'While we are very proud of all our different missions, we do feel that Saints Row 4 on the whole remains largely the same without this single optional mission, and we also feel that you deserve to know what you are getting in Australia,' the Facebook statement reads.
Because using 'illicit or proscribed drug use' as incentives in a game is prohibited by the Board's guidelines, the censored Australian version of Saints Row 4 omits a mission where players obtain and smoke drugs referred to as 'alien narcotics.' The 'rectifier weapon' will remain in the game as part of a DLC package.
The censored version of Volition's upcoming open-world game received an MA15+ rating in Australia last week after the original game was refused classification in June, specifically because of alien narcotics and a weapon called an Alien Anal Probe. The Australian version of Saints Row 4 is incompatible for co-operative play with other regions due to the game's censorship in the country, according to the official Saints Row Facebook page.