Germany Bans EU CoD: Black Ops for PC

[Vault boy Eddie]

The germans are pacifist. All that hubbub in the 40'S was Hitler/Hypnotoad making them do wicked things.

 

[Wolf Hagen]

As said before: it has always been like this.

In the German Version of HL1 wherent even Human soldiers, they got replaced by Robot marines or such and other weird things like even that C&C Red Alert you fought with Cyborgs (althougfh in every cutscene was still humans) but yes, they seem weird on what to censor and whatnot since I didn't try the example of Dead Space i could not tell. But After all both L4D Titles got heavily censored up to the part two where the security Zombies where missing like in the Aussie Version.

The thing is: it has always been like this here since back in the early 90's.

And for the Nazi Topic: No Swastikas allowed in German game Versions EVER! XD

 

[InsanityBaronOfAtrocity]

So the germans have two options. Either play censored or pirate it and lose the multiplayer. I guess there's always hamachi..

 

[Dana22]

The next step will be capital punishment for those importing non-censored and violent games.

 

[HotFezz8]

this is why steam needs to fucking die. not to sound like the sort of conspiracy-theory-babblibg-fuck-tard, but it is a method of control. that is all.

 

[thegermanguy]

And for the Nazi Topic: No Swastikas allowed in German game Versions EVER! XD

and yet every train station has like a million drawn on them.

 

[Mcface]

Sucks for Germans.

The game sucks too though.

So you've played it?

 

[oooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

It's published by Activision, ergo it sucks. Especially if you don't want to give Bobby Kotick any money.

I don't give a damn who gets my money, so long as I get a good game in return. And no, a game does not suck just because it has been published by Activision. The game, when it is released, should be judged on its own merits as a game.

 

[Super Toast]

Sucks for Germans.

The game sucks too though.

It hasn't been released yet, jackass.

OT: Wow. It seems that everyone is jumping on the 'games are evil' bandwagon.

 

[Lordmarkus]

Sure, the game might not be in German, but that's the EU where everyone speaks like five languages, right? You'll be just fine.

Awesome joke is awesome.

OT: And this is partly why I dislike that CoD now uses steamworks. I'm fine with Valve's games using Steamwork but now when almost every game I buy is steam-integrated it just becomes a royal pain in the ass.

 

[TheBlackKnight]

OT: Wow. It seems that everyone is jumping on the 'games are evil' bandwagon.

Actually music, books and films can also be "banned" or put on the index, but since this is a videogame website other cases are never reported here.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

I'm going to assume that you're being incredibly sarcastic with this.

Sarcastic and ironic. After all, the generation who grew up with the 'Stones, and hence most liable to influence are in their 50s and 60s. This is the dominant policy-making demographic and while the Stones were particularly popular in England, above that of their popularity in Germany, the joke retains humour despite integrity flaws.

You scared me for a second there. Such an influencial band. I'venot always loved their music, but I can see what people love about them so much. I can't help but get a good Stones craving from time to time. It's a shame to see the games being censored so though

 

[Rainboq]

But I only speak four languages

Welcome to the Escapist!

OT: Someone will mod it all back in, this is just pointless.

 

[Omgsarge]

I'm German and I could care less about that game. I don't care about my government "banning" video games (I say banning in parenthesis because, normally, they will be put on a special list and you can still buy them but under stricter conditions. They won't be on store shelves however), I don't care about them censoring the games because I can get and prefer the original version.
But what is that with steam? You would force me to play an inferior product because you don't trust and don't check that I am old enough to make my own decisions? That I am an adult who can tell the difference between reality and fiction?
Steam? What...the...hell.
Insert obligatory Nazi joke, hurr hurr hurr.

 

[Sonicron]

I don't get this thing cencorship. I mean, it's rated M and I thought adults could think for themself?

Shame Germany, shame. Then again, it would seem that Angela Merkel is loosing it...

... Meh. While I agree with the gist of your argument, they really only wheel out the banhammer when the game in question is both really big and really graphically realistic, and personally I can live with that. It's immensely arbitrary.
Of course, that doesn't mean I like censorship like this any better on principle, it's just that most of the games I like tend to not get noticed by the thought police.

Btw, Merkel is not responsible for this nonsense. Mainly it's the politicians in charge of family affairs, education, matters related to children, what have you.

 

[Ze_Reaper_Of_Zeath]

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It happens all the time. But still, what a bunch of retards.

 

[gl1koz3]

Can the old people die already, so that things stop getting half-ass censored.

 

[Angerwing]

1. Ban sequel to biggest entertainment release in history.
2. Watch as game market struggles.
3. ?????
4. Profit

 

[Wintermoot]

did you know these guys are just a few kilometers away from me?! you know stuff liek this makes me worry about my hobby!

 

[KDR_11k]

The only thing I really noticed about MW2 in terms of censorship was that the No Russian level gave you a game over for killing civilians.