Why is Elden Ring rated mature

Platforms

Windows PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series

Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

No Interactive Elements

Rating Summary

This is an action role-playing game in which players assume the role of a character trying to retrieve a magical ring and become the Elden Lord. From a third-person perspective, players explore environments, collect items, and battle various enemies (e.g., knights, fantastical creatures) in melee combat. Players use swords, spears, axes, arrows, and magic to enemies; combat is highlighted by cries of pain, splatters of blood, and impact sounds. The game includes depictions of gore: collectible items that include severed fingers and tongues; a boss character cutting off its arm; severed arms hanging from a ceiling. During the course of the game, a humanoid monster is depicted partially nude, with scales/scars covering its breast and pelvic regions. The word “sh*t” appears in the dialogue.

April 20, 2022

Absolutely amazing game, could be rated T if you turn off blood and gore, definitely recommend it!

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July 14, 2022

great and very fun and interesting game with so much to do.

Great fantasy game for most Children 10 and up. Not very much blood and all in all a great game.

This title has:

Educational value

Great messages

Great role models

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May 18, 2022

A Bit of Violence and Whole Lotta Fun

There is virtually no sex/nudity or profanity, and there is no drinking or drug usage. The main concern is Violence, which, while bloody, isn’t graphic (No detachment of limbs or extremities, etc.) The game is quite humbling, and is probably the best FromSoftware game for your kid to start off with, if they’re interested. 9.5/10 game; beautiful graphics, strong storyline, and lots of fun.

This title has:

Educational value

Too much violence

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April 11, 2022

An amazing game where the rating is misleading

I love this game, I’m not that big on video games most of the time but this was an exemption. Me and my mom went to Walmart last week and he was begging me to get this game. It said it was rated mature so I got it to try myself to see if it was ok for him to play. After playing it for quite a while I came to the conclusion that this game should be at most rated T, I’m almost completely done with the game and there has been no language at all. There is blood because of the usage of swords, hammers, axes and, a bit of magic but there is an option in game to turn off blood and gore. There is one boss that you fight where her second form has her only covered in scales but I’ve seen worse in T rated games, there is no drugs or alcohol in the game. This is probably the best game I’ve played ever and I don’t understand why how stuff is rated these days. So in conclusion if your ok with some violence and a woman wearing scales then I think a child from 10-11 or over would be perfectly fine for this game.

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March 30, 2022

A stimulating challenge for a mature child

An excellent game which can provide an intellectually stimulating challenge for a mature child. This is a complex RPG with very little guidance or hand-holding. For example there are no quest markers on the map, nor is there anything like a quest journal, so the player needs to pay close attention to any information they are given and make intelligent inference from it. The combat is challenging, requiring good reactions, patience and a understanding of the underlying systems. There are many different approaches to melee and ranged combat possible and several distinct styles of magic. The game features some blood and physical violence, but not in a manner that I would consider disturbing. I would not consider the game to be scary, the enemies are monstrous but also fantastical and do not convey a sense of threat. My son is a smart and mature 9yr old, he is about 1/3 through the game and has been really enjoying it. I have enjoyed watching him figure things out for himself, and we share tips! Due to the challenge and complexity, I would only recomend the game for children with a decent amount of prior experience of both action orientated games and also games with rpg elements (e.g. understanding stats and levelling up).

