Ride To Hell: Retribution resurfaces with AU R18+

While we're not sure what's different about it, mysterious title Ride to Hell: Retribution has been re-classified in Australia, given a new codename: Cook's Mad Recipe. Whatever you want to call it, this upcoming, open-world story of a returning Vietnam veteran looks set to be Australia's first R-rated game featuring "high impact sexual references".

To be more specific, Cook's Mad Recipe has been rated R18+ for "High impact sexual references and drug references". It's also packed with strong impact violence and drug use, with moderate impact language and nudity. This one's definitely not for kids.

Nobody, anywhere, seems to know anything about a game with that name, suggesting the publishers are using a fake title - a common (frustrating) practice in Australia. In recent years, we've seen Duke Nukem Forever snuck past as 000A, Paper, Scissors, Stone was later revealed as Star Wars: The Old Republic, Bloodhunt was Modern Warfare 2, Rise of Nightmares was Stamacsta, and EA offered a pair of primary colours: Project Red (Bulletstorm) and Project Blue (Shadows of the Damned).

In this case though, it's simply a matter of matching the dots. Cook's Mad Recipe is listed as a "modified" version, suggesting it had been submitted - and rated - before. Looking back through earlier entries, we find that Ride To Hell: Retribution was also rated, back in February, and given an R18+ rating for exactly the same reasons - "High impact sexual references and drug references".

We contacted Deep Silver on the topic, listed as publisher for both Ride to Hell: Retribution and Cook's Mad Recipe, and a spokesperson simply shrugged and grinned.

3 Responses to “Ride To Hell: Retribution resurfaces with AU R18+”

1. dotarray says:

   March 14, 2013 at 7:44 pm

   Ride to Hell: Not for kids – “high impact sexual references and drug references”, strong impact violence + drug use. http://t.co/34ku3rU0hN

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2. screwtapestudio says:

   March 14, 2013 at 8:46 pm

   RT @PlayerAttack: Ride To Hell: Retribution resurfaces with AU R18+: http://t.co/4C1OiQcGKo

   Reply
3. Ride to Hell age-rated as ‘Cook’s Mad Recipe’, contains “high impact sexual references” – rumour | VG247 says:

   March 15, 2013 at 3:05 am

   [...] PlayerAttack adds that the method of using codenames when having games age-rated is common, and that the listing does bear the hallmarks of Ride to Hell, which sees a Vietnam veteran trying to reintegrate into a changed America. [...]

   Reply

Article Details

• published: March 14th, 2013
• by: Jessica Citizen
• in: !Cook's Mad Recipe, !Eutechnyx, !Ride to Hell: Retribution, Australia, Company: Deep Silver, r18+
• comments: 3

Author Bio:

I like video games, fishing, Depeche Mode, long walks on the beach, writing discussion papers and cups of tea. Not necessarily in that order.

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