Summary
- Convincing parents to buy mature-rated games involved clever arguments, despite intense content warnings.
- Video games like Metal Gear Solid 2 and BioShock were obtained through deceptive tactics.
- Securing graphic games like Resident Evil 2 and Fallout 3 required strategic reasoning and intense negotiation, even if you may have to stretch the truth a bit.
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So, instead of throwing down our controllers and giving up, we did what any child would do in this situation: lie to our parents, exclaiming that the rating is far too overblown and the game isn't actually that bad, hoping they would cave in and buy it for us. Hey, at least this gave us 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:some of ou🗹r all-time favorit💛e games, right?!
10 💯 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty
That's A Low Blow, Snake.
- ESRB
- 🍷 M For Mature 17+ Due To Animated Blood, Animated Violence 🌞
- Developer(s)
- Konami
- Publisher(s)
- Konami
- Engine
- 💎 ♓ Fox Engine
- Prequel(s)
- ⛄ Metal Gear Solid
- Sequel(s)
- 168澳洲ꦆ幸运5开奖网:Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom 𝕴Pain
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metal Gear
- How Long To Beat
- 13 Hours
Explaining why Metal 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty wasn't actually that bad wasn't easy, as the rating included 'Partial Nudity' and✤ 'Drug Reference,' which would usually be a death sentence in itself. Still, so long as the GameStop employee had our backs, we would be able to secure a copy with a bit of convincing.
Today, the things depicted in Metal Gear Solid 2 aren't even all that graphic, but, back then, nothing was quite like it, so trying to secure your copy when you were only si𓆏x years old could be immensely tricky. Nonetheless, we still get why our parents💝 put up a fight, but the game was a banger on all fronts, so we're not terribly sorry we had to lie to obtain it!
9 BioShock
Would You Kindly... Buy Me BioShock?
Ahh, BioShock, the must-have Xbox 360 exclusive that 12-year-old us needed to have the moment it 𓄧was showcased. However, in addition to the 'Sexual Themes' and 'Drug Reference,' this game also had the dreaded 'Bไlood and Gore' text on the back of the box.
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Trying to convince our parents that it was only some sections that had gore, and that it was mostly a horror game, so the 'Sexual Themes' weren't what they thought it was, muddied the water just enough for us to secure our copy. Was that the correct call? Debatable. But this game, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and its unique setting, slapped, so we didn't care!
8 🅘 🎶 Resident Evil 2
So... This Is What Everyone Is Dying For!
- ESRB
- ✤ ꧋ M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Capcom
- Publisher(s)
- Capcom
- Engine
- RE Engine
- Prequel(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Resident Evil
- Sequel(s)
- Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Resident Evil 4, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Resident Evil 5, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Resident Evil 6, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Resident Evil Village
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Resident Evil
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sega Dreamcast, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, PC, PS1
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 6 Hours
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Resident Evil 2 was released when I was only three years old, so I wasn't particularly interested in or aware of it at the time. However, it was only a few years later that I met one of my best friends who owned it, and they were always talking about it, and how they had to fight tooth and﷽ nail to borrow their older brother's copy.
Unfortunately, five-year-old me couldn't seal the deal, as 'Blood and Gore' and 'Violence' were, apparently, a no-go for kindergarteners. Nonetheless, hearing th🧔e tales of my friend about the game always stuck out to me, making it a must-play title for me when I got a bit older. This game still holds up incredibly well!
7 ♛ Call O༺f Duty: World At War
One More, We Cheat Death!
Call of Duty: World at War
- Released
- November 11, 2008
- ESRB
- ♚ M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language𝔍
- Developer(s)
- Treyarch
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Activision
- Engine
- IW
- Multiplayer
- Local Multiplayer, Local Co-O𝓰p 🧸
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Call of Duty
- How Long To Beat
- 8 Hours
Possibly the most violent and brutal 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Call of Duty title of all time is World at War, which showcases the raw horrors of the Second World War. Not only that, but ꧋this game had 'Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, and Strong Language' on the back of the box, which,ꦰ of course, would mean we would have to fight to get it.
And, yeah, after securing our copy, 13-year-old us was absolutely taken aback by how gruesome this game was, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:but we still somehowꩲ loved every💫 minute of it. The incredib🦄le campaign, exhilarating multiplayer, and disturbing zombies mode were all top-tier, giving us a wonderfully bloody, gory, and satisfying experience across the board. Thanks, Mom!
6 God Of War 𝓰 ไ
It Can't Be THAT Bad, Right?
God of War (2005)
- Released
- March 22, 2005
- ESRB
- m
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Santa Monica Studio
- Publisher(s)
- ꦚ Sony Computer Entertainꦕment
- Engine
- Proprietary Engine ꦅ
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:God of War
- Platform(s)
- PS2
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 9 Hours
- PS Plus Availability
- 🐠Premium (HD Version)
- Release
- 💞 2005-03-22 ♑
- Metascore
- 94
Speaking of Intense Violence, the original 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:God of War is up next, which had the biggest 'no-no' of them all: nuℱdity, which was almost always a hard 'no' from parents across the world. Buuut,🔴 with a bit of clever arguing, it could be yours if you played your cards right.
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See, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the🧔 game took place in ancient Greece, so there will obviously be some naked people here and there, and the 'Sexual Themes' can't be THAT much worse than some of the other games we al☂ready own, right? Fortunately, that worked, but, boy, we didn't really know what we were in for with this one, eh?
