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[ekim]

Source is the official Fallout Facebook page:

While the uncut versions of Fallout 3 and New Vegas are still both banned in Germany, Fallout 4 now releases without any cuts in Germany.
After the surprise that was the MKX release in Germany (The first MK title that didn't get banned), the German USK (rating board) finally gets it. (*insert robot enemies from Half-Life or Soldier Of Fortune 2 here*)

 

[Bedameister]

I'm not surprised by this. Times have changed. New Vegas also was uncut in Germany (the game of the Year Edition)

 

[John Kowalski]

I'm uncut too, does that mean i can't go to Germany?

 

[Easy_D]

I'm uncut too, does that mean i can't go to Germany?

Nah, it's just the US that cuts out anything remotely related to sexual activities.

 

[ekim]

I'm not surprised by this. Times have changed. New Vegas also was uncut in Germany (the game of the Year Edition)

Really? That's news to me. Good stuff.

 

[Gnome Scat]

Das ist gut.

Spoiler

Good for Germany.

 

[Dinda]

Oh my god, i'm so glad! Not that i wouldn't be able to play it uncut anyway, but this will be a lot less of a hassle. Especially with modding etc, which otherwise could have been really annoying (Fallout 3 i'm looking at you!)

Spoiler

I will still buy the UK version, just to be sure

 

[Modest Mauser]

What was cut out of the earlier games?

 

[JimPanzer]

thank god, USK has become fairly reasonable in recent times

 

[magnetic]

Great news. I barely knew anything about Fallout before buying both NV and 3 digitally and then later seeing how the enemies explode into a soup of gore instead of just falling over rag doll style.

I suppose it won't also have the English voice included?

 

[inner-G]

Nah, it's just the US that cuts out anything remotely related to sexual activities.

All the U.S. girls want cut ones though

 

[Pennywise]

Really? That's news to me. Good stuff.

Yeah, Bethesda tried it again with the GotY edition and it worked, was really suprised back in the day.
So my hopes were generally up for F4 being uncut.
Luckily it is <3

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I'd be pissed if our games would be censored again just because the germans can't handle a little gore.

I understand though that making a separate german version for the comparatively few non german german speakers would be cost inefficient.

 

[Bedameister]

What was cut out of the earlier games?

Blood. Body parts. You know the fun stuff.
I played both versions of Fallout 3 and the German one really felt strange.

 

[magnetic]

I'm not surprised by this. Times have changed. New Vegas also was uncut in Germany (the game of the Year Edition)

Really tempted to buy it again just for this. I wonder if my saves work across versions.

Also, that's a terrible cover.

 

[Jucksalbe]

That's good news. Though, since this is a Bethesda release, I still can't get the German version if I want to play the game in English.

 

[Deleted member 144138]

Great news!

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[ekim]

What was cut out of the earlier games?

Everything blood.
you couldn't shoot dead enemies anymore
no exploding bodies or shooting off limbs/heads

+ some environments were changed.

 

[Bedameister]

Really tempted to buy it again just for this. I wonder if my saves work across versions.

They should I think. My saves from the German version of Fallout 3 also worked with the UK version.

 

[magnetic]

Great news!

Oh god, so many great reactions in one single picture!

They should I think. My saves from the German version of Fallout 3 also worked with the UK version.

Sweet!

 

[JimPanzer]

That's good news. Though, since this is a Bethesda release, I still can't get the German version if I want to play the game in English.

Ugh, completely forgot about that. Is it possible with the steam version?

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

They are learning.

 

[Xater]

MKX being released here uncut and the BPJM saying all of that is ok, should have opened the flood gates.

Still not going to buy this version, because Bethesda sucks and only puts the German language track on their games.

 

[Harlequin]

Great news! Looks like the USK really is becoming more reasonable.

All the U.S. girls want cut ones though

Let them cut off their own son's foreskin then. See how they feel about circumcision after that. (Or, to put it more seriously, circumcising underage boys for non-urgent, non-medical (or pseudo-medical) reasons, even religious ones, is a terrible act of mutilation that needs to be made illegal already.)

 

[Bedameister]

MKX being released here uncut and the BPJM saying all of that is ok, should have opened the flood gates.

Still not going to buy this version, because Bethesda sucks and only puts the German language track on their games.

Yeah this sucks. I would really love to be able to play with both languages. I really hate that policy from Bethesda

 

[Windom Earle]

Good. Hopefully also with English Text/VO.

