Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | 10:15 BST
“Decapitation, dismemberment” and more removed from L4D2 for Oz release
While news of Left 4 Dead clearing OFLC regulations this morning will bring relief to Down-Under gamers, it looks as though large cuts have been made to the approved version.
According to News.com.au, the ratings board has confirmed that “the game no longer contains depictions of decapitation, dismemberment, wound detail or piles of dead bodies lying about the environment.
“No wound detail is shown and the implicitly dead bodies and blood splatter disappear as they touch the ground.”
You can read the full OFLC report here.
Melee weapons made the cut. EA’s quoted in that News.com.au article as saying it still hopes the full version will be classified. Hate to be the voice of doom, but it doesn’t look like it, does it?
Left 4 Dead 2 was originally refused classification in Australia last month.
Thanks, Filofax.
17 comments
#1
trav
08/10/09, 10:18 am
Sounds like the UK retailers are going to be selling quite a few copies to OZ now.
#2
bobbymington
08/10/09, 10:20 am
That sucks big time.
I remember when code veronica came out on my dreamcast, and when i got the shotgun i realised you couldn’t blow any heads or legs off, it was a real bummer, because thats all i wanted to do when i was teenager
#3
Tonka
08/10/09, 10:30 am
Sounds like a sensible decision given that Australia is a nation populated by chavs.
#4
G1GAHURTZ
08/10/09, 10:32 am
I wouldn’t bother editing games for Australia if it was up to me.
Not enough gamers there for it to be worthwhile.
#5
Quiiick
08/10/09, 10:40 am
Valve would do anything to increase sales.
L4D is a tasteless game aimed at 13-15 year-olds. That’s why they want the 15+ rating in Australia so badly.
#6
Superfrog
08/10/09, 10:43 am
So basically they’ll release the German version in Australia now.
#7
Gamoc
08/10/09, 10:58 am
Quiiick: Course it is. Of course.
Sorry, too much sarcasm, it formed a precipate – must go shower.
#8
gunman
08/10/09, 11:37 am
They wanted the MA15+ in Australia so badly because there is no R18+ for games here. Any game that doesn’t make the MA15+ cut off gets banned.
#9
Quiiick
08/10/09, 12:41 pm
We all know that there is no R18+ for games in Australia.
But this doesn’t make Valve less greedy or the game less tasteless.
#10
Gamoc
08/10/09, 1:00 pm
How is it tasteless, exactly?
#11
Quiiick
08/10/09, 1:03 pm
Read the headline!
#12
freedoms_stain
08/10/09, 1:22 pm
Hate to tell you this, but when you swing an axe at someone hard enough there’s a decent chance of decapitation or dismemberment.
How would one go about creating a tasteful zombie infection shooter anyway?
What the hell is tasteful in this context? Sitting down with each zombie individually and having a game of chess over some brandy and a cigar, and if you lose you agree to let the zombie have your brain?
#13
Gamoc
08/10/09, 1:25 pm
Oh, right, dismemberment. So you expect the zombies to explode into dance when you shoot them, to bleed rainbows and to groom you if they get too close?
#14
Gekidami
08/10/09, 1:32 pm
I dont think Australia really care about games being realistic.
#15
Quiiick
08/10/09, 1:35 pm
@ Gamoc
Why not?
Besides, ANY game which is plain shit as soon as you remove all the gore and violence is not worth a single cpu-cycle.
#16
Gamoc
08/10/09, 1:37 pm
Because it’s a zombie game – it’s supposed to be a zombie game. If the zombies start grooming you and dancing it is not a zombie game, it’s a Bollywood movie.
#17
El_MUERkO
08/10/09, 3:49 pm
or a stark look at sexual predator zombies