Australian Console Version Release and communication thereof
Dear Telltale,
Considering the following has only just now been posted in a thread on your message board (with no mention elsewhere at all):
Don't you think it's a bit bloody rude to your Australian and NZ customers to make no mention of this in the months leading up to the release of the game? Or, once the game is available, put this information somewhere prominent?
Poor communication. Very bloody poor. Get your act together.
Considering the following has only just now been posted in a thread on your message board (with no mention elsewhere at all):
Sorry, but due to the OFLC ratings laws in Australia and New Zealand, and the fact that this is a mature game, we do not currently have plans to release the game there on consoles.
Don't you think it's a bit bloody rude to your Australian and NZ customers to make no mention of this in the months leading up to the release of the game? Or, once the game is available, put this information somewhere prominent?
Poor communication. Very bloody poor. Get your act together.
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It's completely within Telltale's power to tell us that it won't be available in Australia. They have absolutely no excuse for not communicating that information prior to release.
QFT!
Come on TTG!
I've only ever played demos from another region which works fine,
But I've never been able to successfully purchase from the us store. The only way that I could see it working is if you purchase a psn card and load that onto your us account, but since I've never tried I can't be 100% sure it will work.
Game's still on steam, next to my Dead Island and UN-cut version of Left 4 Dead 2 - If it wasn't, it's much easier to find workarounds than on a console.
Kind of sad that Telltale didn't bother to tell anyone until now, and even then only vaguely in a forum post... way to do Business Telltale.....
The game is available in Australia as a PC/Mac download. Due to an unforeseeable server issue the Telltale store version is not available yet, but you should be able to get it on Steam right now.
C'mon, we all know zombie games have a bit of a history regarding Australia. Why is anyone so surprised? They weren't exactly secret about the nature of violence and gore in the game. TellTale are a small outfit and can't afford the financial risk of a big studio involved in completely changing everything in their game just to be releasable in a handful of countries.
Because like I just mentioned 3 posts up; the likes of Dead island, with obviously more violence and gore - to the point of bullet time initiating on a limb/head decapitation so you can get a face full of the bloody red gory details of your handiwork for several airborne seconds (on both Human! and walker enemies no less)- had absolutely no problems getting here uncut. I can't imagine a cell-shaded adventure game being considered worse then that.
Again it's fine for me up on steam, so Basically it's Just "TellFail's" Unwillingness to even bother with the console version for some unknown reason. I feel for the people on these forums who went out and bought a PSN Card in anticipation for this but were screwed due to the lack of information Tellfail didn't even bother to provide until now.
Remember, for every L4D2, which was more edited down as a big FU to the OFLC (it didn't need to be censored that much at all) there's a Dead Island, Dead Space 1&2, Dead Rising 1&2, all of which got unedited MA15+'s here.
Yeah just as an aside (as someone who's followed the classification and censorship debate for many years now... that R18+ for Australia is looking SO close now...), the OFLC hasn't existed for a number of years now, it's now the 'Classification Board' - http://www.classification.gov.au
AND, it doesn't now, nor did it ever, apply to New Zealand, so poor NZ being denied the game (on console anyway) seemingly due to ignorance on TT's part. Shame, shame.
Furthermore, as many have said, it's likely this would've passed without issue (similar to Dead Island etc and the many other titles people have mentioned) as MA15+.
I'll probably get on PC if I get it anywhere, but would like a demo first.
I had to disable internet to get it working, probably some goofy bug
Great game though!!
I didn't actually realise it was even banned here until after I brought it as the US store has a wider selection, the stuff is often available earlier and for a cheaper price.
australia would not stop this game from being sold thru here the tv show is being air here so considering that we as loyal gamer should be allowed to get it not just pc release ps3 and xbox version
the fact that nothing was mentioned at all leading up to release and when there is a post made its hidden away in a bunch of crap get your act together!
theres been far more gorey games that have had ratings and made it through without any changes ( check out dead island) so the fact that there using that as a piss ass excuse is beyond me.
The address I use for my US account is:
3183 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Feel free to use it too!
i dont think that works for the 360 id like to be able to play it on my profile
Btw the game is really good, you should play it. If you're on ps3/360 you should consider the US account method and not worry too much about trophies, as there's only eight of them which are given for passing chapters. It's pretty silly.
Don't try to be smart. You guys are seriously just digging yourselves a huge hole. Don't you get it? Maybe 5% of people who want to play the Walking Dead game in AUS/NZ will see those forums posts. You still haven't formerly apologized and you still haven't given us a proper press release. I'll say it again, had you PROPERLY communicated that the game was not coming to AUS and NZ things would not be so bad. But you continue to be ignorant as ever and non-apologetic.
2. Isn't publically suggesting people break the TOS of Xbox Live and PSN to play your game probably not a smart idea?
Are they going to have an announcement that the game isn't coming to Bangladesh and Albania also?
I've bought and played Amy, I Am Alive, Bloodforge, Deadliest Warrior: Legends, Dead Rising series, Hydrophobia to name a few... All of these are Arcade DLC rated M just like The Walking Dead.. I've also bought from my local video game store many many game titles rated M, so IMO the AU/NZ game rating system excuse for not releasing in AU/NZ is pathetic...
No thats pomms mate.
I am in the UK right now so was really annoyed when I couldn't get it off XBLA. I created a new profile with a free XBL account with a UK address. It was a bit a pain in the arse to get the points on this account as it wouldn't accept my paypal account. I ended up going to a store over here and all was good even works on my Australian account but when using that one you cannot buy new episodes for obvious reasons.
The only problem that may occur is location checks on IP. You know if I am in the UK and it works fine it may not work if I was back home but I just don't know. You will only know when you try but let me tell you it is the best £3.50 I have spent. It is a fracking great story.