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Posted on 07 June 12 at 02:13 |
Necessary action due to risk of German ban. Read on for details.
A "dismemberment" feature set to be including in the retail build of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 has been removed, and will instead be made available as launch DLC, reported Joystiq. The game originally was to have the ability to dismember enemies with well-placed shots, as evidenced in a recent set of screenshots.
Why would City Interactive do such a thing? It's not a scheme to make money, since the DLC will be free, and it won't be a form of an online pass or anything either. The answer is simply to avoid the risk of a ban in Germany, where overly violent games are often censored or banned. This way, the game can release worldwide, and the violent dismemberment feature can be released at launch everywhere but Germany. This means everyone wins, as dismembering enemies will still be possible, and as a consolation, Germans can still play the game. I guess those without an internet connection lose out, but the percentage of these people are likely small among our readership.
Again, the dismemberment DLC will be available at launch for free when the game arrives on August 21st.
External link: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/sniper-ghost-warrior-2-dis... |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 02:16 |
| Nine... Sucks to live in germany I guess.. Just joking.. |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 02:18, Edited on 07 June 12 at 02:21 by liddd |
CabbageWithPie said:Nice to add free DLC on launch, but why not just put it in the game in the first place?wow. Dont bother reading the article or anything. Just read the title and then post. yay first comment for you!
YODA12320 said:Nine... Sucks to live in germany I guess.. Just joking..Do you mean Nein?
sorry but I just had to reply to you guys. especially the first stupid comment |
Last post: 19 Apr at 23:23
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 02:19 |
CabbageWithPie said:Nice to add free DLC on launch, but why not just put it in the game in the first place?Fucking hell... did you even READ the article? It explains why it isn't in the game in the first place.
God damn. |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 02:21 |
| CabbageWithPie said:Nice to add free DLC on launch, but why not just put it in the game in the first place?Are you fucking kidding me? Did you not read the article? |
Golf & cigars are my happy place! |
Last post: 22 May at 02:29
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 02:41 |
Legit Spam said:CabbageWithPie said:Nice to add free DLC on launch, but why not just put it in the game in the first place?Are you fucking kidding me? Did you not read the article?I guess he felt a little retarded  ... since he deleted his post but we all can still see it in the quotes.  |
Last post: 07 Jun 12 at 02:51
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 02:51 |
Durmarsa said:Legit Spam said:CabbageWithPie said:Nice to add free DLC on launch, but why not just put it in the game in the first place?Are you fucking kidding me? Did you not read the article?I guess he felt a little retarded ... since he deleted his post but we all can still see it in the quotes.  |
Last post: 21 May at 00:52
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 03:13 |
Really Germany? I would have thought Australia. Lol
But this sucks. People without Xbox live will lose out on content they should have gotten, and sure, this is just a small thing, but the fact that countries are insisting upon censoring games but not any other form of medium nowadays is criminal. Violent movies are fine, violent YouTube videos are fine, violent anything is fine as long as its not video games. I despise it. |
If they say "Ha! I killed you, you suck" they really said "Ha! You suck because even I can kill you" |
Last post: Yesterday at 19:07
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 03:15 |
I feel bad for the backlash against that guy lol
But at least they found a fair solution to the problem. Unless you don't have xbox live. |
There are four lights. |
Last post: Today at 07:53
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 03:22 |
| Clever method of releasing additional content due to restrictions. |
'If at first you don't succeed, you fail' GLaDOS |
Last post: 21 Mar at 05:59
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 03:39 |
How hard is it to read the article before commenting?
It really sucks that German censorship is the way it is. It's nonsensical, due to one man (well, and his followers) it is now a nanny state, where any violence - regardless of whether it is "pretend" - is immediately shunned by the government. I speak to a lot of Germans and not one of them has said "Yes, I agree with the governments decision". I help them out on Steam by gifting non-cut versions of games, none of them have turned into psychopaths.
.This DLC solution is ok, but really, the German government needs to come to its senses so that German gamers can enjoy the same content as the rest of us. |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 03:43 |
| Clever, but the German government is being idiotic. |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 04:51 |
B unit 117 said:Really Germany? I would have thought Australia. Lol
But this sucks. People without Xbox live will lose out on content they should have gotten, and sure, this is just a small thing, but the fact that countries are insisting upon censoring games but not any other form of medium nowadays is criminal. Violent movies are fine, violent YouTube videos are fine, violent anything is fine as long as its not video games. I despise it.Australia has typically just outright banned the games in the past rather than bother with censorship. How ever Australia is now reintroducing the M rating or whatever their equivalant is. |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 05:01 |
proDragen said:Durmarsa said:Legit Spam said:CabbageWithPie said:Nice to add free DLC on launch, but why not just put it in the game in the first place?Are you fucking kidding me? Did you not read the article?I guess he felt a little retarded ... since he deleted his post but we all can still see it in the quotes. He has made himself the poster child of the entitlement princess generation - whine for whining's sake!  |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 05:16 |
| Smart thinking on the developer's part. Bravo. |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 07:24 |
Censorship actually benefits those of us who don't mind playing games again to double up on achievements. The changes required to bring the games in line with local legislation often mean the game.coding is changed giving us extra achievements.
In reference to my previous post, this is why there a quite a few (Ger Ver) games available but only one specific (Aus Ver). The games typically being banned in Australia means they don't generally get as far s code altering content cuts.
That said I can see the sense in this and can see it becoming common practice as i really dont think the costs involved in manufacturing multiple versions of the game for such minor edits is generally very cost effective.
As for the guy passing steam codes onto the Germans he should probably be careful of that as the people receiving the games could well be breaking the law. Actually you could well be doing yourself. |
Last post: 08 May at 12:04
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 07:44 |
Is there any way to get the DLC in Germany?
Seems like buying the Austrian Version is not enough this time... |
Last post: Yesterday at 16:40
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 08:03 |
| Use a non German tag, download the content then play as normal on the German tag. Though considering the reasons this isn't available in Germany I would expect it to be fully region locked so that neither German accounts or consoles based in Germany could actually access it. |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 08:38 |
| Nice work from the developers impo. And lol at the first poster.... |
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Posted on 07 June 12 at 09:33 |
DakotaThrice said:As for the guy passing steam codes onto the Germans he should probably be careful of that as the people receiving the games could well be breaking the law. Actually you could well be doing yourself.It's a function of Steam. Nowhere does it say "You may not gift games to your German friends!". If it is wrong, it's on Valve, not me. Also, I believe most of the games are "indexed" which means they cannot be advertised or placed on store shelves, but it is still legal to own/buy them (if you're over 18). Since Steam cannot verify the age of those buying the games, they play it safe and only put low violence versions up, or they do not put the game on the German marketplace at all.
I'm not worried. |