The BBFC reveals nudity and a single sex scene with possible human on alien action.
The BBFC classification for Mass Effect has revealed that the game has been awarded a 12 rating for "moderate violence and one sex scene".
Violence is pretty common these days, but a sex scene is sure to cause a bit of a stir. According to the extended classification over on the BBFC website the scene in question is "brief and undetailed" but does include "breast nudity in one version of the scene".
The classification goes on to state: "If playing as a male character the scene can take place between him and a human woman or a humanoid female alien. If playing as a female character the scene can take place between her and a male human or a female humanoid alien."
So that's quite a variety and certainly something for most sexual persuasions. Mass Effect is scheduled for release across Europe on November 23.
For more on Mass Effect check out our 20-minute demonstration with BioWare's Dr. Greg Zeschuk.
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Bloodstorm wrote at 16:45 on 18 September 2007
IT'S A 12?????
Exnor wrote at 18:01 on 18 September 2007
Haha - "Human on Alien action"... classic.
Joeeeee wrote at 18:01 on 18 September 2007
Apparently only heterosexual men and homosexual women play videogames?
No gay scenes?
Bloodstorm wrote at 18:58 on 18 September 2007
Ermm, if you read the article you can do both....
Male to female
Female to female
Female to Male.
iLnot wrote at 00:55 on 19 September 2007
Good thing
I think it's good there's a sex scene in there without any great furore (sorry - spelling?). Films with a 12 rating have had sex scenes as a rather ordinary thing for ages, and if games are following suit, it shows they are growing up - hooray!
Iain McC wrote at 12:53 on 19 September 2007
@Bloodstorm: I think Joeeeee meant why don't we ever get any hot man lovin' in videogames? (Barring The Sims, of course, where everyone's inherently bisexual anyway.)
It's an entirely valid question - to have heterosexual and female homosexual relationships in a game but not male homosexual relationships seems a bit of a cop out really. Still, Bioware are better than most when it comes to dealing with sex and relationships in games, but I think we're a long way from having an openly homosexual (male) lead character in a game, purely due to the market demographics.
Rogue Soul wrote at 16:03 on 19 September 2007
Post pix pls!
Bioware Peon wrote at 19:41 on 19 September 2007
To the best of my knowledge there is also a "hot man lovin'" romance option. It may not have been mentioned the classification as it doesn't show anything that affected the rating.
But unless they pulled it out since I was last on the project because the writing didn't work, I'm virtually certain that a male-male romance is in the game.
Anonymous wrote at 20:47 on 19 September 2007
Yeah, maybe they "pulled it out" at the last minute. Ha!
Anonymous wrote at 22:06 on 19 September 2007
I get it!
Bioware Peon 2 wrote at 22:17 on 19 September 2007
AFAIK the plan was always to have the two human romance options be straight, and the alien be bi-sexual.
For those clamoring for man-on-man romance from BioWare, I would direct you to Jade Empire.
Anonymous wrote at 22:44 on 19 September 2007
i agree, bioware has included female and male homosexual options in previous games, so i think if they left any out this time around it's not because of political reasons, but rather to serve the story's purposes....bioware has already proven themselves a progressive company both socially and technologically
Altfan113 wrote at 23:23 on 19 September 2007
{8-O
Can you imagine the insane public outrage this would have sparked 10 years ago? 5 years ago? I'm glad to see we've come a long way towards maturity, but at the same time, they present it like, "Oh yeah, alien lesbians. Next!"
Anonymous wrote at 23:29 on 19 September 2007
Oh other anonymous user, you just made my day.
Anonymous wrote at 23:55 on 19 September 2007
Don't forget that another BioWare game, Jade Empire, included the following choices:
man/woman
woman/man
man/man
woman/woman
man/woman/woman (menage a trois)
Anonymous wrote at 01:31 on 20 September 2007
I would suspect that the reason it is not mentioned is that probably the male to male one would not contain nudity. So unless they plan on producing pornography I do not think that would show anything. Breasts are considered nudity in many places and so that would justify the warning.
Anonymous wrote at 07:48 on 20 September 2007
Why
Anyone else find it disturbing how violence is simply accepted in entertainment while sex is taboo? One is a natural part of human life that leads to creation, one is destruction and sorrow. It's pathetic.
Anonymous wrote at 08:40 on 20 September 2007
It sounds a bit ridiculous to argue that sex JUST leads to destruction and sorrow, though you can certainly make a good case for it.
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