Another Top 10 Games You Were Too Young to be Playing
Good thing you told you mom you were playing Mario, eh? These are the games that were too explicit, too crazy, too violent or just too gosh darn mature for the tender young age you no doubt experienced them at. Welcome to http://WatchMojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for Another batch of the Top 10 Game You Were Too Young To Be Playing.
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#10: “No More Heroes” (2007)
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The Wii was chock-full of fun and family friendly games, so when kids inevitably got a hand on this bad boy, parents had no idea about the brutal and gory gameplay No More Heroes had to offer. Players are armed with pretty much a lightsaber, and every time they decapitate someone or split them down the middle, an overabundance of blood spurts out, like a scene from Kill Bill. The partial nudity, profanity and crude humor were definitely something to keep hidden from your parents.
#9: “Twisted Metal: Black” (2001)
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While others were playing Gran Turismo 3, you were playing Twisted Metal: Black, weren’t ya? Going along with the title, the characters in this series’ entry were truly twisted. Some were killers, others victims of a tormented childhood, and the rest were just the product of bad circumstances. However you spun it, these back stories were dark, and technically shouldn’t have been exposed to kids under the required age of playing the game. Still, despite the mature themes and overall grittiness of the game, the maddening vehicular combat provided many thrills, and that’s what hooked kids all over the world.
#8: “Splatterhouse” (1988)
When a game is titled Splatterhouse, you know it’s going to be gory. Not only was this classic bloody, but the game also dealt with themes of loss and vengeance which probably went over a young kid’s head. After all, the player probably just wanted to cut up and harpoon as many monsters as possible. That’s pretty much the crux of the game. Travel from the left side of the screen to the right side, while destroying any monster you come across in the hopes of finding your girlfriend, who of course transforms into a monster. After you put her out of her misery, you obliterate anything in your path on your quest for revenge. Quite a difference from Mario.
#7: “Deadpool” (2013)
Everyone loves the merc with a mouth, and having the option to play as him was a dream come true. “It’s just a superhero game,” we can hear you saying to your parents as you try to convince them to let you play it. If only they knew of the staggering amount of violence, profanity, and sexual innuendo. Hell, the jokes in this game were so funny, they’d probably come into your room to tell you to stop playing, and instead stick around to watch. When the game is familiar thanks to movies or other mediums accessible and known by adults, you have a slightly better chance of getting away with playing it.
#6: “Carmageddon” (1997)
Just like with Deadpool, you probably said this was just a racing game. While it is a racing game, it promotes as much carnage and death as you can possibly inflict. It’s a game that had kids veering off the track to purposely mow down a bunch of pedestrians for extra bonuses. The sneaky thing is that when your parents wanted to see for them selves what the game was about, you could just stay on the road and convince them there was nothing to worry about.
#5: “Manhunt” (2003)
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Manhunt was hailed as one of the most violent video games ever. You play as a death row inmate given a second chance at life, but only if you perform some very questionable acts. You’re the star in a snuff film, and that tagline alone was enough for parents to snatch that disc out of your hand and snap it in two. If you were one of the few kids able to play this game, you were exposed to a variety of gory ways of executing your enemies, ranging from beating them over the head with a baseball bat to slicing open their neck with a machete and eventually decapitating them.
#4: “Saints Row” Series (2006-)
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In the early days of the Xbox 360, Saints Row was all we had in terms of open-world sandbox type gameplay, similar to that of Grand Theft Auto. Well received by critics and a lot of fun, it hooked gamers all over the world, and no matter how young you were, you were playing it. The first couple of games in the series has you play as a member of a dangerous gang, where you kill any rivals, cops, and pedestrians who get in your way, while also participating in highly illegal activities such as drug trafficking and insurance fraud.
#3: “Postal” (1997)
This is a title your parents would in no way let you play if they knew of the content inside. No amount of convincing would work. Your only hope was to play it in absolute secrecy. When the aim of the game is to mow down as many cops and military personnel as possible, while also shooting up any civilians getting in your way, you can’t even convince yourself that you should be playing this game. You play as The Postal Dude, who’s fed up with society, and in his psychopathic mind believes humanity to be evil, and you must do the world a favor and eradicate them all. Yikes.
#2: “Soldier of Fortune” (2000)
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We probably shouldn’t be playing any war shooter when we’re underage, but we’re sure some of you convinced your parents that they weren’t all that bad. After all, it’s just bad guys we’re shooting, right? Nothing too serious. Well, Soldier of Fortune was far worse than that. Not only do we kill dozens and dozens of people in our path per level, but we also do it in such gory ways, such as by blowing off their limbs with a pump-action shotgun and being showered in their blood. Watching a man gurgle as he clasps his blood spurting neck with one hand while standing on one leg isn’t a pretty sight.
#1: “Halo” Series (2001-)
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There are more violent and mature themed games out there, sure, but none of them had the impact and reach such as Halo. Releasing in 2001, it took the world by storm, and even if your parents were initially against it, your constant pleas and cries wore them down. You may only be killing aliens, but they bleed like the rest of us, as well as cry in terror and beg for mercy, which isn’t what you want your mother or father seeing. As the series went on, its popularity grew, and let’s be honest, half the horrendous stuff kids were exposed to came from the matchmaking lobby.
