I wouldn't mind having a 'gimped' Left4Dead2 if it were at least as violent as the first Left 4 Dead but the blood splatters are practically non-existant, no corpse piles. I mean I can live without the severed limbs and decapitations but from what I've seen it's actually LESS bloody and violent then the first game. It doesn't look 'MA" violent anymore in my book.

More violent and bloody games have made it through unscathed, I'll throw Ninja Gaiden 2 out there as an example - every confrontation ends with the area being soaked in blood and it's nearly impossible for you to kill a dude without something being cut off.

Honest to god it feels like they just do these bannings at random. As much as it'd suck because if they were I'm sure we'd have a lot more bannings and 'gimped' games but I wish they were at least consistant with their judgements.

Tl;dr? I feel Left 4 Dead 2's censorship is completely unjustifed given some of the other violent content that has made it through unscathed.

I won't be buying Left 4 Dead 2, not out of protest because I'm not naive enough to believe that would actually have any effect - I'm not buying it simply because a zombie game lacking all the blood and decapitations and splatters and gore that Left 4 Dead 2 lacks isn't a zombie game at all in my book - zombie apocalypses are meant to be bloody.