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March 28, 2022

Elden Ring: A Masterpiece of a Game

In Elden Ring, you explore a vast open world, complete with side quests, boss battles, loot, and dungeons. The combat has blood/bloodstains, but nothing worse than a T game. If you're worried about whom the character is fighting, you fight humanoids, beasts, animals, ghosts, wizards, giant hands, knights, dragons, and more. Even though Elden Ring uses blood sparingly in its combat design, due to many of the enemies being mythical beasts and ghosts, not all of the enemies even emit blood, although parents should note that when ghosts are attacked they spray a white fluid. As for nudity and sex, the only thing even hinting at being suggestive is a boss where the only thing covering their body is scales, but I've seen worse in E10+ games. The main part of the game that is violent is the environment, with corpses and body parts littered throughout, but if your child has played games with a dark environment, such as Dead Cells, it will be fine since its dungeons are about equal in terms of disturbing imagery, such as dismembered body parts and corpses. But, as mentioned before, there is absolutely zero gore and/or dismemberment in combat, just blood splatters that appear on screen for about a second before disappearing and creating a bloodstain on the ground. If you're concerned about language, I haven't noticed any swear words so far, but according to the ESRB, there are two instances throughout the span of the game where sh*t is said, which is about as many swear words as some PG movies have, so you really don't have to worry about swearing in this game. The one thing parents should watch out for is during the boss fight: Godrick the Grafted, when the player gets the boss down to half of its health, it will initiate a cutscene where he proceeds to chop off his arm, rip a dragon's head off of its body, and place it on his severed arm. But, this can be easily solved, since you can skip through the cutscene with just the press of a button, so when your child reaches the boss fight, be sure to be in the same room as them so you can skip the cutscene. Lastly, there isn't any usage of drugs or alcohol in the game, so you don't need to worry about characters getting intoxicated or smoking. Other than that, there isn't anything parents need to worry about, so if your child is 11+, I'd recommend Elden Ring, since it has a great story created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin, buttery-smooth combat, and a gorgeous, huge open world that will leave players in awe.

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August 13, 2022

fromsoftware strikes again

This game is one of the most immersive fun and beautiful experiences in all of gaming great story/lore very good side quests and great combat the game does have some blood and of course weapons but not over the top gore. Like all fromsoftware games it is hard nad if your child is immature and rages at videogames i would not recommend it for your own ears sake, i am speaking from experience, it is a great game. 10/10 would recommend

July 10, 2022

Definitely apprise yourself of the full picture

I’ve probably played myself more than most other adults on here (about 120hrs), and the things I think you’d need to consider are: Blood/Gore: 1) Mohgwyn Palace is literally soaked in blood and to reach it you have to traverse a lake of ankle deep blood (also has a collectable called “blood tainted excrement”). 2) One of the major bosses (probably the first you’ll reach) is called Godrick the Grafted because he grafts the body parts of his vanquished foes onto himself and certain minions. The dungeon leading up to that fight also features a ceiling from which dangle conglomerations of limbs. 3) A character called the “dung eater” and his quest-line likely contains some disturbing material, but I haven’t been interested enough to find out. 4) Late in the story, your companion character self-immolates. 5) deep within various crypts are chambers of bodies wrapped up in the roots of a great tree. 6) overall, the game is replete with gruesome images/concepts in most dungeons and storylines. Dead bodies everywhere. While the game does have an option to turn blood/gore “off” (which I did from the beginning), it doesn’t seem to remove much. Sexuality: 1) Malenia (a very late game and optional boss that will likely only be reachable by highly skilled adult players) has a 2nd stage in which she’s entirely nude. She’s decayed and as a result has no visible nipples or genitalia, but still quite nude. 2) the final boss cutscene features breasts of a major character, again no nipples. 3) a major plot point is that a divine character has both male and female identities, and somehow produces offspring. The lore was written by the guy behind Game of Thrones. Miscellaneous: 1) the prominent divine figure is commonly portrayed in manner of crucifixion. 2) although maybe there’s some way to justify calling the player character a hero, I think that’s a bit of a stretch. Each of the possible endings is largely morally ambiguous and motivated by self-interest rather than a valiant quest to overthrow evil or fix the world.

July 8, 2022

A Masochistic Tango

Nothing that revolutionary in terms of violence or thought provocation. Rated for the difficulty. If you give this to a child, they will likely not be interested. The game doesn’t give you way points or specifically tell you what to do or where to go. As with all games of the genre, when people say these games are hard, they don’t mean “hard”. They mean “it takes a certain level of both skill and masochism to beat this game.”.

May 24, 2022

It is really good as I have played it myself, but it is very hard so if your child rages very easily then this game is not for them.

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