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Well, it appears that our gaming brethren down Australia way will be able to enjoy Valve’s upcoming zombified sequel Left 4 Dead 2 when the game is released later next month. Of course, because of Australia’s ridiculous censorship laws, which resulted in the game being denied classification last month, it won’t be the same L4D2 that the rest of us will be getting.
As Gamasutra reports, Valve and EA were forced to take a bloodied axe to the game’s violence, and the results aren’t pretty. According to Australia’s classification board’s report, “No wound detail is shown and the implicitly dead bodies and blood splatter disappear as they touch the ground.” In addition, “The game no longer contains pictures of decapitation, dismemberment, wound detail or piles of bodies lying about the environment."
EA also resubmitted the original version of the game, the one that was rejected a few weeks back, and as EA spokesman Cameron Jenkins told Australia’s News.com, “We are waiting until we get the results back from the resubmitted full version, just in case it gets classified after working with the OFLC, we would much prefer to release that one.”
Interestingly, Valve’s Gabe Newell told Kotaku that if the edited version of the game comes out and the unedited version is then approved, Australian gamers will receive a free patch (no word on how much the patch would cost for Xbox 360 players, but I don’t really see how Microsoft could justify charging for it) that will unlock the original version of the game. The Australian Classification Board is expected to hand down its decision on Valve’s appeal on October 22nd.
Australian readers: What’s the chatter been like during this whole Left 4 Dead 2 business? Everyone: Do you think Microsoft will actually force Valve to charge 360 players for a censorship patch should one be released?
Also, if you haven't checked out Abbie's preview of Left 4 Dead 2's recently revealed Scavenge mode, get your zombie-hating eyes on it this instant!
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spicypooptastic
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Bigburito
What about if you download it from steam? I don't think Australia could really do much to valve if they were to release it exclusively over steam since it would have been purchased technically from overseas...
Buckeyes67890
I feel sorry for Australia
backerman
Too bad, Australia sucks. It's good to be an America and you can have whatever you want.
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RRODisBack
If the reviews are good enough I may get this for my PC. You don't need an Xbox to play this game.
mathiasreese
@ftwchriso nope. 360 & PC only.
I don't understand why everyone wouldn't just buy the US/EU version online. Hopefully people that might pick up this version will realize it wasn't meant to be this way.
Sessler's Soapbox made some interesting points about zombie culture. I wonder if this censorship will take away the satisfaction of knowing you have escaped zombie death by any means necessary. It takes away some of the realism and fear of the opponent when they magically disappear. (to me)
Shockwave562
ya Slicky you should have been informed on that one. that's the reason I didn't buy L4D, one of my friends did and we played together a few times but multiplayer games don't appeal to me. it's the same reason I won't bother getting MAG
SlickyFats
Okay I know here comes the thumbs down BUT....
I just bought Left 4 Dead Game of the Year Edition yesterday. I really find it to be a dumb game. I don't understand what the big uproar with the game is. I hate playing online so that aspect doesn't appeal to me, but people assured me it was fun Sp and CoOp..
Sorry still don't like Valves games.
ftwchriso
hallo thar, I be a fan of aots from down under. And a big phat LOL at our countrys rating laws. Really, we are dealt the short end of the stick a lot of the time when it comes to gaming, or just technology advances in general down here. And it's not because our general population is backward, it's because the people in charge are lazzyy and don't consider such things as priority! /rant.
Anyway, that is why I am going to order a US copy for PS3 online!...its coming out on ps3, right!?
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cmdluke
ZOMG valve sux! LFD2 should be free!!!!111!1!11!!!!00000!!!01 0)))11111
greeknerd
That edited version is really going to suck. It would take away so many of the advances that Valve made for the game.
If I was tool I would say first but in all honesty I'll probably end up being fifth. But I would still be a tool.
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