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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. ...
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ESRB worried about third party content in games
The United States rating board ESRB has sent out a letter to all the major publishers wherein they state that publishers now have a last chance of showing hidden content/easter eggs in their games (which were launched starting from September 1, 2004) to the ESRB.
Titles might even get re-rated as it happened with the infamous "Hot Coffee" fiasco displayed in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. If publishers fail to inform the ESRB before January 9, 2006 and some undisclosed novelties might pop up afterwards, then the ESRB would take "punitive action" against the specific publisher.
Another change is that publishers now have to provide other details too: "rewards, punishment, and penalties for certain player behavior, such as ending the game if the player attacks civilians", and details on "sound effects, including those associated with pain, death, explosions, weapons, sexual activity, and bodily functions."
Now, the previous statements are something everyone would understand I guess. But what really could (and should) cause an uproar are some of the final words in the letter:
Most people (including me) laughed when at the time of Hot Coffee someone declared that such a scandal would compromise the modcommunity. Let's hope the ESRB remains only 'concerned' and that they won't try to put a stop to one of most creative surplusses for games on the PC-platform.
Since many games are still made in the US this will inevitably have consequences for Europe too, if the ESRB goes through with this, despite the less conservative PEGI-rating system. I can't imagine that publishers would take the effort of creating modding options just for Europe.
"Fully disclosing hidden content accessible as Easter eggs and via cheat codes has always been part of ESRB's explicitly stated requirements when submitting games to be rated. In the July 20 public announcement, which focused on the revocation of a specific game's rating assignment, we formally stated that any pertinent content shipped on the game disc that may be relevant to a rating must be disclosed to ESRB, even if it is not intended to ever be accessed during game play.
Coding around scenes, images, or similar elements that might be pertinent to a rating assignment does not render this content irrelevant from a ratings standpoint. If a publisher wishes to "edit out" pertinent content from a final product, it must remove the content from the disc altogether. If that is not feasible, the pertinent content must be disclosed to the ESRB during the rating process so it can be taken into account in the assignment of a rating."
Coding around scenes, images, or similar elements that might be pertinent to a rating assignment does not render this content irrelevant from a ratings standpoint. If a publisher wishes to "edit out" pertinent content from a final product, it must remove the content from the disc altogether. If that is not feasible, the pertinent content must be disclosed to the ESRB during the rating process so it can be taken into account in the assignment of a rating."
Titles might even get re-rated as it happened with the infamous "Hot Coffee" fiasco displayed in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. If publishers fail to inform the ESRB before January 9, 2006 and some undisclosed novelties might pop up afterwards, then the ESRB would take "punitive action" against the specific publisher.
Another change is that publishers now have to provide other details too: "rewards, punishment, and penalties for certain player behavior, such as ending the game if the player attacks civilians", and details on "sound effects, including those associated with pain, death, explosions, weapons, sexual activity, and bodily functions."
Now, the previous statements are something everyone would understand I guess. But what really could (and should) cause an uproar are some of the final words in the letter:
"ESRB remains concerned about third party modifications that undermine the accuracy of the original rating, and we are exploring ways to maintain the credibility of the rating system with consumers in light of modifications of this nature."
Most people (including me) laughed when at the time of Hot Coffee someone declared that such a scandal would compromise the modcommunity. Let's hope the ESRB remains only 'concerned' and that they won't try to put a stop to one of most creative surplusses for games on the PC-platform.
Since many games are still made in the US this will inevitably have consequences for Europe too, if the ESRB goes through with this, despite the less conservative PEGI-rating system. I can't imagine that publishers would take the effort of creating modding options just for Europe.
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its a possible nightmare
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