Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
Koei Tecmo Europe Ltd-
PlayStation Vita - 09/03/2017
Advice for consumers
The game was rated PEGI 12 for mild non-realistic violence towards human characters. Not appropriate for persons below 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Firis, desperate to leave the village of Ertona, learns Alchemy from Sophie and embarks on a quest to pass the Alchemy exam.
Content specific issues
Game features turn based combat in which human characters fight fantasy characters, the human characters can use a staff, hammer, sword, projectile weapon and bombs against the enemy characters. Each hit suffered by a character will reduce its HP. When this reaches zero the character’s stats will turn red and in the case of a fantasy character it will disappear and a human character will fall to the floor. The violence is non-realistic looking.
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
Koei Tecmo Europe Ltd-
PlayStation 4 - 09/03/2017
Advice for consumers
The game was rated PEGI 12 for mild non-realistic violence towards human characters. Not appropriate for persons below 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Firis, desperate to leave the village of Ertona, learns Alchemy from Sophie and embarks on a quest to pass the Alchemy exam.
Content specific issues
Game features turn based combat in which human characters fight fantasy characters, the human characters can use a staff, hammer, sword, projectile weapon and bombs against the enemy characters. Each hit suffered by a character will reduce its HP. When this reaches zero the character’s stats will turn red and in the case of a fantasy character it will disappear and a human character will fall to the floor. The violence is non-realistic looking.
Atelier Sophie: the Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
Koei Tecmo Europe Ltd-
PC - 07/02/2017
Advice for consumers
The game was rated PEGI 12 for non-realistic violence towards human characters and the use of offensive language. Not appropriate for persons below 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Without a mentor or reference guide to teach her, Sophie’s alchemy attempts repeatedly fail time and time again. One day however, she comes across a mysterious book that moves and talks by its own free will. Sophie's goal is to restore the book's memories and its former human form.
Content specific issues
Game features turn based combat in which human characters fight fantasy characters, the human characters can use a staff, hammer, sword, projectile weapon and bombs against the enemy characters. Each hit suffered by a character will reduce its HP. When this reaches zero the character’s stats will turn red and in the case of a fantasy character it will disappear and a human character will fall to the floor. The violence is non-realistic looking. There is also the use of mild swearing (bastard) and offensive language (crap),
Bodycheck
Ludometrics Ltd-
PlayStation Vita - 09/11/2016
Advice for consumers
This game has been rated PEGI 16 for depictions of sporting action showing violence containing blood. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Bodycheck is a medieval sports game for PS Vita with no rules against foul play, magic powers, and up to four teams on the pitch at once. Punching, scratching, and general unnecessary roughness are all actively encouraged during play.
Content specific issues
This game features sustained sporting violence containing blood. Players are able to attack one another whilst on the pitch. You have the ability to punch, tackle and use magical power-ups against the opposing teams. Blood is often shown on impact of the attacks, if a player is knocked to the floor they lie in a pool of blood for a few moments before getting back up, the pool of blood will remain on the pitch until the end of the match. If a character loses all their health they pass out and the body remains on the pitch for the remainder of the game.
Slime Rancher
Monomi Park, LLC-
Xbox One - 23/08/2016
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PlayStation 4 - 07/09/2018
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PC - 24/02/2021
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Nintendo Switch - 28/10/2022
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI 3 because it features occasional, very mild violence in a comical or abstract context.
Brief outline of the game
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the 'Far, Far Range' where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes. With a can-do attitude, plenty of grit, and her trusty vacpack, Beatrix attempts to stake a claim, amass a fortune, and avoid the continual peril that looms from the rolling, jiggling avalanche of slimes around every corner!
