Bethesda Responds to ESRB Change
Gamespot has the scoop. For the most part they stand behind their ratings submission for Oblivion. They fully disclosed all that was in the game. This is what worries me though.
There is no nudity in Oblivion without a third party modification. In the PC version of the game only - this doesn’t apply to the Xbox 360 version - some modders have used a third party tool to hack into and modify an art archive file to make it possible to create a mesh for a partially nude (topless) female that they add into the game. Bethesda didn’t create a game with nudity and does not intend that nudity appear in Oblivion. There is no nude female character in a section of the game that can be “unlocked.” Bethesda can not control tampering with Oblivion by third parties. Bethesda is taking steps to ensure that modders can not continue to hack into Oblivion’s art archives to create partially nude figures.
On top of all this, the ESRB is really losing credibility by going back and changing ratings. Now they are making game developers and publishers as well as themselves look incompetent. Something needs to change at the ESRB, and they need to stop being such fucking pussies to political bs.
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