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Considering the fact what happened with GTA 5 in Australia (“Target”). I´m not all that surprised to hear that the Australian classification board has decided to ban Dennaton Games “Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number” entirely in Australia.

I think it´s rather safe to say that “Hotline Miami 2” is just as brutal (and violent) as the original game, if not more so.

Why is that? You might ask yourself. Well, apparently there was one particular scene in Hotline Miami 2 that made the Australian classification board see red (literally).

That scene was described in detail by Kotaku Australia (+18 warning on this one). And you will find it down below:

“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.” – Kotaku Australia

That´s…some pretty grim and violent stuff for sure. But in a statement from Dennaton Games themselves, they don´t agree with the Australian classification board at all, and calling them out for “stretching the facts“.

Though luck indeed. But as for now, Hotline Miami 2 is a no go in Australia.

And from what i can tell (at this moment). There´s just one thing that Dennaton Games can do, to remove the Australian ban on Hotline Miami 2.

And that´s to do a censored version of the game for the Australian market.

Oh well, time will tell. The rest of the world will get access to Hotline Miami 2 sometime during the first quarter of this year (PC, MAC, Linux, PS3, PS4 and PSV).

So, what do you guys think about the Australian ban on Hotline Miami 2?

Source:
Gamespot

Robin “V-Act” Ek
The Gaming Ground