Could be.JarinArenos said:I suspect the "dual-LMG" clips are the character piloting one of those mechsuit things he's fighting.hazabaza1 said:Certainly looks about a billion times better than the 2009 game. I just hope that the PC version has an option for gun size, because holy balls those guns are massive.
I know that, but I would like to play how it was intended to be. I don't like that the government thinks it can dictate what adults play and I don't like that the industry just rolls with it, without questioning it or anythingCharcharo said:They WANT to sell it in Germany.N3squ1ck said:What the heck, they even blocked the effing trailer in Germany.
And I was excited about this game until they said that they don't give a fuck about German players and region lock the game (which they actually don't have to afaik, they just can't sell it here)
And now the trailer too, ffs
After US, Germany is the biggest single market in the world.
Besides, Wolfenstein will be sold in Germany. But all nazi stuff will be changed/removed. You wont fight the 3rd Reich. Just the Wolves/some random empire stuff . Otherwise same game.
thing is that publishers are too chicken. strictly legally speaking publishing a game with swastikas and nazi theme would be no problem nowadays. but devs and publishers are terrified of the bad press and such.Charcharo said:They WANT to sell it in Germany.N3squ1ck said:What the heck, they even blocked the effing trailer in Germany.
And I was excited about this game until they said that they don't give a fuck about German players and region lock the game (which they actually don't have to afaik, they just can't sell it here)
And now the trailer too, ffs
After US, Germany is the biggest single market in the world.
Besides, Wolfenstein will be sold in Germany. But all nazi stuff will be changed/removed. You wont fight the 3rd Reich. Just the Wolves/some random empire stuff . Otherwise same game.
interesting stuff, got any source for that? not trying to be snippy, just genuinely curious.Charcharo said:You are actually VERY wrong here. It WILL be a problem. Not sure whether it will be a big problem and whether it will have a negative effect on the game, but I know for a fact that it is.Kathinka said:thing is that publishers are too chicken. strictly legally speaking publishing a game with swastikas and nazi theme would be no problem nowadays. but devs and publishers are terrified of the bad press and such.Charcharo said:They WANT to sell it in Germany.N3squ1ck said:What the heck, they even blocked the effing trailer in Germany.
And I was excited about this game until they said that they don't give a fuck about German players and region lock the game (which they actually don't have to afaik, they just can't sell it here)
And now the trailer too, ffs
After US, Germany is the biggest single market in the world.
Besides, Wolfenstein will be sold in Germany. But all nazi stuff will be changed/removed. You wont fight the 3rd Reich. Just the Wolves/some random empire stuff . Otherwise same game.
pro tip for all people within germany who want to play the game the way it was intended: keystores. not only do they offer the game for cheaper, you'll also get the uncensored version.
Just last year World of Tanks had to deny one of their awards- The Boelter (incredible tanker, Wehrmacht, no war crimes) medal. Reason is that the German goverment asked WarGaming to delete his name from the game... even though he was Wehrmacht.
One year before that, they wanted the ORIGINAL meda, which was a Wittman medal (SS officer, no war crimes, legendary tanker) to be changed.
Currently, the new game War Thunder has some problems with Germany because players can use some of the decals to recreate the SS logo...
So yeah.. it is a problem
all i could find was hearsay. the only official statement i dug up said that they removed it to not appear to be supporting fascism. the stuff about the german guvn'nament forcing them seems to be just rumour. (how would they even)Charcharo said:Read the WoT wiki and FTR. That is the sourceKathinka said:interesting stuff, got any source for that? not trying to be snippy, just genuinely curious.Charcharo said:You are actually VERY wrong here. It WILL be a problem. Not sure whether it will be a big problem and whether it will have a negative effect on the game, but I know for a fact that it is.Kathinka said:thing is that publishers are too chicken. strictly legally speaking publishing a game with swastikas and nazi theme would be no problem nowadays. but devs and publishers are terrified of the bad press and such.Charcharo said:They WANT to sell it in Germany.N3squ1ck said:What the heck, they even blocked the effing trailer in Germany.
And I was excited about this game until they said that they don't give a fuck about German players and region lock the game (which they actually don't have to afaik, they just can't sell it here)
And now the trailer too, ffs
After US, Germany is the biggest single market in the world.
Besides, Wolfenstein will be sold in Germany. But all nazi stuff will be changed/removed. You wont fight the 3rd Reich. Just the Wolves/some random empire stuff . Otherwise same game.
pro tip for all people within germany who want to play the game the way it was intended: keystores. not only do they offer the game for cheaper, you'll also get the uncensored version.
Just last year World of Tanks had to deny one of their awards- The Boelter (incredible tanker, Wehrmacht, no war crimes) medal. Reason is that the German goverment asked WarGaming to delete his name from the game... even though he was Wehrmacht.
One year before that, they wanted the ORIGINAL meda, which was a Wittman medal (SS officer, no war crimes, legendary tanker) to be changed.
Currently, the new game War Thunder has some problems with Germany because players can use some of the decals to recreate the SS logo...
So yeah.. it is a problem
(legal nerdery incoming, beware!)
as the current legal situation stands, § 86 of the german criminal code prohibits the use of certain symbols, like the swastika. but here is the interesting part: article three of the same paragraph makes exceptions where the display of swastikas and the like is allowed. for science, education, historical documentation aaaand, and this is the part concerning us, art and fiction.
now video games have been legally accepted as art a long time ago in germany. it would follow that the use of swastikas in games is legal, as it is in movies, tv shows, paintings and comic books. hell, even some games have been sold with swastikas, but rather rarely and not exactly tripple A stuff. however, devs and publishers, dreading to be that guy who made an evil nazi game, continue to voluntarily self censor to avoid confrontation.
WarGaming does usually ignore stupid stuff, but when the goverment wants it... yeah.