compl3x Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Sony has confirmed that the European release of Quantic Dream's Beyond: Two Souls has been censored. Sony says that around 5-10 seconds of footage has been edited in the European release so that the game could get a PEGI 16 rating. Sony did not say just what exactly censors in Europe found so offensive as to have it altered to avoid a higher rating, but one would guess it relates to gratuitously violent scenes. As a general rule, having wanton violence in a game is a good way to get a PEGI 18 rating under the European ratings system... "There are only two amends between the EU and US versions of the game, amounting to about 5-10 seconds of gameplay that?s not been removed, just edited slightly to be in line with a PEGI 16 rating," said Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Ross Alexander on thePlayStation EU Blog. "For Beyond we wanted to make the game available to as many people as possible," continued Alexander, "hence applying for a PEGI 16 rating. The 5-10 seconds I mention above would have upped our rating to a PEGI 18, so it made perfect sense to make these two VERY minimal changes to get our planned 16 rating." "I can assure you that this does not affect the game?s story at all, and that if you didn?t know these scenes had been amended, you wouldn?t even notice," he added. Beyond: Two Souls is set for release on October 8 in North America and October 11 in Europe. It is a PlayStation console family exclusive. Source: PlayStation EU Blog http://gamepolitics.com/2013/10/01/beyond-two-souls-gets-censored-europe#.UkwP-oanpOY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. S. Veteran Posted October 2, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 2, 2013 Nipples. I bet it's nipples. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 Can't fap to Ellen Pages digital nips? Shame. Jan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichi Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Do PEGI ratings actually influence purchase decisions in any way? I'd swear about 99% of Battlefield or CoD players are well under the PEGI recomended age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted October 2, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 2, 2013 I played the Demo for this game last night. It is a truly Beautiful game when it comes to characters but the environment is rather barren and not very detailed. (except for when it rains) I will not be buying the game when it comes out simply because it is an on rails game that is essentially a movie with QuickTime events that if you fail them the whole scene starts over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I played the Demo for this game last night. It is a truly Beautiful game when it comes to characters but the environment is rather barren and not very detailed. (except for when it rains) I will not be buying the game when it comes out simply because it is an on rails game that is essentially a movie with QuickTime events that if you fail them the whole scene starts over again. Ah so it's in the "pretty much all video games post-2008" genre. Disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted October 2, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 2, 2013 Ah so it's in the "pretty much all video games post-2008" genre. Disappointing. no i actually mean on rails as in you just watch it. and it runs around for itself for most of the game. its not like a typical game where you are linear moving where it wants you. You do not even get to control the movement of the character for most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 That's sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 2, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted October 2, 2013 EU still has nudity, it's US that's censored it. EU has a scene of violence censored. Basically EU: Boobs! US: Violence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper11 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Hmm, would I rather have more boobs or more violence? That's a tough choice lol I may have to import the EU version! +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedo3 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 EU: Boobs! US: Violence! ...just the way God intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerino Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 BOOBIES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. S. Veteran Posted October 2, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 2, 2013 I played the Demo for this game last night. It is a truly Beautiful game when it comes to characters but the environment is rather barren and not very detailed. (except for when it rains) I will not be buying the game when it comes out simply because it is an on rails game that is essentially a movie with QuickTime events that if you fail them the whole scene starts over again. It's a spiritual successor to Heavy Rain, a very story and choice driven game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted October 3, 2013 Member Share Posted October 3, 2013 Sony did not say just what exactly censors in Europe found so offensive as to have it altered to avoid a higher rating, but one would guess it relates to gratuitously violent scenes. As a general rule, having wanton violence in a game is a good way to get a PEGI 18 rating under the European ratings system... So basically they were trying to sneak things past the censors and got caught? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. S. Veteran Posted October 26, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 26, 2013 http://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/3020630-inline-1280-ellen7.jpg Guess what? It WAS nipples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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