7 Weirdest Ways Games Were Censored

[@ControllerTape]

"We cannot show you this graphic scene because it is too sensitive. We _can,_ however, _describe_ that scene in graphic detail, because words are good decent literature and pictures are icky."

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Good old South Park humor.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Also, good old loophole abuses.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Also in books is allowed to describe things that wouldn't never be allowed to show in movies and video games. Like that scene in IT. You know... that scene...

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@ExtremeMadnessX The orgy scene, you mean?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@ExtremeMadnessX I've seen worser things than that moment.

[@MC-fz3od]

Not gonna lie, the censored MGS torture scene feels infinitely more Kojima

[@dragonkingzippo]

Would honestly not be suprised if that's the orignal and the torture was added outside japan as a censor to make it less wierd😆

[@sharpkiller123]

Tbh if anyone have played that cutscene it’s mega cancer\difficult, trying to pass it by button mashing triangle on your PSP kinda did gave me ptsd and my poor hand.

[@Xazyv]

Somehow the laughter was more unnerving

[@GrimmShadowsII]

@@sharpkiller123 Right and you couldn't even skip it or get a turbo controller like with MGS

[@tildessmoo]

I know, right? I was gonna say, weird as MGS is, tickling actually seems more in line with the tone of the series.

[@shadowforyx]

So, was that one lady in the beginning supposed to be a scientist? I don't think it was made clear.

[@LMixir]

I'm pretty sure she's not a scientist, she'd surely have mentioned that, at some point.

[@markbaker4425]

Hideo kojima writes like hes never left his house

[@skimshady510]

@@markbaker4425 Hideo Kojima writes like he's never actually met a scientist. Or understands the definition of "scientist". Or "science". Or "politics". Or "espionage". Or "writing", for that matter.

[@markbaker4425]

@@skimshady510 he gets the jist of all those things. Like how the mgs games are anti war and nuclear weapons in themes. He just gets very overexited and runs with it in a very odd way. Like why does he write women so creepily. But its a weird creepy. Like how all the female characters have fetishistically fucked up backstories. Or there will be a female character whos entire personality is having her jugs out. Whilst snake and ottocon live in a sexless gay marriage and from what ive seen never show any interest in women. Kojima is weird

[@ahok1937]

@@skimshady510 because a guy who did one of the most popular game franchise ever well known for it's story and characters doens't know a thing about writing.

[@Frogglin]

My favourite one is Duke Nukem 3D. In Australia, they had to remove the strippers but they didn't bother to replace them with anything, so Duke could still throw cash at empty space and tell that same empty space to "shake it baby".

[@SakariWolf13]

Strip clubs for the antisocial.

[@Frogglin]

@@SakariWolf13 my favourite thing about this reply notification was trying to think what comment it could possibly be a reply to lol

[@SakariWolf13]

@@Frogglin My favourite thing about your original comment is that it gave me a new way to convince people that I am strange. I am now going to start finding random spaces , throwing notes in the air and yelling "Shake it, baby!" at absolutely nothing 😂😂

[@voidtectonic]

Duke was imaging everything that happened, it was all just a delusion~

[@josephhughes2300]

The German version of "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" removed Nimdok's scenario, making it unwinnable.

[@tedioustotoro4885]

Alternatively, in the Australian version of Stick of Truth, instead of the picture being of a sad statue, it’s a picture of a crying koala

[@GrindyVine]

That's woah

[@pogodog2575]

Nevermind the didgeridoo music they got just for that section XD

[@bri4life112]

O.o

[@tychogoedhart286]

Lmao I bought the stick of truth at dutch comic con and play it in the netherlands, an EU country, and nothing is censored. Maybe it's because the Dutch tv rating for south park is "for ages 6 and up" and our own tv is somehow more full of shit, offensive material, and tits than south park

[@eansba88-]

@@tychogoedhart286 sign me up!

[@ToySoldierRazor]

Hitler's censorship in Persona 2 was probably the best. They just called him Fuhrer and gave him a pair of slick aviators.

[@austinknight5881]

Only risked the comments section to make sure this got mentioned

[@AireenTheTrash]

I'm still not sure why Mark got to be censored in Relavations: Persona... That's one of the weirdest censorship that I've seen so far...

[@NimhLabs]

@@AireenTheTrash danced crazy is why... danced crazy

[@siobhanlawper1051]

Came here to see if anyone else said this!

[@mat8791]

@@AireenTheTrash Western appeal not censorship: Everybody's race got changed to American (Afro american for Masao "Mark" Inaba) except Yukino (The token Asian girl in the west.). The game was also heavely rushed for christmas, removing a branching path. The only censorship i would see is the removal of stereotypical japanese elements being replaced by american ones, then again the game had western appeal in mind.

[@andymcp4752]

Pretty funny when only the written/spoken mention of substances get censored and never their in-game effects, leaving your character like “So there I was, hallucinating.. for.. no reason..”

[@scienceface8884]

Stories you started to tell, but then remembered that you're telling them to grandma "So there I was, strung out on... being awake for 3 days straight and a bunch of tylenol cold and flu to help with a really bad fever..."

[@alexbristol4413]

@@scienceface8884 Actually though..

[@shadizersilverhand2113]

Kind of like replacing references to saki to 'special tea' for various anime like Tenchi Muyo so you see characters obviously drunk yet are explicitly declaring how they're enjoying tea not alcohol.

[@lalaulaulau]

Fun fact: Tickling actually has a history as being used as a torture method irl.

[@krissybaglin9206]

as opposed to tickling being historically used as a torture method online?

[@psychronia]

@@krissybaglin9206 As opposed to tickling being a weird thing made up for a fake video game world.

[@edi9892]

Goats and insects... Don't forget the water torture...

[@dontmindme5879]

History 🤨 You must not have older Siblings huh.

[@jh9794]

Honestly the tickling scene was a bit more unsettling than the shock one.

[@KaraDennison]

Joke's on you, German Half-Life, I can disappoint people 'til they disappear in *real life*.

[@abeingofpureenergy]

Hey, do you need a hug or something?

[@mrpresident447]

...Yeah, that's pretty sad.

[@psychogoreman198]

*ups and walks out of comment section* ...................

[@quartiermeisterf9875]

Wana talk?

[@OverKillgbogh]

Lol same

[@LAZERAK47V2]

Let's be honest though, tickle torture would probably work better than you'd think. Technically, NOT a war crime and there's no awkwardness or animosity lingering from it, only very confused COs who read the reports.

[@austinknight5881]

It actually is specifically mentioned as a form of torture under UN guidelines

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@austinknight5881 They did?!

[@hhaavvvvii]

​@@michaelandreipalon359 It has lasting mental damage. From the UN convention on torture: "For the purpose of this Convention, the term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person, information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity." The definition does not actually give concrete examples.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@hhaavvvvii Man, talk about the UN actually anticipating loopholes.

[@acidroofproductions9378]

@@austinknight5881 I agree. Anything forced upon you against your will is torture. Laughing/mirth included. I mean we all like food, but being force fed is torture.

[@JustinY.]

_Looks at that Metal Gear Solid scene_ Now that's where those webcomic advertisements got their ideas from.

[@SteezyMPeezy]

Okay why are you on every video I watch 😂

[@SteezyMPeezy]

@ESparda A.K.A.悪魔の死神 I would hate to be you

[@insaincaldo]

Well... I guess tickle fetish is still marginally more child friendly then torture.

[@CRzyHDedJHny]

Justin, why are u omnipresent

[@retrobit5973]

Someone running out of relevency?

[@Elementaro17]

Mike: “Robots have feelings, I should know!” Yes Mike, we are aware you have feelings.

[@shawnfields2369]

Pretty sure he meant both himself AND Jane.

[@Heartshapedbox81]

Limited though. 😅

[@quartiermeisterf9875]

lol

[@imihuman662]

So true robot likes cars so lol

[@shawnfields2369]

@@Heartshapedbox81 True. But as limited as their feelings are, Mike and Jane still have them. Just very, very, limited.

[@CRzyHDedJHny]

Im a scientist, and as a scientist I find these censorships distasteful.

[@gothmissstress]

We are scientists and as scientists we need facts.

[@zepplinkiwigamer8217]

Joker

[@ShaboingboingBouncer]

i feel like as a scientist you would use more grammar

[@gahnamohana1588]

R/wooooosh

[@couveen8171]

@@gahnamohana1588 no u

[@preciousrogue1833]

I'm somewhat ashamed that I had to mentally go through the Spice Girls, trying to work out which one shared a name with a spice 😅

[@Frogglin]

Oh, no it's okay, me too. "Posh? No, that's not right.. Baby? Baby? Is there a .. oh wait.."

[@josephhawthorne5097]

Does it make it more or less shameful that I tried to, but couldn't remember them all?

[@syafiqjabar]

Those Chrono Trigger characters were drunk because the soup was seasoned with too much baby.

[@mellow_mallow]

@@syafiqjabar scary makes all my meals into instant anxiety attacks. Thanks McCormick!

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Ginger

[@mattd3224]

I still like that in Germany they took all the Nazis out of Wolfenstein. But they still looked exactly like Nazis.

[@eln5343]

And Hitler's moustache

[@astrisperspecto4130]

Some parties, and not only the afd, rose concerns about shooting Nazis. Not because you shoot humans but, I shit you not, they thought this is how fascist ideas could be spread.

[@MrGlenn442]

TBF "taking out" the Nazis was the entire point of the game ;)

[@kirasternenfeuer6198]

@@MrGlenn442 it is not because you shoot Nazis at all it is because Nazi Symbols are forbidden in Germany. Most of this censored stuff is not even needed but some developers are to stupid to understand what is allowed and what is not. By the way there is a change in europe that allow the Nazi symbols in videogames nowadays but it is quite hard to get when it is allowed and when it is not.

[@mulrich]

That was because there's a ban on Nazism in Germany, and you cannot display anything to do with it except in art. This meant that it could be depicted in movies, TV shows and books. Video games, however, were not considered art, so this protection did not extend to them, even if the Nazis were definitely depicted as the bad guys or the game was set leading up to or during WWII. This changed in early 2019, I believe, and games with Nazi iconography can now be bought in Germany, subject to review by the decency board. "Wolfenstein: Youngblood" was one of the first big titles (and the first Wolfenstein title) to have both a sanitised German-language version and the standard international version released on the German market.

[@johnnyspeedboat6656]

The tickle torture actually sounds scarier than electrocution torture. Just imagine being held at the brink of your sanity, just carefully enough so that you don't lose it, but still feel the pain of asphyxiating from lack of oxygen.

[@leafandryly]

I don't know why "is that a talking frog? pass the whiskey" is such a great line, but it is

[@TheJaguar1983]

Replacing alcohol with soup? You obviously haven't seen Digimon. In the first season, US dubbed Nanimon is given lots of "soft drink" and "the bubbles go straight to his head"...

[@flaminG-Ghost]

Soft Drinks? If you wanna talk about TV shows, You haven't seen India's censorship on Japanese anime, they literally dubbed every reference of Alcohol as "Orange Juice" in Doraemon and Shinchan but left the after effects... I am sure there would be some confused Orange juice drinkers as kids....

[@____________838]

Need we say anything about Master Roshi’s drinks?

[@KleioChronicles]

Need I even mention Yu-Gi-Oh!’s adaption for the US? Admittedly you don’t realise half the time what you’re missing but when you’re confused why some bad guys pointing their fingers are supposed to be scary you start to wonder.

[@BainesMkII]

@@KleioChronicles Lots of finger pointing, and everything was being threatened with being sent to the shadow realm. Watch out for the approaching saw blades; they won't cut off your legs or anything but they will send you to the shadow realm.

[@markcarpenter6020]

Love hina replaced beer with mugs of tea. Boy japanese people get awfully happy drinking tea...

[@l0stndamned]

On an old Sega Saturn game called Dark Saviour, most of the game takes place in a prison and uses prison currencies. These were originally supposed to be cigarettes, booze and porn, but got changed to chocolate, jalepeno juice and non-descript "magazines", leading to a scene where the protagonist gets drunk on jalapeno and nearly gets in a fight with a visiting relative of one of the inmates.

[@DirgeTV]

- Weirdly, I kinda feel this censored version seems slightly more disturbing. Either I'm watching Snake completely descend into previously unseen levels of batshit insanity, or I'm watching a previously unknown fetish be awakened. Suddenly his normal electrocution is oddly tame now. - Love how even when censored, its done in the distinctly South Park Fashion.

[@nunyobidniz]

I didn't find Snake 🐍 receiving elec-tickle torture arousing, you found it arousing 🤭😅 Shuttup 😆

[@AbrahamArthemius]

Technically, you can actually get hurt if you constantly laughing for a prolonged length of time. You can't actually breathe properly if you just keep laugh.

[@nunyobidniz]

@@AbrahamArthemius thankyou, last person left who spells "breathe" differently from "breath" =)

[@AbrahamArthemius]

@@nunyobidniz You're welcome, someone who doesn't know the difference between breathe and breath. 🙂

[@nunyobidniz]

"Oh my god, am I here all alone?" _- Bob Dylan_

[@ivanpetrov5255]

MGS tickle torture looks and sounds a lot creepier, than the original - especially the sounds, that replace the electric buzzing.

[@inserttext2412]

Kinky af

[@DR.K14]

No it doesnt.

[@Falcon-doing-doodles]

Ok, to be perfectly honest the censored version of snake's torture scene with the laughing is kind of horrifying

[@GreenMonkeyToaster]

"i am a scientist, and i expect answers that make sense" *muffled crying in the lab over the third messed up PCR results that day* C'mon where mah stem nerds at

[@joenesvick7043]

When the game is M rated, it's not intended for children. An M rated game equals an R rated movie, if it's depicting something good enough for R they need not censor for M

[@thecoffeeobsessedgamer5106]

Yeah, you are right!

[@kittymischief1449]

Also I really don’t see anybody under the age of 13 or whatever playing Metal Gear Solid, and I doubt parents would buy metal gear solid for their six year old? So Japan censoring that scene by making it tickle Torture to make it more suitable for children is just dumb? Just give the kid minecraft or a Legend of Zelda game or a Mario game, animal crossing, I have never played Metal Gear solid, and I don’t know many young kids who play Metal Gear Solid

[@Underworlder5]

@@kittymischief1449 too many parents who buy games for their kids with no regard for the age rating, then blame the game when they dislike the content

[@RanMouri82]

@@kittymischief1449 Seemed more like the Japanese publisher was trying to its boost sales numbers by the self-censorship, as if to say, "Hey, you parents who played the older Metal Gear games, you *and* your kid can play this one! Buy, please and thank you."

[@kittymischief1449]

@@RanMouri82 I grew up on Sonic Games and Wii games, and ds and 3ds games, I played some play station games, but those were more of when I was 13 or older, idk, I wanted to play GTA, but I could never play it because my parents would freak out if they heard a game say any cuss word, I mean maybe besides Hell, I think they were fine with hell, but as soon as they heard a cuss word, they acted as if the entire game’s dialogue (or video or anything I watched with audio) was 90% cuss words, like are they only focusing on hearing cuss words? No normal person does that, besides I heard and learned more cuss words at school than in any video I have ever watched.

[@ramiro4875]

I always thought that a censored version of the stick of truth would be an empty game box.

[@captainwolfos]

Jane really drew the short straw having to narrate the Stick of Truth bit, huh? Somebody get her some soup. I haven’t played the game, and the censorship messages haven’t exactly convinced me. Also I’m sure I heard that the Australian version had images of a crying koala instead of the facepalming statue. So that’s cool.

[@brendanhart517]

thats exactly the Australian image for the censored parts

[@RanMouri82]

If you like South Park, playing Stick of Truth is like playing an old-school RPG while living out a South Park episode. I had tons of fun with it.

[@johngervais230]

Am I the only one that actually like the tickle thing in MGS censorship? We talk about MGS being tactical and whatnot, but it is above all else, weird. Giant robot mechs, cyborgs in sombreros, researching cardboard moving boxes, a boss that made you switch controller ports, using water pistols to OHKO bosses, a soldier who can't stop pooping. Oh, and randomly kidnapping poor soviet soldiers and endangered animals with balloons. Tickle interrogations kinda fit in with all that. Hey, maybe a video on the weirdest things in the MGS franchise?

[@nickspencerfishingrodd2383]

fair

[@davidrios6186]

The Russian command comes in to check in on the outposts and everyone and everything is gone, the men guarding to post, the gun emplacements, mortars, AA guns, the vehicles and even the resource crates

[@Elementaro17]

I’m pretty sure a video on the weirdest things in MGS would just end up being a let’s play

[@davidrios6186]

Yes Elementaro17

[@sonofkabisch]

I thought it was really clever

[@mariic2]

The German version of "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" removed Nimdok's scenario, making it unwinnable.

[@Jodsalz16]

The steam version has an easy fix for that though, just set the language to english.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Let me guess, it's because there are Nazi references there.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@Jodsalz16 HAH!!! Stupid censorship boards!

[@mariic2]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Yes. _Very_ yes.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@mariic2 Knew it.

[@HovektheArtist]

That metal gear scene made sense, but oddly seemed more sexual

[@aereon_gaming]

Yeah that seemed really kinky for no good reason

[@HovektheArtist]

@@aereon_gaming well i mean for kojima it could have had extremely deep reasoning behind why it had to be sexual relating to some tragic backstory, but yea it is odd

[@markbaker4425]

@@HovektheArtist if kojima wrote it. Itll be very creepy cause its a woman. Kojima writes women lkke he never met one in his life

[@baxter22071990]

one of the earliest known examples of "rule 34"?

[@tom_k_cook]

original commenter bloomed their tickle fetish here, folks.

[@zamiaramirez1390]

The zombie thing actually makes more sense game wise in the racing game. Adds an extra layer of story

[@marvinscheer1028]

Saints Row 2 : " A lot of bad things happen behind this black screen "

[@Vanillastump]

Idk man, being tickled like that WOULD be torture. You can’t breath, your eyes water, you might lose control of your bladder...with family it’s fun because “stop stop” usually makes them stop. But actual torture wouldn’t stop.

[@RanMouri82]

Dane Cook did a comedy routine about that very problem with tickling. It's fun for maybe a second, but then it descends into pure torture.

[@arandompersonp6930]

Yeah, it’s so unbearably uncomfortable, if it goes on too long. No thanks, just punch me in the face please.

[@kfusei]

Reminds me of the German version of Command and Conquer. Everything that could be killed was replaced by robots (while everyone in the cut scenes was still human). "Tiberium is poisonous to humans … and it will damage your robots." "Defend this village full of civilian … robots." "Kill this turncoat general … who is a robot and totally not a human." It got really funny when the game got actual cyborgs, which were robots with cybernetic implants I guess. Also my infantry wouldn’t stop complaining about losing "servo oil".

[@willh3972]

The playstation version of the first command and conquer had a code that replaced all the tiberium ore with people stuck in place. They would scream as they were harvested

[@margoxathegamer9371]

Conclusion: German translators like robots VERY MUCH

[@sin7350]

@@willh3972 damn u just unlocked an old memory lol

[@Kazuma11290]

Asura's Wrath had very clever censorship. They wanted to have gore but they also wanted pg-13 rating. So, since the game was already meant to be a sci-fi fantasy about gods, they replaced all the blood and guts in the gods with oil and gears.

[@nathangay2818]

It’s really interesting that the music playing during the Carmageddon segment is a Fear Factory song, which was also on the soundtrack for Demolition Racer for PS1. Incidentally, that’s the song that got me into heavy metal.

[@queenmotherbug]

I don't know that the tickle torture scene is necessarily "family friendly"....

[@jasminejohnston6393]

What’s funny is, most video games are made in Japan so it’s usually the Japanese versions that contain all the stuff that was censored in later versions

[@hewmanbeing]

Nah if anything it just made it weird and kind of sexual... I dunno, maybe I'm projecting lol

[@johncampbell9448]

That censored Carmagedion thing actually sounds like a fun idea in a post-apocalyptic future. You have fun, and kill zombies. It’s a win-win.

[@Astraeus..]

Even when I played Chrono Trigger as a child, I definitely understood they weren't drinking soup. They might have changed what they called it, but literally everything about the context tells you exactly what it is.

[@GumSkyloard]

Yeah, kids! They're drinking "soup"! They got loopy from "soup"! Hahaha, it's definitely "soup!"

[@darthmeow1370]

I was an adult and missed that as I wasn't very familiar with Japanese culture and it would never have occurred to me that they might be drinking alcohol out of bowls.

[@Astraeus..]

​@@darthmeow1370 It's literally happening in 65 million BC. Not a whole lot of fancy mugs or glasses to drink out of. That they even had bowls was amazing enough.. There's also a little connecting event at the Millennial Fair in the 2nd area just on the right side. One of the games is a drinking challenge (though IIRC it's noted to be soda or something). Just past that game there's a bunch of performers dressed up playing similar music to the prehistoric stuff at the party. Once you've gone through the entire game and are going back through again you notice how the Millennial Fair basically has little events/foreshadowing to almost every time period you end up going to.

[@madbone3816]

Is it just me, or is that Snake tickling scene more disturbing than the uncensored version?

[@markbaker4425]

In the censored one it feels like snake paid her to do it lol

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

The "laughing rod" scheme from MGS:PW wouldn't be nearly as funny if the sound effect for "tickling" Snake didn't sound like someone shaking the hell out of a giggle stick.

[@nramos33]

I remember the Snake torture scene. I bought a special controller that would automatically repeat a button if you flipped a switch. I hated that part of the game lol. It was the only game I ever needed that controller for.

[@tyrus1235]

On the PS1 version of the game, Revolver Ocelot tells you to not even think about using a Turbo controller (one with a function like the one you mentioned). He’s serious, as if you try to use a Turbo controller to pass the torture scene, he disables your input and defeats Snake automatically.

[@pessie83]

I remember that Serious Sam had a funny way to censur the blood in the game by using the settings 'Hippie Mode' for the gore. And when you killed enemies, the blood will turn into flowers and the chunks of meat will be transformed into fruit and candy.

[@alameachan]

Expected half of the entries on this list to be from the Vaterland. Wasn't disappointed. (Side note: Dismemberment of enemies was removed from Fallout 3 and New Vegas in Germany. Which made the Sierra Madre DLC of the latter unbearably difficult, since dismemberment was a key strategy to kill enemies in that DLC.)

[@eren34558]

wow....that does not surprise me

[@realGeorgelucas18563]

In the episode of Gravity Falls called "Fight Fighters", they reference the "Oh! My car!" stage when Rumble McSkirmish destroys a guys new car on the pier.

[@wafflehammer4725]

Jane reading the lines for the south park cut content in a calm casual manner was oddly hilarious.

[@astrisperspecto4130]

Hm, um from Germany and have this SP Game. Never saw those text cards though

[@wafflehammer4725]

@@astrisperspecto4130 You must have took the red pill and broke the matrix then pal.

[@astrisperspecto4130]

@@wafflehammer4725 I'm doomed

[@wafflehammer4725]

@@astrisperspecto4130 Aren't we all? At least you get to dodge bullets.

[@astrisperspecto4130]

@@wafflehammer4725 but I have to wear a cheap plastic cape-thingy. And ugly ass glasses

[@chrislorusso433]

The "laughter torture" would have worked had she showed Snake those South Park censorship screens.

[@khatdubell]

Speaking from experience. Being tortured by extending ticking is extremely stressful. you cant catch your breath and yet are being compelled to continuesly expel that breath.

[@Pr1malWereHouse]

In the words of John DeLancie: “Make sense? Oh, what Fun is there in making sense?”

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Is that one of Discord's quotes, or one of Q's?

[@Pr1malWereHouse]

Gonna have to say Discord 😎

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@Pr1malWereHouse Makes sense.

[@ApesWithEgos]

Keep on am doing a scientific breakthrough.

[@alexbristol4413]

*THIS IS A NEWS SHOW intensifies*

[@awildsimp4910]

???

[@Papa_Swish]

Black Ops Cold War Trailer: *shows a clip from the Tiananmen Square Massacre* Chinese Communist Party: "That never happened, delete this" Activision: *Submits to the demand and removes the Tiananmen Square clip from the trailer of a game that is all about the US fighting Communism, and portrays the US as the stronger power*

[@dontsubfortheloveofgod]

Bruh moment

[@johngervais230]

I mean, it actually portrays the US as a irresponsible world power that, together with the USSR, only avoided annihilating civilization through highly illegal operations. But whatever floats your boat.

[@jonathansmith7306]

Remember that totally hilarious time when Call of Duty totally accidentally retconned history to make it seem like Russia was responsible for horrific war crimes that were actually committed by the US

[@PaulRudd1941]

@@jonathansmith7306 gotta love historical revisionism through the lens of thinly-veiled propaganda disguised as a video game! 🤦‍♂️

[@johngervais230]

@@PaulRudd1941 What's better are all the people who couldnt pass elementary US history thinking they have a perspective on world politics because of said games lol

[@theanthropologuy7775]

If you imagine he's laughing at being electrocuted it's a pretty bad ass scene

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Electrical devices can tickle though- vibrating things

[@psychronia]

There's this game called Spooky's Jump Scare mansion. If you've heard this in passing before but think it sounds off, that's because it _used_ to be called Spooky's House of Jump Scares, until German Mobile Game developer Spooky House Studios issued a Cease and Desist. The game's response was to lazily tape over the old title with a new one in what I assume is passive aggressive compliance.

[@Ghelasin]

"that makes less sense than how only one of the Spice Girls was named after a spice" okay this just blew my mind, it had never even occurred to me... :D

[@ced1106]

South Park: Sometimes, the *description* of a graphic scene can be more graphic than the scene itself! :D

[@zulubunsen9067]

+1: Wolfenstein 3D's SNES port. Killing dogs is bad, so how about mutant rats?

[@Sleeping_Insomiac]

I remember the German version of "Dungeon Keeper", when the iron Maiden would pitch a tent over the torture chair every time, blocking the actual animation...

[@AnimalMotha]

That is a pretty great double entendre right there :D

[@MetabolicSpore0]

I never noticed how often Snake gets electricuted. 🤔

[@l0stndamned]

MGS franchise likes to make characters suffer and electric is one of the easiest forms of torture to animate.

[@marhawkman303]

@@l0stndamned yeah, because you don't need to animate blood, or do special textures.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Yeah, blame Revolver Ocelot and the torture fetish he acquired from Volgin.

[@KleioChronicles]

@@michaelandreipalon359 I just realised that it happens to Quiet in MGSV too.

[@jamesscoggin860]

The best part is that's not even the only instance in Chrono Trigger. In the original version, you're given some saké to pour on the grave of an explorer and in the US, it was replaced with soda.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Yeah, I wouldn't call that censorship, I'll call that cultural posturing.

[@GrimmShadowsII]

Wel thats not as wierd as you don't see people acting drunk or hung over after pouring the sake or soda.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@GrimmShadowsII Try the consuming of spicy chicken wings from Regular Show.

[@KaitouKaiju]

@@michaelandreipalon359 It's definitely censorship, as pouring one out is done in America too.

[@greensnake5363]

I'm from Germany and I don't like how much everything is censored here

[@astrisperspecto4130]

Already turned it down a notch though. Fallout 3 was Stil censored in the killing department but new Vegas not anymore.

[@cooljoe500]

They barely censor games here anymore. Get real

[@Jodsalz16]

It got better here, Australia's still pretty uptight I think

[@TheBlackSeraph]

@@Jodsalz16 Australian censorship got toned down a lot after the 2006 OFLC reforms (prior to that an R rated game (18+) could not be sold in stores and was effectively banned), although there's still a double standard with rating games vs other media. "Stick of Truth" is the only major example I can think of the top of my head since then that a game was refused classification and had to resubmit a censored version. German ratings also seem to be stricter than OFLC/BBFC overall from what I've seen, but then again it seems that government controlled ratings boards (OFLC, BBFC, The-German-Sytem-Whose-Name-I've-Forgotten) seem stricter than private ratings ratings boards (PEGI, ESRB) in general.

[@nukran6055]

@@TheBlackSeraph I think you mean "USK 0-18"

[@xZellxKyoux]

PSA: If anyone asks if you want to see their tickle stick, run away.

[@Luebb]

The Robot Soldier in Half-Life was also used as the model for ALL THE CLASSES in the Team Fortress Mod, making the german version virtually unplayable. Are you facing a Soldier, Medic or Engineer? Who knows! The spy class got a significant buff by this, as they never had to bother changing to another skin.

