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Games@lemmy.worldbyFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works
13 days

After 24 years, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is finally distributed uncut in Germany — game was censored due to strict laws regarding Nazi symbolism

www.tomshardware.com English

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/58157586

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    Germany's strict laws surrounding depictions of Nazis meant the game had to be altered, giving it an arguably more interesting story as a result.
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    • hakunawazo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13 days

      That’s why I can’t take film/game censorship serious. The game didn’t change, just the stupid rules somehow. Similar to violence in old games like Doom where the BPjM changed their mind justified by the shitty graphics and sound compared to modern standards.
      Additionally the whole “killergame” debate relating first person shooter games by “experts” and politicians was so stupid.

        • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
          11 days

          The d&d panic, comic book panic, hell the rock and roll panic…

            • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11 days

              Jazz panic…

              Waltz panic… (idk probably)

              German dancing fever…

            • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
              13 days

              I actually don’t know if the rules changed, did they? It was just that the publishers of the time weren’t ambitious enough to be sure they could prove in court that “These uses of swastikas are for the means of depicting Nazis in a negative light”. Much easier to just sidestep the analysis.

                • hakunawazo@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  13 days

                  I haven’t looked further, if it is the case here, but social adequacy is a thing regarding evaluation of videogames since a few years: https://usk.de/usk-beruecksichtigt-bei-altersfreigabe-von-spielen-kuenftig-sozialadaequanz/
                  Sure, nobody should allow a game where nazi culture will be praised. But if they are allowed as bad guys, e.g. in Indiana Jones movies, it should also be allowed here.
                  Beside that, the Doom example and their argumentation in my last post is a real joke (and in my opinion symptomatic for the whole censoring arbitrariness).

                  • glasratz@feddit.orgEnglish
                    11 days

                    The rules didn’t really change. It was all just based on a single court decision that nobody cared to challenge until 2018.

                • FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  13 days

                  I couldn’t tell you anything about the campaign but I wasted countless hours doing multi player matches with my brother, mostly the beach invasion map. I remember it being fun times but I’m sure it wouldn’t hold up if I fired it up now.

                    • False@lemmy.worldEnglish
                      13 days

                      Campaign was pretty good

                        • Mîm@lemmy.zip
                          English
                          13 days

                          Campaign is very good.
                          Can’t speak for the Multiplayer though. Spend that time wasting it with a frient in Enemy Territory.

                            • False@lemmy.worldEnglish
                              12 days

                              Glad to hear it’s aged well then

                          • Malta Soron@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                            13 days

                            You can still buy ET on Steam. I remember playing it a while ago. There wasn’t as much activity as twenty years ago, but it was still fun. The graphics are dated, but the gameplay is unbeatable.

                              • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.orgEnglish
                                13 days

                                no need tu buy it, you can download it from splashdamage themselfs. https://www.splashdamage.com/games/wolfenstein-enemy-territory/

                                and with etlegacy exists a modern client.

                                  • Malta Soron@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                                    13 days

                                    Cool, thanks!

                                    Do you know if there’s crossplay between the official client and etlegacy?

                                      • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.orgEnglish
                                        13 days

                                        etlegacy clients should be compatible with the latest server version, so yes.

                                          • Malta Soron@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                                            13 days

                                            Sounds good, thanks!

                                  • spip@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                    12 days

                                    On one hand, the censorship was always silly. On the other hand, the current trends in Germany probably mean they’re rolling back their Nazi regulations for all the wrong reasons.

                                    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                      13 days

                                      Campaign, multi player and then layer enemy territory were all gems.

                                      Back in my day I could one hop beach and end the match under a minute

                                      • aksdb@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                        13 days

                                        You know as well as I, that I don’t have time to play it!

                                        A prison then….

                                        Return to Castle Wolfenstein immediately!

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