 Australia's
Classification Board has explained why it banned the upcoming horror-shooter
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Games On Net says the censor deemed the violent content high in impact
and unsuitable for a minor to play, citing as examples a nail gun that
can be used to pin bad guys to walls, after which they will fall to the ground
in a bloody mass, and a sniper rifle that will tear bodies apart at close
range.
[The protagonist] uses his sub machine gun to explicitly bisect an enemy, the
two parts of the body lying separately on the ground, with copious blood spray,
the board noted in one specific example of in-game action it used to back up its
decision. There are also a number of explicit close range decapitations
involving both human and mutant creatures. The decapitations are the result of
close-up throat slashing from behind and close-up gunshots to the throat.
The copious blood spray covers walls, objects and even the game's
camera lens, while partially-dismembered corpses and severed heads also
feature prominently.
The ratings board also blamed the game's enhanced graphics and
realistic behavior of human and mutant foes for the decision, which it said
heightened the impact of the violence to the point where it cannot be
accommodated at the MA15+ classification.
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