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Ruler on 21 September 2016
Following on from the recent news that Criminal Girls 2 was refused classification by the USK and that Gal*Gun Double Peace was pulled from Australian retailer EB Games’ shelves we’ve now heard that Valkyrie Drive has been banned in Germany & Australia.
 
 

 
Both Germany’s USK and Australia’s OFLC have refused to give Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni an age rating, effectively banning it from being able to be sold in either country. We previously wrote about the various age ratings for Gal*Gun Double Peace, which included those by the USK and OFLC.
 
 
PQube have told us that the OFLC did not elaborate on their decision to refuse Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni classification. USK however did provide some information, most of which mimicked the decision they made with Criminal Girls 2 — both of which were likely submitted to the USK at around the same time. The USK deemed it to contain “content severely harmful to minors” and claimed there is content that depicts “minors in unnatural and sexually explicit poses”.
 
 
It’s worth noting that both the ESRB for North America and PEGI for the United Kingdom have rated the game, as both a Mature and 16 respectively.
 
Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni releases 16th September. We have both the UK and NA versions ready to pre-order, including our Rice Exclusive Liberator’s Edition — the game’s ultimate collector’s edition!




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Xen on 21 September 2016

*looks at gameplay footage*

...yeah, a major loss (or any loss at all) this is not.



pbroy on 21 September 2016

So anyone who owns a copy from another region in the country would be deemed as a sex offender?

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Roronaa_chan on 21 September 2016

Good thing i don't live in those countries



The Fury on 21 September 2016
pbroy said:
So anyone who owns a copy from another region in the country would be deemed as a sex offender?

If the characters depicted are over the age of consent and it is consentious, then it's just porn... right?



Hmm, pie.

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Ruler on 21 September 2016
Xen said:
*looks at gameplay footage*

...yeah, a major loss (or any loss at all) this is not.

why?



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Xen on 21 September 2016
Ruler said:
Xen said:
*looks at gameplay footage*

...yeah, a major loss (or any loss at all) this is not.

why?

Because the market can afford losing games with mediocre gameplay that only have tits and lolitas to sell. 



Acevil on 21 September 2016
Xen said:
*looks at gameplay footage*

...yeah, a major loss (or any loss at all) this is not.

That is exactly my reaction. "Oh no what a loss, how will Germany/Australian video game community survive."

Seriously, these are just new shovelware type games. (Just cleverly disguised and have an appeal to more "hardcore" of people.)

Add: Also Xen, I missed you! :P



 

Ruler on 21 September 2016
Xen said:
Ruler said:

why?

Because the market can afford losing games with mediocre gameplay that only have tits and lolitas to sell. 

How do you know have you played it? Starcraft 2 for example has mediocore gameplay it was just a copy and paste of 1 but done 1000 times worse. Most dessapointing game i have played and turned me into a console gamer.

And i could say the same thing about Doom all what it has to sell is gore which is the truth



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Ruler on 21 September 2016
Acevil said:
Xen said:
*looks at gameplay footage*

...yeah, a major loss (or any loss at all) this is not.

That is exactly my reaction. "Oh no what a loss, how will Germany/Australian video game community survive."

Seriously, these are just new shovelware type games. (Just cleverly disguised and have an appeal to more "hardcore" of people.)

Well the Videogame industry is fucked up in both countries there are zero games coming these countries, hmm i wonder why this is?

 

How do you know its shovelware have you played it? nope



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