yeah This has shitted me abit,
But hey, Dark Sector was banned (recently Raped and unbanned) and i have a copy of that from ebay,
PLUS it was cheaper than if i bought it retail.
Moral of the story,
When Australia's rating systems and the global market tries to rape you, Order it online.

Yeah that's gay but just order it online

Just as a matter of interest, do you guys in australia have violent films shunned too or are they just targeting video games because of politicians who are looking for some sort of argument get stuck into?

just videogames, Films are fine, although at the moment there is this whole deal going on about child nudity in photography, but that is another issue completely.
As i recall, They were trying to bring the R Rating in, And the Christian representitives and the porn industry were both working towards the same goal. But i think there is one minister who opposes it in nsw and so it hasn't gone ahead.

I just fucken hope us in New Zealand don't get this because of your stupid rating like we did with the censored Grand Theft Auto IV. And no the 360 isn't region free I'm afraid. If New Zealand still gets it then you could just order from us haha.

was FO2 banned there? because it had far more suggestive drugs then morphine(though i was kind of hoping fo3 would too)

As i recall, They were trying to bring the R Rating in, And the Christian representitives and the porn industry were both working towards the same goal.

???

was FO2 banned there? because it had far more suggestive drugs then morphine(though i was kind of hoping fo3 would too)

Did Fallout 2 even get a European release?

Anyways, I was reading a recent interview about "suggestive material" in Fallout 3 and I'm kind of sad they took out child killing.  Not that I would actually go around murdering chillins in game (atleast, not in the first playthrough) but one of the appealing factors of Fallout is how everyone was mortal.  Fallout 3's important NPCs can't be killed (knocked out) and you can shoot children but they instantly run away and pretty much everyone in a 10 mile radius turns hostile.

But it makes sense when you think about it.  There's nothing more frustrating than screwing yourself for the rest of the game because you killed an important character by accident and EVERYONE in Fallout turned hostile if you attacked someone, even a fucking badguy or bandit.

???

Did Fallout 2 even get a European release?

I thought I read that some region got a censored fallout, where the only change was that all the children were removed from the game.

???

Christians were saying there should be an R rating for games,
Porn industry were saying there should be an R rating for games,
its like one of the few times both groups have agreed on the same thing

Fallout 2 was Released in Australia
which makes this even more hilarious.
But I'm still annoyed that they find no fault with the violence. Only fault with drug use in the game.
I read a comment somewhere that went,
Shooting up 10 times and making your head explode = ban
Shooting 10 people with a gun and making their heads explode = achievement.

I thought I read that some region got a censored fallout, where the only change was that all the children were removed from the game.

Yeah, this is what happened. The annoying thing was they could still pickpocket you even if they were made invisible. Awesome.

This is another crock of shit. The Australian ratings system is boned and I was incredibly keen for this game. Couldn't they have just changed the drug names?

I know it's not going to do much but I'm going to write a letter just because.

Its also a shame they took out child killing.

good lord this sentence this sentence

I never knew Australia was this anal about this kinda stuff.

yeah we're actually pretty bad about it!

lots of games get censored or refused classification since we still don't have the R rating (as others have said). Mark Ecko's Getting Up was banned because of its graffiti content (regardless of the fact that it was hardly a big success). we get some films cut or banned in some areas; the same goes for some books.
but mostly: we have some really restrictive internet laws--in theory. a lot of them aren't actually practiced. that said, plans to censor the net are underway. THANKS MR PRIME MINISTER THIS IS WHY WE VOTED FOR YA. we wanted this more that reconciliation with the indigenous population or the troops sent home or lower taxes anyway.

yeah country sucks there's no-one cool here everyone's a dong (except me).

first the stolen generations and now they're banning fallout 3?!?!

get a grip australia

rudd's a dud.

Australian Fallout 1+2 still had children in it.
The internet Censorship keeps failing Because a kid keeps documenting how to hack their filters in under half an hour. And they were trying to get an ISP based filter system going but it was rejected because it slows down the internet too much.

Mark Ecko's Getting Up was a shame, i wouldn't have minded playing it, And graffiti art should be incouraged over those shitty tags that everyone just flashes up as quick as they can.
Melbourne and sydney have some FUCKING AWESOME graffiti art.

Haha, holy shit this is terrible. Here's hoping the US 360 version isn't region-locked (I'll probably just buy it for PC though).

Man I live in a terrible country.