The Entertainment Software Rating Board recently released their summary on the upcoming zombie game Dead Island. Based on what they reviewed in their summary, the game definitely deserves the M-rating that it got. It was tageed for content such as blood and gore (obviously), drug reference, use of alcohol and sexual reference among other things. Here is a full summary that was released by the ESRB regarding Dead Island and its shenanigans:
This is a first-person shooter in which players join a group of survivors who must battle a zombie infestation on a tropical island. Players use baseball bats, knives, axes, shotguns, and rifles to kill waves of zombies. Battles are accompanied by screams of pain, realistic gunfire, and slow-motion effects. When zombies are knocked to the ground, players can sometimes stomp on their heads to complete kills. Large blood splatter stains the surrounding environment and players’ weapon. Players can also dismember zombies, and various scenes depict bloody torsos, legs, or other mutilated body parts. As the game progresses, alcoholic beverages can be consumed to increase damage output, resulting in screen-blurring effects; in one cutscene, drunken characters are depicted stumbling around a party. Some sequences also reference drug use; one mission requires players to retrieve drugs for a character (e.g., “I haven’t shot up since the day before yesterday and I’m getting the chills.”). The game also contains a handful of sexual references in the dialogue (e.g., “One rich bugger I investigated was clearly molesting his fourteen-year-old daughter.”); one scene depicts a bikini-clad woman tied to a bed and surrounded by video cameras. The words “f**k” and sh*t” can be heard in dialogue.
That is definitely a hefty list of not so kid friendly content piled into the game. But what else could you expect from a first person zombie killer set on a tropical island? Not much I guess. Look forward to more info as it rises up before the games release in September.
