Fallout 3 Banned in Australia by Ratings Board
Australian law stipulates that any games rated above MA 15+ cannot be sold or demonstrated, effectively banning Fallout 3 from sale in the country.
It is not yet clear which factors in Fallout 3 prompted the Refused Classification rating from the OLFC, a government agency which rates games and other forms of media similarly to the US-based Entertainment Software Ratings Board.
The Fallout series has regularly incorporated mature elements and themes such as prostitution, drug use, and violent imagery. No details were specified on the OLFC's listing for the game.
Many games slapped with similar ratings have been edited to remove the offending content and resubmitted for rating, such as Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, 360) and Digital Extreme's Dark Sector (PS3, 360).
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MisterPhoton
replyHeh, knowing the Fallout universe, I can think of a few things that could earn Fallout 3 an RC rating:
Violence and Gore
Drug Use
Prostitution-
Yes, but which one tipped them over the edge? :D
"Well, I was cool until those whores showed up!"-
I bet it was the cursing that set it off. "OH NO HE SAID GOD DAMN! RC'D!!!"
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What about the ability to kill children, thieving children. Oh and dogs.
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You can't kill kids in Fallout 3.
http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=856489
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And those elements have been noted in the write-up. Much obliged, Photon.
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