Huxley Game, Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter Game, MMOFPS

mishrack · 12-02-2006, 12:26 AM

anybody have any idea what rating huxley will get?

PvtJhon · 12-02-2006, 12:26 AM

The higher the better... MORE BLOOD PLEASE!

gobbly2100 · 12-02-2006, 12:28 AM

Yeah I wanna see blood, brains and pure beastkilling instinct hehe

Enoch · 12-02-2006, 12:49 AM

Erm. . . "PG"? I wasn't aware that Huxley was a movie.

It will likely get T, just like almost every other MMO. T == more customers with the same gameplay, so they don't have a reason to NOT do it.

nubs · 12-02-2006, 02:46 AM

The rating wont make that much difference to them, the majority of players will need a credit card in order to play...

PvtJhon · 12-02-2006, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nubs

The rating wont make that much difference to them, the majority of players will need a credit card in order to play...

Wow, that blew my mind in smartness.

Enoch · 12-02-2006, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nubs

The rating wont make that much difference to them, the majority of players will need a credit card in order to play...

Note the lack of an absense of little kids in every MMO to date.

nubs · 12-02-2006, 03:30 AM

Yes i dont doubt it, but as soon as the child uses their parents card to pay for the subscription, the parent has taken responsibility away from the retailer and the developer, so it still isnt a major concern to them.

What you said is aactually fairly silly as there are kids playing mature rated games and watching adult rated films all the time, so simply sticking "mature" on the box dosnt stop kids playing either. The MMOG credit card screening procedure is probably the most effective system to date for trying to stop kids playing games they shouldnt, its just that very few MMOGs have needed to show anything like realistic violence, nudity, drug taking, criminal activity or swearing in them, those that have get the high ratings... the only major one that i can think of was Neocron wich was a moderate success, but that was more down to it not being finished when it was released and generally poor reviews, not because less people could buy it.

Huxley isnt like other MMOGs, its a proper all action first person shooter, from the vids released it has blood in it wich may MMOGs do not, because they want to appeal to all ages and its not necassary to have realistic blood in those games. WoW is cartoony, EQ was trying to tap into every market it could, but Huxley is different, people will buy it because they want to play a game where they can login and either kill or destroy a couple of things, or they want to get involve dina huge battle where they kill/destroy a veyr large number of things.

They clearly arn't going to have nudity or swearing built into the game so it was never going to be a game that causes moral outrage like carmaggedon, GTA etc. so i very much doubt that the rating is important... and as i justified above, they have their own inbuilt disclaimer, you need to have access to a credit card so they are more or less blame free because if a child uses a credit card to sign up to the game, its the credit card holders responsibility as its 'their' subscription and account, they have to control who uses it.

Not that it makes any difference to me because game ratings are basically irrellevant in Europe as they all sign up to a voluntary code and an age recommendation, games that are really violent will ask for a "certificate" to cover their own arse, but games that dont cross any lines dont need to.

Ultimately they are launching the game to the tradditional FPS market so they would expect to get similar ratings as games like UT, Quake, FEAR, Doom3, halflife 2 and any successful FPS game have been violent and involve blood and gore, taking that out of the game to allow one non target area of the market to buy the game guilt free, will have the effect of making the game less attractive to the primary market that they are targetting.

gobbly2100 · 12-02-2006, 01:42 PM

Umm. . . Who voted PG? That is kinda funny, This game is not like Shrek or something, It has GUNS . . . "BANG" You know hehe

CiX · 12-02-2006, 02:13 PM

eh, can I get a reference to what the ratings mean exactly?

(and maybe not just only the ones in the poll)

nubs · 12-02-2006, 04:43 PM

I think PG is probably the wrong certificate name, but basically means OK for all ages. M is mature, wich i think is 15/16 years and above and MA i think is mature adult wich is 18+ ?

Not 100% sure the american ratings system is different from our U, PG, 12, 15, 18 system.

CiX · 12-02-2006, 07:01 PM

I'm saying M for 15/16 something then.

Our rating system over here is 7,11,15,18.

Athrus · 12-02-2006, 07:14 PM

our rating is G PG, PG13, AA, A18 R, XXX

so it would probably rate at pg 13 for senes of graphic violence
as for game rating, i'd think it would get a T

PvtJhon · 12-02-2006, 07:39 PM

got to love those XXX.

