across the world! 6. Mortal Kombat X. You know what? I dont think this one needs to be explained. Graphic shots of bones and flesh splintering
and shattering under high-impact trauma are probably a bit too gory.
Or final execution moves such as tearing a
victims spine out and proceeding to beat them to death with it while they scream and
whimper in terrified agony is another example. Mortal Kombat X isnt a game that pulls
punches. The developers probably started out with the
question of, How far can we take this?. The series has always attracted the attention
and ire of both moral guardians and authority figures, and the developers seem to revel
in the controversy theyve caused over the years.
Most of the fears revolve around the presumed
risk of copycat violence amongst teenagers. Because of course, once youve seen a character
tearing apart a scantily-clad lizard-man by his legs as if he were an especially large
wishbone, you really cant wait to try it out yourself in real life. Along with the gore, theres also a bit
of concern and outrage over the depiction of females within the games over the years. Despite the best efforts of both the developers
and their detractors, however, Mortal Kombat X is still widely available.
Except of course for Germany, who dont
seem to appreciate the vividly detailed fatalities. Japan also takes a dim view on these aspects
and has banned the game for many of the same reasons. Oh well. At least they still have Tekken.
5. Left 4 Dead 2 When you think of game studios that specialize
in hardcore gore, Valve is unlikely to come to mind. Thats actually a strange thing in hindsight,
considering that theyve developed some of the most violent video games in history. Valve isnt particularly shy about exposing
the lets just call it inner workings of their characters to us.
The release of Left 4 Dead 2 however, probably
took things a bit too far. Therere the additions of upgraded guns,
explosives, and just generally weapons of mass destruction. And for the first time in the series, it was
actually possible, and indeed quite common, to blow or cut off the limbs, heads, torsos,
and pretty much whatever else you can think of off the zombies. It certainly fit in with the gameplay, so
it wasnt really all that remarkable to gamers experienced with the genre.
But somewhere on the other side of the world,
actually, to be more specific, in the land down under known as Australia, this game wasnt
quite well received. The sight of a disemboweled zombies chest
cavity sailing across the horizon trailing a line of twitching intestines like a smoke
trail caused a few people within Australia to say no to this gem of a game. That might be a little unfair. Australia wasnt theonly country to refuse
classification to this games initial release.
Germany got in on the action too, citing that
they sensed quote a strong cynical attitude behind the games concept and that the game
as a whole trivialized violence. Which, lets be a little honest here, is
probably true. Anyway, Valve was forced to develop a patch
for the game which removed or censored a significant portion of the games explicit content if
they wanted the game to be released. Twitching piles of quivering zombie-flesh
were turned into loose, bloodless ragdolls, and the weapons no longer generated significant
wounds or giant splatters of fluid.
The game was eventually made available for
sale in Australia and Germany. Australia actually introduced an advanced
age rating which allowed the original, unmodified version of Left 4 Dead 2 to be sold to Australian
consumers, but Germany continues to ban the advertisement and sale of the unmodified game,
and customs officers apparently regularly confiscate unmodified imported copies. 4. Postal 2 This wonderful gem of a game, Postal 2, boasts
innovative features such as the ability to insert a cat onto the barrel of a gun as an
impromptu silencer and a dedicated p*ss button, its no surprise that most moral authorities
got a teeny bit upset.
New Zealand took things a step further however. Citing the obscene nature of the game
and the excessive level of violence within the game, they banned it. And when New Zealand bans a game, They REALLY
ban a game. Distributing, buying or even possessing Postal
2 is a criminal offense, referred to as quote, Possessing objectionable publications with
knowledge, and could cost you up to fifty thousand dollars or result in a prison sentence
of up to ten years.
Up to ten years. For just owning the game! Yep. New Zealand really doesnt like Postal. Perhaps ironically, Postal 2 is a game that
antagonizing players into acts of violence.
According to both the developers and defenders
of the Postal series, the game is designed to be possible to complete without actually
resorting to violence. Players are gradually goaded into violence
when presented with irritations such as as obnoxious individuals cutting in line in front
of the player or being forced to pay off some ridiculous parking fine in the game. But despite all this, theoretically, its
entirely possible to complete the game without directly killing anyone. Postal 2 has received several expansions and
continues to be regularly updated by developers, even after over ten years from its initial
release.
The expansions add aspects such as doomsday
cults, post-apocalyptic wastelands and a slew of new weapons. Unsurprisingly, the ban still stands. Remember, its only as violent as you areas
the game says. Carmageddon From old bans to really old bans, Carmageddon
caused one of the oldest controversies in gaming history.
The objective of the game is relatively simple. The player races from point A to point B,
attempting to get the fastest time. Or, if theyre feeling a little creative,
they can instead opt to literally take out the competition, by quote wrecking them. If the player is unsuccessful at taking out
the competition, they can just run over all the pedestrians they can find.
