Censorship? Unacceptable.

[soulsource]

Does anyone know if the US Xbox 360 version will run on european consoles? I know that this is generally not the case, but there are exceptions and at the moment I'm desperately hoping that South Park: The Stick of Truth is one of them.

 

Alternative: Does anyone know if the Windows version is running on Linux with WINE?

[ScornAUT]

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/02/27/south-park-the-stick-of-truths-pc-version-will-only-be-censored-in-certain-territories/

 

Sigh.

 

"... censoring will occur in "Germany, Austria, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong & Taiwan"."

According to Steam, i'd only get the "Low Violence Version" *rolleyes*

Edited February 27, 2014 by ScornAUT

[Aoyagi]

So far it looks like it was someone in ubisoft who made the decision, not the PEGI who already had passed the game.... So maybe so ubisoft mockery?

 

Most certainly.

 

http://www.vg247.com/2014/02/27/south-park-we-did-not-censor-or-edit-the-game-in-any-shape-or-form-says-ratings-body/

Edited February 27, 2014 by Aoyagi

[C2B]

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/02/27/south-park-the-stick-of-truths-pc-version-will-only-be-censored-in-certain-territories/

 

Sigh.

 

"... censoring will occur in "Germany, Austria, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong & Taiwan"."

According to Steam, i'd only get the "Low Violence Version" *rolleyes*

 

Only the swastika is out in your version. Anal probe stuff is still in.

[Baldeagle91]

Just for the record I'm pretty disappointed with ubisoft regarding this decision.

No-one can really understand this decision in the slightest.

Not even like the screens we got where that funny either....

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/03/03/this-is-south-park-the-stick-of-truths-censor-screen

Let's hope it's worth me getting on PC.... was really hoping I could play this on my TV with mates on a console so we could share the laughs.... 

[Ubichiottes]

Does anyone know if the US Xbox 360 version will run on european consoles? I know that this is generally not the case, but there are exceptions and at the moment I'm desperately hoping that South Park: The Stick of Truth is one of them.

 

Alternative: Does anyone know if the Windows version is running on Linux with WINE?

 

It is region-locked according to a Canadian online retailer. Ubisoft doesn't want us to import the cheaper uncensored version of the game.

[soulsource]

Thanks, Ubichiottes.

 

That means we'll probably have to get the censored version then, if we want to play the game on the Xbox.

At least I can still delude myself with the irrational hope that maybe there will be a patch that undoes this defacement of art. On the other hand, since the censorship was nothing but a marketing decision, I presusume in order to make people talk about the game, this hope might not be completely in vain.