Expanding on that: Those games should still be giftable though, right? So Aussies always have the option to just poke a friend (or someone else) to buy the game for them. Alternatively, using a VPN service (proper or via browser addon) for the purchase does work on GOG for sure, as I've tested it myself previously.Steam and GOG have been known to lock out Australian users from buying RC rated games, though some don't region-lock immediately, Valkyrie Drive was available for a good while before the publisher was forced to region-lock it away from Aussie purchase.
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Wonder how long it'll take before the US heads down this route with all the school shootings being heavily associated with "violent video games".
Wait what? please tell me this is true.just do what south park did and censor the scenes with a screen laughing at you for being australian
Your drinking age is 21.Never. The majority of Americans hate being told what they can do so I can't see us ever becoming a nanny state like Australia.
Just no uber close-ups of extremely threatening dongs, please.
All they have to do is blur certain things ala japanese av. Given the theme of the game. It should be easy to do. Instead of removing sections.awesome. i just hope CDPR don't dumb it down for the rest of the world. they should just release a seperate version for AU. i swear if we end up with a gimped game because of 1 stupid country then i'll be pissed.
Don't tone down a thing to get this passed through Australia's rating board.
There was a mix of both in the demo, I will say.Certainly in favour of games (and entertainment media in general) being more comfortable with the human body and unashamed of showing full-frontal nudity. I just hope Cyberpunk will have a nice balance between male and female nudity. Would feel incredibly awkward if we kept seeing naked women everywhere but no or almost no naked men.
Awesome, thanks :)!
I don't think Australia is the market you have to worry about there. That would be the US. I remember at least one instance of full-frontal nudity in all versions of a game being censored to appease the US market - Heavy Rain (and I think I vaguely remember Crytek hinting at sth similar having happened with Ryse but I'm not 100% sure). But I'm not too worried about that happening here. Doesn't seem like the sort of thing CD Projekt would do.awesome. i just hope CDPR don't dumb it down for the rest of the world. they should just release a seperate version for AU. i swear if we end up with a gimped game because of 1 stupid country then i'll be pissed.
Yeah The Witcher 3 passed certification.Wait, did TW series even come out over there?
How did you guys buy TW3 then? Digital?
In the original version your character Geralt was given the choice of accepting sex 'as a reward' for successfully completing this particular side quest. The Australian Classification Board originally refused classification as they deemed the inclusion of 'sex as a reward' as not suitable for an MA15+ classification.
The change is only minor, in that the character choice is now made automatically for him. The character and the side quest are still in the game but presented in a slightly different context. No other changes have been made and this change has no impact on gameplay, storyline or character development.
This is actual censorship though....I kinda really want CDPR to change the game to comply with Australian ratings just to see everyone lose their shit over a fucking videogame
...I kinda really want CDPR to change the game to comply with Australian ratings just to see everyone lose their shit over a fucking videogame
Having grown up in a country where people were jailed for the wrong opinion, and personally knowing some of those people, you'll find I have very little sympathy for people who only really care about censorship when it effects their vidyagames
Congrats on your oppression.Having grown up in a country where people were jailed for the wrong opinion, and personally knowing some of those people, you'll find I have very little sympathy for people who only really care about censorship when it effects their vidyagames
A couple of Aussie journalists working for IGN, after seeing Cyberpunk 2077 footage at E3. They are very excited.
They also think there is no way in hell the Australian Classification Board will not refuse classification.
For those still unaware of the arcane nonsense that is the government-owned Australian ratings system, the Australian Classification Board has restrictions on what media can be sold and imported into Australia. Roughly around before 2011, video games had a maximum rating of MA15+, which caused several controversies over content that was "Refused Classification" (RC) such as Fallout 3 multiple GTA games, etc, until the government implemented a proper R18+ rating for games. Unfortunately, the standards were also not properly updated to accompany it, resulting in other games becoming effectively banned or censored even after the new rating was established (Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus, State of Decay, Valkyrie Drive, Hotline Miami 2, We Happy Few, etc), generally over the use of drugs or sexual content.
A change to the ratings standards is likely not gonna change anytime soon without a huge public outcry. I actually posted a petition on the topic on the Australian Parliament site (search for EN0165), completely forgot about it, and, well, got a response.
This is probably going to be the biggest upcoming release that will likely not be able to make it past the Board (and therefore "banned"), so I expect an uproar when it happens. It's also frankly anachronistic, due to the increasing ease of use for acquiring "banned" content online on both consoles and PC, especially since CD Projekt don't use DRM.
You're saying this on a worldwide gaming enthusiast forum, you shouldn't be surprised that this may be some individuals' most glaring exposure to censorship. The relative innocuity of games, and the fact they *need* to be censored, is probably part of it too.Having grown up in a country where people were jailed for the wrong opinion, and personally knowing some of those people, you'll find I have very little sympathy for people who only really care about censorship when it effects their vidyagames