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Left 4 Dead 2 Australian 'Ban' Appeal Fails
by Alice O'Connor, Oct 22, 2009 6:17am PDTThe original uncensored version of Left 4 Dead 2 will remain ineligible for sale in Australia, as the independent Classification Review Board has agreed with the Office of Film and Literature Classification's decision to refuse the shooter sequel classification.
Valve and publisher EA appealed last month after the OFLC denied Left 4 Dead 2 the country's highest rating of MA 15+ due to its "frequent and intense depictions of violence" and "graphic depictions of blood and gore," barring it from sale, rental or demonstration.
"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," a press statement explains. "This was a major consideration of the Review Board in determining the impact of this game on minors."
An Aussie-friendly version of Left 4 Dead 2 will instead be sold Down Under, granted an MA 15+ classification by the OFLC as it "no longer contains depictions of decapitations, dismemberment, wound detail, or piles of bodies lying about the environment."
Left 4 Dead 2 is scheduled for a November 17 release on PC and Xbox 360. A demo will arrive on November 3, while those who pre-order gain early access from October 27.
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That the censored version is allowed is essentially a good case, because that means Australia will have local Left4Dead2 servers.
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Looks like the OFLC thinks we are blind or something.
...or maybe Australia just has a lot rabid people running around like berserkers when they hear a loud noise. I doubt it is true but I've had my moments sometimes... >_>
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don't you find it a little condescending for your Government to tell you what's "too violent" for you to handle?
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Making sense doesn't seem to be one of Australia's exports. Im glad the US of A isn't so close minded.
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Good luck "reinventing the business model of the internet" Rupert.
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"Banned on 1 continent awesome "
Really though, this seems rather Utilitarian almost bordering on how tightly China controls the internet. Is it even possible to get the US version (for pc) or do they ban the ability to get that too?
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If this works, I will be happy to gift it for any shacklings that would want to play the actual L4D2 game instead of Rainbow Brite And The Care Bears Vs The Mildly Dirty People.
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The Australian government needs to up the ratings cap on games to 18, and adopt a context rather than content based (or at least skew more towards context than content) rating system.
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