You can find on the USK Homepage, that the PC-Version of the Game is rated "16"

I move to Germany asap.

Remember they cut some stuff in german versions a lot...

Like no gore in Fallout etc....

[censored] and decapitation must be common practice over there.

My guess is that (IsGoreDisabled == 1) for your region, so there might not be the decapitation and/or dismemberment like was done for the Fallouts, unless Germany has changed its tune regarding violent games.

I was going to say the German people must be made out of sterner stuff than us, but this works too. :tongue:

Can't find anything on the USK homepage. Do you have a link?

Edit: I just find Oblivion and Morrowind, which where both rated 12. So we can expect a serious upgrade form those games!

Edit2: Oh, just saw it ... great!

Hmm.. I know other games in the past have had content cut in German releases. Is there any info on this?

Either way it doesn't affect me (it's rated 15 here in the UK without any cuts and I'm going on for 30 anyway), I just hope our German cousins won't be missing out on anything.

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Maybe it should be noted that they rated the English version (at least it says Language: English). So I guess they didn't cut anything for that rating.

Germany rates games very strictly, but in a sane way. SWAT4 for example, although bloody, violent, and with themes such as child (mass-)murder and [censored] (Edit: Seriously? You censor regular words? I was using the common word beginning with an R that describes forced sixual interaction), was rated 16 because after all, you play the cops. Other games that are rated T in the US are rated 18+ in Germany because of what you do, not so much how it's displayed.

Role Playing Games are almost always rated 12, due to the Fantasy aspect, unless they are very graphic. Dragon Age Origins for example was rated 18+ due to all the bloodshed. It wasn't cut as far as I remember, and neither were Morrowind and Oblivion (rated 12, both).

Generally, other aspects of a game are important to the German rating system than to the US one. Alcohol and sixuality aren't a big issue, blood and gore is. Being the 'bad guy' in a game also has a drastical influence on it, hence the MW2 airport scene being cut completely.

The main difference between US and German law regarding rating is that it's only a suggestion in the US and most of Europe, while in Germany it's strictly illegal to buy a game you're not old enough for.

16 in Germany? There has to be some censorship in the game to get a 16 in Germany.

Germans tends to be wussies so I think the game's gotten censored (a lot) xD

Well it's not that surprising really - Ob was rated 16+ here in Sweden and nothing got cut from our version. (I wonder if the german rating board found out about the decapitations though :whistling:)

Well that was.... unnecessary.

Perhaps I should mention a certain nation with an aversion to the human body and "use of alcohol".

On second thoughts, perhaps I should just keep my mouth shut.