By Tom Ivan
Bethesda’s Fallout 3 has been granted an MA15+ rating by Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification, clearing the highly anticipated RPG for release in the country later this year.
The game was initially refused a classification by the ratings body in July due to its portrayal of drug use, but has now secured a rating following a number of content edits, according to an OFLC report obtained by IGN.
“The drug references within this revised version are justified by context and lend a strong playing impact to the game,” reads the OFLC’s assessment.
"The board… found that [the] relationship between drug use and incentives and rewards is not such that it promotes or encourages the use of prescribed drugs. Therefore the game does not warrant to be Refused Classification and can be accomodated at MA15+ with a consumer advisory of “stong drug references”.”
