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[aries1001]

Here's the correct word - straight from the horse' mouth ' or in this instance the BBFC in the UK.



http://www.bbfc.net/...66?OpenDocument



As you can see 1) Mass Effect 2 is (still) being rated by the BBFC and 2) the rating is a 15+



PEGI is used in most of the European countries, but not in Germany and in the UK. In Germany, they have the USK and in Britain it is the BBFC that (still) rates the games,



PEGI is a voluntary game rating system just like the ESRB is it in the US. This means that while stores can enforce a carding policy (they ask for your age), governments can't go in and demand this (this is just information).



At my local gamestop store, they now have a carding policy for 18+ games or 16+ games etc. Even if there is no such law in Denmark that says they have to do it - it's store policy.



In another video store that mainly sells music, I've found, sometimes, game cases which had the 18 on them from the BBFC - and in one or two second hands shops I've found (pc) games which had the ESRB rating on the them - or to be more precise - on the game boxes.



As for the consumer law, the laws are different form country to country and might even be different from state to state in the US...

[Loerwyn]

PEGI *was* voluntary.



It's now legally enforcable in the UK, so it's just as valid as a BBFC classification.

[Le Fizzy Bubble]

Such a confusing situation

[Dr_Vile]

Le Fizzy Bubble wrote...

Such a confusing situation

Yes, it is. Where the confusion arises is probably that people expected the changeover to be immediate. It's not. Instead, there is a transitionary period between now and the summer 2010. During this time, most games will be rated by the PEGI system, but some (including Mass Effect 2) will still be reclassified by the BBFC.
So whilst PEGI rates it as 18+, the BBFC have decided to change that classification to 15.
This is the correct one.
Hope this helps

Modifié par Dr_Vile, 23 janvier 2010 - 03:12 .

[Le Fizzy Bubble]

Modifié par Le Fizzy Bubble, 23 janvier 2010 - 03:29 .

[Le Fizzy Bubble]

So does this mean i wont have any issues buying it?

[Loerwyn]

I can't find anything to suggest the BBFC classification takes priority over the PEGI one.



If PEGI have said 18+, then that one logically is the minimum age regardless of the BBFC classification (as in highest matters out of the two), but it's odd it has 2 ratings.

[aries1001]

Le Fizzy Bubble wrote...

So does this mean i wont have any issues buying it?

Yes, it means you won't have any issues buying it - in the UK. In Denmark, on the other hand....

Young adults that wanted to buy games with 18+ ratings just got their parents to come with them to the store, though.

[The-Broken-One]

If the game box says 15 on it then i cant see you getting any trouble from retailers over it, most dont have time to query a separate rating on the back so the huge 15 rating is all they'll bother to check.

[Le Fizzy Bubble]

Stupid game ratings lol

[Le Fizzy Bubble]

Sure would be nice for a dev to confirm the situation

[PGR94]

I was in GAME yesterday and there were ME2 boxes on the shelves and they were BBFC 15. They were dummy boxes but they had the proper sleeves with the BBFC rating.

[Nyxiz]

PEGI is the sole classification system in the UK. It has been since June 2009.

However some games are still classified by the BBFC. I'm not sure why but I think it's the AAA-titles and controversial games that are rated by the BBFC. Though it still might have PEGI ratings on it, the legal age to buy it will be the BBFC rating.

And ME2 is rated 15 by the BBFC. I'm 100% sure.

Modifié par Nyxiz, 25 janvier 2010 - 01:06 .

[K K Slider]

Nyxiz wrote...

PEGI is the sole classification system in the UK. It has been since June 2009.

However some games are still classified by the BBFC. I'm not sure why but I think it's the AAA-titles and controversial games that are rated by the BBFC. Though it still might have PEGI ratings on it, the legal age to buy it will be the BBFC rating.

And ME2 is rated 15 by the BBFC. I'm 100% sure.

It might be to do with when the classification was originally submitted.
Even the Mass Effect 2 web site has both the PEGI and BBFC logos.  Talk about confusing.

[Memengwa]

hmm.. wonder what it will be in Sweden, ME1 was 12+..