![]() My stomach is already turning in anticipation of Outlast 2’s worldwide release on April 24th, for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. However The Witcher 2 was edited to remove sexual content and subsequently released. In the case of Hotline Miami 2, Dennaton and Devolver basically said screw it and didn’t release it in Australia. At the end of the day it’s going to come down to the margins, and whether Red Barrels believe enough copies would be sold to justify the additional development costs. ![]() Either they can agree with the ACB’s classification and withhold sales in Australia, or they can edit Outlast 2 specifically for the territory, cutting out any particularly offensive or gruesome bits in order to comply with Australian law. The indie developer now has a couple of options it can take for Outlast II. ![]() Red Barrels really must've gone above and beyond for Outlast 2. According to the official ACB site, Outlast 2 was refused because it is a game that "depicts, expresses or otherwise deals with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified."īased on my time with the original Outlast it pretty much broke all of those rules, and yet it wasn’t banned in Australia. The Australian Classification Board (ACB) refused classification of Outlast 2 and is therefore deemed not fit for sale. Outlast 2 joins an illustrious list of banned games which includes Manhunt, Hotline Miami 2, Postal, and, um, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Horror fans across the globe now basically need this game. Outlast 2, the survival horror sequel to 2014’s Outlast, has been refused classification in Australia due to excessive “cruelty, violence and abhorrent phenomena”. Red Barrels is currently working on a third Outlast title, although it won’t be a direct sequel to the first two games.Few things can rocket a game up the bestseller lists quicker than a good old fashioned banning. Outlast 2 was released on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One last year and made the jump to Nintendo Switch yesterday. At the outset of Outlast 2, journalist Blake Langermann wakes up from a nightmare concerning his friend Jessica Gray, whom Blake and his wife, Lynn, knew from their grade school days. Presumably it’ll be on the gory side though, seeing as how it would have meant the game would receive the highest rating possible in North America. As a result, Red Barrels is promising the mode will offer ‘more room for exploration, instead of chases.’Īs for the new content, the developer is keeping details close to its chest right now, although it has said that it won’t have any effect on gameplay. Story Mode, as you might have twigged, tones down enemy confrontations and reduces their perception, speed, and damage output. As such, the decision was made to scrap them to ensure Outlast 2 bagged a Mature certificate. Red Barrels has announced a new update for its survival horror title Outlast 2, which adds a new Story Mode that includes a bunch of content cut from the original version of the game.Īpparently, the extra scenes ended up on the cutting room floor as including them would have meant the game would have received an Adult Only rating.
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