ESRB isn't as helpful as you might think. (Off-Topic)

by cheapLEY , Friday, December 25, 2015, 18:25 (3245 days ago) @ Funkmon

For example, I'd let my nephew play Halo. It has blood and gore, violence, and language. He hears bad language at home, and the gore is alien blood, plus the flood look a little gross. It's a war game where you destroy aliens. NBD.

Tomb Raider has blood and gore, violence, and language. I played that game. Lara dies with her head impaled on a pike, which the camera dwells on for many seconds. She has died being eaten by wolves. She has died being impaled onto tree branches. The violence is slightly rapey. Thus, I think he probably can't play that. However, since my dad got a great deal on the Tomb Raider version of the system, I told him to go for it and my dad can play Tomb Raider.

I need to play the second one to see if I think he can handle it. Same for one of the other games.

Remember, Halo has the exact same rating and details as this game.

That is a very good point, and something more people should educate themselves about. ESRB ratings are basically useless.

FWIW, Rise of the Tomb Raider isn't quite as bad as the 2013 Tomb Raider, but there are some scenes like that still, even if they're fewer and farther between.