5 Halo 3
"It's Only Alien Blood!"
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Mild Language, Violence ♛ 🍌
- Developer(s)
- Bungie
- Publisher(s)
- ꦯ Microsoft Game Studios
- Engine
- 🐬 havok, blam engin🀅e
- Multiplayer
- ℱ L🧜ocal Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Halo
- Platform(s)
- Xbox 360, Xbox One, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series S, PC
- How Long To Beat
- 8 Hours
- Metascore
- 94
Out of every entry on this list, Halo 3 is the most tame, as the only real 'issues' at play are the 'Language' and the 'Blood and Gore.' Fort𝓡unately, the 'Blood and Gore' can be waved away by pointing out you're killing aliens, meaning their blood is purple. Right?
Fortunately, that argument almost always worked, but when you actually played the gaཧme, we gotta say, the blood decals were gnarly to look at, especially when humans died. While not nearly as bad as some of the other titles here, there's no denying that the blood in Halo 3 is very gruesome. None💦theless, Halo 3 is still the best entry in the series, so it was worth obtaining at any cost!
4 Grand Theft Auto 4 ♛ 🏅
Okay, There's No Excusing This One.
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol 𒁏
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rockstar Games
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rockstar Games
- Engine
- 🐟 r💫ockstar advanced game engine
- Multiplayer
- 🅠 Local Multiplayer
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
Following that is the big one, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto 4, a game fans can relate to at any age, as they likely had to make the same arguments to obtain 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto 5 or are brainstཧorming ways to get their hands on the ☂upcoming GTA 6. Still, if you obtained this game while you're still attending middle school, your debating skills must be unreal.
This was not an easy title to obtain, especially at that age, and even more so because the news wouldn't sto🌌p talking about how terrible it was. GTA 4's ESRB Rating contains everything that fights against your oddsꦉ of getting it, ranging from Nudity to Strong Language to Strong Sexual Content, and everything else you could think of. How we managed to get it still shocks us, but it was oh-so worth it!
3 ಞ 💧 Mortal Kombat
"I Won't Do The Fatalities, I Promise!"
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
- Released
- September 1, 1996
- ESRB
- 🉐 M For Mature 17+ // Realistic Blood and Gore, Realistic Violence 🌳
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Avalanche Software, Williams Entertainme🎃nt, Point of View
- Publisher(s)
- Williams Entertainment, Midway Home Entertainment, GT Interactive 𒁏
- Multiplayer
- Local Multipཧlayer
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mortal Kombat
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo 64, PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation (Original), Sega Saturn
- How Long To Beat
- 1 Hour
- How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)
- 21 Hours
Applying to the entirety of the original trilogy, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mortal Kombat was one of the first games that was problematic to ask for, especially since we weren't even born🌞 when the first two were released, and were only exposed to them quite a bit after, via our friends. Wait, were they a bad influence? Nonsense, these games RULED.
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Still, no matter which way you cut it, if you didn't h🍎ave a much older brother to secure it and play it with you, getting your hands on a game with 'Realistic Blood and Gore' and 'Realistic Violence' was more or less impossible. Although we never o🤡wned it until much later, we can confirm that we wish we had, as the original Mortal Kombat trilogy still holds up exceptionally well!
2 Fallout 3
"It's Only Bad If You Are... I Think."
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong♊ Language, Use of Drugs ꧅
- Developer(s)
- Bethesda Game Studios 🐟
- Publisher(s)
- ♏ Bethesda Softworks 𒐪
- Engine
- Gamebryo
- Franchise
- Fallout
- How Long To Beat
- 23 Hours
- PS Plus Availability
- Premium
- Metascore
- 93
In a similar boat as Grand Theft Auto 4, making your point for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fallout 3 was dang-near impossible, as its ESRB Rating had a laundry list of things on i🐟t, ranging from Blood and Gore to Intense Violence to Sexual Themes, among✨st others, making it a tough sell. Still, somehow, we managed to get our hands on it.
Thirteen-year-olds us were blown away by this game, and we're so happy we were able to convince our parents to grab it for us, as it undoubtedly transformed our gaming palette for the better. While it was indeed very, very graphic, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:we loved it to pieces, and can't imagine how different things would🐷 be if we ﷽had never played it!
1 🌸 Silent Hill 2 ♊
This One May Have Been A Mistake
- ESRB
- ꦍ Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Violence
- Developer(s)
- ꦍ Team Silent
- Publisher(s)
- Konami
- Engine
- 🔴 Unreal Engine 5 🐭
- Prequel(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Silent Hill
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Silent Hill
- Number of Players
- 1
- PC Release Date
- December 2, 2002 ღ🦂
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 2, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox (Original), PC
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 8 Hours
- How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)
- ꧃ 15.5 hours ℱ
Lastly, we have 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Silent Hill 2, a game that many probably wish they had never convinced their parents to get for them, as it will scar you for the rest of your life. Especially if you're only in Eleme🍌ntary School or just starting Middle School. The themes of these games stretch far beyond the vague🏅 'Blood and Gore' and 'Violence' on the back of the box.
Yes, Silent Hill 2 is still very much a banger and a must-play, but should you play it at such a young age? That is very, very debatable. You win this one, parents. Seriously, if you won the argument with your parents, you would lose the moment🍒 this game makes you ꩵcry yourself to sleep. Joking aside, we'd do it all over aga🍸in. We g🌠uess!
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