Gamers have waited long and hard to see Grand Theft Auto V in action, and the gameplay trailer released overnight should satisfy those Los Santos cravings before September 17

The gameplay unveiling lifts the lid on a stunning open game world, where players are free to roam unchained, parachute from mountain tops, race through city streets and even visit a medical marijuana dispensary

The immediate response to the trailer was that it may face the same fate as Saints Row IV and State of Decay because it clearly implies the use of illicit drugs, despite the decriminalisation of marijuana for medical use in southern California, the real location that tha game's bustling city is modelled on

The Classification Board guidelines make it clear that any game that implies the use of illicit drugs for reward will be refused classification. The gameplay trailer suggests that medical marijuana may be used similarly to how Grand Theft Auto IV players could feed the main character alcohol and even drive a car while intoxicated

Gamers took to Twitter to vent their concerns about the drug's appearance in the upcoming game

One Twitter user said: "So Grand Theft Auto V has marijuana. Good luck Australia." A name change may be the best chance Rockstar Games has to get the game classified in Australia

Fallout 3, an open-world role-playing game that allowed players to use drugs beneficial to the game character's health, was refused classification in June 2008

The game's "realistic visual representations of drugs" were enough to get the game banned, although a resubmitted version of the game with altered drug names saw it eventually released in the country

Another Twitter poster said: "Grand Theft Auto V looks awesome. Too bad I spotted a medicinal marijuana shop so the game will get banned in Australia". "If it is banned in Australia then I'm pretty sure there will be a mass riot," said another user

Australian gamers shouldn't worry too much, though; Rockstar Games has been to this rodeo before, and its capacity to work with the Classification Board in ensuring its games are appropriately classified has worked in the past