 

[nubbe]

that big red warning sign all in red is pretty sexy

 

[Planet]

Please, Bethesda, don't eff up the languages this one time! Germans don't play their games in french(*), give us german and english voices! Pretty please?

(*) When you start a german Bethesda game (e.g. Dishonored) on a console set to english, it will run in french, no in-game setting, you need to change your system to german...

 

[Xater]

Yeah this sucks. I would really love to be able to play with both languages. I really hate that policy from Bethesda

Even fucking Activision learned and they are no longer doing this. Bethesda is the only holdout.

I will probably just buy a UK disc or buy the US version digitally which should be even cheaper.

 

[Phoenix944]

Now they just need to put a smaller logo on the boxes :/

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Lol at the "100% UNCUT" sticker on the box.

This is how you know a country isn't used to these kind of things.

 

[Mysterious]

Of course it'll be uncut. Germany is in Europe.

 

[Xater]

Lol at the "100% UNCUT" sticker on the box.

This is how you know a country isn't used to these kind of things.

These days something being cut is actually rarer I would say. You see it on way too many boxes. It's just that before even if something got an 18 rating it didn't mean shit.

 

[Backfoggen]

No English language option no buy

 

[wrowa]

Are Fallout 3 and New Vegas actually banned or just on the index?

 

[Planet]

Of course it'll be uncut. Germany is in Europe.

You, sir, have no clue. See Resident Evil 3 for an example of the past, especially castrated for the german market. Blinking vanishing zombies like it's C64 days, grey blood indistinguishable from the background most of the time, superglued limbs and indestructable heads...

 

[wrowa]

You, sir, have no clue. See Resident Evil 3 for an example of the past, especially castrated for the german market. Blinking vanishing zombies like it's C64 days, grey blood indistinguishable from the background most of the time, superglued limbs and indestructable heads...

You, sir, didn't get the joke.

 

[dark_inferno]

Just like Wolfenstein was uncut?

Idontbelieveyou.gif

 

[Pennywise]

Are Fallout 3 and New Vegas actually banned or just on the index?

Index.

Well New Vegas got the uncut version later on.

 

[Lusankya]

Are Fallout 3 and New Vegas actually banned or just on the index?

Fallout 3 is just on the index. Fallout NV shouldn't be on any list anymore.

 

[Oynox]

Still, the German version will probably ship with German language only, which is a nogo for Bethesda games. Even though the overall localisation is top notch recently, the synchronisation is terrible. There are approximately 5 voices for female and male NPCs each... at least it feels like it.

 

[dragonbane]

USK is fairly chill recently and occasionally even rates lower than PEGI, but sadly some publishers havent gotten the news and censor silly minor stuff in advance cause they still fear rejection.

 

[sprinkles]

Ugh, completely forgot about that. Is it possible with the steam version?

Probably not. Wolfenstein - The Old Blood, the latest Bethesda release on Steam, is German language only.

 

[Planet]

You, sir, didn't get the joke.

I sure didn't, sir. Would you kindly aid me in my quest for humor education?

 

[JimPanzer]

Probably not. Wolfenstein - The Old Blood, the latest Bethesda release on Steam, is German language only.

good lord, fuck that. which century are we living in. maybe just maybe I'll buy it off the US PSN store, but sucks having a high-end gaming pc around and being forced to play it on console because of that.

 

[dan2026]

Let them cut off their own son's foreskin then. See how they feel about circumcision after that. (Or, to put it more seriously, circumcising underage boys for non-urgent, non-medical (or pseudo-medical) reasons, even religious ones, is a terrible act of mutilation that needs to be made illegal already.)

Agreed. Its a bizarre mutilation.

But this isnt the place for that discussion.

 

[derExperte]

Probably not. Wolfenstein - The Old Blood, the latest Bethesda release on Steam, is German language only.

Note that that is a very rare special case because we got a completely unique version, Fallout 4 Steam will most certainly be playable in every available language. Console disc versions are another matter, there Bethesda often excludes some localizations.

 

[KHlover]

Okay so it will be 99% uncut. In recent memory SOMETHING is always cut, even though the games claim otherwise

http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=363269&Seite=7

EDIT: Just noticed that one is also by Bethesda. lol

 

[oti]

Blood. Body parts. You know the fun stuff.
I played both versions of Fallout 3 and the German one really felt strange.

I didn't really mind the heads not exploding into thousands of pieces but eh, might as well keep it in.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Nah, it's just the US that cuts out anything remotely related to sexual activities.

Joking right?