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[JaxarGT]

Why is the Australian ratings board full of pussies?

Two things will always attract the ban hammer here. Sexual violence, and drug use for gains.

In this case I'm thinking it has something to do with drug use.

 

[Raelgun]

This isn’t as big a deal as people think it is haha

You just buy a global steam key or import on console (region free)

I’ve had every RC game I wanted:

Mother Russia Bleeds
Hotline Miami 2
Syndicate (remake)
Witcher 2 (uncensored version)
Dark Sector
Manhunt

And a lot got overturned before release - and come out as normal:

The medium
Katana Zero
Day Z
We happy few
Outlast 2
Hotline Miami
Fear 2

 

[Mattyp]

Exactly. It is indeed an authoritarian woke cesspool. This is actually good news for the game.

Explain how it’s a woke shithole, you’re just coming across as some cunt who can’t handle the bants at the moment.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

The Australian Classification Board is such a bad joke. They pulled this shit with Hotline Miami 2 some months ago:

PS5 owners of the game report receiving the following statement (thanks, Press-Start):

"We have become aware that the product Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number has not received a proper rating from the Australian Classification Board and have therefore taken steps to refund customers who have purchased the game.

"We have issued a refund of the total purchase price for the product back to your original payment method. This may take 30-60 days to appear on your bank statement. If your original payment source is unavailable, we will refund the purchase amount to your PlayStation Network wallet.

"We apologise for any inconvenience caused."

Similarly, anyone who acquired a copy of Hotline Miami 2 via PlayStation Plus has also been told by Sony that their access has been removed.

In 2019, a Hotline Miami 2 port for Nintendo Switch was briefly made available in Australia via the Switch eShop - though the ACB acted far swifter then, and the game was pulled in under 24 hours.

The reply from Devolver about the situation was funny though.

Eurogamer has received the following visual statement from Hotline Miami 2 publisher Devolver Digital, in response to today's news:

 

[Team Andromeda]

No doubt the Japanese PM and shire priests will say this is an attack on Japanese culture for horror *rollseyes*

 

[Danjin44]

To those not in the know. What does this mean? I googled and he is a mangaka? Is he know for terror?

His the person who made Higurashi When They Cry.

 

[Hudo]

Now that's my kind of Seal of Quality.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

No doubt the Japanese PM and shire priests will say this is an attack on Japanese culture for horror *rollseyes*

Very bad comparison. Is that other game banned in Japan?

 

[StueyDuck]

games getting banned in Aus for menial things...

giving me flashbacks to a better time in gaming, Aus were always triggered and games were dope.

EDIT: fuck and add on top of that, it's a game by Konami...

 

[simpatico]

Was it Steve's death that turned Aussies into cucks? Can't remember a national identity changing so quickly. Went from "rugged, semi-invincible outdoorsman" to "less masculine version of the English who love subjugation".

 

[mdkirby]

No surprise really, for some reason with gaming Australia has always been just as censor heavy as China

 

[Duchess]

Guys, it's probably not "woke shit" like some are suggesting. Remember that Fallout 3 was refused classification in Australia due to the ability to consume morphine.

Bethesda changed that, so morphine then became Med X everywhere. This could be along the same lines:

Med-X

Med-X is a chem that appears in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and Fallout: The Board Game. Med-X is the brand name of morphine, a potent opiate analgesic that binds to opioid receptors in the brain and central nervous system, reducing the perception of pain as well as the...

fallout.fandom.com

 

[Team Andromeda]

Very bad comparison. Is that other game banned in Japan?

I wasn't being serious, It was sarcasm

 

[RafterXL]

Explain how it’s a woke shithole, you’re just coming across as some cunt who can’t handle the bants at the moment.

Can't talk politics so I'll just say this. Australia is going down the same exact path that Canada is, which is the same exact path the UK went down. Australia is a few years from being where the UK is now, and if you don't think the UK is a woke shithole I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Puscifer]

Huntsman spider loves getting indoors. They look scary (female) but are harmless to humans. Even useful. As they eat other small grotty pests. Nasty ones like Redbacks and funnel-webs are either stationary (Web spinners) or habit burrows (under rocks and rotting logs) and don't generally go into your house.
To go back on topic. Australia has become a nanny state country. Been here most of my life and it's going on my nerves.

Learn something new everyday. I've just seen the craziest shit from Australia based off a friend there.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Australia tends to ban anything drug related. While I do respect that, I don’t find it worth it since the game is targeted for mature audience.

 

[L*][*N*K]

Okay now I am really excited

 

[ReBurn]

I'm glad you Aussies are safe.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Can't talk politics so I'll just say this. Australia is going down the same exact path that Canada is, which is the same exact path the UK went down. Australia is a few years from being where the UK is now, and if you don't think the UK is a woke shithole I don't know what to tell you.

In both Canada and Australia you can legally be forced to pay palimony/spousal maintenance to someone you're not even married to.

 

[Wolfhearth]

Really?

Humm, sounds promising and a positive to me.

 

[Inviusx]

3 of the last 4 games banned here were Japanese games that involved some form of "implied sexual violence towards minors". I guess this is the "culture" they want us to respect so desperately.

 

[Sakura]

To those not in the know. What does this mean? I googled and he is a mangaka? Is he know for terror?

He is mostly a game writer. His most famous works are Higurashi and Umineko. I would say he is known just as much, (if not more) for mystery than horror.
That being said, he hasn't actually written anything good in like 15 years. Higurashi and Umineko were his first works that everybody talks about and knows him for, but he has written for like a dozen other games since then that nobody talks about for a reason.

 

[yansolo]

Back in 2002. While I was on holidays in Europe. I think it was in Germany. They were running Fosters beer TV ads claiming it was most popular beer in Australia. Which was really funny, as no-one here ever heard about or saw it.

lol mate ive never seen anyone drink a fosters down here if you ask people they probably dont even know what it is