| Cross-X said: Ah ha allow me to explain.
Australia has no fuckin R18 or M17 rating. So that means whatever is M17 in the States, it's always most likely gonna be MA15 in Australia because that's the highest rating for games. So be it God of War, Gears of War, Killzone, Dragon Age, etc which they're M17 in the States, they are all MA15 in Aus.
So this isn't big news |
Not exactly.
First of all, Australia bans a lot of games (that then have censored versions released with less gore or other alterations). It does mean a fair bit to know that it is rated MA in Aus as opposed to being refused classification.
Secondly, there is only a vague correlation between the ratings across countries, it is not fair to say "whatever is M17 in the States, it's always most likely gonna be MA15 in Australia" American ratings pretty much ignore violence, but crack down very strongly on Coarse language and sex. European (particularly outside of the UK) consider violence to be deserving of a higher rating and dont care about sex, nudity or bad language. Australia is mid way between the two.
