The ESRB has given us a few reason why Bioshock 2 was given it’s mature rating and part of it being due to “intense acts of violence,”
Intense acts of violence are as follows: players can use telekinesis to bring enemies close-up before drilling them to death—blood splatters in all directions; players can freeze enemies and allow them to shatter into pieces; players can set fire to enemies, or electrocute them in standing pools of water. In addition to the spurts of blood from combat, players will sometimes encounter smears of blood on walls and floors, and corpses lying in pools of blood—or spiked onto walls with rivets. When players come across a “special” corpse, they may set down the Little Sister and allow her to harvest ADAM (a DNA-modifying substance); the depiction of a child-like creature using a needle to draw fluid from a corpse can be somewhat unsettling (though overtly fantastical).
While that does seem pretty “intense,” they make it out to be like a massacre of some kind. As I was reading that I was thinking “wow this sounds really violent!” but after playing the first Bioshock, I feel it’s not as bad as they make it sound. Although they do a great job at making it sound more violent than it really is, they also me want to play it sooner rather than later. Bioshock 2 is set to hit stores on February 9th.
BioShock 2 [ESRB via SF Examiner]
Bioshock = epic
Bioshock 2 + intense acts of violence = Ultimate Epic Game xD
Yeah, it sounds no different than BioShock… and that was given a Mature rating.
i feel so indifferent about this game :/
set your calendars we off on adventure !!!!….. loved the 1st one…can’t wait for 2nd
i like how the ERSB found a way to use the word “fantastical”, it shows that everyone that works there might not be some super over protective parent or spme major killjoy
wow, that’s really cool, drill your enemies like swiss cheese
Sounds pretty awesome really. Also, I absolutely agree with conkerbunker (below). Nice catch dude.
Getting riveted to a wall sounds really painful, and if a player was allowed to do the riveting it would be a great way to f*ck people up.
i find this really amusing “players can use telekinesis to bring enemies close-up before drilling them to death”
ESRB has some great ways to say things lol
Its sounding like a fun game. I never played the first! Telekenisis is something that should be good, as i enjoyed this in a game called “second sight” on the ps2.