Red Dead Redemption might be galloping toward release, but if you’re under 17 be prepared for disappointment: the drug taking antics of its characters have warranted it an ESRB rating of “Mature”, as well as giving us the skinny on what to expect.
According to the ESRB, Red Dead Redemption features players who “roam Wild West environments and perform various missions for criminal figures and law enforcement: destroying bridges, helping individuals in distress, delivering packages of drugs (e.g., opium), capturing outlaws, and eliminating rival figures.”
The ratings body goes on to spill Red Dead Redemption’s beans by stating: “Players have the ability to shoot pedestrians in the game; however, a ‘Wanted Level’-penalty system discourages these acts by triggering a law enforcement response. The game contains a scene in which two characters have sex on a table; there is a brief instance of female nudity.”
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Stop sniggering at the back, this is serious business. Red Dead Redemption is one of the hottest games of the year, and in typical style developers Rockstar aren’t shying away from the controversy.
“One sequence depicts a man injecting himself with a syringe filled with cocaine,” blabs the ESRB, lifting the lid on a plotline sure to have middle England in uproar. We’re yet to spy a BBFC rating for the game in the UK, but from initial reports it seems it’ll be around the 18 mark. Great for grown-up gamers with a sensible head on their shoulders, but bad news for any underage thumb-twiddlers keen to get their Red Dead Redemption on when the game is released on