Content specific issues
When you jump into ponds, lakes or seas (deeper waters), you receive a message “you’ve been knocked out, a day’s rest should get you back up your feet”. A day passes, and you begin outside your house again. This loop also happens when your health points have been depleted. This only happens when you encounter ‘dangerous’ slimes. These slimes can bump to you, or curl up in a ball of spikes. If you don’t have the right tools for these encounters, the slimes can hurt you. As for the slimes themselves, you can’t really harm them. When you throw them in the water, they disappear. When you shoot them in the air, they just bounce when they hit the floor. You can, however, dissolve some slimes with water (or other substances). When this is done, they just disappear in a few drops, leaving behind some crystals or slime essence.
Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea
Koei Tecmo Europe Ltd-
PlayStation Vita - 20/01/2017
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI 12 for frequent scenes of mild violence. It is not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
This episode in the Dusk series tells the story of 2 young girls who take to the Dusk Seas in search of their dreams. For one, it is to save her land. For the other, to achieve her dream.
Content specific issues
Violence consists of turn based battle scenes in which your team of alchemists and their friends use weapons and magic to fight a variety of human and non-human characters. With damage being represented by hit points, no blood or injuries are ever shown.
Other issues
The game features scenes of smoking which positively endorse the activity. Character smokes herbal tobacco in a pipe. A female character is seen nude in a glass device. The character is not animated and remains completely static, breasts can be seen but not nipples. Not sexualised imagery and appears statue like.
Alchemic Jousts
Lunatic Pixels S.L.-
PlayStation 4 - 17/11/2016
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI 3 because it features occasional, very mild violence in a comical context and is suitable for all persons.
Brief outline of the game
Alchemic Jousts is a 2D action strategy game where you discover new Skills by combining the ones you already know. Command your elementals and support them with a wide variety of Skills. Control the arena and crush your opponent’s tower.
Content specific issues
The game contains cartoonlike characters based on the elements. These cheerful characters react to one another as a game of rock, paper, scissors. When such a character is defeated, it disappears with a cheer.
Witches' Legacy: Der dunkle Thron
Astragon Entertainment GmbH-
PC - 02/11/2016
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI-7 for mild violence and scary elements.
Brief outline of the game
You have to save your wife who has fallen under the influence of a dark spell. Find object and combine them to save her.
Content specific issues
There are many scary elements in the game, such as dark shadows, a dark enchanted forest and lots of magical creatures. Some mild violence is also present in the game, but this is all magical and accompanied by bright light and there is hardly any visible reaction.
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poes Das verräterische Herz
Astragon Entertainment GmbH-
PC - 05/10/2016
Advice for consumers
The game was rated PEGI 12 for occasional scenes that may be horrifying. Not appropriate for persons below 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
You and your partner, Dupin, have been called in to solve the murder of a young woman in a seaside town. She was found hanging from a tree, killed by a wound delivered straight to her heart.
Content specific issues
A cut scene at the beginning of the game, which is viewed in the 1st person, shows the antagonist attacking a woman, she is stabbed (not seen), blood splashes appear on her face, her neck is then incised with a number one, the scene closes with a view of the woman suspended from a tree, in the fashion of a marionette.
Other issues
Although the gameplay includes incidents in which individuals are seen struggling with each other (1st person view only), the animation is formed from still images which move in a staccato fashion. There is no discernible depiction of violence.
The Bug Butcher
Triangle Studios-
Xbox One - 30/08/2016
Advice for consumers
This game has been rated PEGI 7 and features violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy or mythical beings and creatures.
Brief outline of the game
A cartoony 2-d arcade side scrolling shooter game where players have to make sure they fend off various alien bugs. These monsters range from cartoony caterpillar type creatures to blobs. The player controls a cartoony character in a suit with a gun and has to keep these creatures from taking over a space settlement.
Content specific issues
Violence is depicted often from a distance without blood. Nothing is seen when enemies defeat the player other than the character falling over. Some bugs will however explode in a pile of goo and ooze.
Other issues
There is a companion in your stride which can get eaten by ceiling climbing bugs. When the bugs get a hold of your companion they can bite his head off.