ESRB Reveals Breast Profiles and Thong Underwear in Mass Effect

On the Mass Effect forums, a poster by the name of HogOfDeath2.0 received a letter from the ESRB explaining the meaning behind the partial nudity in Mass Effect:

"...According to the publishers submission for Mass Effect, there are two non-interactive videos that depict a discreet love scene between the main character and his romantic love interests. Breast profiles can be seen during one of the videos. There is a scene in a bar where female characters wear thong underwear. This type of content is likely to have contributed to the rating and content descriptors ultimately assigned by the raters...

Regards,

Entertainment Software Rating Board"

Community Coordinator Chris Priestly didn't deny the content of the email when he wrote "YOU have a responsibility to find out the information. HogOfDeath2.0 was also interested, sent off a letter/email and found out".

[HaKeRsCanRotINHEL]

SWEET! Man, Mass Effect just keeps getting better and better.;)

[Sangheili85]

Things like that are going to make the atmosphere of the game that much better to be in. Also that fact there are going to be hot alien ladys! i'm going to feel like captain kirk from star trek getting all the hot alien ladys!

[THE VIOLATOR]

Ahhh, the GOTY just keeps getting better & better .....

MASS EFFECT, HALO3, BIOSHOCK, TWO WORLDS, ASSASSIAN'S CREED, COD4, GRAND THEFT IV WITH EXTRA CONTENT, MADDEN 2008 @60FPS, GEARS OF WAR, & THE VASTLY SUPERIOR ONLINE EXPERIENCE OF XBOX LIVE - FOR THE WIN IN 2007 BABY !!!!!

[Anything but Cute]

Get the fact straight first of all. PSN is getting better and better. HOME is not gonna cover everything LIVE does, but it's gonna introduce an aspect of it's own that LIVE doesn't have.

PS3 has it's own games also, like Haze, Unreal Tournamnet 3, Lair, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet & Clank Future, Warhawk, Little Big Planet, Folklore all exclusive. The Multi platform games like Assassins creed aren't even worth mentioning. PS3 also comes with Blu ray already if you want High Definition movies for your HDTV.

And Madden has been confirmed to be running at 60 FPS on PS3 also. Using the same things like the Madden frame rates and that XBOX live is way better than PSN is starting to become less and less reality and more of a stereotype with every passing day.

[sony fan]

You can download movies in HD on the 360. And madden has not been confirmed at 60 fps, read the article again. Home will suffer the same fate as second life.

[power of Green]

I really does add a adult cinamtic realism/feel to it(Amount of choice and content). My fist go though i'm building a woman that looks like Jada Pinkett Smith. lol

[power of Green]

I'm going to run around in my underwear on the ship all the other space animals are naked when not on mission.

[sak500]

Hey POG which ship you'll be running nude in cuz i certainly dont want to be there to see your schlong. On the other hand, ElementX would be interested.

[bootsielon]

Aren't today's kids bright enough to understand what happens and what are woman's breasts? Seriously, I find it stupid to censor softcore porn. Why would it seriously damage a kid to watch tits? I say it'd build character in them. After all, when I was younger than 12 I didn't even understand porn. After 12, I grew up with porn, because after all, I had interest in women. I'd think that's normal for kids to watch.

American conservatives are full of shi7.

[MyNutsYourChin]

Get a psychology education and you'll understand why it's damaging to children to watch porn. I'm not going to get into it because I'm guessing you'll just blindly and stubbornly defend your view and call it your "opinion" to sidestep any logical and factual argument.

[clownfacemcgee]

"there are two non-interactive videos that depict a discreet love scene between the main character and his romantic love interests"

Sounds more like hardcore to me.

[Marriot VP]

i hope your not going to have any children

[PS-Wii-60]

that screen is very reminiscent of the nudey bar in Duke Nukem.
that said, heres hoping you can still slip them cash but, this time get the beaver shot as well =)

[MyNutsYourChin]

Anyone think there's enough testosterone in this post? Seriously, guys, it's just a video game. Real girls are way better. Practice your social skills and go out in real life to find some real breast profiles and thong wearing hotties. And no I'm not talking about the strip club or the girl-next-door's window.

[jaOSYH261nsw29m]

I'm starting to like this game more and more.

I'm glad they aren't restricting themselves in their creativity, by not being 'politically correct' and all.

[kewlkat007]

I wonder if they will have space creatures like this one..hehe

Remember Total recall with Arnold...

Maybe thats the kind of world this is.

[benny o klaatt]

had three breast profiles, weird

[Rhezin]

Yah but I don't really need that many t!tties two is good enuff because you can get in deh middle of em., BUT THREE B00BIES IN THIS GAME WOULD BE NICE.

[synce]

I think I read somewhere that over 90% of preteens have seen porn before. Just putting that out there.

[Bullseye]

Real womens breasts or scantily clad ladies in thongs is one thing, but a bunch of bouncing pixels isn't quite in the same class. Now, all this talk of womens breasts... thongs.... cold shower, quick.