The ESRB explains why Final Fantasy Type-0 HD has a Mature rating

Final Fantasy Type-0 is being billed as one of the more “mature” entries to the series and given its violence and blood content, it’s no surprise the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) has labeled it as such. A quick look over on their official site gives us some insight into exactly why they’ve chosen to rate it that way, making the game the first Final Fantasy to receive the big “M.” As usual, there may be possible spoilers, so take that into consideration before you read on below:

This is an action game in which players assume the role of students fighting to protect their nation from invaders. Players traverse fantasy environments and battle enemy soldiers and other creatures in melee-style combat. Players use swords, bows, firearms, and magic spells to kill various enemies (e.g., robots, blobs, mechanical beasts). Battles are accompanied by realistic gunfire, screams of pain, and large blood-splatter effects; some sequences depict blood stains on players’ screen and corpses lying in pools of blood. Cutscenes depict additional acts of violence: a man stabbing himself with a sword; a girl shot by a sniper; a character shot close-up. During the course of the game, some female characters are depicted in outfits that expose large amounts of cleavage and jiggling breasts. In one sequence, players can use a spy camera to zoom in on a female character wearing a bikini. The game includes event scenes in which a character sedates/drugs players’ character and performs unknown acts on them; it is implied that some of these acts may be of a sexual nature.

Final Fantasy Type-0’s basic content descriptors include Blood, Drug Reference, Suggestive Themes, and Violence. In Japan the game is also rated more harshly than usual, gaining a CERO C (Ages 15+) rather than the typical CERO B (Ages 12+) that FF normally enjoys.


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