Why is red dead redemption 2 rated m

Sex & Nudity

• Severity? 49 228 134 38

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• There are several mentions of prostitutes.
• There is a moment where you may spot two people looking into a window. You yourself can see inside and would be able to see a man and a woman in a room together, both incredibly drunk and the man would be saying suggestive things to her.
• In one mission you will see some nude paintings. Nudity is very visible when in the cutscene, but the game does not focus on the painting, it's just decor in the background. It is just a painting.
• There is a feral man in the forest who is completely naked. It can be censored out.
• Some references and jokes. Humorous and very mild.
• Two of the characters wear slightly revealing clothing.
• A man threatens to cut another man's testicles off.
• You may accidentally interrupt two people having sex. Nothing sensitive is shown it is very quick and can be avoided. This can be avoided and you never see it again afterwards.
• A couple can be found while free roaming. They're revealed to be siblings and they flirt with each other, referencing an incestuous relationship. No actual sex or nudity, but can be uncomfortable.
• There is no sexual content in the open world except for male nudity but it is all censored out.
• Inappropriate content can be removed and can be avoided. But it is hard to avoid because you may not know it's coming.
• In a mission you will open a door to a man using the toilet. Only part of his butt is visible, Very mild.
• If you go back to the braithwaites after it burned down you will see a naked woman's dead body, butt is shown.
• The first red dead redemption has way more sexual content and Nudity
• John's wife is mentioned to have been a prostitute.

Violence & Gore

• Severity? 4 10 40 288

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• Players can kill enemies with a wide arsenal of over 50 weapons. They can choose whether to approach a mission aggressively or peacefully.
• Players can kill their enemies with melee weapons, as well as kill them with shotguns, projectiles or explosives.
• People can be set on fire by campfires and other flammable sources.
• There are sometimes public executions in towns. Can be missed, but most of them include hanging.
• The most brutal scenes in the game depict Arthur killing people with a knife. This is brutal and the sound effects add to the overall graphic nature.
• Most ranged weapons are shot from far away so it is hard to see.
• In the city, there can be times where you see violence.
• Similar to the first game, when skinning dead animals, realistic sound effects of flesh being cut and ripped off are heard, with the skinning itself being shown onscreen sometimes.
• In one side mission outside Saint Denis you can find a man profusely bleeding from his arm, and you can take him to the Doctor. The Doctor claims that the only way to save the man is through amputation. However you can walk away before the amputation. The amputation is not gorey and it is very quick. He then has a bandage on so nothing is seen.
• Corpses will decay over time, and are pretty gruesome-looking, no blood is shown but you can eventually see a skeleton as you progress with the game.
• You can get into fist fights with NPCs. As the fight goes in you can get bloodied and beaten fairly intensly. Players can choke out people, headbutt them, throw them out of windows, or slam their heads into walls. NPCS can be Knocked out. Sometimes they get back up and act dazed but other times they don't get up.
• The game includes some brutal fistfights. Not too graphic or bloody but pretty intense. There are also multiple extended intense shootouts throughout the game, nothing very violent.
• In online, when hunting the owl hoot family the opening cutscene may be disturbing to some viewers.
• When using weapons such as revolvers, rifles and repeaters, the amount of blood that is shown is usually quite small and easy to miss. Comparable to older western movies. However, when using other more powerful weapons (such as the sawed off and double barreled shotgun) or explosives, Larger amounts are shown. But they are only optional and can still be easy to miss since most shootouts happen from a longer range.
• Near the end of the game, there is a cutscene showing aftermath of a man mauled by a bear. Probably the most graphic part of the game.
• All violence in the game is realistic
• Probably the most violent Rockstar game since Manhunt 2
• This is the most gory Rockstar game so far.
• The game has a lot of shootouts and realistic blood. You can kill, blow heads, dismember, burn people, use explosives, kinves, axes etc.

Profanity

• Severity? 3 40 182 87

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• You'll hear words like shit, ass, bastard and bitch frequently, as well as other miscellaneous swears. There is infrequent use of the F word. Arthur can insult Kieran and one of the insults that he can level at Kieran is "I hear that Adler woman wants to cut your dick off!"
• All audio can be turned off in Settings, but the game will not be as enjoyable as it is like watching a movie without the people talking.
• The Latin American version contains more profanity in the subtitles than in the Spanish or English version.
• The word "Cocksucker" can be heard during free roaming & once during a mission.
• Lenny says "Nigger Lover" while explaining how he faces racism in the south to Arthur.
• Very infrequent use of "fuck".
• In online while bounty hunting July Jolie, she's calls your character a "cunt-sniffer."
• If this game was a movie it would be rated R for Strong Brutal Western Violence, grisly images involving torture, Language Throughout, Brief Sexual Content and Brief Graphic Nudity (Male and female.)
• The o'driscolls in one mission say "Fuck them"
• 25 F words
• In all of the towns while free roaming the town people may insult you using a few profanities, but only if provoked.(eg. running into them or killing other townsfolk.
• One Character says 4 F words in One mission, the first 2 are back to back, then about 5 minutes later he says another 2 back to back.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

• Severity? 2 28 179 69

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• People can be seen drinking alcoholic substances. The player can join them.
• Some mild drug use. But itis very hard to catch
• Heavy drinking is involved between two main characters in one mission, which leads to vomiting.
• During the course of the game, players' character can engage in a drinking mini-game in which alcohol is poured for drunken bar patrons. The player character is also depicted drinking alcohol, sometimes resulting in screen-distortion effects and impaired controls.
• One of the stimulant power-ups is known as Cocaine Gum, which players' character can chew; in one scene, characters can briefly be seen smoking from an opium pipe.
• You can smoke cigars & cigarettes in game.
• One of the gang members is addicted to morphine. You can find a syringe inside a hollowed out book.
• You can get drunk, smoke cigarrettes or cigars and eat cocaine chewing gums. Very few drugs.
• In the epilogue mission: a new Jerusalem the house blueprints have the number 420 on top though this may just be a coincidence and is also very hard to see.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

• Severity? 4 29 123 134

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• You're able to interact with strangers which might lead to small missions, some of these individuals are criminals or mentally unhinged. And might try to kill or harm you. In some cases, they'll relentlessly chase you nonstop throughout the entire game. This can all be very unsettling.
• The character Micah Bell is a complete psychopath, and the things he does are very nasty and unpleasant. However, most of his actions can only be heard, not shown.
• The main story is extremely depressing and sad at times.
• A gang known as the Skinner Brothers roam the lands of Tall Trees. They are the most violent characters in the game. They skin, scalp, burn, gut and slaughter innocent civilians. You don't see any of these occurring, except scalping. (It is a random encounter, you are intended to save the victim) When you raid their camps, they will have decapitated bodies hung from trees, buckets of organs and scalps hanging in their tents.
• In some Chance encounters, a person or a couple is being attacked/mugged. If you fail the encounter one of them will die and you will lose honor. The other person cries out in anguish. Very realistic voice acting.
• If this game was a movie it would be rated: R for pervasive strong bloody violence and the gruesome aftermaths, very strong language and gory disturbing imagery.
• Strong violence sometimes
• Chapter 6 is very depressing

Spoilers

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