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Platinum
09-10-2009, 10:39 AM
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26182654-5014239,00.html

“The board notes that the game no longer contains depictions of decapitation, dismemberment, wound detail or piles of dead bodies lying about the environment,” it said.

“No wound detail is shown and the implicitly dead bodies and blood splatter disappear as they touch the ground.”

Makes it a pretty ****e Zombie game then, How is it that a country like Australia can be that bothered about a little thing like a Zombie game? I mean they don't seem to be that politicly correct really lol
Why the hell they don't just create a 18 rating ill never know.
TheGingerKid
09-10-2009, 10:50 AM
Epic fail indeed.

Yahtzee has a very funny article on the whole situation - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/6549-Extra-Punctuation-On-the-Left-4-Dead-Ban
Marleena
12-10-2009, 04:57 AM
Fail.

but at least the game's not banned. :)
Fat Tony
12-10-2009, 12:09 PM
They gonna rename it "Left 4 Slightly Wounded, Don't Worry, They'll Probably Recover, I've Seen Lots Of People Walk Away From Injuries Like That, Honestly, They'll Be Fine, They Just Need To Walk It Off, I Wouldn't Worry If I Were You, A Doctor Will Patch Them Up I No Time, See, He's Fine, He's Gone Home Already To Watch The Telly, If He Gets Worse Later His Missus Will Help Him Out, I Bet After A Warm Bath He'll Be Totally Fine 2" as well? 'Cos that's a stupid title, Australia. A stupid title.
Marleena
13-10-2009, 06:59 AM
They gonna rename it "Left 4 Slightly Wounded, Don't Worry, They'll Probably Recover, I've Seen Lots Of People Walk Away From Injuries Like That, Honestly, They'll Be Fine, They Just Need To Walk It Off, I Wouldn't Worry If I Were You, A Doctor Will Patch Them Up I No Time, See, He's Fine, He's Gone Home Already To Watch The Telly, If He Gets Worse Later His Missus Will Help Him Out, I Bet After A Warm Bath He'll Be Totally Fine 2" as well? 'Cos that's a stupid title, Australia. A stupid title.

uh-oh...
a lot of hostility there... :(
Dead Alive
13-10-2009, 07:41 AM
They gonna rename it "Left 4 Slightly Wounded, Don't Worry, They'll Probably Recover, I've Seen Lots Of People Walk Away From Injuries Like That, Honestly, They'll Be Fine, They Just Need To Walk It Off, I Wouldn't Worry If I Were You, A Doctor Will Patch Them Up I No Time, See, He's Fine, He's Gone Home Already To Watch The Telly, If He Gets Worse Later His Missus Will Help Him Out, I Bet After A Warm Bath He'll Be Totally Fine 2" as well? 'Cos that's a stupid title, Australia. A stupid title.

:D
Dead Alive
22-10-2009, 12:00 PM
Looks like it's re-banned. I fail to see how no blood and no severing of limbs can be classed as a "realistic" violence, especially when it's against zombies / infected.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/22/left-4-dead-2-banned-in-australia-part-two/

A three-member panel of the Classification Review Board (the Review Board) has unanimously
determined that the computer game Left 4 Dead 2 is classified RC (Refused Classification).

In the Review Board's opinion, Left 4 Dead 2 could not be accommodated within the MA 15
classification. The computer game contains a level of violence which is high in impact, prolonged,
repeated frequently and realistic within the context of the game.

In addition, it was the Review Board's opinion that there was insufficient delineation between the
depiction of general zombie figures and the human figures, as opposed to the clearly fictional
'infected' characters. This was a major consideration of the Review Board in determining the
impact of this game on minors.
TheGingerKid
22-10-2009, 12:24 PM
Rofl. How much more could Australia fail?

Oh wait. We won the Ashes...
azrael316
22-10-2009, 05:00 PM
They gonna rename it "Left 4 Slightly Wounded, Don't Worry, They'll Probably Recover, I've Seen Lots Of People Walk Away From Injuries Like That, Honestly, They'll Be Fine, They Just Need To Walk It Off, I Wouldn't Worry If I Were You, A Doctor Will Patch Them Up I No Time, See, He's Fine, He's Gone Home Already To Watch The Telly, If He Gets Worse Later His Missus Will Help Him Out, I Bet After A Warm Bath He'll Be Totally Fine 2" as well? 'Cos that's a stupid title, Australia. A stupid title.

PMSL. Rep for Jew.
Fat Tony
23-10-2009, 12:40 AM
From the look of it they've tried having the uncut version classified again... it says the cut version was given a 15+ rating.
djdawsonuk
23-10-2009, 01:27 AM
From the look of it they've tried having the uncut version classified again... it says the cut version was given a 15+ rating.

Yes, apparently they did try getting it rated a second time, but it failed, a second time :D