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neon
2006-05-03, 07:33 PM
article here (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/41978)
The pertinent content causing the change in the ESRB rating involves more detailed depictions of blood and gore than were considered in the original rating of the game (the game already carried a Blood and Gore content descriptor), as well as the presence in the PC version of the game of a locked-out art file that, if accessed by using an apparently unauthorized third party tool, allows the user to play the game with topless versions of female characters. The locked-out topless skin was found by ESRB to exist in a fully rendered form on the game disc, but is not accessible in the Xbox 360 version of the game.

All I can say is, what a bunch of idiots.
LimpBIT
2006-05-03, 09:58 PM
All I can say is, what a bunch of idiots.

couldnt have said it better myself
Electrofreak
2006-05-05, 12:54 AM
eh, tbh I'm not that surprised. My character in Oblivion is only level 9 (work ftl) but yesterday I found a book in the game that had a sorta raunchy little story in it. Nothing explicit but definately some intended wordplay. Doesn't surprise me the devs left an "M" easter egg in there.
BlackDrop
2006-05-05, 08:42 AM
I bought the game yesterday. It's fun but I like MMO's better. I ate up 4 hours last night just exploring and testing the games limits - which there doesn't seem to be any.
Hamma
2006-05-05, 08:53 AM
The ESRB is useless.
Lartnev
2006-05-05, 06:52 PM
Does anyone actually pay any attention to the ESRB ratings? :huh:
Mag-Mower
2006-05-05, 10:04 PM
Does anyone actually pay any attention to the ESRB ratings? :huh:

mommies do.
Setari
2006-05-05, 10:06 PM
mommies do.
Considering most recent news bits, parents don't pay any bit of attention to the ratings.
Electrofreak
2006-05-06, 02:10 PM
Does anyone actually pay any attention to the ESRB ratings? :huh:

Most stores in my area will actually make you pull out your ID before selling you an "M" rated game. Also if you've got anyone under the age of 17 with you, they won't sell you the game.
internetn
2006-05-07, 03:39 PM
eh, tbh I'm not that surprised. My character in Oblivion is only level 9 (work ftl) but yesterday I found a book in the game that had a sorta raunchy little story in it. Nothing explicit but definately some intended wordplay. Doesn't surprise me the devs left an "M" easter egg in there.

Hehe.. You read the Lusty Aragonian Maid? Or something like that? Funny book.

BTW all this was in the previous TES games.. Hell daggerfall let you see everything. Point is a modder exploited it, and now because of it they are gonna start locking the art files which is going to FUCK MODDING UP FOR TES. Which has been the bread and butter of it for the last 6 years.

Idiots, idiots, idiots..
Phaden
2006-05-08, 10:16 AM
i dont understand why the devs didnt learn after the GTA incident
Electrofreak
2006-05-08, 10:12 PM
Hehe.. You read the Lusty Aragonian Maid? Or something like that? Funny book.

BTW all this was in the previous TES games.. Hell daggerfall let you see everything. Point is a modder exploited it, and now because of it they are gonna start locking the art files which is going to FUCK MODDING UP FOR TES. Which has been the bread and butter of it for the last 6 years.

Idiots, idiots, idiots..

I think that was it...

"Clean my spear!"

"But it's so big!"

:lol: