Simply put, Germany's video game rating board is strict. They're the same group that refused to give a ratings to both Dead Rising and Gears of War which means these games cannot be openly sold on store shelves in Germany. Now it looks like Crackdown has become the third 360 victim of the German ratings board's wrath as they refuse to rate it too. It could just be us, but Crackdown is no Gears of War in terms of violence. True, we have yet to play the game, but from the videos and screenshots that we've seen, it doesn't look all that violent or twisted. Personally, we think the German ratings board just gets tired after months and months of non-stop game rating sessions. So, they randomly decide to not rate a game to make it a short work week. In their eyes not rating Crackdown for some quality vacation time ... it just makes sense. (Note: This isn't how Germany decides to rate games as their vacation time doesn't depend on how many games they rate ... or so we think.)
[Via Joystiq]
