Parents Guide 2 Games: Video Game New Releases March 7th 2017

Hello and Welcome to Parents guide to games. The games on this list are coming out the week of March 7th 2017.

Ghost Recon Wildlands

(PS4, Xbox One, PC)

Rating: Mature

Content Descriptors: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs

This is an open-world tactical shooter in which players assume the role of a member of an elite special ops military unit. Players are tasked with completing missions and military objectives in order to take down a Bolivian drug cartel. From a third-person perspective, players mostly use stealth attacks and firearms to infiltrate compounds and kill guards, drug lords, and enforcers. Some areas allow players to briefly interrogate enemies while holding them at gunpoint; other areas briefly depict enemies beating and interrogating bound prisoners. A few scenes depict mutilated bodies among large pools of blood; a handful of cutscenes show enemies holding severed heads dripping with blood. The game includes some sexual material: a woman slapping a man in bed while straddling his waist; brief photographic images of a woman's breasts. The game includes several drug references in the storyline, and the use of drugs: a man being forced to sniff several lines of cocaine; various images of marijuana and cocaine. Swear words are heard in the dialogue.

Nier: Automata

(PS4, PC)

Rating: Mature

Content Descriptors: Blood, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, Violence

This is an action game in which players assume the role of androids attempting to save Earth from extraterrestrial machines. Players use swords, spears, lances, and lasers to destroy enemy robots in melee-style combat. Large explosions and realistic gunfire are frequently heard during combat. Some sequences depict blood and additional acts of violence against human-like characters: a man impaled through the chest with a sword, resulting in large blood-splatter effects; character lying in pools of blood after getting stabbed. Some characters wear revealing outfits with partially exposed buttocks; one male character is depicted nude. Swear words are heard in the dialogue.

Loot Rascals

(PS4, PC)

Rating: Everyone 10 and up

Content Descriptors: Fantasy Violence

Loot Rascals is a tale of friendship, loss and redemption in outer space. The game has two main components: First off you are exploring the planet, revealing its hexagonal surface, and fighting a menagerie of strange aliens, monsters and robots. Defeating them will win you Loot Chips - a set of schematic cards from which you get all of your abilities. Arranging these cards in your HUD to create your character’s build is the second major aspect of the game - much of the strategy comes from deciding which cards to keep - which will determine how you’ll approach the various hostile situations on the planet - and which ones you’ll convert into the precious resources you’ll need to heal up and fight your way to freedom.