Your first M rated game when you turned 17?

Tomorrow is my 17th birthday and well the only plus on it is that I no longer have to drag my dad into the store in order to purchase a game. I was just curious of what was giantbomb's members first M rated game they bought by themselves? For me its going between mass effect 2 ps3, heavy rain, or dead rising 2 probably early next year!

I've always been able to buy M rated games by myself, the ratings aren't taken super seriously where I live.

My first M-rated game was GTA2. And I'm still just 16.  
 
brb, gonna go kill my mother.

I was 15 when the ratings system for the BBFC came in in the UK and Resident Evil came out, which was rated 15.  Nice.

I don't remember my first "M" rated game I bought myself. However, I do remember my first "M" rated game that I got. I got Turok when I was 7 as an Easter present.

Back before I was 18, nobody gave a shit about ratings. They do now, but obviously I no longer care.

The Orange Box.

Dude, i`m not 17 yet, but so far in my collection, I have more rated M games than any other.

" I've always been able to buy M rated games by myself, the ratings aren't taken super seriously where I live. "

First one I bought for myself was Fallout 3 I think.

I got the first Halo game for PC, when I was 7. I bought it with my own money (had to return it... TWICE, because one was broken, and the other had key scratchs, and the key that scratched it in the box)

Ive been playing 18 rated games since i was 5 years old. The first 18 rated game i bought was The Punisher.

people actually care about ratings and dont buy M rated games before they're old enough ?

It's been so long that I don't remember.  I did play the original Mortal Kombat before the ESRB was created, however.

I saw that avatar next to this post, and my initial reaction was "wtf? I didn't create that thread" before I realized that someone else had adopted plight of the communist robot.
 
Anyways, the first 18 rated game (UK ratings system) I bought myself was probably Bioshock.

There was no such thing as an M rated game when I has 17.
 
i don't think so anyway. That was 1993, for goodness' sake. There was no M rated anything.

Mine was Bioshock. It was the first 17+ game I bought when I was actually 17 and it was also the first time they ever asked me for ID ever and it still is. 
 
Mind you, I bought my own copy of Unreal Tournament when I was 9 (I think). I'm 21 now if you want to get into context.

I was able to purchase M rated games when I was 14. It's not that strict here. 
 
I don't remember what my first M-rated game was though.

I don't remember I don't think I even bought an M-rated game when I was 17 let alone any games....that was the year I took a big break from gaming.

I think that would be Vice City. I got it as a present for my 17th birthday. Not that it was my first M rated game by any means. I've been playing MK since I was about 6.

I've been buying and playing M-Rated games since I was 10 years old. But I turned 17 this summer and I guess it was....Persona 3 Portable actually, ordered it from Canada a week after my birthday

Probably Resident Evil 4, but I was still a bit underage when I bought that.

I played and beat DOOM when I was 7.

I've been able to play M rated games for years, and I don't turn 17 until next month. Basically, if it's just rated M for gore, my parents will let me play it.  
 
I think the first one was Spartan: Total Warrior.

" I played the original GTA when I was about 11/12 .. Seriously, you are waiting until you're old enough to play an M rated game? Mormon? "

" I saw that avatar next to this post, and my initial reaction was "wtf? I didn't create that thread" before I realized that someone else had adopted plight of the communist robot.  Anyways, the first 18 rated game (UK ratings system) I bought myself was probably Bioshock. "

Red Dead Redemption.

I Amazon everything, so it has never been a problem.

Probably the first Resident Evil but i don't know if that was rated then or not...does Doom count? If it does then Doom.

Call of Duty 4 last year with my birthday money.

Oh in case I forget tomorrow, Happy Birthday duder!

My first M game was Mortal Kombat: Deception. 
 
M is 18 in the UK and since I'm still 17 I haven't purchased an M game in a store before.

I was able to play M games since I was a child and I turned out just fine. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go on a killing spree.... 

" I've always been able to buy M rated games by myself, the ratings aren't taken super seriously where I live. "

My first M rated game was Perfect Dark way back then when I was 13. 

Carmageddon 2. I remember because it was a month before BC passed some dumb regulation making the game AO.

The game that basically necessitated the ESRB in the first place, the first Mortal Kombat when I was in like second grade.  After that they started doing ratings, but they weren't E through M, there K-A ("kids and adults") which was basically an "E" rating...yet I think "M" has always been "M" though, not really sure.

Ninja Gaiden Black I think. No idea what compelled me to go through that hard game.

Ive always bought M-rated games on my own.  When they finally started taking the ratings seriously, I was already too old to care.

You mean you didn't go to the local Blockbuster, grab the nearest M-rated game, and show it to your parents while covering the M with your thumb?

No idea, played them since I was little. Still get ID'd for 15's. I'm 22. 

I use the internet so erm yeah....

I don't remember, I been getting them since before I turned 17 but since that was March 2008 I'd say probably GTA 4.

Killzone 2 I believe, damn its a relief for sure. Right up there with buying a game with your first paycheck.

I never had the problem of needing a parent to buy video games when I was younger. To be honest I don't remember at all what game I bought at 17.

The ESRB didn't exist until just after I was seventeen. Ratings on anything never impeded my consumption of them, however, because I didn't have ignorant parents who thought I should live in a world of nerf-soft things. 
 
@MysteriousBob said:

" Back before I was 18, nobody gave a shit about ratings. They do now, but obviously I no longer care. "

I think it may have been Max Payne 2.  But that was a few years ago, I can't really remember that well now.

I never had any problem buying mature rated games before I was 17.  Although, there was one time where I went and bought a used copy of MGS 2 and after the sale was finished the girl selling the game to me asked if I was under 17. I calmly replied "yes" and proceeded to walk out the store.

none yet, mainly because of my outdated consoles, but I have Perfect Dark lying around that a friend lent me, so i suppose that.

Probably Diablo.