Half-Life 2 Down Under
The Pan European Games Information (PEGI) age rating system has given Half Life 2 an R(18+) rating. This means that minors are unable to purchase the game in numerous countries like Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. What's really interesting about this is how the game fares in Australia. The Australian Office of Film & Literature Classification (OFLC) has yet to classify Half Life 2, but if the board follows suit from their European counterparts, it'll mean that one of this years highly anticipated titles is banned outright from sales here. Currently, Australia has no R rating for games, so game titles need to meet the highest rating available (MA 15+) or they will be refused classification.
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replyFar Cry and Doom3 got through this process just fine, i'm sure hl2 will too unless they are going to make an example of it or something.
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I wonder what's in HL2 that's worse than Doom 3? O_o
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I think blood and/or gore, or perhaps "sexual content" brings the age up pretty fast. I mean, GTA3 got R/M/18+ as well, but it's not really that bad (IMHO). Just some blood splatters. Kinda violent though, but that goes for pretty much any FPS as well. :P
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Alyx goatse's the metrocops
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Valve could always chose to not sell to Australians (based on CC's country). But I kinda doubt they'll do that until people down there starts screaming real loud, which shouldn't happen until it's been out for a while (and I doubt Valve would cancel purchases once completed). :)
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