Ben-DutkaWe have yet to see if Heavy Rain incites a firestorm of controversy for multiple nudity scenes, but you can bet that God of War III will cause yet another uproar due to its intense violent content.
It's worthwhile to note that, as Examiner.com reports, the impending blockbuster has received a "Z" rating in Japan. It's the highest rating possible and essentially prevents anyone from under the age of 18 from purchasing the game. It's like the equivalent of the ESRB's "AO" or Adults Only rating here in the US; for the record, God of War III will have the "M"-Mature rating in North America. Interestingly enough, all previous installments in the franchise received the "D" rating on Japan's CERO system, so there must be something especially offensive about God of War III . Based on what we've seen and heard, you can certainly expect a gigantic amount of blood and gore, along with some brief nudity; the combination of the two adult-oriented elements could put this title over the top. Tearing off a foe's head or watching fountains of blood spout from gaping wounds is…well, it's great for the atmosphere but it's hardly for young eyes.
God of War III is the highlight of next month, set to launch on March 16. We've been waiting on this one ever since the start of the generation and the wait is almost over…
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No offense LV but I think I like you better when you've consumed your heineken. 😉
I'm j/k, but its probably mutual haha!
btw im not a fan of spiders or aliens, although aliens have starred in some classic movies!
Alien and Alien3. Aliens is the Xbox360 of the Alien series.
Aliens are neat killing machines, and I changed my avatar for ya LV, like?
Edit:Bah didn't take yet…
Last edited by sunspider13 on 2/18/2010 12:14:14 AM
lol the system comparison! I like!
Omg Spider! WTF!!!!!!!!! You're terrible!!! That's 102423043052035 times worse than the first one!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a man.
Aliens is part 2 of Alien, very smart I thought you would know this since you have their pic,guess not. It's Alien,Aliens and then Alien 3.
@ Roach
So let me get this straight. I inform those within the conversation that I LOVE Alien and Alien3 and label Aliens as the Xbox360 of the Alien series (making it quite clear I don't really enjoy it compared to the other 2) and you take that as evidence of my inability to distinguish the continuation within the series?
Of course Aliens came after Alien and before Alien3, no where in my post did I ever say otherwise. Oh and btw Aliens is NOT part2 of Alien. What the hell do you think it is, a mini series?
Also I don't have "their pic", I have a pic of an alien done with vegetables.
Keep up the good work of showing how uneducated you are; both by your sentence structure and your inability to grasp basic points.
How can you not like Aliens? It's a ton better than Alien 3; and luckily you didn't include the abismal Alien: Resurrection.
But Aliens was action packed goodness; and the characters are awesome….you just gotta love to hate Hudson – "This ain't happenin' man, this can't be happenin' man!"
Anyway, the series degraded overtime. Started with the scariest and best and went downhill after that.
Alien is my favorite movie of all time by a long shot. Aliens like many JC films is all about action and plot/story take a back seat. That isn't my style and I wished there had never been a sequel to Alien. JC turned the mysterious creature (something that made the original so scary) and turned it into an ant colony.
I'll admit Alien3 has quite a few short comings (thanks to the worst display of production in the history of film making, so much that David Fincher to this day refuses to talk about Alien3) but the Assembly Cut of Alien3 is really amazing stuff. It's a return to the formula used by the original. It holds up well with time too, something Aliens does not. If someone came to me and asked for the perfect 80's movie I'd hand them Aliens.
Alien and Alien3 I not only watch but study and get very involved within them. Aliens I usually just put on in the background and wait for key scenes to happen.
Speaking of Hudson, Bill Paxton unfortunately couldn't hold his own against the mighty alien or Predator.
The head ripping has already taken it's place as the bloodiest kill in video games.
Now about Kratos I've been wondering, now it's been a while since I last played GOW and GOW2 so I forgot a lot of stuff about it and I didn't get GOWC.
Has Kratos ever ever said "Sorry" and "Thank You"?
"Sorry" and "thank you" are not part of his vocab. 😉
Remember this is a story of betrayal and well anger, even those close to Kratos will die!
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No, but he often says "Please" and "May I have another".
i have seen it and that is funny as hell
I don't see why AO ratings are treated like blasphemy. What the hell is wrong with having games for different age groups like any other genre?
