The decision seems to have been made largely due to not only the high impact violence, but the way that violence is inflicted on human characters, with the classification board saying there was ”insufficient delineation between the depiction of general zombie figures and the human figures, as opposed to the clearly fictional 'infected' characters".
However, a “heavily altered edition” of the game will be available under the MA rating, which removes the "depictions of decapitation, dismemberment, wound detail, or piles of dead bodies lying about the environment."
The decision once again seems to focus on the game’s impact on children, with the board expressing concern as to how the violence may affect young people. Not to beat a dead horse, but if Australia had an R rating, the Board wouldn’t have to consider how this game may affect 15-year-old children as it would only be available to people aged 18 and over. Instead, Australians will now have to make do with a heavily edited version of the game.
Left 4 Dead 2 is scheduled for release on the Xbox 360 and PC on November 17.
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