age rating

[sq-MME]

if the esrb were to rate this game what would it be?

[Dazeychain]

Two women kissing=banned by the government, Toby Fox goes into hiding.

[MythlyInari]

Messaggio originale di Deodeo media:

Ok I'll need to watch the ending of deside thanks for your feedback!

You're going to watch the ending.

Mm. If you're planning to experience the game yourself, I highly to the highest degree avoid doing so.

[Dazeychain]

Messaggio originale di Deodeo media:

Ok I'll need to watch the ending of deside thanks for your feedback!

Try the demo instead.[undertale.com]

[Senator Jim Death]

T for tears, just like MGS4.

wait

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No profanity, no violence.
I'd say all ages. If how to train your dragon and secret of nimh is ok, this is too.

[$tank pu$$y]

I would probably give it a T rating, similar to Earthbound because they both have similar dark themes. However, the genocide run makes it kind of hard to decide imo, that ♥♥♥♥ scared me on like horror game levels of scary.

[the Believer]

Messaggio originale di chris:

No profanity, no violence.
I'd say all ages. If how to train your dragon and secret of nimh is ok, this is too.

There's a few "damns" thrown around but that's really mild and on rare occasions.

[RetroKaiju]

Messaggio originale di Deodeo media:

if the esrb were to rate this game what wood it be?

It'd be rater B for Birch.

[LitteralFish]

rated S for sweet ass

[Toasty]

When you submit a game to ESRB, you have to show examples of the most offensive visuals in the content. So Toby would probably send videos of Toriel's fight during her "no mercy" speech,Alphys and Undyne about to kiss each other, the cutscene betweensparing Asgore and Flowey killing him, before giving a speech and then closing the game, and the speechSans gives before beginning to fight you.
Which would certainly give the game an MA rating.
"Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence."

[Enlino]

The game would not be mature. It would be teen at best, and that mostly for Sans bleeding.

The esrb doesn't really care about the kind of violence in this game. There's nothing shocking to look at, it's just the implications that carry weight. For a similar comparison, look at Soul Nomad. It also has an alternate path through the game where you do horrible things, kill everyone in the world, and eventually destroy all of existance. It's rated T, and that probably has more to do with a character who cusses a lot.

[Marisa Reset]

Don't forget "Drug Reference" (because of that one guy who smokes a cigarette sometimes if you buy an item from him)

[dnowmects]

Agreed, probably Teen. Maybe 10+ if that's a rating. Mostly kid-friendly but made for adults.

I don't think tthe pacifist route is any scarier than Coraline, which was still PG but is definitely not something to show your six year old. There's no foul language in the game, no nudity (well, hard to tell with monsters but you know), a couple suggestive references here and there but nothing explicit, and the worst violence is probably a character slowly melting which a kid might not figure out how to avoid.
The Genocide route has a much darker tone and drives home the point that you are the bad guy more effectively than any other game I've seen, but that's not a thing you do by accident.

[sorathecrow]

Messaggio originale di Banandango:

Don't forget "Drug Reference" (because of that one guy who smokes a cigarette sometimes if you buy an item from him) :mean_creep:

Oh yeah, drug reference would definitely kick it into teen. I don't think I've ever seen an E10+ game with drug references of any kind.

[Dazeychain]

Messaggio originale di Banandango:

Don't forget "Drug Reference" (because of that one guy who smokes a cigarette sometimes if you buy an item from him) :mean_creep:

Right...a cigarette...a perfectly legal tobacco cigarette...