Fallout 3 Unbanning Official; No Drugz
- Scribbled on August 13th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in ESRB/Ratings, Industry News, Legal Brief, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, RPG, Sony PlayStation 3, WTF
GameSpot has confirmed that Fallout 3 is officially unbanned in Australia, with compromises, which we’d reported on August 3rd.
GameSpot AU has contacted the Classification Board, with a spokeswoman saying Fallout 3’s resubmitted version was passed by the board because “the reward and incentive” for in-game drug use had been significantly toned down. No further detail was available, however, on what exactly had been changed in the game.
In the Classification Board’s original ruling on Fallout 3, the board stated that “the game contains the option to take a variety of drugs known as chems using a device which is connected to the character’s arm. These chems have postive and some negative effects (lowering of intelligence, or the character may become addicted to the chem). The positive effects include increase in strength, stamina, resistance to damage, agility, and hit points. Corresponding with the list of various chems are small visual representations of the drugs; these include syringes, tablets, pill bottles, a crack-type pipe, and blister packs. In the Board’s view, these realistic visual representation of drugs and their delivery method bring the ’science-fiction’ drugs in line with ‘real-world’ drugs. The player can also select and use Morphine (a proscribed drug) which has the positive effect of enabling the character to ignore limb pain when the character’s extremities are targeted by the enemy.”
Australia, get a freakin’ 18+ rating already.
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