The ESRB has now rated the upcoming Attack on Titan 2 video game. This is a sequel to the original game based on the popular Japanese anime/manga series.
The game is for Mature players 17 and up and the ESRB rated the game on PS4, PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The content descriptors says that the game contains “Blood and Gore, Language, Partial Nudity, Violence”. Online portions of the game have yet to be rated.
The rating summary says: “This is an action-adventure game based on the characters and events of the series Attack on Titan. Players assume the role of a young soldier who, along with a unit, battles giant man-eating titans that threaten towns and villages. As characters fly around battlefields with wired jetpacks, they use swords to cut off titans’ limbs, killing them with a slash at the back of the neck. Battles are highlighted by large splashes of blood when titans are hit; finishing blows often result in larger blood-splatter effects, staining the environment and the camera. Titans are sometimes depicted eating human characters, and in one instance, biting off a character’s limb. Throughout the game, Titans are depicted nude, with exposed buttocks, though they lack discernible genitalia. The word “sh*t” appears in the dialogue.”
If you are familiar with the anime/manga, you’ll know that the huge titans that attack the villages are freaky looking. Not to mention it’s pretty violent so kids of a very young age should not be playing a game like this. There’s quite a lot of adult themed material included.
Anyway, the Attack on Titan 2 video game will be released on March 20th, 2018 for the PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch platforms.