question about STEAM games and Germany

[john121]

I heard there was a law in Germany about the blood in a video game has to be green. First, is this true, and Second, what would STEAM users do if they ordered HL2 through STEAM, or had a friend in the U.S. to buy it for them and give them the account info and stuff? Would he be breaking gov't law? :cheers:

 

[geowa]

green?... green? thats just wierd... hehe

 

[fez]

im from UK but living in germany working for a software company as part of my degree. i was unsure about this question myself. to avoid this problem ive ordered my copy of HL2 from amazon.co.uk and having someone send it to me

 

[BetaMaster]

Because of the censor laws, there is a lagnuage section of Steam where if you check "German," it changes some things around.
Try it out if you want.
It turns the zombies into robots, I believe.
The blood is oil
In multiplayer games, dead people sit down. No blood at all.

So, yeah, if you use the US version, you're breaking the law.
I think if you're a legal adult, though, you can use the US version.

 

[ne0_shiny]

Because of the censor laws, there is a lagnuage section of Steam where if you check "German," it changes some things around.
Try it out if you want.
It turns the zombies into robots, I believe.
The blood is oil
In multiplayer games, dead people sit down. No blood at all.

So, yeah, if you use the US version, you're breaking the law.
I think if you're a legal adult, though, you can use the US version.

lol
thats really stupid, i feel sorry for you german people with your non-violent video games

 

[paddy3k]

i'm from germany and there will be no content cutting in the german version (http://www.pcgames.de/?article_id=332140)... but here, probably only persons who are 18+ can buy it.

ps: doom3 also didn't get censored here not all things here are bad

pps: but even in the case it would get censored, a few weeks after release there would be sure some patches to get rid of the censorship

 

[geowa]

why is the censor there anyway? and why do the bodies sit down? is there some kind of conspiricy in the german govermant telling people that people dont die, they just sit down :S

 

[tuacker]

The germans think games showing real blood and so on makes the player going amok .

Well, I'm from Austria, we don't have this law here, but we get the same censored version *argh* .... but I may use the US Version so it doesn't matter at all.

And yes, HL2 will be uncensored but for that you need to be 18 years or older to buy .... (not in Austria *gg*)