Enoch · 12-02-2006, 08:17 PM

In America (for games) it's EC, E, E10+ T, M, MA.

EC= EArly Childhood, 3+
E = 6+
E10+ = (you guessed it) 10+
T = 13+
M = 17+
AO = 18+, and usually aren't carried in many, if any, stores.

EC and AO are extremely rare, and I didn't even know about E10+ until I checked out the ESRB site.

Markus · 12-02-2006, 08:47 PM

whats MA then ?

dyin · 12-02-2006, 11:49 PM

who ever looks at ratings? I wouldn't have known what the letters mean if you people hadn't made a poll out of it. Noone here in Belgium ever looks at ratings. If you want to buy a game you just buy it (same goes for movies)

Enoch · 12-02-2006, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus

whats MA then ?

MA was changed to AO, as far as I can tell.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dyin

who ever looks at ratings? I wouldn't have known what the letters mean if you people hadn't made a poll out of it. Noone here in Belgium ever looks at ratings. If you want to buy a game you just buy it (same goes for movies)

Because in other countries (well, in America, at least, can't speak for the others) not everyone can buy everything. If it's rated M, you have to be 17 or older to buy it, and you have to provide proof of age (some places don't, but that's getting rarer and rarer). -- same thing for movies. In fact, some movie theatres around here (here being Virginia, USA) don't require you to be a certain age to buy a ticket, but you have to be a certain age to USE it. This prevent people buying tickets for other people (of course, underage people can get in, but only when they are with their parents).

teh_sniper · 13-02-2006, 04:19 AM

i need it to be rated T (PG) or else my two best friends wont be able to play it with me because thier parants are strict.

winged · 13-02-2006, 05:32 AM

lol well usualy an mmo gets a rather light rating but there is always that disclaimer "online experiance may vary" or what not, however dues to the stuff with the gta's (which is bs because it was a *beeping* mod regardless of whether or not the person used some hidden code or not...)

ya never know, personaly i never looked at ratings because i never had to worrie about them... my parents rocked...

12-02-2006, 12:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
mishrack Training Grounds Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1	Huxley Rating anybody have any idea what rating huxley will get?

12-02-2006, 12:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
PvtJhon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Posts: 127	The higher the better... MORE BLOOD PLEASE! __________________ [URL=http://www.HuxleyGame.com][img]http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/674/17me7bc.jpg[/img][/URL]

12-02-2006, 12:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
gobbly2100 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK Posts: 544 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 179^th	Huxley Rating Yeah I wanna see blood, brains and pure beastkilling instinct hehe __________________ Huxley MySpace - Huxley Xbox Live Gamertags - Huxley FAQ

12-02-2006, 12:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
Enoch Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 32	Erm. . . "PG"? I wasn't aware that Huxley was a movie. It will likely get T, just like almost every other MMO. T == more customers with the same gameplay, so they don't have a reason to NOT do it. __________________ [img]http://www.malleusgaming.com/forumstuff/enochsig.gif[/img]

12-02-2006, 03:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
nubs Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 166	Yes i dont doubt it, but as soon as the child uses their parents card to pay for the subscription, the parent has taken responsibility away from the retailer and the developer, so it still isnt a major concern to them. What you said is aactually fairly silly as there are kids playing mature rated games and watching adult rated films all the time, so simply sticking "mature" on the box dosnt stop kids playing either. The MMOG credit card screening procedure is probably the most effective system to date for trying to stop kids playing games they shouldnt, its just that very few MMOGs have needed to show anything like realistic violence, nudity, drug taking, criminal activity or swearing in them, those that have get the high ratings... the only major one that i can think of was Neocron wich was a moderate success, but that was more down to it not being finished when it was released and generally poor reviews, not because less people could buy it. Huxley isnt like other MMOGs, its a proper all action first person shooter, from the vids released it has blood in it wich may MMOGs do not, because they want to appeal to all ages and its not necassary to have realistic blood in those games. WoW is cartoony, EQ was trying to tap into every market it could, but Huxley is different, people will buy it because they want to play a game where they can login and either kill or destroy a couple of things, or they want to get involve dina huge battle where they kill/destroy a veyr large number of things. They clearly arn't going to have nudity or swearing built into the game so it was never going to be a game that causes moral outrage like carmaggedon, GTA etc. so i very much doubt that the rating is important... and as i justified above, they have their own inbuilt disclaimer, you need to have access to a credit card so they are more or less blame free because if a child uses a credit card to sign up to the game, its the credit card holders responsibility as its 'their' subscription and account, they have to control who uses it. Not that it makes any difference to me because game ratings are basically irrellevant in Europe as they all sign up to a voluntary code and an age recommendation, games that are really violent will ask for a "certificate" to cover their own arse, but games that dont cross any lines dont need to. Ultimately they are launching the game to the tradditional FPS market so they would expect to get similar ratings as games like UT, Quake, FEAR, Doom3, halflife 2 and any successful FPS game have been violent and involve blood and gore, taking that out of the game to allow one non target area of the market to buy the game guilt free, will have the effect of making the game less attractive to the primary market that they are targetting. __________________ [img]http://uk.geocities.com/edbennett@btinternet.com/NordicLogo7.jpg[/img]

