Rating: some-issues

Mild Violence: Mild hand-to-hand combat and some gun and projectile combat against LEGO figures, enemies fall apart and disappear.

Destruction: Explosions, some vehicle-to-vehicle combat, parts of the environment can be destroyed

Mild Suggestive Content: One female character wears a skimpy outfit of leaves, a few kisses are seen

Other Negative Elements: Game offers the chance to play villain characters.

adventure, E10+, action, Traveller's Tales, Some Issues

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Rating: not-rated

Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Partial Nudity This is an action game that allows players to engage in various combat scenarios, including arena battles, coliseum card battles, and preset battles. Most combat involves summoning magical creatures, casting elemental spells, or using weapons (axes, swords, and boomerangs) to defeat the enemy. Players can also fight an assortment of knights, witches, demons, and warriors in one-on-one combat. Some duels end with a slow-motion attack sequence called the "final blow," which zooms in on the defeated character during the final moments of battle. Female characters are occasionally depicted with very little clothing, revealing partially exposed breasts and buttocks. Some expletives (e.g., "bastard," "hell," and "damn") appear in the dialogue.

Other, T (Teen), Square Enix, not-rated

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Rating: not-rated

not-rated, Racing, E (Everyone), Slightly Mad, EA Games

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Rating: not-rated

Blood, Intense Violence, Sexual Content, Strong Language

Players "relive" the life of an assassin during the Italian Renaissance in this open-world action adventure game. The goal is to exact revenge upon conspirators who have framed and executed loved ones; the goal is to be accomplished through assassination. As players roam the crowded streets of Florence, Italy, they can creep through catacombs and corridors, undertake diverse side-missions, and tail-and-assassinate all manner of human targets—politicians, Templar soldiers, conspirators. Players can also brawl with family rivals or engage in sword fights with Templar soldiers, but in most cases, they use stealth techniques to complete the mission; for example, players can sneak up on enemies from behind and kill them with hidden daggers, poisoned daggers, spring-activated blades, and swords. When blades connect, blood shoots out in a fountain-like manner as targets groan or scream. These stealth-kills are sometimes depicted close-up and are somewhat graphic: the camera follows the "herky-jerky" thrusts of the blade; the player hears a distinctly "wet" flesh-impact sound. The most graphic depictions of violence occur during cinematic cutscenes (the following two scenes do not involve players' character): A businessman, crawling away from a Templar leader, gets pinned to the ground by a sword through his neck; a young nobleman is ambushed by rivals, begs for mercy, then gets stabbed multiple times in the chest amid screams of "Muori! Mouri! Mouri!" [Die! Die! Die!]. The spurts and sprays of blood that accompany some of the stabbing attacks can be intense.

The game contains strong sexual overtones. During one "seduction mini-game," players are able to press buttons to kiss a woman and remove her dress; with the woman's back facing the camera, the two characters lower to bed and blow out a candle. Some scenes take place inside brothels, though no nudity or sexual acts are depicted. The dialogue contains the following sexual references: "So the whip or the paddle today?" and "Does your wife know about your page-boy fantasies, Captain?" Character backstories, narrated through still-frame vignettes, explain how villains and historical figures achieved their notoriety; some biographies include references to adultery, sodomy, prostitution, and rape (e.g., "Caterina was captured and sent to Rodrigo Borgia . . . who kept her imprisoned for a year and is rumored to have raped her alongside his son."). One cutscene depicts a man and a woman wearing translucent, flesh-toned bodysuits as they flee from danger. The digitized lighting effects, the glow from their futuristic suits, obscure most of the details, though outlines of breasts and buttocks are partially discernable (i.e., not definitively nudity). Consumers may also wish to know that the game contains strong profanity, both in English and Italian (e.g., "f**k," "sh*t," c*zzo," and "m*rda"); the most explicit instance occurs when a man frantically describes a "vision"—"I'm at the opera . . . the soprano is so beautiful . . . I'm in bed with her, she cries as I f**k her."

not-rated, action, Ubisoft, M (Mature)

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Rating: some-issues

Violence: Weapons waved in the air at enemies; no contact is seen.

Spiritual Content: Prophecies, crystal balls, mythological creatures, monsters, fantasy magic, magical crystals sustain the world.

Language: Nothing explicit, but there are some questionable lines.

Adult Content: Bikini tops, alcohol, drunkenness.

Commendable Content: Player characters put themselves in danger for the sake of others.

Square Enix, Some Issues, E10+, RPG

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Rating: not-rated

Content descriptors: Mild Lyrics
This is a racing simulation game in which players can select and drive a collection of rally/GT cars and off-road vehicles. Players can race against other vehicles on a variety of tracks, record and replay their races, and unlock more events and tours after certain victories. Some background songs contain allusions to violence (e.g., “…there’s no difference between a knife in your hand and a gun in your back” and “I can kill I can love”).

not-rated, Racing, E (Everyone), Codemasters

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Rating: squeaky-clean

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Spiritual Content: Supernatural elements from the movies, ghosts, references to God.
Language: None.
Adult Content: Indy can kiss women, female character attempting to be seductive, Indy’s father tries to get a kiss.

E10+, adventure, Squeaky Clean, Traveller's Tales, LucasArts

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Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes
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E (Everyone), adventure, EA Games, not-rated

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Rating: some-issues

Violence: Tame compared to other entries into the series, with minor amounts of blood, other than in cutscenes. The unlockable games are more graphic, however.
Spiritual Content: Occult sacrifice, mythological creatures, sorcerous enemies, magic-using protagonist, Death works for Dracula, God seems to have no power over Dracula.
Language: A few instances of d–n and d—it.
Adult Content: Scantily clad females, and a couple instances of obstructed or detail-less nudity.
Commendable Content: Protecting those in need, making a stand against evil, rebelling against ageism.

T (Teen), Konami, Platformer, Some Issues

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Rating: not-rated

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Omega Force, action, T (Teen), not-rated, Fighting, Koei

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