Interesting discovery while installing BoP UK on German PS3

[Wireflyer]

Hi there !

Today received my copy of the UK Version of BoP. It was delivered to Germany already on the 5th of Sept. but got stuck in the German postal system so I just got it some hours ago.

I ordered it via Amazon.uk as the German version was supposed to be cut and I also did not like the dubbed version in the German demo. Another point was that the release date in Germany is on the 30th Sept. so still some time to go !

With big surprise I witnessed the installation just to find out that everything is in German ! Menues, Intro Videos, the voices in the game..just everything !!! All the reasons why I bought the UK Version !!!
Also the short clips in between the mission are in German, A.H., Nazis etc being faded out or replaced by "milder vocabulary".

I checked again the box to make sure I got the English Version. The whole box cover and texts are in English and it was not opened before so no way I got the wrong one.

Changing the PS 3 System language to English finally reveals the UK Il2 BoP.
Seems like many different European versions are on one DVD and no idea why the release date in Germany and other European countries is so late.There is no technical reason, seems like sales politics ?!?

So if you are in the UK and want to try out the German BoP on the PS 3 just switch your system language to German and discover the full horror of the German version.

Good hunting

Cheers Wireflyer

[H Lecter]

The in game language is the one you have set as system language. The delay of the German version is probably due to the time the censors require to check all content for Swastikas, drops of blood or naked women...

I really find it funny that Hitler's name had to be cut out. At least in history books it's allowed to print his name...

[Kamak86]

its because germany is trying to sweep WWII under the rug

[H Lecter]

Originally Posted by Kamak86

its because germany is trying to sweep WWII under the rug

I really don't think so. On German TV there are currently many programs dealing with the history of WWII. It just seems to me that the (weird) point of view in Germany is that games mentioning the National Socialist regime make their players Nazis as well.

Or look at the discussion about first person shooters in Germany. Some politicians really think that those kids who ran amok in their schools did it because they were playing such games. Nobody seems to realize there that apart from playing computer games all of them had another thing in common - being pushed out of society and mobbed by classmates until their only wish was to die or to kill everyone who was torturing them.

[play2often]

Originally Posted by H Lecter

I really don't think so. On German TV there are currently many programs dealing with the history of WWII. It just seems to me that the (weird) point of view in Germany is that games mentioning the National Socialist regime make their players Nazis as well.

Or look at the discussion about first person shooters in Germany. Some politicians really think that those kids who ran amok in their schools did it because they were playing such games. Nobody seems to realize there that apart from playing computer games all of them had another thing in common - being pushed out of society and mobbed by classmates until their only wish was to die or to kill everyone who was torturing them.

actually, most of those kids are mentally ill, or at least they claim to be during their trial....

anyway, regarding the main topic of this thread, it's not so much the history of WW2 that they are trying to cover up, its just the whole... nazi thing (swastica etc.)

case in point, look at my signature pic. when this captured german plane was sent back to germany to be restored by Dornier, they gave it a 'period correct' pain scheme, minus one very infamous symbol....

[me.too]

Ah, I love this country! I feel soooo protected from all that bad stuff...

LOL, its f****** ridiculous!

It is illegal to own Return To Castle Wolfenstein here in Germany for example...

By the way, showing Nazi symbols and saying Hitler in movies like Indiana Jones is totally ok!
If I remember it correctly it's because movies are art, games are not!

[Swagger7]

Originally Posted by play2often

actually, most of those kids are mentally ill, or at least they claim to be during their trial....

anyway, regarding the main topic of this thread, it's not so much the history of WW2 that they are trying to cover up, its just the whole... nazi thing (swastica etc.)

case in point, look at my signature pic. when this captured german plane was sent back to germany to be restored by Dornier, they gave it a 'period correct' pain scheme, minus one very infamous symbol....

LOL! When it went back to its original museum did they fix that little "oversight"?

[Yossarian]

Most Euro zone games have multiple language versions on one disc. The game auto detects which to use by your console settings.

My UK version also has Finnish, Portuguese and Swedish on the disc.

[He-111]

Originally Posted by Yossarian

Most Euro zone games have multiple language versions on one disc. The game auto detects which to use by your console settings.

My UK version also has Finnish, Portuguese and Swedish on the disc.

whooho! Go Portugal!

[Wireflyer]

Hi !

Originally Posted by H Lecter

T The delay of the German version is probably due to the time the censors require to check all content for Swastikas, drops of blood or naked women...

The Game has already received a "USK Rating Age 12".It is printed on the disk. So the cencors have already done their work.Must be a marketing thing why the release is delayed.

Greets.