I know its largely because of stores refusing to sell them but that's just it. Why aren't there any stores with some cohognes?
The vg market is known to be getting older. It would be nice to have the media accept that. But then there'll always be another kid who gets their hands on anything they want, does something stupid, and blames it on the evil game to try and lessen the punishment.
I know right? A large part of the readership here is over 21, so it's not like they'd be missing out on anything.
I really hope I dont see a young kid go out as Kratos on halloween and seek revenge on the ghouls and ghosts, and blame it on the game. ugh! 😉
I know what you mean though. Most parents are either oblivious or just dont mind what kids play. The ratings I think get ignored for the most part by consumers. It is the retailers that have a problem with them. Which is good, the ratings are there for a reason.
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My friend's brother's son was having trouble in school so he went out and bought a 360 for him in hopes the son would have an incentive to get better grades.
During the holidays I visited my friend's brother and his son was laying on the couch playing GTAIV the entire day…..His son is 9 and will most likely be robbing me in 10 years.
lol thats faqing hilarious lv!
I'm sorry for the Off Topic but I just have to.
LV is talking about playing GTAIV and right next to it is carlospicyweinr with his Peter Griffin avatar.
That reminded me of an episode of Family Guy a few weeks back where Peter loses memory and he doesn't know how to drive so Loise makes him play GTAIV for 8 hours to learn driving. And if you've seen the episode than you know how it ends, and if you haven't than go watch it.
Take care.
see this is whats fu**ed up!
here in oz you can be 10 and play this game, as long mummy and daddy will buy it for you.
in the US you have to be 17, and in Japan you have to be 18.
they should make a international standard that governs everything, its just stupid and illogical to be 10 and able to play something in one country, but have to be 18 to play it in another.
like Italy you can go for your license when your 13 for crying out loud!
16 year olds on the road are bad enough, let alone 13s.
or another example (not sure if this is true because my cuz told me) you can drink at the age of 13 in Italy.
here you have to be 18 as most places but in the US you have to be 21.
cant believe this and AVP got passed, there is so much blood its funny.
got AVP today and jesus christ i thought the GOW3 head rip was good.
play through the predator campaign and you can rip multiple heads off with spine attached!
go full mortal kombat on their a$$!
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u can always drink and drive at 13 if u know the right ppl mate . ;).
i meant drink or drive ,not together cause thats bad M'Kay
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"Land Of The Rising Z"… "God Of Z"… hmm, it will probably help sales actually… but I guess parents will have to decide whether or not to buy this game on behalf of their younger children.. if at all… some will no doubt be unhappy they can't get it…
Q!
"i am home"
As usual, just ignore the thumbs down that come out of nowhere.
There are certain people who have been banned that pathetically try to make some impact by thumbing random posts down. Pay no attention.
this is why we should have some sort of points system for thumbs or just not have them if they r to b ignored!
As much as N4G is a fanboy heaven I like their system for commenting on articles. The longer you've been a member and gained bubbles the more you're able to post on each article. Some people can post a dozen times while new or members known to spam bs only have the ability post a couple times.
Of course I'd be doomed on here with that setup!
Z rating? I wish we were that cool
Surprisingly, I don't know many children that have played a 'God of War' game (surprising, because the more descriptors on the back of a game case, the more children seem drawn to it). But I have heard quite a few of them discussing 'III', and I must confess it worries me to think that they may be giddily dismembering people.
Basically, I'm just saying I will probably agree with such a rating.
Ben , when will you receive the review code ?
Am I lucky they don't really pay attention to age in my city, else I had to wait another year before I could get GOW, but since they are more likely to look at if you can actually withstand the gore and stuff by how you act and which games you get over years(yeah, small city means they remember you), I'll be just fine.
I am still waiting for an AO rating game to come out.I don't even know why they have AO if it's not going to be used (just in case I guess).
manhunt 2 got the AO, and i cant see why.
its bad, but not that bad.
Its rare yes but America doesn't want to end up having greasy kids stuff on a A0 rated game has it is RARE…
Im so glad they re not replacing the blood with purple haze lol
Lol.
I thought that looked so flippin stupid.
this game will be freaking fangaloodish )
Im just going to rent when I get a chance then possibly buy it at the end of the year. It didnt seem to have that bad of gore but that was only the demo so… but I heard there was a lengthy sex-mini game in it.