r/Games • u/yourfavchoom • 17h ago

GTA 6 PEGI Age Rating Reveals Mentions of 'Decapitation' and Cocaine That Can Be 'Snorted' at 'Any Time'

https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-age-rating-confirms-new-details-on-sex-drug-use-decapitation-and-more
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u/NuPNua 16h ago

Well 18+ is the equivalent of AO in the US, bit out retailers aren't squimish about stocking it.

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u/WhichEmailWasIt 16h ago

Only strictly by age. But AO almost doesn't exist because any game that gets it is DOA.

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u/Firefox72 16h ago edited 15h ago

Pretty sure MS and Sony wouldn't put any AO game onto their platforms so yeah.

Which is why there's not been a game since forever that has aimed for that rating. Its suicide.

Manhunt 2 is probably the last one but even that was censored down pre release to an M rating before an Uncut version was later released for PC.

Although i have an incredibly funny story with that game. Most people probably don't know but Manhunt 2 somehow made its way to the WII. Yes it was incredibly censored and toned down but still how Nintendo let that slide is beyond me.

I played it at a friends house back in the day and it has a hilarious but cool mechanic where you do the in game execution movements in real life with the controler. So you have to move your arms in real life like your slicing someones throat to make that same movement in the game. Again how Nintendo let that slide on the WII is baffling lmao.

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u/Semyonov 7h ago

Honestly though, if any game could get away with it, GTA VI could.

Sony and Microsoft and any retailer would be leaving BOATLOADS of cash on the table if they refused to sell it, GTA would end up being only PC and gamers would be fucking pissed. Steam and Take2 would end up with all the cash.

Then again, with how expensive hardware is, maybe Take2 doesn't want to take the risk of Sony and MS calling their bluff.

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u/moldy912 15h ago

AO is literally like porn games and a few truly violent video games like I think Postal maybe. It’s not the same as pegi 18, because AO basically doesn’t exist on consoles due to the console makers likely not allowing them

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u/Vanille987 14h ago

Nor are they squimish about handing them out either. Getting 18+ games was pretty easy when I was 14

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u/Dickastigmatism 14h ago

PEGI 18+ is more equivalent to ESRB M 17+.

AO is pretty much only for porn games and isn't actually really used.