That last part about running over pedestrians
went down about as well as youd expect it to. Moral authorities were outraged about little
pixel men screaming and exploding into bloody smears, and the game was refused classification,
which is always the fanciest way of saying banned in several countries. In response to this, the game was swiftly
patched. The pedestrians were replaced with robots
and aliens, spewing out black and green fluids after being run over instead.
Because when its zombies, its totally
okay, right? These bans were eventually overturned, likely
due to the fact that the original Carmageddon is fairly tame by todays standards. There were several sequels, and a modern reboot
is available as Carmageddon: Reincarnation, which was funded through Kickstarter and released
in 2015. Predictably, the gameplay is as tame and family
friendly as its ever been. God of War 3 Now when it comes to the God of War series,
youd sort of assume that the spectacle of a very angry man wearing kabuki makeup
tearing the limbs off of various mythical deities and alternating between beating the
whatever creature he wants to death with them and inserting the soggy ends into the twitching
corpses would likely get banned for being juuuuuuust a smidge violent.
But youd be wrong! It turns out that several Middle Eastern countries
objected to the use of the word God in the title. Yes, really. In a literal case of the pen being considered
to be mightier than the wrist-mounted chain swords, the governments of both the United
Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia opted to ban the game because of its title. Oh, and because Greek deities were portrayed
within the game, which may or may not have been offensive.
There may have also been salacious sexy-times
in one or more of the titles. Everything else is okay, such as nudity and
group sex within the game. No big deal. The God of War series was not banned in Greece
however.
Apparently the Greeks are perfectly okay with
depictions of their ancient gods and titans having heads torn off by Krusty the Clowns
psychotic cousin. What a funny old world we live in. The games remain banned in the affected countries,
though theres reportedly a fairly solid black market for their sale. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Ahh, the good ol Grand Theft Auto series,
where you can basically do whatever the h*ll (censor hell) you want to do.
For those of you that have never had the pleasure
of playing the series, its basically a driving game, where you complete missions
and have the ability to do basically whatever you want in the game. Things such as eating in restaurants, or maybe
attacking killing a few people, or maybe visiting a girlfriend. New additions to GTA San Andreas include missions
such as burglary missions or pimping missions. But the biggest complaint was the hot coffee
mod that the developers included.
Basically the mod portrays sex between the
main character, CJ, and his chosen in-game girlfriend. CJ can actually date up to six girlfriends,
and carry out various "date missions" in order to improve his relationship with any one of
his particular girlfriends. I wonder why they stopped at 6?! Once CJ has become particularly close to a
girlfriend, she may end the date by inviting him into her house for ahem "coffee". In the censored version of the game, an exterior
view of the girlfriend's house is seen while muffled voices of CJ and his girlfriend having
coffee is heard.
However, the Hot Coffee mod replaces this
with a mini-game which allows the player to actually enter the girlfriend's bedroom and
control Carl's actions during sex, with the same controls as dancing. Uh..This is way too much like real life. The mini-game's discovery attracted considerable
controversy from lawmakers and politicians, prompting the game to be re-assessed with
an "Adults Only" rating within the US and refused classification in Australia. Guess not everyones a coffee fan out there! Command and Conquer: Generals Sometimes, games get banned because theyre
full of gory, cruel violence.
Other times theyre considered to be tasteless
and raunchy and some of them are just dumb enough to piss off China, like this game. Take, for example, the popular real time strategy
series Command and Conquer. This is a video game series thats silly
enough to have split itself into two distinct series because of a mixture of time-travel
shenanigans and plot holes in the original games. Considering the presence of haunted robot-controlled
giant squids bearing communist insignias, its not exactly what youd call historically
accurate, but that seemed to change with the latest release in the series.
Unlike previous entries to the Command and
Conquer series, Generals seemed to be at least slightly realistic. Stripped of most of the series staple sci-fi
silliness and featuring three factions full of relatively realistic units and no weird
green crystal thingies, the game was actually pretty well received. Unfortunately, one of those factions was the
Peoples Liberation Army, or more commonly known as Chinas army. Themed heavily around overwhelming force and
nuclear weaponry, the Chinese faction was not portrayed in a manner that might be referred
to as culturally sensitive.
Propaganda towers providing beneficial enhancements
and nerdy-voiced hackers performing cybercrime as the factions endgame economy didnt
help either. Oh yeah, having the player assault and destroy
several of Chinas commercial and structural landmarks utilizing flame tanks probably really
put the nail in the coffin of the Chinese release. Understandably, none of the other games in
the series have portrayed China in enough of a slanderous light to draw the ire of the
countrys government officials since Generals. Heres whats next!.
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