Why is it M but has a Pegi 16 rating?

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Why does it have a Pegi rating of 16? should'nt it be rated 18? it says 16 in the begining of the launch trailer on the store page, why is that?

[Tumas Altaawus]

ESRB, PEGI, BBFC are all different in terms of how they rate games. An example: XCOM: Enemy Unknown is rated 18 by PEGI, but 12 by BBFC.

Each board has their own standards. Hence why it is different.

[WolfEisberg]

Different regions have different ratings. Also different regions have different rules and I believe they are requied to have that Pegi 16 logo/sound show up in the trailers.

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Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

ESRB, PEGI, BBFC are all different in terms of how they rate their games. An example: XCOM: Enemy Unknown is rated 18 by PEGI, but 12 by BBFC.

Each board has their own standards. Hence why it is different.

I do live in a reagion where I'm familiar with the ESRB system so forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't any game with nudity have an 18 rating?

[Tumas Altaawus]

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

ESRB, PEGI, BBFC are all different in terms of how they rate their games. An example: XCOM: Enemy Unknown is rated 18 by PEGI, but 12 by BBFC.

Each board has their own standards. Hence why it is different.

I do live in a reagion where I'm familiar with the ESRB system so forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't any game with nudity have an 18 rating?

Depends on how much nudity there is, and what the local laws are like. In Europe, nuidty/sexual themes aren't as taboo as they are in America. So boards aren't as harsh on it.

If the game contained full nudity and scenes that could be considered pornographic, it'd be slapped with an 18/AO rating.

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Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

I do live in a reagion where I'm familiar with the ESRB system so forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't any game with nudity have an 18 rating?

Depends on how much nudity is, and what the local laws are like. In Europe, nuidty/sexual themes aren't as taboo as they are in America. So boards aren't as harsh on it.

If the game contained full nudity and scenes that could be considered pornographic, it'd be slapped with an 18/AO rating.

ah... so how much nudity is there in thief then? can you toggle it off in the options or something? or are there just paintings of topless women in a renasanse art style thing?

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

ESRB, PEGI, BBFC are all different in terms of how they rate their games. An example: XCOM: Enemy Unknown is rated 18 by PEGI, but 12 by BBFC.

Each board has their own standards. Hence why it is different.

I do live in a reagion where I'm familiar with the ESRB system so forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't any game with nudity have an 18 rating?

The esrb is an american rating system PEGI is not based in america. Differnt cultures differnt rules.

As a good rule of thumb. Most countires besides the US as a nation tend to have a problem with violence being to strong rather than sexulaity in media. Where as in the US its entirely the opposite. Thus you will find nudity and sexuality and mature themes will tend to rate lower in other countires, while violence and blood and gore will make the game rate higher than in america.

[Tumas Altaawus]

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

Depends on how much nudity is, and what the local laws are like. In Europe, nuidty/sexual themes aren't as taboo as they are in America. So boards aren't as harsh on it.

If the game contained full nudity and scenes that could be considered pornographic, it'd be slapped with an 18/AO rating.

ah... so how much nudity is there in thief then? can you toggle it off in the options or something? or are there just paintings of topless women in a renasanse art style thing?

I believe there are paintings with nudity. There's also a section in a brothel and you can make out people having sex, but it's nothing too exposed.

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

Depends on how much nudity is, and what the local laws are like. In Europe, nuidty/sexual themes aren't as taboo as they are in America. So boards aren't as harsh on it.

If the game contained full nudity and scenes that could be considered pornographic, it'd be slapped with an 18/AO rating.

ah... so how much nudity is there in thief then? can you toggle it off in the options or something?

There is a brothel in the game and theres top less nudity as well as garret can get a little creep on.

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Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

ah... so how much nudity is there in thief then? can you toggle it off in the options or something? or are there just paintings of topless women in a renasanse art style thing?

I believe there are paintings with nudity. There's also a section in a brothel and you can make out people having sex, but it's nothing too exposed.

really? nothing too exposed? oh thats a big relief, because I read somewhere that you could see topless woman walking around, and they making it out to be a porn game. And the last thing I want to see thief as is a porn simulator.

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

I believe there are paintings with nudity. There's also a section in a brothel and you can make out people having sex, but it's nothing too exposed.

really? nothing too exposed? oh thats a big relief, because I read somewhere that you could see topless woman walking around, and they making it out to be a porn game. And the last thing I want to see thief as is a porn simulator.

Well lets be fair, Fox news called Mass Effect a sex simulator, that had full frontal nudity and grutious sex scenes in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKzF173GqTU

[Tumas Altaawus]

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

I believe there are paintings with nudity. There's also a section in a brothel and you can make out people having sex, but it's nothing too exposed.

really? nothing too exposed? oh thats a big relief, because I read somewhere that you could see topless woman walking around, and they making it out to be a porn game. And the last thing I want to see thief as is a porn simulator.

Oh, by "nothing too exposed" I meant the nudity goes as far as people being topless at points, but nothing more. I doubt it'd be anything majorly pornographic. There's just a section set in a brothel.

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Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

really? nothing too exposed? oh thats a big relief, because I read somewhere that you could see topless woman walking around, and they making it out to be a porn game. And the last thing I want to see thief as is a porn simulator.

Oh, by "nothing too exposed" I meant the nudity goes as far as people being topless at points, but nothing more. I doubt it'd be anything majorly pornographic. There's just a section set in a brothel.

oh, alright, because I was reading somewhere why it was M and they were seriously just making it out to be a porn game, I'm not kidding they just kept going on, not about the violence, not about the language, but just the nudity. They were making it out to be interactive porn.

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Originally posted by Mr. Original ッ:

Originally posted by Thieving Taffer:

really? nothing too exposed? oh thats a big relief, because I read somewhere that you could see topless woman walking around, and they making it out to be a porn game. And the last thing I want to see thief as is a porn simulator.

Oh, by "nothing too exposed" I meant the nudity goes as far as people being topless at points, but nothing more. I doubt it'd be anything majorly pornographic. There's just a section set in a brothel.

is this what you mean? it doesn't seem all that graphic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUBNoWZ2c_g

[Grimminski]

Because europeans are more mature than everyone else.

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Originally posted by NwptRaisins:

Because europeans are more mature than everyone else.

ha ha