![]() Interactive illicit or proscribed drug use that is detailed and realistic is not permitted.ĭetailed instruction in the use of proscribed drugs. violence with a very high degree of impact which are excessively frequent, prolonged, detailed or repetitive.”ĭrug use related to incentives and rewards is not permitted. Under RC: “Implied sexual violence related to incentives and rewards.”Īlso, in the current guidelines the phrase “excessive violence” doesn’t appear anywhere the closest to that is under RC: “Implied sexual violence that is visually depicted, interactive, not justified by context or related to incentives or rewards is not permitted.” “Actual sexual violence is not permitted.” Here’s what the current guidelines say for sexual violence in the R 18+ games category: “Gratuitous, exploitative or offensive depictions of. Because the RC guidelines state, among other things: ![]() How tough would the censors have been on this? Dunno. “Sexual violence may be implied, if justified by context.” It doesn’t say anywhere that sexual violence in games was banned under the old pre-R 18+ guidelines. The only mention of sexualised violence in both guidelines is in the X 18+ category which is films only of course (and it’s obviously banned from X 18+), and in the List of Terms. Here’s the old, pre-R 18+ games guidelines which were combined with film guidelines into a single document: Here’s the current games classification guidelines: That said, the Wiki article does tend to simplify by stating the more conservative of the two.īy “sexualised violence” do you mean sexual violence? regarding “violence” – R for films simply states “violence is permitted, sexual violence may be implied, if justified by context” – R for games still has extra constraints on the allowable impact of violence alone: “High impact violence that is, in context, frequently gratuitous, exploitative and offensive to a reasonable adult will not be permitted.”). ![]() borderline RC – which meant DLC could be potentially push it over the line (and because DLC was often never submitted for classification, the end result would be a game that no longer fit into the MA category.)Īnd the wikipedia page is a little misleading – the legislation for classification of film and computer games are still separate, and have different limitations towards the top-end (eg. But those games that were “slightly edited” would almost always end up at the top end of the MA rating – ie. And I’ve got no problem with anything getting moved up where deserved (and Gears was most certainly deserved). I agree that a lot of people think it was a major problem because it was widespread, however imo it was a major problem because it was happening at all.
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