RTCW and UT not for German fans

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Bad news today for the gaming community. The german government institution BPjS which tasks are to:

To prevent indexing of RtCW the german localization of this title received substantial changes by Activision Germany.
E.g. all names of depicted persons were changed and all german 3rd reich insignia have been removed. Additionally the germans and the whole plot were turned into a fanatical sect named The Wolfs aiming to rule the world by dark powers.
As if such a downturn of a splendid action title was not enough due to the sales prohibition retailers will remove any quantities from stock because these represent dead money.

Due to the risk of their titles being indexed most game developers have switched to a drastic localization tactic to guarantee those games a long shelf life. This implies though that mostly no english version makes it to the german market (action titles mostly).

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#1 mariusu on 01 Mar 2002 - 10:29

yeah, that's germany, so you don'T have to wonder

#2 kolp on 01 Mar 2002 - 13:06

what you mean by that, mariusu, have you ever been to Germany?

#3 mavis on 01 Mar 2002 - 15:12

gotta LOVE censorship!

#4 AGW83 on 01 Mar 2002 - 19:42

I was in Germany last summer and must say that I am quite surprised they are not allowing these games, especially UT. Furthermore, by allowing RtCW they are given the chance to move on from the atrocities of the war. But like the US, Germany has a strong-rooted warez community. My friend (in Germany) gets all his games that way. He has UT and looks forward to getting RtCW.

#5 mariusu on 01 Mar 2002 - 21:28

#2 yeah....i am from germany, and that's way i posted that...i know what happens here and i'm not happy at all with it...al this censorship

#6 fizik2 on 01 Mar 2002 - 21:39

word, negro

#7 YahoKa on 01 Mar 2002 - 23:46

Germany does have an incredibly strong warez community, that is for sure. This is still a sad day for gamers though. And a sad day esp. for [german] gamers

Last edited by 1080 on 01 Mar 2002 - 23:46

#8 adam2001 on 03 Mar 2002 - 00:00

well it aint a big deal that RtCW is banned. I am well disappointed in the length of the game. I completed it within 2 days of buying it, and no i wasnt on it all day for both days. The game is ok but far to short, also i think the multiplayer is rubbish, Team Fortress clone anyone. I do have to admit that multiplayer is fast, but i was bored after 10 minutes. Counter-strike rules. Anyway RtCW is poor in respect to game length, and replayability for me is near zero. I aint playing it again cus it aint that good in that respect. Stick Half life on me computer and i can play that over and over cus its good. Anyway thats my opinion. P.S. ive had a bad day, dont know if youve noticed

#9 monofonik on 03 Mar 2002 - 02:00

i think if i was a kraut, i'd be angry too.

#10 rommel on 03 Mar 2002 - 06:25

so you would be rather soured by this developement then..then that would make you a sour kraut?....lol

#11 WasteXTC on 03 Mar 2002 - 06:29

That was bad, rommel.

hehe

#12 rommel on 04 Mar 2002 - 00:06

yeah that was pretty lame eh?...but i just couldnt help myself

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