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Seriously? I remember GTA San Andreas had a giant dildo that you'd find at police station bathrooms and I think that was rated M17+
The R18 classification still has certain guidelines that a game has to meet to get the classification. Step outside of those and it gets RC (Refused Classification = banned). That was always the intent of R18 and was one of the main arguments for having an R18 classification for games (that is: over the top games could still be banned). The "WTF I should be able to use drugs and probe butts if I want" attitude pretty much shows why the R18 classification took so long to be approved.
State of Decay and Saints Row 4 should both be able to get resubmitted with changes and get passed. Losing a single silly weapon and changing real world drugs into generic "health packs" isn't going make the games less fun to play.
All consoles next gen are region free. The only ones that will be missing out at retailers.
So, because my character needs to take morphene to ease his pain/regain health, thus making for a more realistic approach, it gets banned because some tools are addicted to methamphetamines in real life and it gives people a negative influence. Sorry but that's their problem, if I want to use morphene in a game then I should be able to dang nabbit!
When are they going to stop treating us like kids? Then again, if I see something in a mvoie I don't think anything of it, but once I play it in a game, aw yeahh time to go do it in real life!! /sarcasm
the r18+ here isn't exactly to allow "worse" games in.
it is more along the lines of lets reclassify whats what.
which is a bit silly tbh.
R18+ games are now sold here.
HOWEVER, some games are still being denied the R18+ classification for some dumb reason.
Saints Row was denied because you have a Dildo Sword/Rocket Launcher type dealy.
Anyone remember NARC ? or Manhunt on the old PS2 days..
Saints Row 3 had a giant purple dildo called The Penetrator. Served no purpose other then total degradation, there were even achievements associated with how many people you could kill with it. Still cleared a MA15+ rating.
The game includes a weapon referred to by the Applicant as an “Alien Anal Probe”. The Applicant states that this weapon can be “shoved into enemy’s backsides”. The lower half of the weapon resembles a sword hilt and the upper part contains prong-like appendages which circle around what appears to be a large dildo which runs down the centre of the weapon. When using this weapon the player approaches a (clothed) victim from behind and thrusts the weapon between the victim’s legs and then lifts them off the ground before pulling a trigger which launches the victim into the air. After the probe has been implicitly inserted into the victim’s anus the area around their buttocks becomes pixelated highlighting that the aim of the weapon is to penetrate the victim’s anus. The weapon can be used during gameplay on enemy characters or civilians. In the Board’s opinion, a weapon designed to penetrate the anus of enemy characters and civilians constitutes a visual depiction of implied sexual violence that is interactive and not justified by context and as such the game should be Refused Classification.