They had to cut out the peeing animations for it to pass the Xbox ratings. Oddly enough the beheadings and sadistic violence were allowed to stay! Apparently it's worse seeing someone take a leak than actually performing a brutal murder in a game. Only in America.

What exactly is the purpose of peeing in the game?! Sounds interesting, but eh...

What exactly is the purpose of peeing in the game?! Sounds interesting, but eh...

You can't pee yourself, but you could sometimes (in the Gothic games) see people who were sitting around a campfire get up and go take a leak behind some hut or something. It has no purpose other than to make the characters seem more alive.

Only in America.

 

 

It's completely ridiculous, I agree, but at least we don't censor skeletons.

 

Let's face it. Humans the world over have some weird concepts of offensive.

Banned in Australia again. Here's what ESRB has to say about it: http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=27163

 

Aussies must feel so cozy and warm that there is a higher power looking out for them.

Banned in Australia again. Here's what ESRB has to say about it: http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=27163

 

FFS.

 

Another game I import.

You know, this is really getting idiotic. Ban peeing as it is associated with "those" organs, ban undead for being a cultural "Taboo" (whichy is ironic as chinese are among the sanest people on the topic of death and afterlife. In other words they can talk rationally about it), Ban showing the very tips of breasts... Whine for cruelity to animals...

 

When the hell did we (mankind) started living in some far off choo-choo land?

Edited August 12, 200916 yr by cronicler

Apparently the issue is

It's completely ridiculous, I agree, but at least we don't censor skeletons.

 

Let's face it. Humans the world over have some weird concepts of offensive.

Didn't China ban a dragon from a WoW cover? I seem to recall reading something about this... if I'm correct, I wonder what'll befall Dragon Age in the Far East..

Two new gameplay videos, this time with two French dudes that never stop talking. Still the footage is interesting:

 

 

 

 

First video shows some combat and some AI. Second video shows a harbour town and some quest dialogue and climbing.

Ugh, french people. Let me just say the terribly unappealing accent is a France-only thing, so don't hate all the french.... just France french.

 

Still, looks nice. Definitly worth a look.

Edited August 13, 200916 yr by WILL THE ALMIGHTY

One could park a truck in the gap between the front teeth of the left person.

 

Can't wait for Risen to come out.

Edited August 13, 200916 yr by virumor

I couldn't watch the video longer than for 30 secs, because ya know, the french...

...can be muted.

I must say Risen still looks good and bad. Good because it reminds me of Gothic 2, and bad because it doesn't add anything new.

You remember how peeing was removed to please the American censors (in the land of the free yada yada)?

 

 

Germans are weird.

Hopefully the game will sell well enough... just like Divinity 2, very few people outside Europe seem to even know its existence.

You remember how peeing was removed to please the American censors (in the land of the free yada yada)?

 

 

Germans are weird.

 

 

That's so bizarre. In my purchased-in-America Gothic 2, Bullco went out and peed on a tree every danged morning. Not a peep from the censors. I'm having trouble believing that dissecting a living human while blood spurts and having nudie cards is okay, but peeing isn't. I'll have to check this silliness out.

 

Edit: Oh, I see it was only for XBox... which means that it isn't an "American" thing, it's an XBox thing. Apparently Microsoft is more prudish than previously imagined!

Edited August 19, 200916 yr by ~Di

Three new gameplay videos, courtesy of Gametrailers, from the Gamescom convention in Cologne, Germany:

 

Video 1: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-risen/54635

Video 2: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-risen/54634

Video 3: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-risen/54633

 

At least it's in English this time.. broken English.

Oh yeah, and I'm going for the Collector's Edition again:

 

Nice triple post by meee!

 

Anyhow, new screens at a site I've never heard about before, UGDB:

 

 

Clicking the picture takes you to the gallery. I'd suggest clicking on the "Show a bigger version" button above the picture for extra eye candy.

The environmental art looks pretty nice. The human animations and poses look a bit wonky though, but its hard to tell if that's just becuase they were captured in some weird position at the moment the screenie was taken.

 

ANyway, from a graphics pov it certainly appears sufficient.

It basically looks like a very polished Gothic III, but I'm fine with that. Gothic III's models were nothing to write home about, but the environments looked much better than Oblivion's. Considering their budget is probably minimal compared to Bethesda's or BioWare's, it looks amazing.

 

I don't think I'll get the CE of this game, I'll be getting the CE of Divinity 2 (English version) instead. That game is/was Game of the Year for me.

Edited August 21, 200916 yr by virumor

The human animations and poses look a bit wonky though, but its hard to tell if that's just becuase they were captured in some weird position at the moment the screenie was taken.

 

Well Gothic 3 had this problem too, so I wouldn't be surprised if Risen had it. I don't think Gothic 2 had this problem though, but it's been so long since I played it I could be mistaken.

 

An example of the day-and-night cycle in Risen. Pretty sweet.

Very pretty gorgeous, but the animation seems lacking.

 

 

Oh well. That leaves story and combat. Any chance that those two turn out good?

Edited August 30, 200916 yr by WILL THE ALMIGHTY