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Left 4 Dead 2 Banned In Australia
An anonymous reader writes "According to Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification, Left 4 Dead 2's content exceeds that allowable for an MA15+ rating. Any such game is rated as Refused Classification, effectively banning it. From the report: 'The game contains realistic, frenetic, and unrelenting violence which is inflicted upon "the Infected" who are living humans infected with a rabies-like virus that causes them to act violently. The player can choose from a variety of weapons including pistols, shotguns, machine guns, and sniper rifles. However, it is the use of the "melee" weapons such as the crowbar, axe, chainsaw and Samurai sword which inflict the most damage. These close-in attacks cause copious amounts of blood spray and splatter, decapitations and limb dismemberment as well as locational damage where contact is made to the enemy which may reveal skeletal bits and gore.'"
no, but there is such a thing as an R18+ rating for movies, not so for games.
Having spent time in real war zones and been in full on combat fire fights for 22 hours none stop literally pissing in my pants because if I did not lock and load again, I would have died. Therefore, you need to understand war is very ugly and this game has no place in "sane society". Ask yourself the question about what message this sends out to people? Do you really think this is a game which has no ramifications whatsoever. I would also question your mental state if you think that carving up people is fun and it means nothing. Psychologically, these traits end up with little value for human life, later in life.
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