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Dead Rising 3 not going to be released in Germany

KHlover

Banned
Wrong. Both are legal. Indexed games can't be openly advertised (you can't even mention their names in video game magazines) but you can order them at any video game store and it's no problem.
Banned games can't be imported from retailers, but you can import them yourself and it's no problem either. I imported Condemned for example and there's no law which would stop you from doing so.

Should have given the longer formulation: Yes, the possession of the game and the act of buying itself is legal. However, the import of the game is illegal and you won't ever see it if customs find it.
 
Never liked those Dead Rising games anyway, but the fact, that this game will not be released in Germany ist FRIGGIN ridiculous to me. Almost every game is released uncut in Germany (even MGR, TLoU [exclude MP] or GTAV).

Also: As a German I almost buy only imported games, hate those shitty big USK-logos on the covers.
 
Hilarious. Presumably games like COD are ok in germany, so its ok to shoot fellow people in the face all day.

But defending yourself in a fantasy world where made up creatures are all trying eat you is not ok.
 
Why? Nobody knows exactly what makes the US how it is, but it's a ridiculously violent country. Is it really a shock that others aren't in a rush to do things exactly as we do and try to give us a run for our on money when it comes to violent crimes per capita?

Germany may be a bit hypersensitive to possible influences of violence for historical reasons, as well. Being the instigators of the last two World Wars, for example.
 

KHlover

Banned
Hilarious. Presumably games like COD are ok in germany, so its ok to shoot fellow people in the face all day.

But defending yourself in a fantasy world where made up creatures are all trying eat you is not ok.

Well, COD doesn't have any kind of gore (at least not in Germany). Dead Rising 3 has. Easy choice for the USK and BPjM.

Rule 1 for getting a rating in Gemany: NO GORE ALLOWED >:{
(donations welcome)
 

danielcw

Member
So 3 people choose what the whole country can see and could not see.
Let me please stress that, before the wrong information becomes gospel:
No, they don't, and they can't


I imported Condemned for example and there's no law which would stop you from doing so.

If you ordered, and the toll checks the package, they could have kept it.



Did you know that we never had Contra III for the SNES in Germany?

That's the European version (and Australia?), so it is not just Germany.



1.) Don't you DARE to call Stromberg a "rip-off"! It's far too good to be called that. It's a German take on the format!

Episode 1, can be considered a rip off, it is pretty spot on in some areas. After that it went it's own path though.
Anyway, they makers of The Office had a good case to sue, they did, and they settled out of court. The exact details are undisclosed, as far as I know, but since then The office's creators are part of Stromberg's end credits.




Hilarious. Presumably games like COD are ok in germany, so its ok to shoot fellow people in the face all day.

But defending yourself in a fantasy world where made up creatures are all trying eat you is not ok.

a) COD games have a long history of being self censored in Germany

b) The way violence is portraied and justified in both games is totally different.
One could argue, that Dead Rising is built around killing human like creatures for the sake of fun and enjoyment of seeing them killed in unneedlessly cruel ways.
 

Irminsul

Member
Because of this
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The positive side of this is that anything but violence is pretty much okay.
 
It's weird to see a country doing the crazy shit that only Fox News in America would recommend.
But Germany is supposed to be an effeminate socialist country! WTF? I kid! I kid! Mostly, I'm having fun with the idea that an idea propounded by Fox News is being implemented by a European Democratic Socialist country.

Also, if it's an agency for media harmful to young persons, shouldn't they theoretically be all for this violent game? I mean otherwise it's an agency against media harmful for young persons.
 

Faith

Member
I will never understand why a country has to make choices for adults. If I want to kill, then it's my right to do it. It's the nature of human being.
 

shandy706

Member
State of Decay finally made it out there didn't it?

Did it not???

I know they had to make changes for different regions....like Australia and others.

One change was changing the "drugs/painkillers" to something else...like vitamins or something.

Maybe someone could elaborate more.
 

RoadHazard

Gold Member
Sorry, then I was spreading bullshit. Forget my post. :/

Not really, the changes just weren't contained to the German release even though that's the entire reason they changed it. Just like TLoU was censored in all of Europe because of Germany, so was Contra changed into Probotector in all of Europe because they wanted to be able to sell it on the German market. I guess it's just easier and cheaper to distribute a single version of the game all over Europe than making a special version just for one country.
 
It puzzles me so much why Germany has Such an influence on european gaming, yet has such backward policies. Im sick of games being censored because of the weak stomachs of the germans. Its a fcuking pisstake.

that said, on the topic at hand, that sucks but it is to be expected.
 

Dueck

Banned
My grandparents are Prussian, and they live for banning things. Every culture is different, but the old people always seem to be the uptight ones running the show. It's just a waiting game, really...
 

FeiRR

Banned
Not a problem, Germans can go to a neighbouring country like Holand or Poland and buy the ga.... Oh, wait...
 

Haunted

Member
Easily circumvented by importing a copy from the UK (or Austria if someone doesn't understand English), the imported copy will be cheaper as well.

Still, even if there are no practical consequences, the principle of it is still annoying. I wish companies would still choose to sell the game even with the reduced marketing, if only so the "Germany always bans violent games" prejudice isn't perpetuated further (as evidenced by some posts in this thread). >_>

oh well. It's always a bit weird to post in these threads, because there's the urge to "defend" against common misconceptions and thoughtless exaggeration, yet on the other hand Germans absolutely love ripping on their incompetent lawmakers and we do want them to wake up and become more relaxed in these regards as well. I guess being disappointed with your representatives and federal agencies is a pretty universal thing. :p


Angry Hitler videos aren't working for germans because they actually understand what the actors are saying ;)
Add to that that it's actually a tense scene from a great movie and it loses all the comedic impact. Bruno Ganz :bow
 

Haunted

Member
for[/i] media harmful to young persons, shouldn't they theoretically be all for this violent game? I mean otherwise it's an agency against media harmful for young persons.
Ah, a linguistic question, excellent.

It sounds weird in English because the "prüf" part of Bundesprüfstelle already implies some sort of checking/control mechanism for said harmful media. Just translating that word with agency or federal department is insufficient. :D
 

Donos

Member
I really don't get how games like GTA V or even TLOU get released nearly uncut in germany and then you have shit like this or a totally butchered Bulletstorm version.

I had to kill like 10 cops in the first 5 minutes of GTA V ...
 
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