12-02-2006, 02:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
nubs Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 166	The rating wont make that much difference to them, the majority of players will need a credit card in order to play...

12-02-2006, 01:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
gobbly2100 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK Posts: 544 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 179^th	Huxley Rating Umm. . . Who voted PG? That is kinda funny, This game is not like Shrek or something, It has GUNS . . . "BANG" You know hehe __________________ Huxley MySpace - Huxley Xbox Live Gamertags - Huxley FAQ

12-02-2006, 02:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
CiX Training Grounds Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 15	eh, can I get a reference to what the ratings mean exactly? (and maybe not just only the ones in the poll) __________________ [url=http://mxoboards.station.sony.com/matrix/board/message?board.id=NR_Syntax&message.id=568][img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/sereneriel/mxo/faith_eyes_who.png[/img][/url]

12-02-2006, 04:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
nubs Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 166	I think PG is probably the wrong certificate name, but basically means OK for all ages. M is mature, wich i think is 15/16 years and above and MA i think is mature adult wich is 18+ ? Not 100% sure the american ratings system is different from our U, PG, 12, 15, 18 system. __________________ [img]http://uk.geocities.com/edbennett@btinternet.com/NordicLogo7.jpg[/img]

12-02-2006, 07:01 PM	#12 (permalink)
CiX Training Grounds Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 15	I'm saying M for 15/16 something then. Our rating system over here is 7,11,15,18. __________________ [url=http://mxoboards.station.sony.com/matrix/board/message?board.id=NR_Syntax&message.id=568][img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/sereneriel/mxo/faith_eyes_who.png[/img][/url]

12-02-2006, 07:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
Athrus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 184	our rating is G PG, PG13, AA, A18 R, XXX so it would probably rate at pg 13 for senes of graphic violence as for game rating, i'd think it would get a T __________________ This signature could have had nudity in it. Now you'll never know.

12-02-2006, 07:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
PvtJhon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Posts: 127	got to love those XXX. __________________ [URL=http://www.HuxleyGame.com][img]http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/674/17me7bc.jpg[/img][/URL]

12-02-2006, 08:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
Enoch Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 32	In America (for games) it's EC, E, E10+ T, M, MA. EC= EArly Childhood, 3+ E = 6+ E10+ = (you guessed it) 10+ T = 13+ M = 17+ AO = 18+, and usually aren't carried in many, if any, stores. EC and AO are extremely rare, and I didn't even know about E10+ until I checked out the ESRB site. __________________ [img]http://www.malleusgaming.com/forumstuff/enochsig.gif[/img]

12-02-2006, 08:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
Markus Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Massachusets Posts: 100	whats MA then ?

12-02-2006, 11:49 PM	#17 (permalink)
dyin Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 41	who ever looks at ratings? I wouldn't have known what the letters mean if you people hadn't made a poll out of it. Noone here in Belgium ever looks at ratings. If you want to buy a game you just buy it (same goes for movies)

13-02-2006, 04:19 AM	#19 (permalink)
teh_sniper Training Grounds Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3	i need it to be rated T (PG) or else my two best friends wont be able to play it with me because thier parants are strict.

13-02-2006, 05:32 AM	#20 (permalink)
winged Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 116	lol well usualy an mmo gets a rather light rating but there is always that disclaimer "online experiance may vary" or what not, however dues to the stuff with the gta's (which is bs because it was a beeping mod regardless of whether or not the person used some hidden code or not...) ya never know, personaly i never looked at ratings because i never had to worrie about them... my parents rocked...