It took two different attempts, but Volition has finally done it! The Australian gaming board has finally decided to rate a modified version of Saints Row IV last Friday. Curiously, instead of getting the the R18+ rating that they were originally going for, the board gave them the lesser MA15+.
So what did Volition have to change? Not much, apparently. Deep Silver announced that they had to remove a 20 minute mission that contained “alien narcotics” that give superpowers to the player. The Rectifier weapon, aka the alien anal probe weapon, will still be in the game as part of a DLC package.
Now that the game finally has a rating, it’s full steam ahead with getting the game released! Despite the delay in waiting for the rating,Saints Row IV is still set to be released on August 22nd.