Haven't you been upstairs at the establishment in Ebonheart?

There are both good and bad games with "mature" content..

but if ESO could have even a little chance of doing something like The Witcher series, it would be frikkin awesome! I really loved those vulgar dwarves and their accents.. it left a lasting impression

Also, most MMORPGs that aim for the 12year olds as their target group simply fail. Those children can only insult one another's mothers instead of cooperating and their commitment to the game is nonexistent. They exist only to rage..

they already nerf pixil b...... with altering the red-guard armor, and sea-drake costume

so they are running in the other (read WRONG) direction

I don't agree with the notion of Mature meaning more graphic violence.

I reported as a bug (half joking of course) that when asked, "Would you prefer I use my whip or my riding crop?" by Dark Seducers in Coldharbor I never got a chance to answer. And when told to put down my weapons because there were better things we could do I never got to find out what those more interesting things were.

Seriously, how does blood relate to maturity?

Kids watch Anime which features more violence than ESO and Hentai which features .. tentacles lololol

LOL to OP! I think they have mature content in game. Women married to woman and same for guys.

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

I'm always confused by the way people use the word "mature".

There's plenty of adult-centric content in the game that includes sexual innuendo, drug use, etc. It certainly is as mature in its content as any Elder Scrolls title that's come before it.

So what, exactly do you want? Because if it's just juvenile blood splatter and naked ladies, then that's not mature content. That's excessive content.

@nerevarine1138 Long explanation below, but hopefully this helps you and others understand what I am going for.

Well, if you don't mind, lets look at a game like Metro: Last Light.

If you have never played, I would recommend looking at pictures of it so you can get a better idea of what I am talking about, the Steam page has some good ones.

In that game, everywhere you look more or less, you see one of two worlds, the completely destroyed upper world, with corpses, charred remains of civilization, and general 'dark and scary' things.Below, you see the poverty stricken remains of humanity, disease, crime, ragged poor people, and more dead bodies everywhere.

Now, if ESO could take a hint from this game as far as content goes (I know, ridicule me for referencing a different game series), then ESO would take on a 'Mature' theme, as in it wouldn't be all flowery sunshine, rainbows, and meadows with just a small corner of it being the dark and scary place where "Here there be monsters" essentially (I know I am exaggerating a bit, but the point I am making is hopefully getting across).

Here is another way of looking at it, and it pains me to say it, but compared to a game like Metro, or a game like Skyrim, ESO is very cartoony in comparison, with not a whole lot of realism in both graphics and around the world content that you see here and there.

Now, my main point of what, to me, 'Mature' content would be is similar to what Metro does with having clearly pointed out signs that disease is rampant, for instance, in several zones I can recall, there was some plague or something going around (I can remember easily the 2nd EP zone as I am in the middle of it on one of my characters), but everyone looks more or less normal, except the clearly made Zombie people. If more themes of "This town is plagued" could be added, trash around the place, dead/bloated bodies around, people with like pox marks and the like, then that would be more 'Mature' then say a town where everyone looks normal but its just said that they are all sickly and dying.

They could also do to have more graphic looking corpses, instead of just simple bone clean skeletons, maybe add some more fleshy bits to the corpses so they don't look like they have been there forever, and maybe do the same thing with Skeleton NPCs, add more fleshy bits them so they looks a little more deathy.

And, many towns and cities have poor beggars, but just looking at them they look like they are decently able to get by (clothes, look healthy, ect.). Maybe, make the poor NPCs look a bit more rough around the edges, non-healthy, and the like to add a bit more of a sense that "Yea, that guy is dirt poor" because no they look like "Yea, he might be poor, but he looks pretty healthy and well off for a poor guy".

*DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK* I believe around the, I want to say Reign of Terror, but it could have been the French Revolution (They were REALLY close together in time frame) beggars and poor people went all out to make the point that they were poor, whether by choice of forced to in some cases, and if you look it up there are some pretty horrifying drawings and paintings that depict to what extent poor people went to in real life at one point just to try and get a few extra penny from people passing by because they felt bad for them based on how they look.

BigM wrote: »

LOL to OP! I think they have mature content in game. Women married to woman and same for guys.

@BigM That isn't mature content, that is just standard life O.o

Blood and Gore and Sex in games usually just comes out as gratuitous. It exists for it's own sake and not to advance the story or really improve the game world. I don't need a bunch of blood to know someone is getting injured or dead, I see the health meter going down or there is a corpse to loot. Not to mention what it could do to framerates and we have bad enough lag in this game as it is.

As for Sex, TES has always had this in the game and it's been handled just fine through exposition and design. I don't need to naked boobs in a game, not to mention cut scene or scripted sex scenes to know my character did the horizontal bop. A simple fade to black as my partner approaches me tells me all I need there.

tinythinker wrote: »

Haven't you been upstairs at the establishment in Ebonheart?

It's actually one of my favorite places in game I think its perfect, just enough.. but not overly done.

I voted yes not because I want to watch argonians getting it on, but because I do not think it is beneficial to the game to hinder itself, or in any way tone down on scenarios, that would otherwise create a more authentic and immersive experience, because of a rating.

I couldn't care less one way or another [on the whole maturity thing] but I wish they'd rewrite/revoice a good handful of quests. Some are plain silly to cringe worthy and they should start with Wake the Dead in Stonefalls. Everything Mavos says is an eye-roller... actually the entire presentation involving Mavos or Onuja is silly.

DogFaceInBananaPatch wrote: »

I couldn't care less one way or another [on the whole maturity thing] but I wish they'd rewrite/revoice a good handful of quests. Some are plain silly to cringe worthy and they should start with Wake the Dead in Stonefalls. Everything Mavos says is an eye-roller... actually the entire presentation involving Mavos or Onuja is silly.

Agreed

Picked the wrong option.

I don't really mind gore, but please no being edgy just for the sake of being edgy. It's kind of refreshing to see a game (or any form of media these days) that isn't ridiculously dark or sexualized.

Thats a YES !! Its seems ZOS has gone puritanical .. and I want my sexy female Orc cuirress back !