Left 4 Dead 2 refused classification again in Australia

Zombies look ‘sort of like humans’ shocker!

“insufficient delineation between the
depiction of general zombie figures and the human figures, as opposed to the clearly fictional ‘infected’ characters”

a) what does that even mean?
b) did anyone else who played Left 4 Dead 2 didn’t think it was THAT much more violent than the first one?

Thats what happens when you put Mexican characters in a game.

OMG, Australia really is shit, isn’t it?

When there’s a zombie outbreak, Australia is going down first. They’re doing themselves a big disservice.

Nice to see a panel of just 3 dimwits can decide what a nation of adults can play =/

Does that apply to the cut version?

It’s still MA 15+ here:

http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/5b6ebdff7f5b9a24ca2575ca00062226/981b9f23b74dbc0aca2576480057fedc!OpenDocument

the cut version remains MA15+ and is the version that will be released come nov 17th

“This was a major consideration of the Review Board in determining the impact of this game on minors”

Dear Australia,

Some countries have this system where they rate a game “18″ and it is not allowed to be sold to minors. I think they do it for films and stuff too when they feel films are too violent for minors. I think the UK do that, for example. You should try that.

Best Regards,

Mr. Roflcopter.

Nanny state pillocks.

The cut version is the one that’s been banned, is it not? So there’s now effectively no Australian release at all again.

It’s pretty easy to discriminate between human characters and regular infected, the humans being the human looking ones and the infected being the gray skinned black eyed growly types.

I get it, they must’ve been playing on an sdtv with the sound off, only way they could come up with this crappola

“Left 4 Dead 2 is classified RC (Refused Classification)”

What a paradox!

That’s the catch: they can’t decide what adults can play because there is no 18 rating.
They can only decide what kids can play. And L4D 2 is not a kids game, obivously.
Neither are allot of video games, so in order to release they have to work through loop holes and censored versions.

And this is from the country putting out another Mad Max movie… sigh.

I’m pretty sure the situation here is that in order to introduce 18+ rating to Oz, they need universal agreement from a bunch of politicians. Unfortunately, there’s one or two in that bunch who think (perhaps correctly) that allowing 18+ rated games into the country at all will increase the number of children playing them illegally. Therefore, better to restrict a small handful of games and piss off a few adults, than mess up the kids. They think this applies specifically to games because they’re interactive (or at least, some of them do).

Therefore L4D2 is still being released as a censored MA 15+ version as planned. This story (I think) regards the appeal Valve made regarding the uncut version – they’ve just had it rejected again.

Ah, I see. The original story is clearer on that point.

Do kids play doctor down there or is that also classified RC?

don’t you see, they are doing this for the children.. for the people!

The fact that they were able to accommodate some modified version at MA 15+ shows just how ludicrous not having an adult rating over there is.

The game is about shooting zombies, lots of them, in the face and enjoying it. Removing the blood, decals and bodies doesn’t change that very much ultimately. Given it’s supposedly the interactivity that makes games “different” either that core mechanic is ok, or it’s not.

George Romero’s Land of the Dead got an MA 15+ and is noted as including bloody violence and gore.

What’s the difference?

Nothing, it’s completely inconsistent.

lol @ australia thinking 15 and 18 are the same thing way to screw yourself over with a stupid rating system

They don’t think 15 and 18 are the same thing, they just think 18+ rated games are SO dangerous for children that they can’t even allow them into the country JUST IN CASE.

Which, really, is far more stupid.

I say we get a coalition of the fed up and invade Australia, then liberate it for gamers.

It will change eventualy. All of those kids that are playing chopped games right now will someday grow up and be in posistions of power. This is typical old out of touch folks trying to make rules on things that they don’t understand. They honestly think that games are just for kids. I am 38 yr old and have been gaming for years. I am not going to suddenly out grow it(much to my mothers dismay). Someday it will change. Till then … organize and turn up the noise level. But then again it is not my country. I just think it is sad.

Bah, just import it and give your government the finger.