“depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena” that would offend what most adults would consider standards of morality and decency.”
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You’ll still have the game in your library and it’ll still patch as per normal - but if the game is pulled from sale, it’ll just not be visible to Australian users and new accounts won’t be able to buy the game. And by the time Disco Elysium hits the Switch, all this absurdity might be over.Īs for those who already have Disco Elysium on PC, the ban shouldn’t affect you at all.
But you could still grab it through, say, the American eShop. Hotline Miami Collection was available for Australians for a short while, until Nintendo quickly pulled it from sale for Aussies. You can still buy Disco Elysium on Steam for PC, and if you want it on consoles the Switch might be your best shot later this year. That said, Hotline Miami is a good reminder of how these things can play out. I didn’t get an answer to that at the time of writing, and I’m yet to hear from ZA/UM or their PR representatives on whether they’re going to challenge the Australian ban (or if they will take the Hotline Miami approach). I emailed the Classification Board to ask whether ZA/UM, or a representative on their behalf, has applied to have the decision overturned. Not that it would have helped: secret quests and achievements for taking drugs, which explicitly can be of benefit in passing certain skill checks, was never going to pass Australian guidelines. It seems Disco Elysium: The Final Cut has specifically added extra text and audio to point out that there’s a speed button now, which the original game didn’t have. They are proscribed drugs, as specified in Schedule 4 of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations. “Speed” is a common street name for stimulant drugs, particularly those from the amphetamine drug family (including methamphetamine). This is good before a White Check – but damages your Morale.” The “Tutorial Agent” explains through text and audio that: “In the bottom right corner of the screen there’s a SPEED button! It gives +1 to MOTORIC skills: Perception, Reaction Speed, Hand/Eye Coordination, Savoir Faire, Interfacing and Composure. The text also appears in the panel on the right side of the screen. The sign is followed by a sign reading “Secret Task Complete: Find Speed and Sniff It +30 Experience”. A sign reading “Damaged Morale -1” appears on screen following the depiction. A yellow effect frames the screen and the sign “Motorics Raised” appears on screen as a yellow tint flashes over the screen and a sniffing sound is heard as the player character is depicted bending backwards with the pill bottle positioned against their face. It tastes bitter and caustic, and stings a bit inside your nose.” The text is accompanied by narration. The text description explains, “You raise the Preptide bottle, press one nostril closed, and inhale *furiously* with the other. In a distant rear perspective an orange pill bottle is raised to the player-character’s face as they lean forward. In one sequence the player is able to select an option to use a stimulant by selecting “Okay, my body is ready. Accompanying text explains that the substance user effects include “+1 Motorics” and “-1 Morale” and the item description reads, “How convenient! Someone has equipped this tiny bottle of amphetamines with a straw. Players are able to access a number of items in their inventory including a substance called “Speed ‘Saint-Batiste ‘Preptide!’” depicted as a pill bottle with white triangular pills next to it and accompanied by text which explains the substance user effects include “+1 Motorics” and “-1 Morale”, as well as an item called “Speed Bottle” depicted as a brown bottle with a straw inserted into it. It then outlines the Games 1(a) clause again, and outlines a few examples of precisely how Disco Elysium violates Australia’s refused classification guidelines: The game also contains in-game purchases in the form of the purchase of objects,” the report begins. “ contains online interactivity in the form of integration with the streaming platform Twitch, which allows stream viewers to vote on what dialogue options the player should choose. Interestingly, the first thing the Classification Board’s report mentions is a new feature.
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