Silent Hill: Homecoming focuses on violence to rid the world of evil horrors by way of "ramming pipes through enemies' heads and stomping on their faces to pull them out [and] tearing their entrails loose with an axe," as described by Edge Online.
The crux of the issue stems from the OFLC rating standards which currently has a peak rating of 15+ for games, despite the fact that movies and magazines can be given an adult rating (R18+). The Australian government, which maintains the rating system in the country, has said they are looking into adding an adult rating to games but have yet to implement any changes.
Silent Hill: Homecoming will join System Shock 2: Blood Trails, Dark Sector and Fallout 3 as the only four titles to be refused classification in 2008, although the latter two titles were eventually released in a modified form to meet the rating standards. Silient Hill: Homecoming hits the Xbox 360 next week in North America followed by a November release in Europe.
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9-29-2008 @ 11:59AM
Alex said...
Was Condemned allowed in Australia? Manhunt?
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9-29-2008 @ 12:36PM
Matt said...
I'm guessing you mean Shellshock 2: Blood Trails not SYSTEM SHOCK 2! Though I had never heard of Shellshock, I'm guessing we probably won't get an expansion for System Shock 2 anytime this year.
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9-29-2008 @ 12:53PM
Viridium said...
HOLY F! You had me all excited that there was some Aus-only release of some bizarre System Shock 2 expansion or something, until after a Google search, it turns out you meant SHELLshock 2: Blood Trails.
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9-29-2008 @ 12:58PM
Patrick said...
Jeez, what is up with the freakin' Australians? And I thought we Americans were anal...
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9-29-2008 @ 3:27PM
Tel Prydain said...
@ #4 Patrick
You are. =o)
Basically, Americans freak out about sex or nudity, whereas Australians freak out over drugs and violence.
For example, the Australian version of Indigo Prophesy had nudity and sex in it that was cut from the US version.
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9-30-2008 @ 3:37AM
PimpDaddy Stevan said...
@ Tel Prydain:
So, why is it that an episode of Family Guy (an old one at that) got an Australian TV station in trouble?
You know, the episode where Death gets hurt and Peter has to take over? Turns out the Aussies didn't appreciate that little scene where Death is having sex in a car.
Australia's government is just full of idiots who refuse to lighten up. They're so worried that their citizens are going to be corrupted. Those douche bags need to stop ruining people's fun. It's not like people aren't going to import it anyway.
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