at there school which is totally incorrect as playing violent video games does not lead to create psychologicly problems as most of the people who have done these things allready had psyhcologic problems at an early age. But still maybe your parents just think its for your own good which isnt a bad things cause at least you know they care for you. When i have kids i will let them play most violent video games when they are around 10 but i will not let them watch MA + or R 18+ movies unlese i watch it first. As with movies such as Rambo or shoot em up which were given an R 18+ rating i can watch as it is manly cause of the violence put if it was some porno with sex scenes they will refuse to let me watch it . i guess it all just comes down with your parents i suppose. good luck to you
Robert McLeish
Therobdog
I feel sorry for people whos parents don't let them play games or watch movies because of the age rating.
I was really lucky growing up and no film or gay was every off limits.
I was watching films like Robocop and Full Metal Jacket when I was round 8 years old and i'm probably a more balanced person due to it.
I can understand why some parents think it's the right thing to do though. However should I ever have kids I won't enforce any such system.
Monstro, we're the same, I felt so great when I found out I had something which a lot of other kids my age couldnt have, It made me feel complete xD
I feel sorry for people whos parents don't let them play games or watch movies because of the age rating.
I was really lucky growing up and no film or game was ever off limits.
I was watching films like Robocop and Full Metal Jacket when I was round 8 years old and i'm probably a more balanced person due to it.
I can understand why some parents think it's the right thing to do though. However should I ever have kids I won't enforce any such system.
I was always allowed to play games above my age rating as long as my dad saw nothing too over the top about it. The only game I can actually think of which I wasn't allowed to play was the GTA series, which I was eventually allowed to play once I was 13. I'd say if anything it's films that mess with people. Playing a game is like pretending with your a Terminator as a kid. However seeing the stuff in films with higher age ratings(horror films in particular) throws people off-balance morally and gaming only makes it worse. But all-in-all entertainment media isn't to blame.
Oh dear, people who have been on rampages play games! Usually these are lonely, twisted individuals and have no friends other than their violent games. Games aren't to blame, it's the individuals who play them and kill.
I remember when I was small my dad used to play Resident Evil 2(I remember the bus near the beginning), and I enjoyed it, although it gave me nightmares. But now I enjoy zombie-related delights, and I'd say it's because of my exposure to the RE games at an early age.
Sorry, i've only just found this thread!
Some really good points made by all parties.
The comeback for those that say videogames are to blame for outbreaks of violence in schools is that all perpetrators of violence brush their teeth and in fact maybe it's toothbrushes and toothpaste that caused them to do these things! I once had a interviewer absolutely hopping mad that i said that on camera, and i sugguested until there was any evidence to proove otherwise i would continue making that assumption much in the same way they made the same assumption about games...