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[Rusty Sandusky]

Are the rumours true that the upcoming game Mass Effect has been deemed illegal for sale in Australia due to sexual content, can anyone please clarify on this as I am extremely excited for this game and don't want to import it for my brand new Xbox 360 20GB model

[Fast Jimmy]

Why is there a "Scuttlebutt Around the Web" section for ME1 and no other ME game? Is there more scuttling and/or bugging about ME1 online than other games?

Odd.

ME1 is not banned in Australia, although it is banned in Singapore, citing a "graphic lesbian sex scene" between Liara and a femShep.

[Fast Jimmy]

Sorry, upon reading your comment further, I see you are asking about ME Next, not ME1.

I can't imagine any country banning a game that hasn't even been announced, so I would say it is a definite no.

[The One True Crash]

SP forums man...

[Creator Limbs]

Yeah, I know.

Thanks a lot Crash.

[Dr. Tim Whatley]

CrashUrStox wrote...

SP forums man...

Lol.

[Jackal13th]

lol yea some countries maby. lol

[ErikModi]

Well, as I understand it, Austrailia has pretty repressive rules about the sale of Mature rated games, "this game is banned in Austrailia" a reasonably true statement for just about any game rated M.

[DDK]

I can't imagine any country banning a game that hasn't even been announced, so I would say it is a definite no.

 

You're obviously not Australian. You'd probably be surprised at just how many games are banned here. There are specifically Australian versions of many popular games due to our ridiculously overzealous censorship.

[Dungeon Raider]

It has to be submitted for review before it can be passed or banned, and that hasn't happened yet. And Australia's rules regarding content are somewhat ridiculous in parts but are clearly laid out for R18+ ratings. A game will most likely get banned for....  a) Sexual content NOT part of the story; so it can get quite explicit or implied so long as it's part of the story and not gratuitous, and, real drugs used with a POSITIVE effect; so they can have negative effects or some positive and some negative, but not exclusively postive.
 

But in this case they're way ahead of themselves as the game hasn't been submitted for consideration yet.

[Farangbaa]

It has to be submitted for review before it can be passed or banned, and that hasn't happened yet. And Australia's rules regarding content are somewhat ridiculous in parts but are clearly laid out for R18+ ratings. A game will most likely get banned for....  a) Sexual content NOT part of the story; so it can get quite explicit or implied so long as it's part of the story and not gratuitous, and, real drugs used with a POSITIVE effect; so they can have negative effects or some positive and some negative, but not exclusively postive.
 

But in this case they're way ahead of themselves as the game hasn't been submitted for consideration yet.

 

Don't forget to mention that A cup sized naked breasts are considered child pornography in Australia.

 

I wish I was just joking. I am not. 

[Dungeon Raider]

Not sure where you get that info from... certainly not in the OFLC guidelines.

[Farangbaa]

Not sure where you get that info from... certainly not in the OFLC guidelines.

 

Oh it's not official, they have this cool thing they call RC ('refused classification')

 

http://www.theregist...ralian_censors/

[KotorEffect3]

I've heard that GTA was banned down there.  Nothing about ME though

[Dungeon Raider]

Oh it's not official, they have this cool thing they call RC ('refused classification')

 

http://www.theregist...ralian_censors/

 

They can only refuse classification if a game dowsn't meet the guidelines... when they hand down their decision it has to state the guidelines breached by what content.