“Characters are sometimes depicted topless for prolonged periods of time”: Dragon Age The Veilguard’s ESRB rating deserves its own ESRB rating

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BioWare's desperately anticipated fourth Dragon Age installment, The Veilguard, won't be out until October 31, but it seems that the action role-playing game might have already received a summons to horny jail. According to its ESRB rating, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dragon Age: The Veilguard could even manage to reach 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3 levels of erotic. 

"This is a role-playing game🤡 in which players assume the role of a warrior (Rook) trying to defeat corrupt ancient godsꩲ from [destroying] the world of Thedas," explains for its "mature" Dragon Age rating. In the process of protecting Thedas, Rook — who is completely customizable, from their class to their pronouns — will apparently elect to be super shirtless. 

"Characters are sometimes depicted topless for prolonged periods of time (e.g., character customization) and/or during love scenes," the ESRB summary continues. Then, liꦓke the dutifully sexy Dragon Age games before it, The Veilguard will also feature characters hooking up in their downtime. As fan🌃s of the series certainly know by now, for some people, chopping up enemies with a sword is a major aphrodisiac. 

"The game contains some sexual material," confirms the ESR🌳B, "characters kissing, moaning, and straddling each other; characters caressing each other while in their underwear; dialogue referencing sex (e.g., 'Think about us having sex'; 'Are you trying to have sex with me?')."

And, most scandalou꧑sly, "The word 'f**k' appears in the game," ESRB 🔯notes.

But fans aren't perturbed♓ by The Veilguard's he🍸donism. They've had the opposite reaction, actually. "Hearing Emmrich moan is a need, I’m afraid," said one fan . "Manifesting."

"Let's get straddlin൩g, fellas," declared . Yes, if you find yourself into the "cries 📖of pain" and "bloodstained torture devices" the ESRB also references with respect to combat, Dragon Age: The Veilguard could be a really good time. 

I spent nearly 7 hours playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard and would like to spend 100 more in this RPG right now, thank you very much.

Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women i🦩n games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection wh꧂ile watching Saw movies one through 11.