The ESRB Rates Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands For Violence And Sexual Themes

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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is a new action game from Ubisoft and violence is a given. What is surprising though is that the game has some sexual themes.

The ESRB has now rated  Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands as M for Mature players over the age of 17. The content descriptors are: “Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs

The rating summary says: This is an open-world tactical shooter in which players assume the role of a member of an elite special ops military unit. Players are tasked with completing missions and military objectives (e.g., reconnaissance, extraction, assassinations) in order to take down a Bolivian drug cartel. From a third-person perspective, players mostly use stealth attacks and firearms (e.g., machine guns, sniper rifles, pistols) to infiltrate compounds and kill guards, drug lords, and enforcers. Some areas allow players to briefly interrogate enemies while holding them at gunpoint; other areas briefly depict enemies beating and interrogating bound prisoners.

A few scenes depict mutilated bodies among large pools of blood; a handful of cutscenes show enemies holding severed heads dripping with blood. The game includes some sexual material: a woman slapping a man in bed while straddling his waist (both figures are clothed); brief photographic images of a woman’s breasts. The game includes several drug references in the storyline, and the use of drugs: a man being forced to sniff several lines of cocaine; various images of marijuana and cocaine. The words “f**k” and “sh*t” are heard in the dialogue.

On a related note, some new gameplay footage has also been released taking a look at the first campaign mission of the game. It is 20 minutes of footage of single player action. There is a lot of cool stuff that you can do in the game so take a look at it below.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands will be released worldwide on March 7th, 2017 for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One platforms.