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Topic Started: 12/07/2010 - 09:49 pm (416 Views)
Post #1 12/07/2010 - 09:49 pm SHS_JJEmpire
Both the Australian Classification Board (The Australian equivalent of ESRB) and the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (The German equivalent of ESRB) rated Battalion Wars 2 as a "Mature" game.

Now, sure, the way games are rated in other countries vary...but, what would be required to really make BWii deserving of that "M" rating?

Discuss.
Edited by SHS_JJEmpire, 13/07/2010 - 02:37 am.
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Post #2 12/07/2010 - 10:19 pm ShiroShinigami
Battalion Wars 1 was also rated M
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Post #3 12/07/2010 - 11:29 pm Indie
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Post #4 12/07/2010 - 11:49 pm Mattimeo
They removed blood splatters, bodies exploding, and bodies lying around on the floor from Left 4 Dead in Australia. They have crazy heavy censors.
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Post #5 13/07/2010 - 12:03 am nightmoves
Speaking of ludicrous censorship, did you know that all the human characters in Team Fortress Classic were replaced with robots in Germany?
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Post #6 13/07/2010 - 02:33 am BrandonBandicoot
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This is the keyword here, no more needs to be said. We already expect 20 seismic tons of failure
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Post #7 13/07/2010 - 03:51 am Mattimeo
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Speaking of ludicrous censorship, did you know that all the human characters in Team Fortress Classic were replaced with robots in Germany?
Old news is old.
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Post #8 13/07/2010 - 08:16 am Root Admin
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This is the keyword here, no more needs to be said. We already expect 20 seismic tons of failure


The xenophobia is not welcome here, and really if you want to discuss this, you should have something more insightful to say.
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Post #9 13/07/2010 - 12:12 pm Deleted User
Brandon, i officially hate you now.
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Post #10 13/07/2010 - 12:14 pm Root Admin
I can understand the German ratings agency giving it a mature rating, mainly because within living memory Germany has been ravaged by a war on it's doorstep, and it's country, economy and industry were brought to it's knees and had to be rebuilt from scratch, twice in East Germany's case. So I can see why they'd be a little touchy on the subject.

As for Australia, I can do little else other than blame right wing politicians... I'll say no more on that subject.
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Post #11 13/07/2010 - 04:57 pm Indie
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Brandon, i officially hate you now.
Congratulations.
Please have something that contributes to this topic to say, Admin.

Australia has always been like that with any games, it's a shock GTAIV made its way through, really. I cannot believe BWii got a M rating, mainly because me and my friends laugh at the kid friendly conversations between the commanders on openchat radio.
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Post #12 13/07/2010 - 05:12 pm Root Admin
Looking up Australia's classification list, it actually counts Mature as 15+, the ERSB rated BWii Teen, which is 13+, so there's actually very little variation in the classifications. I would also propose that the reason Australia's ratings are so much stricter, is because Australia's ratings are controlled by their government, whereas the ERSB is part of the government, however it has a large degree of autonomy, and is fairly self-regulating. No Avatar

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Post #13 13/07/2010 - 05:27 pm Deleted User
Indie, please, stop taking shots at me, you could even say the same thing about when JC was telling brandon to not say stuff like that.
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Post #14 14/07/2010 - 03:04 am BrandonBandicoot
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Brandon, i officially hate you now.
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Post #15 14/07/2010 - 04:38 am ShiroShinigami
LMAO Brandon.... you use that picture for the perfect moments
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