The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has weighed in on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, deciding to give it a rating of M for mature.<\/p>\n
This means that the game is suited for people 17 and older, according to ESRB.<\/p>\n
The rating was given due to the game’s depiction of blood, gore and intense violence, as well as sexual themes and alcohol.<\/p>\n
“This is a fantasy role-playing game in which players assume the role of Dovakin, a prophesied figure with the power to combat dragons in the fictional world of Skyrim. As players traverse through mountainous open-world environments, they complete missions and quests that impact the eventual fate of their character.”<\/p>\n
The full ESRB write up mentions a slow motion effect which is used in combat, “particularly for decapitations”. It also mentions “large blood splatter effects” and some environments become stained with “blood and body parts.”<\/p>\n
“Some sequences allow players to injure\/kill nonadversary characters, including prisoners chained to a wall; they scream in pain amid splashes of blood or fire.”<\/p>\n
In reference to sexual content, the ESRB mentions dialogue such as “all the whores your heart, or any other organ, desires,” and “She . . . raped the men as cruelly as Bal had ravished her.”<\/p>\n
Players will also be able to buy alcohol in the game, and there is even mention of a drinking contest, which eventually results in slurred speech.<\/p>\n