Please tell me this isn't because of that laughable wives tales that if kids see an unspecified amount of violence they transform into jeffery dahmer at an unspecified point in the future, maybe.

Oxygen

Canada3581 Posts

September 13 2009 16:11 GMT

#102

On September 02 2009 03:41 Cube wrote:
while i do not live in germany, i think this is a positive thing - get em while they're young etc

So blood in an RTS has influence on the homicidal instincts of a child that a parent can have difficulty controlling?

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

September 13 2009 16:34 GMT

#103

On September 14 2009 00:34 omnigol wrote:
Please tell me this isn't because of that laughable wives tales that if kids see an unspecified amount of violence they transform into jeffery dahmer at an unspecified point in the future, maybe.

Virtual guns are more dangerous than real guns, don't you know?

Mah Buckit!

Finland474 Posts

September 13 2009 16:43 GMT

#104

People, get your facts right.
Just saying..

timmeh

Austria177 Posts

September 13 2009 16:49 GMT

#105

Get over it.

Cirn9

1117 Posts

September 14 2009 01:29 GMT

#106

Everything has less blood in germany, no big surprise

REDBLUEGREEN

Germany1904 Posts

September 14 2009 02:09 GMT

#107

I don't care. will get english version anyway but not because of the censoring. who the fuck cares if there is blood anyway it may look cool for the first 5 games after that you won't care.
That being said I think it makes more sense to censor violence then nudity or swearing :L

MadNeSs

Denmark1507 Posts

September 14 2009 10:22 GMT

#108

I dont think I could live in a country, where computer games are censored - I just dont get it.

Also I remember a time where I bought Turok for n64 in Germany, and all the enemies where fucking robots, and no blood wtf? Fuck Germany!

Starparty

Sweden1963 Posts

September 14 2009 12:37 GMT

#109

On September 02 2009 04:12 spinesheath wrote:
If you take SC (and SC2 as well) seriously the slightest bit, you shouldn't care about such nonsense at all. SC is a strategy game, not an action movie or whatever. If you waste your time watching death animations you won't get anywhere in SC.

made my day ^^

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

September 14 2009 19:25 GMT

#110

I believe Germany goes too far with game censorship. However, if SC2's graphics are distracting in the slightest, this is actually going to help German players.

Last Romantic

United States20666 Posts

September 14 2009 19:58 GMT

#111

Let's get the German versions so we can see what the hell is going on in battles.

dcttr66

United States555 Posts

September 14 2009 21:24 GMT

#112

lol...
why don't they just do like mortal kombat did and have an option to turn blood off? would that really be so hard? then do like if the computer uses german language settings or whatever...then the blood is automatically turned off upon installation maybe...

TwoToneTerran

United States8841 Posts

September 14 2009 21:34 GMT

#113

Should just do what TF2 did for european censorship -- instead of blood and gore when things die they expunge presents and toys and balloons!

Coherent

United States3 Posts

September 14 2009 22:10 GMT

#114

Censorship in general is retarded. Everybody knows what they're trying to block out anyway. It's like how they censor curse words on the radio and anyone with a brain knows what they blocked.

Newsflash for conservative censorship freaks: Your kid probably hears the F word 20+ times per day in school from their friends and other kids. Hearing it on the radio or TV isn't going to corrupt your poor innocent child.

closed

Vatican City State491 Posts

September 14 2009 22:32 GMT

#115

German censorship is so strict, I remember that they banned electric retard too ololol

AdunToridas

Germany380 Posts

September 15 2009 10:23 GMT

#116

Did anyone see the Hatchery die? Raining blood and guts everywhere, I can understand that

dsi

Australia1 Post

September 15 2009 11:38 GMT

#117

Update: Blizzard have let us know that it is indeed a slip up - "Jay was just lead by the question". Diablo 3 shouldn't need any special treatment for the Aussie Classification Board.

http://www.ausgamers.com/news/read/2779140

mmp

United States2130 Posts

September 15 2009 20:19 GMT

#118

Gore animations are a necessary part of a game's feedback. Your victory is marked by your enemy's gore. Your defeat by your own gore.

Gore is only repulsive when it's your army dying.