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Disco Elysium: The Final Cut refused classification in AustraliaBecause it depicts: “matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, and violence”
Because it depicts: “matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, and violence”
The Australian Classification Board are at it again with their strict rules, and this time around the detective RPGDisco Elysiumis on the chopping block. The game’s new edition The Final Cut is set to launch on March 30th, adding new quests and additional voice acting. However, unless developers ZA/UM make a few changes to censor or cut the content Australia don’t like, it won’t be released down under.
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I mean, yeah, the game does have those things in them, but it’s largely about dealing with those sorts of destructive behaviours.
“It is not a game about youth and heroism, conquest and vengeance, triumph or power,“Alec wrote. “It is a game about confronting one’s own wreckage. It is a game not about regrets, but about how shameful those regrets are, how destructive they are. It is a game about challenging regrets, and building something new from the wreckage. It is a mirror I cannot turn away from.”
The Australian Classification Board tend to hold issue with games depicting any sort of drug use. They madeFallout 3change rename real-life drugs to fake ones, andLife Is Strange 2 was removed from digital stores in Ausafter an episode with drug use came out too. In 2018,they also banned We Happy Fewfrom being sold in the country, taking issue with the game’s fake drug “Joy”. That game managed to end up with an R18+ age rating in Aus, rather than the ban, after the devs appealed the ruling.
I’ve reached out to ZA/UM to ask about the classification refusal, and will keep you posted if they respond. It seems likely all this is coming out now because they’re trying to get the game classified for consoles, as the The Final Cut is set to launch on Nintendo Switch, the PlayStations and the Xboxes next week.
Disco Elysium: The Final Cutcomes out March 30thon Steam,GOG, andthe Epic Games Store. It’ll be a free update to the base game if you already own it.
It’s unclear what all this classification business will mean for Aussies who already own the game on PC. I feel like it would be strange if they didn’t get the update seeing as the game already exists there, but then again, the Australian Classification Board make a lot of strange choices.
