Singapore Un-Bans Mass Effect

[Andy Chalk]

Singapore Un-Bans Mass Effect

The Mass Effect [http://www.mda.gov.sg/wms.www/index_flash.aspx].

The agency had originally decided that the inclusion of an alien lesbian sex scene in the game made the game unsuitable for Singaporean audiences and refused to allow its release. Singapore was the only country in the world to ban the game, and the decision caused a minor uproar among gamers, according to the Straits Times news website.

The Board of Film Censors has now issued a new statement, saying the game will be released with an M18 rating, and that it will selectively use movie ratings to "enable highly anticipated games to be launched in Singapore" until a full game classification system is in place in January.

"This will allow such games to enter the market with immediacy and give the industry and members of the public a better understanding of the benefits of the proposed games classification system," the BFC said in a statement released today. Mass Effect is set for release on November 20 in North America, with a worldwide release following on November 22.


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[Easykill]

From what ive heard its only lesbian if your character is a girl so im sure some people will be offended by specifically censoring lesbian sex, but Im surprised they were even thinking of banning it as it was done very tastefully.

 

[Andy Chalk]

I've heard it's only lesbian if girls are involved too.

 

[Widell]

In another thread either here on some other forum I think it said that the men could only have heterosexual relationships while female characters could jump into bed with either men or women.

EDIT: No, you two seem to be correct, the thread I was thinking of is: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.51133 *slight spoilers, I suppose*

However if the person there is correct about the romance options It sounds like, judging from the names listed, that you can only have sex with women no matter what gender you play yourself.