Darksiders II ESRB Rating Revealed

I suppose this doesn't really come off as a surprise considering the content of the original title, which in many ways felt like an homage to 90s American comic books, but the ESRB has rated Darksiders II as an "M for Mature" title, citing "exaggerated splashes of blood" and "cinematic kills" as some of the reasons in their summary:
This is an action role-playing game in which players assume the role of Death (one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) on a quest to resurrect the lost souls of humanity and free his brother (War) from an eternal prison. As players traverse through fantastical open-world environments, they use oversized blades to kill demonic/angelic creatures (e.g., dragons, golems, ice skeletons, (corrupted angels)). The melee-style combat is accompanied by screaming/flesh-rending sounds, bone-crunching effects, and exaggerated splashes of blood. Players can also initiate (cinematic kills) that depict additional violence: enemies getting impaled, decapitated, or dismembered (often amid slow-motion effects) similar imagery can be seen during cutscenes. Some female characters (e.g., harpy-like creatures; a demon) are depicted with large amounts of exposed cleavage.

Thanks Examiner.