Doom Eternal should be more like Pegi 12-16

[Dawido]

I think that Pegi system is pretty stupid.
Like, it can be a 12-years old who don't have problem with gore, but it can be 18-years old that don't like gore, so he won't play DE.
I want to say that brutal games shouldnt be based on number of age, but should just have a Warning that they are gory and have violent laugher .
Anyway, pegi system is useless because if you parents don't care what you play u can play pegi 18+ games at age of 12.
it's probably impossible that Doom will be less than 18+ because it's too gory for pegi, but i still just wanted to share my opinion.
Thanks ID for this amazing game, i wish you good day

[brimstone]

i dunno any peggies

[Herobrine]

Originally posted by cbd:

i dunno any peggies

European rating system for games.

[Elthrael]

No one actually pays attention to the ratings where I live (Slovenia). My cousin is in 4th grade and he plays GTA Online. He knows about the strip club and stuff but after going there once he just didn't find it that interesting anymore, lol. And all the racism and swearing and gangs and the political stuff goes over his head anyway, especially since English isn't his first language.

I teach kids and they play pretty much everything they can get their hands on. Parents buy them games and either don't know the ratings exist, don't care, or (don't) buy games based on what they've heard from media or other parents. Some kids don't play 18+ games like DOOM or Resident Evil because they saw trailers or saw streamers play them and they decided for themselves it's too gory/scary.

I don't think an age rating is useful either, I think it's way more useful to tell people what potentially sensitive content a game (or movie or whatever) has and let them (or the parents) decide for themselves. For some parents, nudity is where they draw the line, for others, it's scary imagery, others still can't abide drugs etc.

[Sparhawk122]

Most of the audience for RDR2 is kids surprisingly. Rating systems don't mean anything these days.

[QUAKETALLICA]

Yeah right. This is one of the goriest games ever. There is no way it would be anything less than M.

[QUAKETALLICA]

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

Most of the audience for RDR2 is kids surprisingly. Rating systems don't mean anything these days.

It has always been up to the parents. They are guidance for parents to have an idea of what questionable stuff might be in the game, not the law.

[Pnume]

Originally posted by QUAKETALLICA:

Yeah right. This is one of the goriest games ever. There is no way it would be anything less than M.

Grotesque violence that nobody is going to relate to.
I wouldn't have been moved by it at 6 years old, not even a little bit.
There are plenty of stuff, non explicit, without a trace of gore that are infinitely more disturbing.

[DM]

Originally posted by Dewidox01:

I think that Pegi system is pretty stupid.
Like, it can be a 12-years old who don't have problem with gore, but it can be 18-years old that don't like gore, so he won't play DE.
I want to say that brutal games shouldnt be based on number of age, but should just have a Warning that they are gory and have violent laugher .
Anyway, pegi system is useless because if you parents don't care what you play u can play pegi 18+ games at age of 12.
it's probably impossible that Doom will be less than 18+ because it's too gory for pegi, but i still just wanted to share my opinion.
Thanks ID for this amazing game, i wish you good day

PEGI is a voluntary parental guidance / recommendation system that is not legally binding.

That said, nobody is buying Doom under the impression it's anything other than a hyper violent shooter, just like nobody is buying Mortal Kombat games expecting a kiddie friendly Street Fighter clone.