A Rant About Ratings

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Apr 27, 2008 7:22 AM #124565
I was looking forward to playing the new SOF, which I picked up today after finally being released in Australia. I had played the previous ones which were full of violence and fun dismemberment so I know what I had to look forward too. Anyway I load it up, and open fire on a bunch of terrorist.

Nothing happens, not even a hit of blood. I thought to myself, okay thats odd maybe I didn't hit them right. So next group of enemies I see I lob a heap of grenades into them and again nothing happens, I go up and look around. There isn't even a hint of blood anywhere.

So now I am getting ticked off, so I look it up on the net and find out to my disgust that the Australian Govt. has banned it. Then it has come back with no dismemberment, no blood splatter, a reduced ragdoll engine and greatly reduced blood spray. This time it is accepted.

Seriously what the fu[size]ck? I mean, they haven't even changed th[/size]e box art which warns about violence that only those with a strong stomach can view. WHAT FU[/size]CKING VIOLENCE, YOU SEE MORE F[size]UCKING BLOOD IN A NOSE BLEED THEN THE EN[/size]TIRE GAME. I mean for fuc[/size]ks sake that was the only thing going for it. And now because of the reduced ragdoll engine the enemies die in a total of 5 whopping positions.

This "censoring" is going way to fuc[size]king far, thing is that the Australia Go[/size]vt. refuses to create a M17+ or R18+ Rating, because they think that all games are sweaty little 12 years olds who might be exposed to something they shouldn't be. I mean on XBL about 90% of my friends are over 18.

ARRRRRGHHH
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Apr 27, 2008 7:34 AM #124578
that shows that you better pirate your games,then buy them
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Apr 27, 2008 7:45 AM #124584
whats sof
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Apr 27, 2008 7:49 AM #124585
soldier of fortune
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Apr 27, 2008 7:53 AM #124586
Pay a hobo to buy it.

VG Ratings are no big deal.

Ever.

They're just wannabe Movie raters who have way less effect on society.
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Apr 27, 2008 7:56 AM #124588
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I mean on XBL about 90% of my friends are over pedophilessssssssssss

ARRRRRGHHH


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Apr 27, 2008 8:49 AM #124606
Thats right 2-D only 10% of my friends are still pedophiles. Yours on the other hand >_>
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Apr 27, 2008 8:56 AM #124608
2-D doesn't have an xbox.
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Apr 27, 2008 9:10 AM #124611
So... SOF was banned and GTA, and Dead Rising weren't?
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Apr 27, 2008 1:05 PM #124743
Isn't that technically infringing on your personal rights for a government to say what you can and can not see in a videogame?

That's what the rating system is for.
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Apr 27, 2008 1:19 PM #124747
Well, This proves that other countries still are too retarted to know that some people are over the age of 7.
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Apr 27, 2008 3:25 PM #124796
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Well, This proves that other countries still are too retarted to know that some people are over the age of 7.


Oh the irony.
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Apr 27, 2008 4:44 PM #124835
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Oh the irony.


Oh the faggotry.
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Apr 27, 2008 4:50 PM #124844
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Oh the faggotry.


CHANGE Y[SIZE="3"]o[/SIZE]UR ****ING AVATAR ALREADY.
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Apr 27, 2008 5:02 PM #124852
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So... SOF was banned and GTA, and Dead Rising weren't?


GTA got the adult only rating on australia.