In the most recent act of censorship in a long line of many, The Darkness has now attracted the evil eye from German officials -- who demand that a few "changes" need to be made before Take-Two can have any hopes of releasing the game on the land that Hitler soiled. So what appears to be the hold up? Well my pretties, it seems that two things: The appearance of Nazi symbols (which I haven't noticed in the game), and those gory finishing moves that make this game shine.
The Nazi symbols will of course be removed, and the current finishing move of having "Darklings" feasting on the hearts of enemies will be replaced with, get this, a yellowish-green-fog representing soul absorption instead. Did anyone else just smack themselves in the head out of frustration right now?
Anyway, the release date has been pushed back until July 27th, so that Take-Two can sanitize the game for those overly sensitive German folks. However, if you happen to live in the United States or the jolly old UK, you're laughing to yourself, and enjoying this fine game for what it is -- a horror game. I can only wonder if they are allowed to play Mortal Kombat over there.
[Via Gamesindustrybiz]
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3:07 PM on 06.29.2007
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Thank goodness, horror movies get more respect than this, or I'd never have a reason to turn on the TV.
*laughs* Good one. I was commenting about censorship in general, outside of and including Germany.
"I can only wonder if they are allowed to play Mortal Kombat over there."
They were, that one time, but we won, so they have to ruin it for generations here on after.
oooooh! Germany, you got Burned...
It must suck for Buddhist and Hindu Germans.
I'm guessing the headline now: "Woman needs to get over her dead child: Draconic censorship tortures Ubisoft into recalling game that makes you smarter and whitens your teeth".
Or maybe it won't get the proper treatment because the game doesn't decapitate someone and hump the skull.
"Are Germans that volitile that if they see a swastika they all grow jackboots and SS uniforms and start killing minorities?"
That quote made coke come out my nose. Thanks!
I think it's actually a shame they give into this bullshit system and change the game at all.
It usually takes some time to be indexed and then, the store can still sell the game "under the counter"(don't know if that expression fits), they're just not allowed to display it for sale or advertise it.
Are you Jack Thompson? Fur reelz?
There is no difference.
@SubOrbital: the whole "Holocaust survivors/descendants thereof get offended" and "we're trivializing their pain" arguments are what lead to the paralyzing Must-Be-Politically-Correct movement we're plagued with today.
Wiping the earth clean of the Nazis' legacy sounds like a noble goal, but that's just denying the past. If we don't remember what led to the prominence of the Nazi party, as well as the result, not to mention the power that kind of thinking holds in some circles, we are asking to be victimized by that phenomenon yet again. So that hurts the feelings of some relatives of Holocaust victims? Deal with it.
@the guy above: You raise a very good argument. I agree with it in principal, but I still can't help but think none of it means anything in this example because of the context in which it is being used. Having said that, I think this is all a moot point because I just realized something. Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Did Germany ban that too? If not, surely they can't expect to regulate this too, since I'm sure RTCW had a lot more Nazi exposure than this game. I believe I've just been swayed to your side of the argument now that I've realized that point. Thanks for your thoughts.
Yeah, when it comes to videogames it sucks living here.