Mass Effect

Parents need to know that this game has one brief sex scene involving an apparent female alien. The scene more alludes to sex as opposed to showing graphic acts -- but the encounter even occurs when you create a female character, which opens the door to same-sex relationships. The in-game violence is on par with most shooters, but isn't gratuitous; players will shoot with pistols, shotguns, and rifles, and use grenades. But the focus of this game is on the interactive storyline where players decide the dialogue of their characte, leading to moral decisions about whether you traverse the galaxy as a diplomatic hero or a renegade willing to bend the laws, and these decisions have consequences.

This game has everything, i feelt like its movie while playing it. Maybe the best story mode i played in my life, definitely recommend!

My username may suggest that I am quite a fan of this game, but as I have seen from other reviews from parents and kids alike, it is not at all necessary to rate this 18+. While PEGI may have done so, this was only because of the "sex scene", which really is not at all graphic and is meant to represent a pinnacle of two character's relationships, and can only be obtained by picking just the correct dialogue options. It is not a simple binary choice. The violence is very minimal, and swearing is so light you will probably forget it was ever even said. Also, don't let Fox news or Anita say anything about this game being sexist - you can play as a woman. Also, morality choices in dialogue let YOU shape your character, as well as the in-depth character creation menus.

I have never played it but i know it has a lot of sex becayse my mom told me but it also has a story that is not realy apropriate for kids like me

This game does not deserve an M rating. This game has only brief sex scenes that don't show anything explicit, aside from underwear and kissing. The violence on the tame side, as you are mostly fighting robots or aliens. Only small amounts of gore. There is the occasional swear but never anything too serious. The core element of this game is the story. You make choices for your character depending on how you want to play. Your actions have consequences. This is a fantastic game and a great experience. The sequel, is leagues better and Mass Effect 2 is literally the best game I've ever played, hands down.

It is a brilliant game, and you shouldn't be worried about the themes, as the graphics aren't the best.

I've played every mass effect game so far scince age 11 and i love these games, I however didn't do any romance or stuff like that (Though i flirted ALOT :P) Anyways beside it doesn't have alot of inappropriate that the main character wears (can't say the same for a few other characters...)

The european rating is PEGI 12. A red,circle PEGI 12. I'm sure GTA is rated 18 because of the sexually explicit material (strip clubs, stuff like that) but Mass Effect has pretty much the same thing. You are forced to go into a strip club due to the storyline but only to find a character, luckily. However Mass Effect called it a bar, which isn't an appropiate name and doesn't warn players of the content. There is even a truely perveted prostitute section and one of the main enemies is shown in a cutscene with some kind of girlfriend and her chest is almost fully exposed, though it hides the real parts barely. The violence is the only thing which suits the rating. Don't judge the truthfulness of this rating on my age, by the way...ALSO THERE IS A DRINKING SECTION...