The multiplayer zombie survival game DayZ was banned from publication in Australia, due to the refusal of the Australian Classification Council to classify the title.
DayZ was officially released in late 2018, but a physical edition of the game will be released this year. However, if the leaderboard refuses to give the title an age rating, you will not be able to get a physical release in Australia. Not only that, but the board is also looking for the game to be sold digitally.
But what faulty characteristic led to the lack of classification? Well, it turns out, he's not even in the game yet.
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On June 4, the Australian Classification Committee gave DayZ a rating of "CR" (Classification Rejected), describing the title as a game that "describes, expresses or addresses issues of sex, addiction or addiction". , from crime, cruelty, violence or disgusting or disgusting phenomena to violate the standards of morality, decency and decorum generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they are not classified. "See the official quote for yourself.
The note does not specify exactly which of the DayZ features result in any rankings. However, our friends in Kotaku, Australia, received a report stating that gambling is prohibited for "use of illegal or prohibited drugs linked to incentives or rewards."
"Thanks to the general gameplay, the player can collect and use various equipment, supplies and weapons," reads the report obtained by Kotaku. "One of the options for restoring the player's health is a marijuana joint, labeled 'cannabis', which is designated by a cannabis bud in the player's inventory."
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(Image credit: Bohemia Interactive)
Although the leaderboard allows drug use in games, the report states that they cannot be "detailed or realistic."
"If the use of cannabis in the context of this game does not constitute an incentive or a reward, its impact could be integrated into the R18 + classification," the report says.
So where is it used in DayZ? In fact, it seems to refer to a feature that is not yet in the game: cannabis.
As one Twitter user pointed out, cannabis is a feature that should come to DayZ in a later update, but the effects of the latter are not detailed. The effects of the function may have been specified for the classification and may have had a beneficial effect on health, as the report suggests.
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Bohemia Interactive may also remove the functionality to allow the game to be sorted by physical output.
Although the game's ban means you won't be able to purchase it in Australia, those who already own DayZ will still be able to play. Although the problem is that DayZ is an MMO and having a large community is the key to its development.