Australian Classification Board reviewing We Happy Fews Ban
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The Australian Classification Board is reviewing its ban on We Happy Few's release after its it refused classification for the game.
Kotaku Australia explains the review comes after an appeal as the game was initially banned in the country due to apparently incentivising drug use in the context of the game.
The Classification Board's report stated "A player that takes Joy can reduce gameplay difficulty, therefore receiving an incentive by progressing though the game quickly." The appeal argues that drug use in the game is portrayed as negative, as it's used to control a dystopian society rather than a simple player benefit.
The Board will meet on July 3, and has opened up public submissions for anyone who wants to stand "as an interested party to this review", though it will only be taking submissions specifically regarding We Happy Few rather than classification policies.
http://au.ign.com/articles/2018/06/26/australian-ratings-board-reviewing-we-happy-fews-ban
Man this is promising, if this gets classified and not censored, I wonder what this could mean for the future of games involving Drugs.
It would be a decent start, but if would be better if they got rid of this nonsense about censoring games full stop. Unless the game is CP there is zero reason to ban a game instead of putting it in the R18+ category.
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