Blizzard: German StarCraft II Is Less Bloody
Blizzard is working on removing or changing the color of blood for the German version of StarCraft II.
A recent interview over on Instarcraft.de (translated) reveals that Blizzard plans to remove or change the color of blood from the upcoming German version of StarCraft II. Earlier reports have indicated that Blizzard is also editing Diablo III for Germany as well, however the task will be less of an issue with the former game.
Allen Dilling, Blizzard's Lead 3D Artist for StarCraft II, said that the adjustments will be slight, and the change will effect only a few units; most are robotic and do not require censoring. He added that although the team set out to create a game that looks good and "feels alive," they weren't focused on making the game particularly bloody.
"We [don't] want to offend anyone, but at the same time, we are working very passionately to develop the best product possible," Dilling said (paraphrased via Google Translate). "And specifically we are working on all the animations, so we do not want to see the [edits]. Here we are so very carefully trying to find the right path and give the fans what they want, without being insensitive. So it's a real balancing act."
Ultimately, Blizzard wants to see the German rating board restrict StarCraft II from consumers below the age of 12. However, as stated earlier, Diablo III will incorporate parental controls, so it may be that the German censorship ties into Blizzard's overall plan nationwide for both StarCraft II and Diablo III.
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Awww, it just won't be the same game!!!
1. No LAN
2. Three 'Starcraft II' packs (zerg,terran,protoss)
3. Points system to download user-made maps
4. recoloured blood..
Awww, it just won't be the same game!!!
ask L4D players...
it's not just same game....it's TOTALLY different....
Germans are so damm paranoid about so called violent games...it's not as if there's going to be another Hitler after playing CounterStrike....
it's not as if there's going to be another Hitler after playing CounterStrike....
Probably should have stated Day of Defeat
This is a trend that is becoming more comon everywhere! There is just a bunch of idiots in this world that blam violent games for everything. What they forget is that it is the person that is responsible for their actions.
America wins the American release of "No More Heroes"(Japan game) for da wii added blood in the game haha take that germany.
Well I'm glad I'll have the US version. I want it to look realistic.
well duuh, its better this way, less blood for the german youth, less chances they will start World War III in the future
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Good Job Blizzard thinking ahead.
hahahahaha
i know this won't affect me in anyway, but blizzard/activision are acting like scum when it comes to money, so i probably won't buy it.. just get a cracked version that doesn't require battle.net or monthly fees on a cracked server
Probably should have stated Day of Defeat This is a trend that is becoming more comon everywhere! There is just a bunch of idiots in this world that blam violent games for everything. What they forget is that it is the person that is responsible for their actions.
So true... If violence is the common cold, then video games are the rain. Sure it can be a factor, but you shouldn't say, "Never do anything when it's raining. Ever." ...and shouldn't the parents be holding an umbrella over their child's head anyway?
Germany seems to have a real problem with violent video games... almost too much of a problem, in my opinion. I realize that the German government is (and should be) concerned about maintaining peace, but keeping violence out of the media will not keep it out of the minds of criminals. Lighten up, Germany! A little simulated gore never hurt anybody
Well, this was not unexpected.
Germany has had game censorship, sometimes more, sometimes less.
It's one of the reasons I import games from the UK (other than the fact that I hate dubs).
The last game I bought in Germany was C&C1, which had bots instead of infantry. I've stopped caring about German resleases the day I started importing using amazon.
(It's not just games btw. they censor movies too)
"...Blizzard wants to ... restrict StarCraft II from consumers below the age of 12."
That's more rediculous. This is StarCraft II, not SexCraft LXIX .
And why the talk of integrated parental controls? The parent controls whether to buy the game for his kid in the first place. Pretty simple.
I guess there trying to break into the age 3+ market.. Legoland SC2?
Use ur massive HDYRABLOCKS or your insane 8 SCV LEGORAX BUILD!!
