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YourMathTeacher:
I wasn't sure if there were still restrictions on discussing M-Rated games, but my question is actually about the rating, so hopefully this will not be a problem. Moderators can delete this if necessary.

I had a couple questions for those who have played Skyrim. It was just released on the Nintendo Switch, and my son is interested in trying it since he has already mastered Breath of the Wild. We do not currently have any M-Rated games, so I was wondering :

1. Is there a way to play through the game without encountering most of the "mature content?" I have read about "Dark Brotherhood" quests, for instance. Can these be avoided completely?

2. Is there a toggle control in the settings that can reduce/eliminate blood? Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance had this feature years ago, so I was hoping other games used it.

I would appreciate any thoughts about whether it is possible to play Skyrim as a T-Rated game by avoiding M-Rated thematic objectives. You can PM me instead of posting here as necessary.

Lampy 2.0:
1. Basically, yes. I haven't done anything from the Dark Brotherhood stuff and I have two and half days worth of time clocked into the game.
2. No. I didn't think the gore was that bad. It wasn't like Fallout or Doom by showing lots of it. However, I'd recommend watching some gameplay videos of Skyrim just to make sure if its something you'd want to get for your son.

TheHobbit13:
Pm sent.

YourMathTeacher:
Thank you Hobbit and Lampy for your input. I'm glad that I can avoid TDB, but what about the other "warnings" that come with the M-Rating? They specifically mention sexual themes and alcohol use. Are these also avoidable?

Ironica:
As someone who has played Skye in for over 100+ hours on both PC and Xbox, I hope I can help you out some :).

***MINOR SPOILERS BELOW***

1) For content purposes, the rating is whatever you make it.  For the Dark Brotherhood, you actually have a chance to destroy them instead of joining them.  For the thieves guild, though they do not encourage killing, you can bypass almost all of them as well (you do have to do the first quest as part of the main story but even if you fail it, they still let you in).  Something else you might want to watch out for is in the dwemer town (havent played it in a while so i forget the name but its the down that looks like a dwarven town), there is a priest outside a house that mentions his ordee and that he was sent to clear out the evil in the house.  Do not do it as it makes you a servant of an evil deadra and kill a monk slowly.  Another one to avoid is the cannibal side quest (don't remember where it is).  With the expansion, you have a choice to become a vampire or fight them.  The story is mainly the same but the ending is different and if you pick the hunters (dawnguard), you can play it correctly to have your companion (who is a vampire) become healed of her vampireness.  The rest of the quests are standard ones morally so you just need to avoid the few (and if you accidently pick one of them up, you can just leave it incomplete in your mission log).

2) Though there is no "turn blood off" option, for the most part, the blood is just painted on the sword/person and doesn't really gush out.  There are a couple of exceptions, though.  One big one is that there is a perk that gives you a chance to decapitate your opponent.  That can be graphic as you see it in FPS mode (I prefer FPS mode than third person view) and some blood does squirt out of the vote for a second.  Another thing is that if you do the champion story line, you become a werewolf.  As one, you can choose to consume a body to increase health and prolong your form (it's on a timer).  I usually don't and at the end of the story line, you can become cured of it (though I usually keep it as the bonus of not worrying about poisons and diseases out ways the downside of no rest bonus for me (even though I never turn into one)).  Also, on that story line, you do have to collect the heads of some witches to get the cure so when you check your inventory, you do see the severed head.  The best way to avoid blood is to actually become a wizard as the magic does not cause blood to appear.

Hope that helps.

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