Lethal Weapon
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As you propably already know the US - and maybe the German version - is censored (God bless Atari); adult quests, nudity, finishing moves and idk what else are on the list. Considering this is supposed to be an adult game, that's imo nothing less than spitting on the devs' face - and i mean the actual programmers and artists, not CDP.
Furthermore this is the first game, at least in recent years, that appears to deal with adult themes in a (hopefully) serious manner. If successfull, it could open up a whole new market for videogames, proving that they can offer more that mere entertainment, much like books.
From an artistic pov, adult themes appear to be flawlessly integrated in Sapkwoski's work (I recently read "The Last Wish", highly recommend it, full of metaphors that really make you think) and considering the game is modelled on the novels, I suspect any censorship is going to alter the experience, to say the least.
Not to mention I am against censorship as a matter of principle.
So my question is this: what do you think about the matter? Are you American gamers going to import the uncensored version from Europe or you really don't mind? If you do mind wouldn't you agree that this form of censorship has nothing to do with basic consumer's rights and ideals such as freedom of speech?
Furthermore this is the first game, at least in recent years, that appears to deal with adult themes in a (hopefully) serious manner. If successfull, it could open up a whole new market for videogames, proving that they can offer more that mere entertainment, much like books.
From an artistic pov, adult themes appear to be flawlessly integrated in Sapkwoski's work (I recently read "The Last Wish", highly recommend it, full of metaphors that really make you think) and considering the game is modelled on the novels, I suspect any censorship is going to alter the experience, to say the least.
Not to mention I am against censorship as a matter of principle.
So my question is this: what do you think about the matter? Are you American gamers going to import the uncensored version from Europe or you really don't mind? If you do mind wouldn't you agree that this form of censorship has nothing to do with basic consumer's rights and ideals such as freedom of speech?
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