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Bulletstorm rating write-up by ESRB is Badass

“Specialty kills (i.e., Skillshots) represent the most intense instances of violence: enemies can be dismembered with explosives; impaled on spikes; and drilled into walls, resulting in body parts breaking into pieces. During the course of the game, players can consume alcohol and kill enemies in order to receive an Intoxicated Skillshot; the screen turns blurry during these sequences…”

And that’s only part of it.

There’s no denying that Bulletstorm is one of the most anticipated first-person shooters of 2011.

The rating summary of “Mature” could very well be one of the best rating summaries by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the non-profit self-regulatory body that independently assigns ratings to videogames.

The ESRB summary has made a number of headlines, some for news reasons, others mainly because of the seriously badass description.

Headlines have ranged from Bulletstorm ESRB Description Is Full Of Awesome over at MTV to Bulletstorm ESRB Rating is Comedy Gold by Escapist Magazine.

Here’s a look at the full ESRB summary, which in itself, is mature:

This is a first-person shooter in which players assume the role of a space pirate who must escape a planet populated by mutant cannibals. Players use futuristic machine guns, shotguns, magnum revolvers, assault rifles, and chain guns to perform over-the-top kills that dismember and decapitate foes. Injured enemies emit large sprays of blood that stain the ground and surrounding walls. Specialty kills (i.e., Skillshots) represent the most intense instances of violence: enemies can be dismembered with explosives; impaled on spikes; and drilled into walls, resulting in body parts breaking into pieces. During the course of the game, players can consume alcohol and kill enemies in order to receive an Intoxicated Skillshot; the screen turns blurry during these sequences. The dialogue contains numerous jokes and comments that reference sexual acts, venereal diseases, and having sex with one’s mother (e.g., “Guess I know where the ol’ gal got that limp.”). The names of some Skillshots are infused with sexual innuendo (e.g., Gag Reflex, Rear Entry, Drilldo, Mile High Club); one Skillshot (i.e., Fire in the Hole) allows players to shoot at enemies’ exposed buttocks. Language such as “f**k,” “sh*t,” “p*ssy,” and “c*ck” can be heard in dialogue.

Epic Games and People Can Fly, the development studios behind the game, have been perfectly up front about the over-the-top shooter.  If you haven’t watched any of the Bulletstorm trailers, you should. 

Here’s a look at one of the game’s recent over-the-top trailers.

Bulletstorm, published by Electronic Arts, is currently scheduled for a February 22, 2011 release.  More information can be found on Bulletstorm.com.  On Twitter @Bulletstorm and on Facebook at Facebook.com/bulletstorm