Anyone here familiar w/ Unreal Tournament 2004

[graylocks]

son (15) wants to play this. it's rated M. reviews i've found say the rating is for extreme blood and gore, and profanity. any one play this?

[cyclemax]

I've played it before. The object is to kill anything that moves, will extra accolades for head shots and multiple kills. Definitely blood and gore, and profanity. Pretty much your standard first person shooter.

[Silencio]

It can be fairly gorey, yes. After a while, though, the flying bits get distracting from the gameplay so you can turn it off. I really don't think the game has anything that will traumatize a 15 year-old.

You don't want to kill anything that moves in a team game. Don't shoot your teammates!

[graylocks]

Silencio wrote: I really don't think the game has anything that will traumatize a 15 year-old.

no, traumatizing is the parent's job.

[incognegro]

"KILLING SPREE!"

"HEAD SHOT!"

"GODLIKE!"

[Silencio]

"M-M-M-M-M MONSTER KILL!"

[TheCaber]

The level of profanity in messages and announcer's voice-over volume are settable in the options. I just turn it off, and go with minimal gore, fog, and special lighting effects; keeps the frame rate up.