Comments on: GamerDad to ESRB: Why is Halo 3 Rated M-Mature?

By: Chris (Worst Dad in the World)

Chris (Worst Dad in the World) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:58:42 +0000

Hi,
Thanks for the post – I’m the most unfair/uncool Dad in the world because I insist on holding the no-M rated games in our house. I’ve scratched my head on this one for a long time and when I found your blog it made a lot of sense. My teen son and I played H3 this week on multi-player and had a blast; we didnt have to “turn off the sound” or find the settings to make it not-M, it just didn’t seem “M”. It may be an “ajudicated to a T” game in our house which is what I think the point of your whole site is; that people would read, think and make informed decisions.

Thanks again – I hope it’s good to know that your post, while a few years old is still very relevant.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:51:35 +0000

The online rating should be M. The people of the xbox community are extremely rowdy, rude, and not very nice to listen to. This is coming from a 21 year old that plays it. If you mute the people it’s not a big deal any longer. The only problem with that though is part of the game is about communication during the team situations. This just boils down to the game itself is not a bad one, it just has people in the community that like to ruin it for the rest of us.

By: kieran

kieran — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:44:20 +0000

hi gamerdad, im 10 years old my mum and dad arent letting me have halo odst and halo reach but i always play it round my friends house and we already orderd it so what do you think

By: Samuel Choi

Samuel Choi — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:20:19 +0000

I am a 13-year older, and I just bought a new copy of Halo 3, which both my dad and my mom obviously hate. I keep telling them that the game is not that bad, and has an unreasonable rating, but they won’t listen to me exactly. I am not the online multiplayer-type (I play campaign and split-screen), and the campaign itself isn’t very effective in tremor to my temper or influence in violence. I’ve seen plenty of cruel and violent movies with strange ways of tortures, and what does Halo 3 have? Master Chief shooting through aliens, trying to save the universe, with a regular story plot of the enemy becoming good again.
To wrap this up…. is Halo 3 appropriate for people my age?
(I don’t have a huge temper in gaming…)

By: Braden

Braden — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:50:10 +0000

and also, thank you for this report it should help change my parents mind

By: Braden

Braden — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:36:48 +0000

well i think it should be changed to teen now cause there is no blood and gore, barley language on multiplayer. i agree, this is no bad gore or anything, just small dots of blood that isnt even noticible in the midst of combat, even from a distance. all you really see is the glowing of the body showing that the other player is losing health. i am 12 and i started playing at 10 years old. even i didnt notice the blood, and my TV is huge. so the rating should drop as low as rated T. it is just rediculus to rate it M. it should only be Vilonce and Slight blood. so they should drop it to teen cause they are not going to get much sales on that game if it is rated mature.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:25:45 +0000

hey im 13 years old and i have played all of the halo games but i dont know how to ask my parents if i can get it because i think that they will say no any suggestions on how to ask them

By: Guleed

Guleed — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:57:06 +0000

Halo should be e10+ because violence is colered laser beams not guns and language is mild and blood and gore is blue purple yellow it is not real animated.

No not e10+ i meant T

By: Bartlett

Bartlett — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:37:55 +0000

Good article. I think it proved a lot of good points.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:18:05 +0000

I need to show this to my mom. I am 13, and my mom is VERY strict about M rated games. I really think this will help me out a lot. Thank you GamerDad.