Mass Effect banned in Singapore

[lch]

Originally Posted by DealsR4theDevil

The U.S. has many religions and races as well but we dont go out and tell the KKK they cant hold rallies. I think its a ridiculous notion to ban something. If people dont like it they dont have to play it.

errrr..., you can't even spot singapore on a normal size map.
if we are allow to freely hold demonstration, what do you think will be the effect ?
in US, a demonstration/rally in one of the 50+ states, will not have much effect in the next state.

and the major race here is chinese, where most are conservative.

[MasterXeus]

Originally Posted by heathward

that was the dumbest cutscene i have ever seen. horrible modeling and horrible dialogue. why is this game getting so much hype? it looks really stoopid to me. not just that video, but the many other trailers and clips. bunch of boring star trek people with pee shooters killing lame looking aliens. i don't get it. oh wait...its a first person shooter for the Xbox 360. nevermind, i understand now.

I don't remember any real hype for this game. Also it's not a first person shooter, if you truely look at other trailer and clips you would now this.

[MasterXeus]

Originally Posted by WeApOn

I think my above post was overlooked--

THIS GAME IS NO LONGER BANNED

http://kotaku.com/gaming/game-on/sin...ban-323638.php

I didn't overlooked your post.

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by lch

Singapore is a special place. We have 4 major races and many religions, so the government have to be sensitive to all. If the content is offensive to 1 of the race, most likely it will be banned. We don't want to have racial or religion problem just bcos of a movie or game.

We don't have R rating for disc, R is only in theatre and for 21 and above.
Our movie disc rating is G, PG, NC16 and M18.
So if the movie that contain questionable scene, the distributor will either cut it to go PG for bigger market or go R21 which have smaller market.

Yes, I know how it feels. I am a former singaporean.

[Copywriter]

Like most have said, the game does say what it contains. If you don't like it, don't play it. I can put up with a minute of stupidity.

I don't need or want sex in my games and certainly not homosexual material. But that's me. If a game is labeled (should say homosexual scenes and not just sex scenes), then I'm fine with it. I won't buy it if I don't want it.

And I wouldn't let my play games like that. That's what proper labeling is all about. Censorship isn't my friend.

[MasterXeus]

Originally Posted by Copywriter

Like most have said, the game does say what it contains. If you don't like it, don't play it. I can put up with a minute of stupidity.

I don't need or want sex in my games and certainly not homosexual material. But that's me. If a game is labeled (should say homosexual scenes and not just sex scenes), then I'm fine with it. I won't buy it if I don't want it.

And I wouldn't let my play games like that. That's what proper labeling is all about. Censorship isn't my friend.

So you want it to say. (Possible Homosexual Themes), (Possible Sexual Themes)? I think that's a little bit too detail.

If we go into detail than it should say (Creating Female Character: Possible Homosexual Themes with Female Alien) and (Creating Male Character: Possible Sexual Themes with Female Alien)

Another Reason why I say "Possible" is because you have a choice on which way your conversation goes. After watch the clip (about this scene) I realize I've already played that scene and that's not what happened with my character.

[shatta]

Originally Posted by Cyorg

Maybe it's just me, but I feel that sex, of any kind, has no place in video games.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM i wonder if i can meet a girl in the ps3 home and take her home an bang her

[heathward]

Originally Posted by MasterXeus

I don't remember any real hype for this game. Also it's not a first person shooter, if you truely look at other trailer and clips you would now this.

i have read plenty of hype about this game. people have even posted about it on this board. "Game of the Year Candidate!" are you kidding me? Gametrailers has 20+ trailers and gameplay videos for Mass Effect. of the 5 or 6 that i watched, it appears to be a hybrid of a 1st & 3rd person shooter. half the time you can see the character, and the other half you see a crosshair. i apologize for calling it a FPS, but it appears to be just an ordinary shooter, plain and simple. am i wrong? if it is anything else, they are definitely not revealing it in any of the gameplay videos i have watched.

[Copywriter]

Originally Posted by MasterXeus

So you want it to say. (Possible Homosexual Themes), (Possible Sexual Themes)? I think that's a little bit too detail.

If we go into detail than it should say (Creating Female Character: Possible Homosexual Themes with Female Alien) and (Creating Male Character: Possible Sexual Themes with Female Alien)

Adding 3 words is too detailed? What ADD word is that?

It's fairly simple: "Contains sexual and homosexual themes." Done.

Or if it's a list: sexual/homosexual themes. Done again.

Either way, if it's listed, I'm fine with whatever is in the game. Knowing what the game contains, I (not my government) can choose to participate or not.

[Copywriter]

Originally Posted by heathward

i have read plenty of hype about this game. people have even posted about it on this board. "Game of the Year Candidate!" are you kidding me? Gametrailers has 20+ trailers and gameplay videos for Mass Effect. of the 5 or 6 that i watched, it appears to be a hybrid of a 1st & 3rd person shooter. half the time you can see the character, and the other half you see a crosshair. i apologize for calling it a FPS, but it appears to be just an ordinary shooter, plain and simple. am i wrong? if it is anything else, they are definitely not revealing it in any of the gameplay videos i have watched.

It's a Western RPG, not a shooter. The combat system for engagements is real-time-ish, verses the Japan-invented (I guess) turn-based system.

The Game of the Year is the one you like most. Who cares what others think. If I were "the decider," FPS games would never get top awards.

[MasterXeus]

Originally Posted by Copywriter

Adding 3 words is too detailed? What ADD word is that?

It's fairly simple: "Contains sexual and homosexual themes." Done.

Or if it's a list: sexual/homosexual themes. Done again.

Either way, if it's listed, I'm fine with whatever is in the game. Knowing what the game contains, I (not my government) can choose to participate or not.

I don't have a problem with adding in a few words, but if you are then it should say "Could contain sexual/homosexual themes"

You could play the entire game and not run across this.

[MasterXeus]

Originally Posted by heathward

i have read plenty of hype about this game. people have even posted about it on this board. "Game of the Year Candidate!" are you kidding me? Gametrailers has 20+ trailers and gameplay videos for Mass Effect. of the 5 or 6 that i watched, it appears to be a hybrid of a 1st & 3rd person shooter. half the time you can see the character, and the other half you see a crosshair. i apologize for calling it a FPS, but it appears to be just an ordinary shooter, plain and simple. am i wrong? if it is anything else, they are definitely not revealing it in any of the gameplay videos i have watched.

I'm sorry, I guess what I consider hype is different from yours. I know there's plenty of games that have receive more hype than this game. Halo 3, Bioshock, God of War 2, Call of Duty 4, Guitar Hero 3, Heavenly Sword, Metal Gear 4, Final Fantasy XIII, etc..

For me Hype is something that is talk about for months and month’s non stop. I read a little bit about Mass Effect here and there, but no where near the hype of all the game I listed above.

I see why you say Mass Effect is a Shooter, but really it's an Western RPG.

Either way it's a fun game to play. Is it a Game of the Year Candidate? I would say Yes. Will it be Game of the Year? Depends on what the other candidates are.