Why I will no longer buy any Telltale games
I live in New Zealand. Telltale has decided not to release these games here because of the backwards ratings laws in Australia. New Zealand is NOT Australia. Just as Canada is not the United States.
Frankly this is pathetic, and short sighted.
Frankly this is pathetic, and short sighted.
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This world is getting too complicated for me. :rolleyes:
Why I don't care that you don't buy any TTG games anymore ....
because I don't
It seems you really wanted to get The Walking Dead for a console and it's not released yet where you are or something. Why don't you buy it on the website for the pc? Why don't you make a UK account for the consoles and buy it over that one? Or are you waiting for the physical version to be in the store??? I don't really get it and I don't care much.
But it seems as long, as you can complain and cry unhappily, you're in fact very happy. As happy, as I am, bullying the whiny little kids in the forum :P
...Oh, wait, they did do that! The PC version of The Walking Dead (along with every other game Telltale's done) can be downloaded off the Telltale Store and Steam regardless of region. You know, in case you needed another reason why PCs are better than consoles.
It sounds a good option.
The thing your countries border on each other literally with a few hours trip between the two's modern cities with that in mind the fact the AUS government is so strict on games runs over to you guys, the same way many of our ratings in America spill to Mexico's and Canada's way of rating things. it's basically in the geopolitical atmosphere that NZ is in by being located by AUS that restricts the gaming market over there. Blame your government for not trying to distance itself from AUS politically and not allowing some great games to come over there, don't blame telltale.
Because politically speaking this could blow up in telltales face if done wrong(say people in AUS start importing it in droves and the government finds out) and the laws in AUS can become WORSE and Telltale could be blamed for all wrong doing in the eyes of the law. so telltale rather than attempt that simply let it go.
Its fantastic that people look through the forum before jumping to conclusions and having a big sulk about things...
Makes sense....
they just feel cranky. i know whats thats like i'm still cranky at Bill Gates for not letting xbox have Sam and Max season 3
I understand the feeling, I just think in this case the anger is misplaced.
Boycotts Do not work that way!
Say what?
Strange censorship laws?
NZ like the US has an R18 rating. It's Australia that has the strange law, not NZ. The op is like myself from NZ.
The op has a valid point about boycotting the game. As posted above, Bryan from TTG has publicly said they will not release a console version here because they don't see the NZ market as big enough to warrant putting the game through our censorship process. Even though it will only cost $1200 USD.
So yes we actually do have every right to bitch at TTG.
And before I am told to get it on PC, my laptop won't run it. I have consoles for gaming.
Other games in my collection with an MA15+ rating
GTA 4 - dealing with killing innocent people, police, drug usage, criminal activity etc
COD - including the zombies mode where you can shoot zombie heads off
Assassins creed series
Hell the Saw movies which are pretty gory where rated MA 15 (well all but 2 of them) and so was the movie Zombieland, Resident Evil etc.
So I really don't know what TTG where concerned with - unless some stuff in future episodes had them worried.
Really? I guess I don't find anything in this game very disturbing or that much more violent than what we would see in an MA 15 movie or game over here.
E.g. of things in movies/TV that are MA 15+ over here:
- Saving Private Ryan - see a guy get blown in half and see his guts hanging out. Guy gets arm blown off and see them walk around and pick it back up.
- Zombieland- countless zombies blown to bits
- TWD TV show - I'm sure everyone has watched this
-Saw movies - too many gory moments to mention - cutting of feet, bullets through guys head (see the empty hole in the guys head), guy burnt alive with acid, Asian guy in first movie getting blown to bits.
I know they see stuff a bit different with games due to the difference from watching it to actually doing the violence.
Guess I'm a bit desensitized to it and don't get offended very easy by swearing or violence.
p.s.: I want pineapple lumps for the advice :P
I think this game didn't get a rating here.
We aren't used to rate games...
Yeah... don't forget repeatedly pounding
No, you do in fact have no "right to bitch at TTG". Well, okay, I guess you have the liberty/freedom of speech/bs, but this ranting is just meaningless.
I have no console and would like to play heavy rain or RDR. And I don't go to the publisher or developer or Sony/MS to complain. I just mention this to show that others can accept such "tragedy".
Think a minute about your 1st world problem...
Technically it isn't even that.
The game could probably get through the Australian classification board with just an M15+ rating (most games do), but it's risky, especially since nobody knows how graphic/censor-worthy the series will get over the next few months.
Instead of taking that chance, and potentially losing a lot of money over nothing, Telltale are waiting until Australia implements an R18+ rating for games (1/1/2013). TWD will definitely get through there, and thus the console version of the game will finally be cost-effective in that region (as opposed to only launching in NZ, which might not be very profitable alone).
I remember the good old German Version Games. Zombies had/still have green blood.
I understand what you are saying regarding Heavy Rain, RDR. However these games were made as Console games. You complaining that you can't play them would be like me complaining that I can't play SWKOTOR, pointless.
This however is different. TWD has been released on console. TTG never submitted the game for fear of rejection in Australia. So subsequently, us Kiwi's can't play TWD on our Consoles, we do have an R18 rating. PC gamers are catered for though, by the dubious and possibly illegal use of steam; they are selling an unrated game in NZ.
This is more like the multiple threads asking for French, German, Italian and Spanish translations. Although our request is much cheaper to implement.
Then there is the relative lack of communication from TTG, there have been two posts in the forums, which needed to be searched out. We weren't told until the day before launch we weren't getting TWD.
And yes I know I can buy from the US Store, my point is if TTG can't be bothered investing in my country, I can't be bothered investing in them.
Personally, i'm very skeptical of that claim after playing the first episode. The violence felt more cartoonish and nothing happened to make me think "Oh god." They're gonna have to
Take this as a challenge TT!
That's your right. But why bother and still coming back here? I don't think that things will change soon and there were some suggestions of how to get the game anyway.
Thats not a good sign. but im sure telltale wont go that far.
The comic tried to break any gory taboo regardless of narrative necessity or coherence. I in fact expect Telltale to achieve far more shock with far less blunt application of repulsive action and imagery than Kirkman's - sad to say - less skillful endeavors in the Governor storyline.
Hopefully THAT will be the challenge for Telltale. Just making it more "hardcore" - any kid could do that.
Rage? I mean common it's not TT fault. Blame your country with there stupid laws and stuff.
Make sense really.
You wont buy Telltale games because their not available in your country.
But why make a post about it?