I was talking about bg3 and how a certain part could be changed to be much darker, and it occurred to me that it possibly could affect the rating of the game if they did (being vague purposely to avoid spoilers). But then I wondered “do things like that even have to be reviewed by the rating boards?” Because Larian has made a lot of changes like that to the game and I imagine it would be pretty ludicrous to have each and every one be reviewed to see if it fits within the current ESRB and PEGI ratings of the game.

  • @RightHandOfIkarosEnglish
    5•11 months ago

    Oblivion also had its initial T rating changed to M after I believe some cave was discovered that was considered too violent. Or it could have been a nude mod. Either way I remember it being kinda controversial of a change.

    EDIT:

    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.

    Source: ESRB Website

    • @radixEnglish
      3•11 months ago

      Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was briefly changed from M to AO due to content that couldn’t even be accessed without mods.