7/5/2023 0 Comments Rule of rose diana and meg![]() Mainland Europe also did its part, with many journalists and public official writing frenzied articles about the game. Release of the game was cancelled in the UK and delayed in Australia. There were also demands for the creation of a European Observatory on childhood, whatever that is. The future of the European video game industry’s rating system, the PEGI, was put into question (the game did get a PEGI rating of 16+, though, meaning it was not meant for children). European Commissioner for Justice Franco Frattini called for censorship of video game violence and a ban of Rule of Rose in particular. The connected article heavily criticised the game and video game violence in general.Īfter that, the rumor of the “child torture game” caught like wildfire. ![]() Things got worse in a hurry when the Italian magazine Panorama featured the game on its front cover with the caption “Vince chi seppellisce viva la bambina” (“He who buries the little girl wins”). ![]() Troubles seem to have started when Sony dropped the game for localization in North America, apparently feeling that the “sexual undertones” of the game clashed with the company’s brand image (Atlus, who doesn’t mind this kind of stuff, picked the game back up). If Rule of Rose is remembered at all, it is usually for the moral panic it inspired. Not just a game with a vulnerable or young protagonist, but a game set in a world filled with the fears and idiosyncrasies of children. Rule of Rose is a rarity among survival-horror games: it is a game about children. Innocence can be the mindspring from which absurd rules and cruel behaviors are born …
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