Square Enix Sued Over Kane and Lynch 2

[The Wooster]

Square Enix Sued Over Kane and Lynch 2

A Chinese lawyer has called Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days a "Chinese slaughter game."

According to a news article on Japanese news site, NariNari, translated by the scholars over at Sankaku Complex - which I'm not going to link to due to the site suffering from a severe porn infestation - a Chinese lawyer has filed a suit against Square Enix over its terrible third person shooter sequel, Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days. In it, he accuses the company of "damaging the image of Chinese people," "mocking China and the Chinese people," and "causing people to misunderstand China."

The lawyer is demanding an apology, as well compensation from both developer, IO Interactive, and Square Enix to the tune of 10,000 yuan or around $1600.

Kane and Lynch 2, which is set in Shanghai, sees Kane and his fraternal life partner, Lynch, visiting all kinds of violent horrors upon the Chinese populace - culminating in one very distressing scene where they expose their horrifically pixelated testicles to unsuspecting police officers. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IQf9tp3QTU ]

Now assuming NariNari isn't the Japanese equivalent of The Onion, and, God forbid, this nutball actually wins in court, he isn't going to stop with Kane and Lynch.

"If I am victorious, it will establish a precedent allowing us to sue others - we will be able to strike a great blow against foreign companies who think they can insult China," he proclaims.

No doubt any winnings the he receives will go to support groups for those brave police officers still suffering the effects of elderly-male-scrote exposure.

Permalink

 

[razer17]

Where has he filed this suit? In China, I presume. If it's in China, I could see this winning. We know what they're like with their state sponsored media and all that, I can't see why the courts wouldn't uphold that this is evil anti-Chinese propoganda of some sort.

 

[Brad Shepard]

one, this game is how old? and two, You dont see Russians suing over Call of duty, you dont see Japanese suing over Medal of Honor, you dont see Elites suing over Halo.

 

[joe-h2o]

This guy's got some balls.

Sorry, sorry. I'm here all week, please try your waitress.

On topic, I can't see this getting very far even in a Chinese court - the court doesn't want to make itself look ridiculous.

one, this game is how old? and two, You dont see Russians suing over Call of duty, you dont see Japanese suing over Medal of Honor, you dont see Elites suing over Halo.

"Wort Wort Wort! The prosecution rests, your honour."

 

[Charli]

Damn. They're not being sued on the grounds that it's a P.O.S?
Nuts.

Throw out the case, you won't win.

 

[Kouen]

Its the Resident Evil 5 effect all over again...

(Calling Capcom racist because the game took place in Africa)

 

[surg3n]

Great blow, and $1600 don't exactly go together. I'd rather see him try to get the game banned, so we don't have to look at it any more, sitting there in the pre-owned isle for $5 like some haggered old prostitute.

''Nobody will notice their money is missing!''

When will butt-hurt lawers realise that we don't necesserily see a race of people in videogames, we see people who we are allowed to kill. I'm equally happy killing Chinese, Russian, European, or American soldiers - some people just don't understand that videogames are escapism, we are portraying avatars, not sharing opinions with them. You know, that Lynch might be a drug addled sociopath who I wouldn't trust to butter a slice of bread, but damn his political viewpoints just speak to me... come on butt-hurt-China-lawyer-dude, get a fucking grip and stop assuming gamers are mindless idiots.

Seems that Japan has a better sense of humour than China. I mean, there was an episode of The Gadget Show recently in Japan, featured a new girly car called 'Lovery' - that's fricken genius!

 

[ScatterBen]

Man, Naughty Dog will have a lot to answer for should any other nation get wind of this - I mean, how many nationalities and races has Nathan Drake massacred?

 

[jajujo]

...terrible third person shouter sequel...

A third person shouter game sounds more interesting than this game probably was...

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

So outside of having every form of media boycott China for fear of being sued... what exactly is this guy's aim?

 

[ScruffyMcBalls]

...terrible third person shouter sequel...

A third person shouter game sounds more interesting than this game probably was...

It does, doesn't it...

 

[Comando96]

Some people want China's economy to fail and then for there to be a revolution in the country...

... Personally I think those people are mad.

China has a large and growing Nationalist movement. Currently there are foot soldiers and hackers. Chinese nationalist lawyers would be a worrying development. I'm not suggesting that these groups at currently related but... It could easily be done as their view is China is the best, but most suppressed country in the world and only due to outside powers holding it back...

You may think this is funny but I don't... and I have a really dark sense of humor...

 

[The Wooster]

...terrible third person shouter sequel...

A third person shouter game sounds more interesting than this game probably was...

It does, doesn't it...

Had that been intentional it would have been quite funny, as Kane and Lynch spend the vast majority of the game screaming at each other.

 

[getoffmycloud]

one, this game is how old? and two, You dont see Russians suing over Call of duty, you dont see Japanese suing over Medal of Honor, you dont see Elites suing over Halo.

That's only because they switched sides in halo 2 we all know that was the out court settlement.

 

[Aeryn Seoung]

I found this hilarious when I read it last night on Sankaku Complex, and I still find it hilarious now. I think this is more because of the grudge the two countries hold against each other, and not really because of anything else. Any excuse to complain, eh?

 

[TheBlueRabbit]

...terrible third person shouter sequel...

A third person shouter game sounds more interesting than this game probably was...

It WAS more interesting. It was called SoCom. I kinda miss shouting into that damned headset.

 

[ScruffyMcBalls]

...terrible third person shouter sequel...

A third person shouter game sounds more interesting than this game probably was...

It does, doesn't it...

Had that been intentional it would have been quite funny, as Kane and Lynch spend the vast majority of the game screaming at each other.

Oh that image has made my day. Bravo good sir, bravo.