Why Is Resident Evil 4 Rated R18+, but Dead Space Is Rated MA15+?

Mason1998 on 29/12/2024 - 20:13
Last edited 29/12/2024 - 20:24 by 1 other user

Couldn't help but think it should be the other way around. Both are extremely graphic without a doubt, but personally still think that Dead Space should be rated R18+.

Source:
RE4: https://www.playstation.com/en-au/games/resident-evil-4-rema…
DS: https://www.playstation.com/en-au/games/dead-space/

• 

  askbargain on 29/12/2024 - 20:28

  I think someone born in 1998 will be okay

• 

  mskeggs on 29/12/2024 - 20:34

  +1

  I haven't played these games, but it is likely there was a sex or drug reference in the more restrictive one that tipped it over the edge.

  Info on ratings here:
  https://www.classification.gov.au/classification-ratings/wha…

  • 

    FireRunner on 30/12/2024 - 08:53

    +3

    I assume these are the two games, the site isn't easy to navigate: Dead Space and Resident Evil 4.
    It's the themes and violence that are putting RE4 into R18 category

• 

  SydStrand on 30/12/2024 - 00:54

  -6

  Cool story bro

• 

  SteveBuscemi on 30/12/2024 - 10:35

  +3

  FWIW most countries somewhat agree and at least gave them equivalent ratings, including New Zealand which piggybacks off our ratings and reassesses MA15+/R18+ with R13/R16/R18.

  The Classification board is notoriously inconsistent. Things on the MA/R border can be a dice roll. They also don’t play the games, they get sent gameplay footage/highlights, so things can seem better/worse depending on how much context is preserved.

  On top of that, not everything goes in front of classifiers anymore. Both films and games can be self-classified under various schemes.

  In fact, when one version of the Dead Space remake got self-classified by the IARC tool, it did get an R18+.

  https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/dead-space-4