Banned Games

[Zealous]

Yeah, you tap a cow's thigh in India and it's the death sentence. Let alone kill one... or screw up it's natural form.

 

[Viking_IV]

If I remember correctly, Pokemon Blue was banned in Saudi Arabia because certain content in it was deemed unsuitable especially ?Judaic and Christian imagery.?

 

[Kabutos]

Call of Duty 4, God of War III(I think) and GTA IV are all banned in the UAE.

Which is completely stupid, although the UAE is no stranger to censorship.

 

[Spektre41]

"Didn't some rape simulator actually manage to get banned from Japan?

I mean, you know it's bad when Japan won't take it."

That was RapeLay. Apparently it's leading to the end of the eroge game genre in Japan.

There goes about 55% of their input.

Fun fact about RapeLay, in response to the (obvious to anyone with a hint of foresight) negative publicity, they made a game where a guy gets raped. Of course no one cared.

 

[Jinx_Dragon]

I'm Australian... enough said.

 

[dekkarax]

I remember that a PS1 game called Loaded was banned in Germany; though I only know that because the company that made it is based in my home town.

 

[ZombieVictor]

They banned Fallout 'cus of the cows? just remind me don't they have gods with frankly wayyy too many arms? seems hipocritical, surley another head could only improve a god.

Cows are sacred in India and it's illegal to deface their image (no seriously).

I think that adding an extra head is the opposite of de-facing!

The name of the cows (Brahmin, or something like that) is a god in India.

Still, an extra head. I do wonder what Brahmin means, I do think that it is of the top of bethesdas head.

"Brahmin" may have been a intentional miss-spelling of "Brahman", which is Indian for cow

Where did you read that Brahmin was Inidan for Cow? From what I've read Brahmin is many things but it's definately not cow.

 

[Distorted Stu]

Away from the topic, they banned Teletubbies in Poland because it was deemed to gay.

The banned Postal 2 and Thrill kill for good reason.

 

[zamble]

Here in Brazil, two games were banished 2 years ago, but without any real consequences:
Bully, PS2 version - because it was thought to teach kids to misbehave. It didn't have any consequence because 99% of PS2 players in Brazil use pirate copies of games, who are ilegal and nonregulated, obviously.
Everquest - because it's a game who can "addict" people. Sure, just as any of the thousands of MMORPG out there. AND the game is not sold in Brazil anyway, so it's a useless ban too.

Our politicians are very smart, the only thing they ever learn is how to steal.

 

[Eatbrainz]

if i ever made an 18 game id slap a big sticker on the front pointing at the 18 symbol saying "OI, CAP'N DIPSHIT!"

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Hell, if you wanna play them, you'll play them.
Them government people should have learned by know that they cannot force their stupidity on people with human rights.

 

[Terramax]

Rule of Rose

From what I gatherd it was like Lord of The Flies in an all-girls school. I can see why people would've been a little worried about it, but I still would've liked to check it out.

It wasn't even that. They believed it to have 'lesbian undertones' which firstly it didn't and secondly what's wrong with lesbians in videogames anyway (so long as it's dealt with in a mature manner)?

The banned Postal 2 and Thrill kill for good reason.

Looking back now no reason it was banned. Not only was it incredibly violent but pointlessly so. The game's only reason to be bought was for the novalty factor of playing a game that you could kill people in pointlessly stupid ways.

I remember back in high school being really excited about the game for this novalty value then cheesed off when it was banned. I feel quite embarressed about it all now.

Of course, you don't have people wanting to play randomly violent games today. Gamers now are more sophisticated and use their time wisely playing things like Dante's Inferno......ah...

EDIT: I was just looking Thrill Kill up on wiki and this is what it [humorously] had to say:

A few weeks before shipping, the game was cancelled by EA because they didn't want to "publish such a senselessly violent game", as they felt that it would harm their image.

Ha, yeah, because EA didn't need a senselessly violent game to achieve that.

It's like an 18+ deluxe rating. If your game lands on the index you are not allowed to advertise the game and it may not be displayed openly in shops (i.e. in the sight of children.

You know I like the idea of hiding very violent games behind the counter at stores here in the UK (but can still be advertised). One of the reasons mature games sell to kids are that some parents aren't aware of how adult they are. Case study; a friend's mother recently bought GTA: Chinatown wars for her 4 year-old son thinking it was an innocent racing game.

Also, a 14 year-old would feel a LOT more awkward going up to the main counter and actually asking for an 18 cert game. It would heavily imply the kid knows he's too young to play it and was deliberately attempting to break the law. It would prompt the parents to think twice before buying it for their kids also (the ones that care anyway).

 

[Shadowfaze]

Video game violence has NO correlation with real life.

Stop crying, its only a bloody basball bat. I SAID STOP CRYING!!!!

ahem. you heard nothing, correct?