Australia R18+

My faith in the Australian government has been partially restored.

I must say that it's kind of disturbing how easily a single man can screw over 80% of the country, but the fact that Michael Atkinson is out of the picture is a definite step in the right direction.

Your opinions?

edited 3rd Sep '11 8:32:11 AM by Heartbreaker

I've been partying over it (mentally) for several weeks now.

NOW I CAN FINALLY USE MORPHINE IN FALLOUT GAMES

Dude, that was over a month ago now.

Wait, the rating is retroactive? I've heard that it's not...

I actually don't know, though it makes sense that it wouldn't be. Shame they already put Left 4 Dead 2 through; chances are they'd have to resubmit it for classification to get the uncensored version in.

edited 3rd Sep '11 8:36:36 AM by Legionnaire

Meh, I'm all for gore in video games, but getting something resubmitted just to get the blood back in seems like a waste of time.

Frankly, I'd be fine if they just left the piles of corpses/uncommon infected they took out (Riot Cops, I believe) in and went back to Left 4 Dead-level blood and gore. And gave us actual zombie hordes rather than pitiful stragglers.

But I usually hack it to use gore anyway (since I rarely play online) so w/e.

edited 3rd Sep '11 8:39:42 AM by Legionnaire

Well congratulations you guys. Enjoy the adult material!

Bout time guys

@Legionnaire According to Hyper Magazine, it will not be Retroactive. Thus why we may never get Mortal Kombat 9 after all.

edited 3rd Sep '11 3:48:14 PM by Emperordaein

Surely any publisher could just resubmit a game?

They discussed that in the article. They argued that it's possible that Warner Brothers might not want to pay the cost for re-classification.

They could, but the question is whether or not they care enough for it. I could see Valve possibly doing it (because Valve are cool like that) and maybe Mortal Kombat 9 getting resubmitted (because that'd likely sell well), but other games (like Fallout 3, for example) would just be left ignored.

I find it amusing how Fallout 3 was refused not because you can club someone to death with a tire iron and then take chainsaw/baseball bat to their body until they gib everywhere, but because of Med-X being named Morphine.

b^_^d

I joked to my friend about that, saying they would ban Team Fortress 2, not because of the Ludicrous Gibs, but because the Medic's boost was clearly a drug, and therefore it is supporting drug usage.

I'm in NSW.

I'm still boned

Why is that?

Because the NSW Attorney General hasn't agreed yet. Worst Case Scenario, R18 Games do not get applied in NSW. I just happen to live in NSW, so.....

Mind you, there's still a chance that things may not go that way.

-twitch-

I sincerely hope they don't.

I thought the article said that the federal government was going to put it in anyway if the A Gs didn't get their act together?

The NSW Attorney General agreed nearly a month ago, guys.