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Posted February 14, 2014
I've only been waiting for this game for a year..... just stoked it's still coming even after THQ exploded.
Posted February 20, 2014
As a heads-up, it looks like the EU version is going to be censored, pretty much thanks to Germany.

There's no firm confirmation yet, and Ubisoft is refusing to comment on it, claiming that "no information is available yet", despite the game being due out on 6 March.

According to reports, all swastikas will be removed from the game, and the "Jew" character class will be renamed "Paladin".

And in come the Spoony jokes...

Source: http://www.schnittberichte.com/news.php?ID=6879
Post edited February 20, 2014 by jamyskis
Posted February 20, 2014
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jamyskis: all swastikas will be removed from the game,
I don't get removing the swastikas from German media... Wouldn't it be more succesful to laugh at them (and what they represents) in public, print it on toilet paper and ridicule it any way possible?
As it is now, it's a forbidden fruit.
Post edited February 20, 2014 by Novotnus
Posted February 20, 2014
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jamyskis: As a heads-up, it looks like the EU version is going to be censored, pretty much thanks to Germany.
Man, the US version will be pirated to Hell and back.
Posted February 20, 2014
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Wishbone: Man, the US version will be pirated to Hell and back.
Nah, only as far as Europe.
Posted February 20, 2014
As far east as Germany and as far south as Australia...
Posted February 20, 2014
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jamyskis: all swastikas will be removed from the game,
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Novotnus: I don't get removing the swastikas from German media... Wouldn't it be more succesful to laugh at them (and what they represents) in public, print it on toilet paper and ridicule it any way possible?
As it is now, it's a forbidden fruit.
That always puzzles me. They require Nazi symbols to be removed from video games but don't have any problem with movies like Iron Sky being shown throughout Germany which are loaded with all sorts of Nazi regalia including swastikas. I wonder if the Iron Sky videogame has swastikas in Germany? That would be the ultimate confusing thing if the movie has them there and the game doesn't.
Posted February 20, 2014
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skeletonbow: That always puzzles me. They require Nazi symbols to be removed from video games but don't have any problem with movies like Iron Sky being shown throughout Germany which are loaded with all sorts of Nazi regalia including swastikas. I wonder if the Iron Sky videogame has swastikas in Germany? That would be the ultimate confusing thing if the movie has them there and the game doesn't.
That's probably how it is. As far as I know, the same was the case with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The movie was chock-full of swastikas (naturally, as it dealt extensively with Nazi Germany) while the German release of the game had all swastikas removed. It makes absolutely no sense.

From MobyGames:
In the German version of the game all Third Reich insignia were repainted and made invisible. (Remember the scene, where Hitler signs the diary for example - there is not a single swastika around in the German version.) That's because in Germany no toys are allowed to wake resemblances to Hitler's regime. And computer games are (legally) toys. There is one overlooked instance in which swastikas are still seen: when a guard is knocked out during a fist fight, stars in swastika form appear over his head.
Post edited February 20, 2014 by Wishbone
Posted February 20, 2014
I wonder what will be the quality of writting.South Park has been about lazy satire of pop culture trend of the week for years now.
Posted February 20, 2014
So the German officials are going to rename jews to paladins in Europe? A novel solution, why didn't they think of this 75 years ago?
Posted February 20, 2014
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Wishbone: That's probably how it is. As far as I know, the same was the case with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The movie was chock-full of swastikas (naturally, as it dealt extensively with Nazi Germany) while the German release of the game had all swastikas removed. It makes absolutely no sense.
You're forgetting about the extraordinary and dangerous powers of "The Videogame" compared to other media, and the bad influence they evidentially have on the average mass murderer. :P
Posted February 20, 2014
I can't wait to play with my jew class character :D
Posted February 20, 2014
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Wishbone: Man, the US version will be pirated to Hell and back.
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JMich: Nah, only as far as Europe.
same thing?
Posted February 20, 2014
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skeletonbow: That always puzzles me. They require Nazi symbols to be removed from video games but don't have any problem with movies like Iron Sky being shown throughout Germany which are loaded with all sorts of Nazi regalia including swastikas. I wonder if the Iron Sky videogame has swastikas in Germany? That would be the ultimate confusing thing if the movie has them there and the game doesn't.
It's simple, really. The swastika can be displayed in a context that is either educational (and decidedly anti-fascist) or if it turns up in something that is recognized as art. Movies = art. Video games = not art.

Not that the art argument provides much protection if you're up against some over-eager district attorney. >_>
Posted February 20, 2014
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skeletonbow: That always puzzles me. They require Nazi symbols to be removed from video games but don't have any problem with movies like Iron Sky being shown throughout Germany which are loaded with all sorts of Nazi regalia including swastikas. I wonder if the Iron Sky videogame has swastikas in Germany? That would be the ultimate confusing thing if the movie has them there and the game doesn't.
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Nergal01: It's simple, really. The swastika can be displayed in a context that is either educational (and decidedly anti-fascist) or if it turns up in something that is recognized as art. Movies = art. Video games = not art.

Not that the art argument provides much protection if you're up against some over-eager district attorney. >_>
Personally I consider video games to be just as much art as any TV show or movie, but that doesn't mean everyone does I guess.
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