No classification for Dark Sector in Australia

by Justin McElroy { Feb 14th 2008 at 11:10AM }

We've been kind of milquetoast on Dark Sector, the first "next gen" game ever announced, for reasons ranging from its completely uninspiring title to ... well, it's basically the title. But now that the game has been denied a rating by Australian classification board the OFLC, we're totally in to it.

How could they not see how their plan would backfire? Check this line from their report: "When Hayden cuts off his opponent's limb with the glaive, large amounts of blood spray forth from the stump and the injured person screams in agony which increases the impact." Umm, we'd like to write something about how awesome that sounds, but we're a little busy pre-ordering eight copies. IGN guesses the game will be softened and resubmitted, but unless they're going to insist that the stumps are actually spraying strawberry preserves, it sounds like they have a lot of work ahead of them.

Tags: australia, banning, dark-sector, oflc

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

xFenixKnightx @ Feb 14th 2008 11:15AM

Sounds bloody sweet!!! Ive had my eye on this one and cant wait till then end on March. Still curious about the multiplayer component though.

baby sea tuna @ Feb 14th 2008 11:20AM

SOLD!

blakbuzzrd @ Feb 14th 2008 11:29AM

Props to Justin for the Krull reference.

Zoot Suit Jedi @ Feb 14th 2008 1:04PM

Much like a train wreck, I cannot help but watch Krull when its on the tele.

ViagraFiend @ Feb 14th 2008 11:29AM

Yep, looks like I'm buying it day 1 now. Thanks OFLC! These guys should review all of our games.

"When Hayden cuts off his opponent's limb with the glaive, large amounts of blood spray forth from the stump and the injured person screams in agony which increases the impact."

Thats just....poetry.

baby sea tuna @ Feb 14th 2008 11:33AM

Serously. I think this company should at least quote those guys on the back of the game box.

Ben @ Feb 14th 2008 11:41AM

Why must morons like Fox News and Jack Thompson ruin games. If the ESRB wants to give it an AO rating, so what. Maybe Manhunt 2 could have been a decent game if they didn't have to work with so many limitations (and I'm not referring to the horrid graphics, come on... the Wii and even PS2 are so much more capable than Manhunt 2 graphics). This game is guaranteed to go under the butcher's knife, get all the meat removed (aka, the good parts of the game), and only be left with the fatty parts (aka, the parts that most people don't want to eat). Never really been paying much attention to this game, so I don't know much about it, but, I can say that much will be true.