Fallout 3 Banned in Australia
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This artile on IGN explains why the game has been banned, turns out it has "chems" that increase player stats, the OFLC board sees this as promoting drug use and hence we have a banned game.
http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/887/887728p1.html
It also warns against importing for the PS3. You may run into legal issues and I'm sure many import websites will not import it because of this.
I think, as gamers not neccesarily Australian, we need to be done to give Australia an R18+ rating for games.
http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/887/887728p1.html
It also warns against importing for the PS3. You may run into legal issues and I'm sure many import websites will not import it because of this.
I think, as gamers not neccesarily Australian, we need to be done to give Australia an R18+ rating for games.
HOLD ON!
If Fallout 3 was banned because of the positive effects given by taking drugs, then how did Haze get in here?
If Fallout 3 was banned because of the positive effects given by taking drugs, then how did Haze get in here?
Haze does not promote Drug use, it constantly sends the message that drugs are bad, it also does not let you take drugs all the way through the game. It also shows the drugs in a less realistic way to Fallout 3, in both delivery method and side effects.WiseHacker said:
Bethesda could simply change the way the dugs are used to get the game allowed into Australia.
HOLD ON!Fire Daemon said:
If Fallout 3 was banned because of the positive effects given by taking drugs, then how did Fallout 1 and 2 get in here?
I'm guessing the OFLC overlooked these games due to the lower quality graphics and because at the time no one really cared about games. Looking at my Fallout collection box however it only says "M moderate Violence". I'm surprised they didn't even say the game has drugs in 1998. Where the children in 1998 much more mature than those in 2008?PurpleRain said:
It wouldn't surprise me.
1998, the gloabl children shortage. The only children on Earth had to man up or die. They played violent video games, with drugs and sexual references!Fire Daemon said:
Poor Ausies, they seem to have a hard time down there. First the price increase and content downgrade of GTA4, now this?
Good thing there is a Game Traders Robina in Burwood (Right above the EB games as well.)
But I can't be stuffed walking to the second closest mall to my house (Despite both being in walking distance)
But I can't be stuffed walking to the second closest mall to my house (Despite both being in walking distance)
It's unfair, and worthy of petitions and protests, but I really think that it's a relatively small issue that can and will be addressed. Bethesda just has to take the drugs out/change the game, the Australian government could have a change of heart, or all you Aussie gamers could just get copies from other countries. If anything, getting the game from another country would let you play it earlier anyway, than if the game was released in the time-stilled badlands that are Australia.
Seriously, you guys get games like 3 months after everybody else, it must suck.
Seriously, you guys get games like 3 months after everybody else, it must suck.
The PS3 and the Wii are the only consoles that have no region coding, meaning that it are the only consoles that can play imported games. I'm not sure about the PC, I think that it can play foreign games but I'm not sure.stompy said:
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Give me my post-apocalyptic goodness mmmm morphine on screen, must buy morphine lol what about smoking or alcoholism then? like damn you still see that in nearly every movie these days. Or should I keep my mouth shut in case I give them more ideas on absurd abuses of power? I'm getting so tired of living in a nanny state. Whats wrong with the general community making responsible well informed decisions of their own bat about what they choose to purchase or do?, I'm sooo disapointed only gaming tool I have now is xbox 360 and only game I've been waiting for is fallout.
I feel like I've been personally singled out by numbskull fun police, yeah the ones dismantling swings and merry go rounds in childrens play areas in parks all over the country whilst trialling safe shooting galleries for heroin addicts. Is it just me or are things getting a little screwed up here by all this over regulation?
I feel like I've been personally singled out by numbskull fun police, yeah the ones dismantling swings and merry go rounds in childrens play areas in parks all over the country whilst trialling safe shooting galleries for heroin addicts. Is it just me or are things getting a little screwed up here by all this over regulation?
