FEAR 2 Refused Classification
News from Matt - Wednesday, 26 November 2008 @ 10:03pm
I have just heard that FEAR 2 has been refused classification in Australia.
There's not much more to say to it than that. No details are available on what exactly it was banned for. Probably the usual - being an adult product in a market that is only allowed to cater to children.
This ridiculous and offensive state of affairs will continue indefinitely as far as I can see.
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Anthropomorphised Bear @ 1:00am 17 Dec
That FEAR 2 would be reclassified for Australia was a given. That it took a simple review by the Classification Review Board rather than the edit-resubmit process we're all too familiar with is a bit of a pleasant surprise.
Blood spray and dismemberment for everyone!
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Australians can F.E.A.R. again
Horror shooter F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin has been cleared for Australian release in February by the Classification Review Board.
The game was refused classification in late November, but publisher Warner Bros Interactive successfully appealed the decision yesterday. No changes to the game have been made.
The Classification Board originally ruled that the "high impact" of the game's violence exceeded the MA15+ category, effectively banning the game from sale because of the lack of an R18+ rating in this country.
In the Classification Board's report, mention was made of elements like close range decapitations, copious blood spray, dismembered corpses and weapons like nail guns.
But Mark Aubrey, Marketing Manager for Warner Bros Interactive, told Screen Play today that he was always confident that the game "fit comfortably" within the guidelines of an MA15+ rating and Warner Bros was "very pleased" with the Review Board's decision.
Source: Screen Play
Horror shooter F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin has been cleared for Australian release in February by the Classification Review Board.
The game was refused classification in late November, but publisher Warner Bros Interactive successfully appealed the decision yesterday. No changes to the game have been made.
The Classification Board originally ruled that the "high impact" of the game's violence exceeded the MA15+ category, effectively banning the game from sale because of the lack of an R18+ rating in this country.
In the Classification Board's report, mention was made of elements like close range decapitations, copious blood spray, dismembered corpses and weapons like nail guns.
But Mark Aubrey, Marketing Manager for Warner Bros Interactive, told Screen Play today that he was always confident that the game "fit comfortably" within the guidelines of an MA15+ rating and Warner Bros was "very pleased" with the Review Board's decision.
Source: Screen Play
That FEAR 2 would be reclassified for Australia was a given. That it took a simple review by the Classification Review Board rather than the edit-resubmit process we're all too familiar with is a bit of a pleasant surprise.
nolegroom @ 5:49pm 10 Dec
Warner Bros has appealed and the descision is to be reviewed on the 15/12/08
http://www.classification.gov.au/resource....lename=1094.pdf
QUOTE (Anthropomorphised Bear @ Nov 27 2008, 12:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's all the dirty, sexy violence that's got Classification Australia in a bit of a tizzy:
Although not all hope is lost. At the end of that article, the head of Warner Bros. Interactive confirmed they would be appealing the decision: "There's a massive fan base here in Australia and around the world for F.E.A.R. and we're going to exhaust all the avenues that we can to get it out."
So, what's gonna be chopped off? Or, rather, not chopped off?
Although not all hope is lost. At the end of that article, the head of Warner Bros. Interactive confirmed they would be appealing the decision: "There's a massive fan base here in Australia and around the world for F.E.A.R. and we're going to exhaust all the avenues that we can to get it out."
So, what's gonna be chopped off? Or, rather, not chopped off?
Warner Bros has appealed and the descision is to be reviewed on the 15/12/08
http://www.classification.gov.au/resource....lename=1094.pdf
SgtReznor @ 2:48pm 28 Nov
well, I dunno what the original one was like, but like I said, I've got a few mates who have studied chemical engineering, who have read through bits of it and said that it's pretty accurate for someone who wants to blow shit up.
I mean, there's even a section that studies different bridge designs, and tells you where you would place a bomb on a bridge to do the most structural damage
QUOTE (Matt @ Nov 28 2008, 12:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just as a quick comment, I believe The Anarchist's Cookbook as sold in places like Amazon is deliberately castrated. Key ingredients are removed or changed to mean that none of the stuff actually works. That being said even the pure version is so inaccurate and poorly researched that it provides more of a danger to the reader and attempter than the public.
well, I dunno what the original one was like, but like I said, I've got a few mates who have studied chemical engineering, who have read through bits of it and said that it's pretty accurate for someone who wants to blow shit up.
I mean, there's even a section that studies different bridge designs, and tells you where you would place a bomb on a bridge to do the most structural damage
Mase @ 2:35pm 28 Nov
So according to "The Board" people in games should all be superman, and all logical physics should be thrown out the window in favor of a more fictional type of reality
audacia @ 2:17pm 28 Nov
the pictures... they're coming alive! burn them! THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!
QUOTE (Gday.Joel @ Nov 28 2008, 04:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I havent read the whole thread cause it's 3am, but just in case people don't know why it's banned
http://www.gamingfront.net/story-93-.html
http://www.gamingfront.net/story-93-.html
the pictures... they're coming alive! burn them! THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!
