IMO they just shouldn't release it in Germany then. The Nazis were who was being fought in World War II. I find the idea of having a World War II game and removing the Nazi symbols and such kind of stupid, and defeating of the purpose of having a period game.jackdaniel0001 said:
It's sort of like doing a game about the US Civil War but removing all images of the Confederate flag.
My initial thought was actually more along the lines of it being the TF2 hats and Valve deciding to do it so there wouldn't be images of TF2 characters running around with Swatstikas for screenshots and such. A general "german hat" (whatever the heck that means) as opposed to a Nazi hat being a way of doing a promotion for the game while sidestepping that issue. Of course I kind of wonder what's the point of having a German hat promoting a World War II game otherwise. Of course it seems that in general they are sidestepping saying "Nazi" at all there which I find kind of disturbing on a lot of levels. Trying to pretend the Nazis didn't exist is really kind of a bad idea on so many levels.
That said that was a secondary point even if I wrote more about it, the bit that really galled me was the "Premium Currency" as a pre-order benefit for a RTS. As bad as I thought or not, I pretty much stand to my comments (in regards to Dead Space 3 for example) when it comes to single player games, the industry can basically blow right off with that (mentally replace "blow" with something more extreme, I'm trying to avoid swearing... it lacks grace so to speak). Time will tell what the situation turns out to be though.... and understand this is coming from someone who has grudgingly paid (and quite a bit) for MMO currencies in the past, I don't want to see this kind of monetization seep into single player games as well, gaming is a crazy expensive hobby as it is, and this is just getting ridiculous.
