Australian rating organization declined to issue age rating for Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

A Twitter user under the pseudonym Refused Classification noted that the Australian rating organization refused to classify Disco Elysium: The Final Cut by ZA / UM.

We will remind you, The Final Cut is an extended edition of the role-playing detective Disco Elysium. Unlike the original version, the new one will also appear on consoles, so the game required a rating for the release in Australia.

The reason for the denial of classification is the game‘s violation of “morality, decency and propriety” in “depicting, presenting or touching upon issues of sex, drug abuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence and disgusting or horrible phenomena. “

Indeed: the protagonist of Disco Elysium can use drugs, cigarettes, and alcoholic beverages to get a short-term burst of strength and increase in performance.

It is noteworthy that obtaining Disco Elysium’s age classification in Australia has arisen only now. However, the game has been available on PC (including in the Green Continent) since October 2019.

“It’s funny, [the game] has been unrated for over a year on PC, had to get it to release on consoles and, BOOM, banned. Demonstrates how much of a gray area PC gaming is still in Australia, even taking into account the activities of the IARC, ” – noted calculon559 in the comments under the entry Refused Classification.

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will go on sale on March 30 this year for PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store), PS4, PS5, and Google Stadia and will reach Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X, and S in the summer.