Left 4 Dead 2 Banned in Australia

Well. It's unbanned now, just, died down. Dismemberment, wound detail, and what-not.

tehuber1337"Killing humans" isn't why L4D2 was refused classification.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_4_Dead_2#Australian_ban

We were only going by what the topic creator said:
"L4D2 in australia got banned, because it involved *killing living people* with chain saws and mercilessly gunning them down (quoted from the newspaper the MX)."Even your wiki article quotes:
"The Classification Review Board cited "insufficient delineation between the depiction of zombie characters and the human figures" as one of the key factors in its classification refusal."Basically one of the main reasons is the lack of difference between the Zombies and Humans, and killing a zombie is too similar to killing a human.

MX isn't exactly the most reliable source of information for this kinda thing.

And here, the source of the wiki quote.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60964The key reason given, quoted from the Review Board.

Isn't all shooting games are like that?
Shooting people to survive.. etc.. ec..

TirithRR · #24And here, the source of the wiki quote.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60964The key reason given, quoted from the Review Board.

Yeah, and the reason is the similarity between living and undead people, as opposed to "killing living humans".

They are infected people. It's still the same process, their just taking a more I Am Legend approach. To be honest i just want the game to be available here.

meganova · #25Isn't all shooting games are like that?
Shooting people to survive.. etc.. ec..

Hence the reason Loonylion took a jab at them for allowing CoD :)

Replying to #28

I'm afraid that, this type of game can influence the younger one..
Like GTA series...

Obviously if young people in Australia play Left 4 Dead 2, they will not be able to distinguish fantasy Zombie killing from real life Human killing and will go on rampages through crowded cities trying to stop the spread of an imaginary zombie virus by slaughtering the innocent people of Australia.

meganova · #25Isn't all shooting games are like that?
Shooting people to survive.. etc.. ec..

Not a lot of games are as gory as L4D2.

ace1o1what type of government does Australia have?

A very shitty one.

meganova · #29I'm afraid that, this type of game can influence the younger one..
Like GTA series...

BAH!I know kids who someone how got gta...easy...Australia is laid back-not all places ask...And you know what-these kids are already messed up!

Replying to #32

I'm more worried about the drug abuse and alchol fuel violence than who runs it.I personally think not having r18+ isn't so bad-if they REALLY want to sell a game they are willing to scale it down.If not...screw them-not worth it.I don't care if I can't see someone's head been decapitated or raped or some crap, as long as it plays the same, it's fine with me...As violent as I am, it doesn't matter in all honesty.

meganova · #29I'm afraid that, this type of game can influence the younger one..
Like GTA series...

ya.... like any parent would buy it for thier kid a mature game.... well if they did... thats a fail in parenthood.

Replying to #34

I would. If my kid was mature enough to handle it and be able to differentiate it from real life, I'd get it for him/her.

Australia has a lot of problems, banning violent games may help on a very minute scale but they still have messed up adults that are not because of violent games, they didn't have said games.

Replying to #36

It's because they are a nation of criminals. Penal colony and all that. :)

Replying to #37

Ah yes, they also apparently have no military, but secretly they're planning guerilla attacks with kangaroos and alligators.

Replying to #38

How did you find out about our diabolical plans! It could only have been *pauses for dramatic effect* HYPNOS!Getting back to the matter at hand, alot of people don't want Left 4 Dead 2 to be banned. As stated already there isn't enough of a difference between the zombies and the humans (according to the people who banned it, but if you ask me, a person with rotting flesh who's trying to eat you is a tad different from a regular human). I'm just going to get a friend to download it for me. Then i'm going to give the OFLC a metaphorical giant middle finger (the rest of the metaphorical fingers are missing).

TirithRR · #37It's because they are a nation of criminals. Penal colony and all that. :)

Was.

Replying to #39

Why is this still going?I just saw this today for the 360..ma15+This is fine..if my laptop had the balls I'd get the pc one today.