It should be rejected for being FPS style instead of true to the original games and style that made the series popular! I could stand to see government interaction here - Bethesda should be fined for ruining Fallout.I really can't see myself buying this Oblivion expansion, err, Fallout Abomination.
My sentiments exactly. Fallout 3 will likely have great graphics and may, or may not be fun to a certain extent. But it is certain that Fallout 3, like Oblivion, will be a shooter/action game, with some faux RPG trappings, that is designed for the consoles and ported to the PC (and, at least in the case of Oblivion, was not even optimized for PC, so that certain elements of the game, such as the inventory system, were quite lame). Fallout 3 may be called Fallout and have a Pipboy, but it is likely to be just one more variation of a shooter. Not that this is always bad--Bioshock was an excellent game, but Oblivion was not. But it won't really be a Fallout sequel.
To get back on topic, I oppose censorship of all kinds. I don't know the details or politics of the Austalian rating system, but I think it is more than unfortunate if it results in the banning of a game. However, as another poster noted, smug criticism of Americans on this issue is misplaced. While ratings here are "voluntary," and a game of movie is never legally banned from distribution, the failure to submit a product for rating (or failure to obtain a particular rating) essentially produces the same effect, since most video game retailers will not carry games rated at a certain level (remember GTA and Hot Coffee) and almost no theaters will show, or newspapers accept advertsing for, films rated NC-17. Similarly, movies often alter thir content to secure a PG-13 rating rather than an R depending on their intended audience (a recent example being the watered down John McClane presented in the theatrical version of Live Free or Die Hard). Thus, while works are not explicitly banned, game developers and movie producers self censor in order to achieve particular ratings (and another factor is the often bluenosed practices of very large retailers of games and DVDs like Walmart). Censorship, whether accomplished by outright bans or self imposed by not so subtle financial pressures, is censorship.