Starcraft was very graphic! but it made it great! it was originally rated MA15+ in Australia, and rightly so. removing graphic deaths would destroy the style of the original game. mind you, I don't agree with the current style of the starcraft 2 units (I think the terrain looks awesome). they look unnatural and cartoony, and too much like warcraft 3. I don't think blizzard has done a particularly good job bringing their RTSs from 2d to 3d while maintaining the style. I think the best franchise to do that so far is red alert (red alert 2 to red alert 3). supreme commander and DOW look good in 3d, but they were never in 2d.
here's hoping I'm wrong, and I have been misleaded by the screenshots and low res videos.
And why the talk of integrated parental controls? The parent controls whether to buy the game for his kid in the first place. Pretty simple.
I'd assume that maybe the parent plays it but wants it locked from the kid on the same computer.
Removing blood from SCII meh!! but from Diablo III, WTF? It is like censoring a porn movie!
Censoring SCII meh, but Diablo III, WTF? It is like censoring a porn movie!
Well I'm glad I'll have the US version. I want it to look realistic.
I hate how game companies make giant death-bringing robots look unrealistic.
So the German version will have more sex then right?
I hate how game companies make giant death-bringing robots look unrealistic.
Don't you also hate how real when you kill people they more or less explode with 100 gallons of blood
i guess the Germans had enough blood shed in Inglorious Bastards!
Just give it tits, making it 18+, and let the kids play the damned game anyways...
So the German version will have more sex then right?
We can hope.
Censoring SCII meh, but Diablo III, WTF? It is like censoring a porn movie!
Worse, Chinese porn is censored, but it's not all bad... but if they censor D3, it will turn out like Starcraft Ghost... failed.
1. No LAN2. Three 'Starcraft II' packs (zerg,terran,protoss)3. Points system to download user-made maps4. recoloured blood..
Making me rethink this game...
I hate how game companies make giant death-bringing robots look unrealistic.
Me too. It's a flaming chainsaw made of demon children's teeth, not a batton... get it right already.
Don't you also hate how real when you kill people they more or less explode with 100 gallons of blood
Exactly.
150 gallons or more please.
ask L4D players...it's not just same game....it's TOTALLY different....Germans are so damm paranoid about so called violent games...it's not as if there's going to be another Hitler after playing CounterStrike....
Hitler came from Austria...
... but keeping violence out of the media will not keep it out of the minds of criminals...
Yet Germany has much lower criminal rates than neighboring countries, especially UK.
So the German version will have more sex then right?
Well. Germans don't have "man only" or "women only" (though, there are "women only" days in some) saunas, so, I guess they are quite a bit more relaxed about nudity and sex in general.
I'd assume that maybe the parent plays it but wants it locked from the kid on the same computer.
Or wants kid to be able to play it only, say, on certain days and certain hours max.
WRONG! Let the Germans spill blood in StarCraft II instead of spilling it on the battlefields!!!
I hate over violence in games. It's just stupid and unrealistic! When you shoot guy there has to be blood but I hate when he explodes into tiny peaces. Come on! It's just a hand gun not a nuclear blast! I guess even a hand grenade wouldn't do that much damage as simple guns do in many games. Or when you slash somebody the blood flows like the river Nile and the guy explodes as if he was stuck up with 20 rods of TNT....
Games become more and more stupid these day! I like realism and sanity.
if i wanted realism i would stab somebody and watch the blood ooze out but i want bloody animation gawd dam it, 150 gallons of blood every time all the time, besides if they make it too realistic marines are gonna start limping when wounded and leaving bloody trails, and then some bloody civil rights organization is gonna complain about the rights stripped away from the convicts turned marines, blah blah blah. if you want realism sc is not the game for you, go live life, for real, it dont get realer than that. but if you want to fantasize about space travel and highly advanced alien races where all the characters explode upon death then i hope you dont live in germany. i wonder if their just gonna fall over and die or how their death animation is gonna play out, maybe the char stands there after death and simply fades away...
I wish they'd release this stupid game already.
this is just gay!