: I think it says more about the ESRB changing than Halo. I mean, the original
: game I don't think had much that made it an M—the Halo games have never
: had that much language and the blood is more cartoony than graphic; people
: aren't dismembered and strawberry jam isn't chucked onto your screen.
: Bungie ascribed the original rating to the Flood, but even in Halo 2 and 3
: they were never that gruesome to me. The most graphic scene in a Halo game
: was probably the Composer in Halo 4. I can see it being fairly easy for a
: Halo game to move towards a teen rating—especially as a larger number of
: your opponents aren't biological at all but explodey robots.

The way that movies are rated has certainly evolved as well. "PG-13" and "R" movies are not the same as they used to be. I'd actually be curious to see what types of rating certain older films would receive by today's standards and vise versa lol

Grim