ESRB Explains Heavy Rain Sexual Content
Many gamers were unsurprised when the ESRB released their official rating for Quantic Dream‘s upcoming PS3 exclusive, Heavy Rain. Early, pre-game trailers have revealed that Heavy Rain is a mature, interactive drama that hopes to create an entirely new genre in video games. Even David Cage, the game’s creator, has aluded to in interviews, the game’s heavy sexual and mature content.
Coming straight off of the ESRB’s website, their official wording regarding the game’s sexual content:
The game contains sexual content and nudity. Shower cutscenes may depict a male character’s bare butt; if players control the female character, her breasts and buttocks are also briefly visible. A more prolonged instance of nudity occurs during a female character’s investigation of a seedy club owner: After getting him alone in a room, the player-character is asked to strip; at gunpoint, she dances topless in front of the man. The game also contains a prompt-based love scene (kissing and rubbing) in which players match on-screen cues to angle characters’ mouths, remove shirts and blouses, unhook bras, and lower to the floor; a woman briefly appears topless amidst the dark shadows and heavy breathing—actual sex is never depicted as the camera fades to black.
So, some thought should be given before parents allow their children to play Heavy Rain. The game hits store shelves late next month.
11 Responses to “ESRB Explains Heavy Rain Sexual Content”
and we all thought bayonetta was going to be the gaming porn of 2010, turns out it’s actually Heavy Rain.
no surprize here
Cool.. This game has gone gold right?
Saboteur has topless women, but since you are in the back of an adult night club, it makes sense.
If there’s a reason for the naughty bits I’m all for it, just makes things seem a little more realistic.
btw, unhook bra button ftw.
(no offense to the ladies)
i agree with SolidCake 100%………Unhook bra button FTW.
Oh yeah and the other stuff too
hello …
with or without it, i would have buy the game, now i need to convince myself i’m an adult …
hey i am an adult … going nuts with those GOW3 screenshots …
cheers!
What’s next Virtual coitus???
“So, some thought should be given before parents allow their children to play Heavy Rain.”
Are you joking?? There shouldn’t be any thought involved. If the kid isn’t old enough to buy it for themselves the parents shouldn’t buy it for them or allow them to play it. That’s why they rate these games and it bothers me how many parents buy games like GTA IV for their kids while being completely ignorant to the ratings system. It is possible that you may have a child that seems beyond his years in maturity, but the fact is I have seen way too many 10-12 yr. old kids playing GTA IV. I’m not one of those that believes video games should be blamed for any problems in society, I believe it is poor parenting that leads to this and allowing your kid to play any game they want is one small part of bad parenting.
Well It’s a murder mistery and if it was anything lower than Mature for a adult just based on the violence and blood and all that jazz. But they thought it would make the story more interesting to throw in some boobs and bums which is coo with me cause I’m a grown ass man. I don’t know what parent would buy their child any game without some sort of a playthrough online video or after doing some research. Unless, their child had a Wii and then there’d be no point in even looking at the cover before buying because they only have like 3 Mature rated games and that just because of violence and blood. No softcore porn like this bad boy here. New we’ll be seeing more and more titles like this one or the Porn industry will get on and actually utilize the Adult rating but the game would control like Heavy Rain and they’ll have a arty feel to it with a really thought out story so people will actually give it a chance and not knock it.
I concur
I wonder if the button presses will slowly fade to GOW’s approach to rhythmic circles, and timed button responses for those sections… cough