Saints Row 4 has received the rather dubious honour of being the first game to be refused classification since we here in the Great Southern Land had our ratings laws changed. The fourth installment has recieved the ban for the inclusion of "interactive, visual depictions of implied sexual violence which are not justified by context", along with "elements of illicit or proscribed drug use related to incentives or rewards", both of which are still restricted according to Australia's Classification Guidelines for Computer Games.
Publisher Deep Silver, in a statement to Computer and Video Games have said that "Volition, the developer, are reworking some of the code to create a version of the game for this territory by removing the content which could cause offence without reducing the outlandish gameplay that Saints Row fans know and love."
Personally, I haven't been excited about the fourth Saints Row at all - despite really enjoying the second and third installments in the series - but I'm interested to see if there are any Aussies that come out of the woodwork to give their opinions. Is this a return to form for the Classification Board, or do the charges laid against the unadulterated Saints Row 4 deserve to remain unseen?
Posted 27-06-2013, 12:47
Although, lets face it, everyone who wanted an uncensored copy of SR4 here in Aus has probably already lined up their torrent or import copy.
Cause as long as you're not bringing more than 3 in, it's legal to import prohibited media.
Posted 26-06-2013, 14:42
They also refused classification to State of Decay recently. Seems like things are going back to old ban spree.
Posted 26-06-2013, 14:04
Well, according to Kotaku, they took offense to scenes of anal probing. But we're going to wait for a credible source before we report on it outselves
Posted 26-06-2013, 12:10
*facepalm*
Posted 25-06-2013, 19:53
Australia's rating bored needs to smoke a joint or something. They're so high strung, if you shoved a piece of coal up their arse you'd have a diamond in a week
Posted 25-06-2013, 19:27
Australia rating board needs another fix, first one wasn't enough.
Posted 25-06-2013, 17:44
Glad I do not live there, gamers there need to fight for their rights!
Posted 25-06-2013, 17:29
No, it just sucks balls
Posted 25-06-2013, 16:51
Yeah, honestly I'm not surprised by this news.
And, TBF to Australia, I don't remember there being 'implied sexual violence' in Angry boys...I don't think? I could be wrong. It's been a long time since I watched that show.
Posted 25-06-2013, 16:38
Okay, seriously, what is it with Aus and censoring everything?
YET THEY MAKE FUCKING ANGRY BOYS!