heh it takes away the only good point of the game then: the gore.

anyone remembers german Soldier of Fortune: Double Helix?

They thought it would be funny to shoot robots instead of humans, with all kinds of stuff falling instead of blood.

fail.

On the upside, at least they're being more specific about what's changed in the re-release. Somebody learned something from MH2.

@Erik

I can see the other side of that issue


Making the violence less realistic makes it easier to differentiate it from fiction, also kids might be desensitized more if the violence was very realistic.

Not that I agree with that I'm just parroting what I think is their arguments.

"Okay, so what would be the point of playing the game then?"

That's the kind of thinking that got SoF banned in the first place. If a game is a dismemberment sim above anything else, it kind of scares people.

This kinda defeats the fun of Soldier of Fortune haha.

They basically killed what makes this game stand out. SoF isn't a great game on its own (it's not bad, but with Half-Life and CoD 4 around, I don't think people will buy it because of the FPS action itself), but the blood and gore made it kinda funny. It becomes kinda like those slasher comedy films, very violent and very funny.

I am of the opinion that if it isn't child pornography, it shouldn't be banned. Just rate it or put a warning label on and let us adults decide what we want.

Amen jds

Benn a way for a while, when I come back pandarish is not only acting like jack, he's starting to sounds exactly like him what with lacing every third word with hatred and hyperbole

@zippydsmlee,

I see it more as sucking up to those governments now, and trying to inch further and further to what google/yahoo wants later.

Besides, when it's "my way or you have no way of reaching our billions of people highway," you do what you can.

@ pandralisk
You're officially retarded, coming from a "fellow" non-christian.
@GP
is hate speech a bannable offense?

@Pandralisk

Just for fun, do you think you could possibly do one post without using the terms "bible-thumping" or "rape"? Just curious.

Where is the love?

Austrailia will never get a Mature rating- this is the country where Santa Claus isn't allowed to say "ho ho ho" because it might offend women.

@ Pandralisk

"Who needs censorship when the industry rapes itself and its customers of content? "

What does that even mean? How do you "rape" something of content?

Could you try to find a different analogy - rape has a specific meaning that I don't like to see belittled.

Who's the Soldier of Fortune getting payback against, anyway (besides the hundred people he blew into little bits in the gameplay trailer I watched)? I never played the first one(s), so I really don't know anything about the plot.

I'm not saying the game was specifically about dismemberment, but I do believe the ability to shoot off arms and legs "realistically" (from what I saw it was quite over the top and unbelievable dismemberment) was something that drew people to the franchise.

@Pandralisk

Rape involves the removal of physical autonomy, true, and censorship involves the removal of artistic autonomy, but it's still a somewhat crude and inappropiate analogy in my view. I know a lot of people throw around the word rape like it means nothing, but I and others generally find it distasteful.

Somehow, though, I don't think you will stop using that analogy because Ed asked you to.

@Tim Kowalenko

Good luck with that. Both the Liberal and Labor party has stated they are not looking to review the games rating system any time soon. On the other hand,there are a couple of pollies who have given a bit of attention to the games industry:

http://gamepolitics.com/2007/07/07/aussie-govt-called-on-to-get-behind-g...

@Pandralisk:
Church does not play such an important part in politics over here. The vast majority of Australians are atheist. I don't think I've ever heard Howard or Rudd state they were doing something driven by their religious views. Please leave your personal agenda elsewhere.

@aspeaker:
Thanks for the stereotype. In betwen bouts of violent anger and murdering innocent people like the descendant of a criminal that I am, I like to also have my freedom of choice removed over the games I play. /sarcasm I could make stereotypes about America just being a redneck British Colony, but this is not the forum for offensive stereotypes. Pandralisk has that base covered.

:)

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