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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Hotline Miami: Midnight Animal - August 16
 
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Yechezkel
Oct 5, 2004
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PS3 and Vita versions were patched today. The glitched trophies Dog Lover and Let In Some Air are now achievable.

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Yechezkel
Oct 5, 2004
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Guess who refused to rate Hotline Miami 2? :australia:

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An implied rape scene has made Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number too offensive for Australian audiences, says the local Classification Board. The latest from Dennaton and Devolver has been Refused Classification (effectively banned), and will not be released Down Under.

UPDATE: The Classification Board has gotten back to us with a copy of the Hotline Miami 2 report, which explains that the game has been Refused Classification for an implied rape scene.

The following excerpt may be offensive to some readers:
In the sequence of game play footage titled Midnight Animal, the protagonist character bursts into what appears to be a movie set and explicitly kills 4 people, who collapse to the floor in a pool of copious blood, often accompanied by blood splatter. After stomping on the head of a fifth male character, he strikes a female character wearing red underwear. She is knocked to the floor and is viewed lying face down in a pool of copious blood. The male character is viewed with his pants halfway down, partially exposing his buttocks. He is viewed pinning the female down by the arms and lying on top of her thrusting, implicitly raping her (either rear entry or anally) while her legs are viewed kicking as she struggles beneath him. This visual depiction of implied sexual violence is emphasised by it being mid-screen, with a red backdrop pulsating and the remainder of the screen being surrounded by black.

We're warned that this is not a complete list of the offensive content featured in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.

The Australian Classification Guidelines explicitly forbid sexualised violence in video games, so it's no surprise that this scene has caused issues with the censorship board. We are still waiting to hear back from Dennaton and Devolver about whether or not the developer or publisher will be appealing the decision or submitting a modified version of the game.

I thought they were going to take that scene out after complaints.

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Yechezkel
Oct 5, 2004
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Another response from one of the devs

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Following the Australian Classification Board's recent decision to refuse classification to Hotline Miami 2, effectively barring the game from sale in the country, designer Jonatan Söderström has a piece of advice for people affected by the decision: "Just pirate it!"
Söderström's suggestion came in response to an e-mail from a concerned Hotline Miami fan, who asked if there was a way for him to obtain and pay for the game given the board's decision. "If it ends up being not released in Australia, just pirate it after release," Söderström wrote in reply. "No need to send us any money, just enjoy the game!"

The response was subsequently screencapped, posted to reddit, and confirmed as authentic by representatives of Devolver Digital. "He’s said similar things in the past and yes, I can confirm he wants people to enjoy the game," a Devolver Digital PR rep told Ars. "That was him," Devolver tweeted by way of further confirmation through the fictional Fork Parker CFO account.
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Yechezkel
Oct 5, 2004
Fun Shoe

psychoJ posted:

10 AM on Steam, dunno about PSN.

PSN versions should go up between 10am to 1pm Pacific / 1pm to 4pm Eastern in North American region,
and Wednesday on either midnight GMT or early afternoon GMT in European region.

One small warning: there is a PlayStation Plus discounted price of $13.49 for it during launch week, and sometimes, PSN will put up a game before its PS+ discount goes into effect. If that happens and you want the PS+ price, you'll probably have to wait 15-30 minutes until the PS+ discount shows up.

Flayer posted:

Can you even pre-order this on PSN?
No pre-order went up.

Yechezkel fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Mar 10, 2015

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