Decapitation, Dismemberment and Gibbing - Syndicate Ban Explained

[News Portal]

Earlier today, news broke that [app=8652]Syndicate[/app] had been Refused Classification in Australia. Now the Classification Board’s report has been released and we can finally start to understand why Starbreeze's upcoming revival of the classic cyberpunk franchise won't be hitting our shores.

Read full article by Matt Williams

[wyver]

its pretty stupid how they just dont put an R18+ sticker on it they have approved of it then why dont they take action the stupid ****!

[SuBw00FeR]

Someone remind me again why Australia pirate the most?

Also you can do all of that in Bulletstorm, apart from the civilian thing.

[Fenryrbr]

“It is possible for a player to decapitate a corpse with a headshot before individually blowing off each of its limbs. Depending on the weapon used, it is also possible to bisect a corpse, with realistic ragdoll effects noted. The depictions are again accompanied by arterial sprays of blood and detailed injuries that include protruding bone"

As you said, I have Soldier of Fortune sitting in a box somewhere and I distinctly remember being able to pull out your combat knife and make slices in the torso and chop the rest of the body up, including the face and skull.

Only difference is a 10 odd year graphics gap?

Edit: Here we go -

[revengous]

Who runs these classification boards?

sure it seems pretty gory, and i kinda agree with the board here, but I think someone needs to be replaced.

[BarneyGumball]

Wow, so I wasn't the only one who thought of SoF while reading the article.

[Yapa]

No biggie, more $ in my pocket...

[DeathMist]

For **** sake.

[DarKnode]

When I was 13 I used to shoot guys in the stomach in SoF2 so I could see them hold their intestines as they fell to the ground glurching.
It didn't turn me in to a serial murderer.
What I'd actually like to see was a study was just how many people are ACTUALLY negativity effected by gore/violence in video games of that level...but the problem is I doubt many mothers will be signing their 12 year olds up to watch body parts fly for a few hours - and it's like they really don't care what 18 and up think.

So their thinking is basically ban R18 games so 12 year olds can't play them even though they can't play them anyway thus all 18+ gamers lose out on something for basically the minority (5%?) and the 0.0001% of serial killers and mentally ill.
REALLY?

[Cas Bitton]

Dear EA,

Please release Syndicate for Mac on the AppStore in Australia, You don't have to worry about those silly ratings.

Thanks, Cas.

[Ash_Williams]

^ This!

[supr585]

and people wonder why theres so much piracy... oh well day one torrent incoming

[Toasty Fresh]

Anyone notice that those features mentioned basically perfectly describe Fallout 3/New Vegas?

[supr585]

Anyone notice that those features mentioned basically perfectly describe Fallout 3/New Vegas?

indeed the classifications are a joke inconsistent as ****