Syndicate banned in Australia

Another game with a higher level of effort and direction above the competition falls victim to the r18 rating system in this country, a country where words like "the land where you can do what you like" and "free country" come to mind.... Yer right!

Syndicate has sufferd the same condemned fate as the legendary MK9, a franchise loved by me and millions of others around the world for many years..

This law is stupid, as we all including the government know.
Things like "inappropriate for children" and "it makes people violent" is Australia's defence to the questions frequently asked by the adult gaming community, which is just not good enough!

Don't get me wrong, I completely agree that 'children' should not interact or see these games, but to be honest, who am I to say what people should or shouldn't do when it comes to video games, it's up to them, but from the 1/1/12 - 15/1/12 there was around 14 drive by shootings in my area, so I think violence is not a far cry from what Australians are used too..

With movies like 'scarface', 'blood in blood out' and 'menace II society' (some of my favorites) in arms reach of anybody of the APPROPRIATE age, it is just ridiculous that us adults at this stage of evolution cannot buy a F*$@ing video game!

I too was thinking to myself about how much I was missing out on with mk9, and pretty much gave up all hope, now I play it with a smile on my face, and with a feeling of fulfillment and completeness, and I have my copy of syndicate preorderd and awaiting the 24th to again feel my serotonin levels reach capacity!!

Put it this way, when Australia says no! You know it is going to be a kick ass game!
The more brutal the better, right!?
That is today's demand, we want more realism, authenticity and VIOLENCE, and what comes with this is more effects like dismemberment and gore, that is what aus does not understand.

Neatherrealm studios (mk9) and starbreeze (syndicate) will not clean there games up, because they have built it around these features, not the other way around, and doing so would bring the experience down so low that it would damage their product, not to mention the cost..

Anyway the choice is yours people, sit around and wait for the government to finally run out of places to run and hide from the issue ( at this rate we will all be dead ) or get it and play it like you should be with/without the r18 rating, adults are just sitting there watching time go by, game after game censored or banned for a law that does not involve us either way..

We only live once. The choice is yours .