BioWare Do It Again: Mass Effect 2’s Sex Scenes Detailed
Published 2009-12-16 7:43PM by Connor Beaton

America’s Electronic Software Ratings Board (ESRB) have given BioWare’s upcoming Mass Effect 2 an age certificate of “M”, restricting the game to players age 17 and up. This comes as no surprise, seeing as the first game received a similar rating; in Britain, however, Mass Effect 2 has received a “15” age certificate, one step up from the first game’s “12” certificate.

The ESRB have also detailed the content in the game eliciting the restrictive certificate, and amongst the excepted fantasy violence, the more sexually-oriented scenes have finally been detailed. It’s unlikely we’ll see another uneducated moral rant from the sensationalist FOX News this time around, but expect the content to raise eyebrows from a few concerned communities.

“During the course of the game, players may enter a bar where alien pole dancing exists (choreography highlighted on big-screen monitors) or hear suggestive comments such as “krogan sexual deviants enjoy salarian flexibility” and “if this is just about sex, maybe you should just f**king say so.” Players can also choose to have “romantic encounters” with the alien/human henchmen characters; this involves watching a guided cutscene in which two characters flirt, kiss, and/or embrace: clothed alien/human characters may prop a partner on top of a space console, clear away the clutter from a bed-slab, unzip a future-blouse, or just talk it out. Though an alien/human may gyrate her hips while on top (fleeting—one-to-two seconds), actual sex is never depicted—the camera cuts away to space furniture and ceilings.”

While I’m not entirely sure what a space-blouse is, BioWare have once again left the graphic details off-screen, which should surely calm the pitchfork-collecting mob forming outside the Canadian studio’s headquarters. We’ll bring you more news on the game closer to its release.

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