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It's M rated. M ratings are 17+ the ESRB rating for 18+ is AO.
M ratings are for minors, AO is for adults.
You need to ID to buy an AO game, you do not for M unless it's a individual store policy.
Due to anti porn sentiment and stores refusing to carry porn. Only 24 games have ever gotten the AO rating
It's considered a death flag.
It's much like how the Deadpool movie was R rated instead of pg13. This was considered a huge risk cause R rates movies don't make money was the common theory.
But even then R rating is also for minors. Movies have the NC-17 rating which is for 18+ and thus only adults. This would be the AO rating in games.
Stores and public facing businesses are so piss scared of having adult rated content even if it's not porn, just because of the vague idea that adult only content HAS to be porn cause "what else would it be"
That rating systems have undermined their very purpose and become fucking useless. It's why everything is only M rated instead of being AO when it really should be.
It's not really relevant as the UK rating system doesn't have M or AO clarifications. The game is rated 18 so it's for adults only.