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(This game is the fourth in the series)

Fantasy violence: The best way to put it is, if you think of this game as a war movie, and then take out the blood, guts and realism--make it cartoony and put in a humanoid animal instead. It's all very chaotic, with lots of things going on, but it's not graphic at all. The main character only fights other humanoid-ish aliens and robots, but mostly the latter. This series is also very sarcastic, but very funny.

This game has the most mature storyline of the bunch. It involves the main character being kidnapped by an evil tycoon, who runs a galactic-wide tv show that pits gladiators up against each other, and then makes them fight to the death. Throughout the story the main character has to survive in order to escape the tycoon's grasp.

Also, there are several spoof-like commercials promoting a trading card game for kids; they show the trading card characters coming out of their cards and attacking the "kids." It's all quite sarcastic and silly, and really not too extreme. The kids are also featured in many of the scenes, as test subjects for the latest promotional merchandise for the tournament.

Mild language: A scene at the beginning of the game shows the main character waking up in what ends up being a very constricting combat suit. He then states, "I feel like my tail is stuffed up my a**." But he's stopped before he can say a**. In another scene the main villian says, "It's time to blow s**t up!" But s**t is bleeped. Also, there is a scene with the main villian where he says that his lacky is a "pompous a**", but a** is bleeped out. All other language in this game is bleeped out, so I'm not quite sure why they added it in the first place. There is also one misuse of "God."

Mild Suggestive themes: This wasn't mentioned in the ESRB's rating. In the last cutscene of the game, after the credits, the former villian from Ratchet and Clank 3 makes a cameo. In this scene Dr. Nefarious (villian's name) short circuits (he's a robot). When this happens, an audio recording plays out of his head; it appears to a boyfriend and girlfriend making out because you can hear kissing between them talking. Here's how it goes: Lance (boyfriend's name): "Oh, Janice, it's been so long...too long. Say you'll never leave me for that nasty villian Engelbert." Janice: "Oh, Lance you make me feel like a young boy again!" Lance: "Say what!?!?!?"

Closing comment: Overall this game is pretty mild for a "T" for teen game. The storyline is not as intense or mature as it sounds, and it's more comedic than anything. Also, for the first time in the series you can change the difficulty between five settings, making the game a bit more balanced for all players. I recommend this game for ages 13+. But because of the lightly used and bleeped language, easier difficulty settings, and the overall sillyness in the game, I could see some 10 year-olds playing it.

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