Silent Hill: Homecoming Banned In Australia

[Mogif]

All good friends living in Australia, get outta that country. =) And enjoy the wonderful games provided in all the other countries. Note, move out only if you can afford it.

 

[Melaisis]

Again...? Seriously, do the idiots in the OFLC have no life? Have they no sympathy?!

Sympathy? For what?

OFLC are experts and professionals at doing... what they do. They recognise and understand that SH4567 may be a big title in the gaming world, but so what? Fallout 3 was a big title, and they edited it (and I've expressed my opinion on that before; how it was only very minor changes and won't really affect the gameplay overall at all), so why can't Silent Hill? It seems they've blocked classification due to copious amounts of gore, and I don't blame them.

Anyone remember when Silent Hill used to be scary before it was forced into laying down the tomato sauce to get a scream out of the average homeboy? This is laziness on Konami's part. Lazy gameplay, lazy self-control.

 

[Dealin Burgers]

I was looking forward to this game. The fact that we were going to get it 2 months after everyone else pisses me off, let alone that it's been banned.

http://www.classification.gov.au/special.html?n=1&p=227

Submit a complaint if you feel the need.

 

[Samah]

There's a difference between "banned" and "refused classification". It is not illegal for you to own and/or import the game. It IS illegal for an Australian game distributor to sell/provide you with the game. This is why the correct terminology is "effectively banned".
This goes for any classified media. It is not illegal for you to own and/or watch an R18+ video if you are 10. It IS illegal for Video Ezy/Blockbuster/etc. to allow you to rent/buy it, but most of the time they don't care.
IANAL, but this is my understanding of the situation.

 

[Aries_Split]

 

[neoman10]

Aussie doesn't like games very much apparently

 

[seule]

Yet another game I'll have to have shipped down here by a friend.... but yeah by the time I buy it for the US cost and add the shipping, it ends up being the $100 that EB would charge for it anyways.

 

[WTEricson]

It's funny that countries allow smoking which will kill the people but ban fake blood.... hypocritical as fuck.... but funny. I'm tired of parents not taking the blame they deserve for the content their children receive. Do they ban the news in Australia too? Censorship has always been a tool used by the weak to control the strong.

Look at the bright side... we are close to making DLC the norm. And when we do the censors can go eat themselves.

 

[foxboysirus]

HAHA Yahtzee's gonna be pissed off even more now, lets hope the game either sucks enough to make it funny or it's good enough to make him mad

 

[stompy]

Aussie doesn't like games very much apparently

I'd like to disagree with you... so would others on this forum...

 

[Quinn Davis]

Believe me, I just finished "Homecoming" last night. It's a good thing for Yahtzee's health that he doesn't play that insulting claptrap.
I've been a fan of the series since day one, and I can't believe that thing called itself "Silent Hill'

I warn you now, the game is "Silent Hill: The mediocre movie 2"
Not "Silent Hill: The tits awesome games 5"

Fair, Fucking, Warning.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

CHUGGA CHUGGA WOO WOO!

Failure train boarding, headed for Syndey and parts beyond.

Believe me, I just finished "Homecoming" last night. It's a good thing for Yahtzee's health that he doesn't play that insulting claptrap.
I've been a fan of the series since day one, and I can't believe that thing called itself "Silent Hill'

I warn you now, the game is "Silent Hill: The mediocre movie 2"
Not "Silent Hill: The tits awesome games 5"

Fair, Fucking, Warning.

I don't play survival horror so i'm not in the know, SH:H is out already?

 

[Amnestic]

I don't play survival horror so i'm not in the know, SH:H is out already?

Came out September 30th in the US, comes out October 30th in the EU according to wikipedia.

 

[PurpleRain]

Well, I've never played a Silent Hill game myself so I don't think I would end up playing it regardless. But the cencorship here sickens me! On the topic of Yahtzee: If anything, he should be able to pull a bit of weight if he were to attack our cencorship. Let's just hope he has something to say on the subject.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Well, I've never played a Silent Hill game myself so I don't think I would end up playing it regardless. But the cencorship here sickens me! On the topic of Yahtzee: If anything, he should be able to pull a bit of weight if he were to attack our cencorship. Let's just hope he has something to say on the subject.

As I understand it, it's just some dick from the south mucking it up for the rest of Austrailia, because unanimous decision is needed to revise the standards...or something.

 

[ward.]

Well, I've never played a Silent Hill game myself so I don't think I would end up playing it regardless. But the cencorship here sickens me! On the topic of Yahtzee: If anything, he should be able to pull a bit of weight if he were to attack our cencorship. Let's just hope he has something to say on the subject.

Unfortunately internet fame counts for nothing when it comes to censors and their sand filled vagina's.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Damn and I was hoping to hear Yahtzee rip it a new one.

 

[Imitation Saccharin]

As I understand it, it's just some dick from the south mucking it up for the rest of Austrailia, because unanimous decision is needed to revise the standards...or something.

I like that "the south" is almost unanimously where the crazies live in developed countries.

 

[stompy]

As I understand it, it's just some dick from the south mucking it up for the rest of Austrailia, because unanimous decision is needed to revise the standards...or something.

I like that "the south" is almost unanimously where the crazies live in developed countries.

Well, the guy Wombat is talking about is from a state called South Australia...

 

[Goon165]

Yatzee's gonna kill someone