[@Spiracle]

Who do you think you are kidding *MASTER-D,* if you think old England's done. - Churchill car insurance, 1942

[@UrvineSpiegel]

6:45 I've never seen zombies running for their lives till now.

[@princesspixel3151]

I know a few zombies with feelings. I still remember a zombie character from MySims series named Carl!

[@ReverendTed]

The German release of Soldier of Fortune 2 replaced the humans with metal androids, complete with metal ricochet sound effects when struck by bullets. A fun side effect was that a headshot resulted in an explosion, so it's got that going for it.

[@OldManShane]

There's a game for the PS1 called Grandia. They had multiple references to alcohol that, in the English release, were changed to be coffee; including renaming a character (the Japanese name might have been 'whiskey' or 'sake', I forget which) to Java.

[@baconshake2401]

The stick of truth censorship text was pretty hilarious to me. Sometimes censorship is the best route when it’s filled with hilarious text. The imagination can go a long way!

[@420sakura1]

Even the explanation sounds valid enough for a MGS game.

[@WolfHavenXIII]

In Japan your snake doesn't get shocked your snake gets tickled - Hideo Kojima

[@TheExpatpom]

Stick Of Truth on here, eh? This is going to be about Australia, isn’t it? :-D Edit: Oh, it’s Europe. We got some of the same messages with a crying koala down here.

[@SolennBizien]

Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes- The gnomes that literally just paint the puddle of flesh once known as human in bright pink.

[@Kartoffelkamm]

That was actually the main character's own mental issues, and therefore a gameplay feature, rather than actual censorship, if I recall correctly.

[@ulfjohnsen6203]

@@Kartoffelkamm can’t it be both?

[@Kartoffelkamm]

@@ulfjohnsen6203 Maybe, but to me, censorship is when developers change a game specifically to appeal to a wider audience or avoid being banned in certain areas, whereas this game had the gore covered in every version to show the protagonist's mental state.

[@Nick-qy3hu]

I had no idea there were censored versions of, "Stick of Truth". The mini-games are hilarious lol

[@dallydaydream]

* points excitedly to the person hiding in the dumpster in Half-Life * It me! : D

[@kiandannelly7315]

In Team Fortress 2, in the Germany release, all blood is replaced with oil, and springs come flying out when someone explodes, implying all the playable characters are robots.

[@bigfoot9405]

me: 🙂 jane: only one of the spice girls is named after a spice me: 🙃

[@UndiCreator]

Same... I listed all 5 in my head and remembered Ginger last...damn American education 🤣🤣🤣

[@StRoRo]

I was thinking that ginger isn't classed as a spice, but apparently it is.

[@MaximusPrimusKay]

@@josephmichealholland5381 This fact made me sad and I don't know why.

[@GrimmShadowsII]

@@UndiCreator I was never into the Spice Girls but wasn't Ginger usually, or atleast sometimes, called something else?

[@emilycurrent7489]

I love how Shadow the Hedgehog turned all the alien blood green...like, it's still blood!! And how the soldiers you shot in the face just kinda laid down and reached for you.

[@LilDemona]

You should have added Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom to the list, because they censored the game by having wine/booze replaced with Fairy Nectar, and in the beta dialogue it states that Nabu was completely drunk

[@egalomon]

As a German, reading the video title, my immediate thought was "just replace all humans with robots, that'll work". They did that with so many games... You forgot Command & Conquer for example!

[@taln0reich]

Oh yeah, that was really bad. Acording to the german version of C&C RA1 alternate timeline Stalin has a giant robot army.

[@bluwzrdphone]

Laughing too long can cause lightheadedness, deliriousness, and a lightly euphoric feeling in some. Being trained for pain, it could work.

[@ItsGemystic]

9:20 Gravity Falls had a reference to this and I didn’t even recognize it until now

[@NigelWatersFWA]

I live in Canada, where I got to see all the scenes in South Park: Stick Of Truth and am now horribly scarred by them. So trust me, ignorance is bliss, Europe.

[@Sir_Steven]

Don't worry we still got the uncensored version on PC.

[@nickspencerfishingrodd2383]

i trust you on your words

[@thegreyareaofsantos]

Even here in Africa we got the censored version.. You have my envy and sympathy for your uncensored experience thereof

[@tiacat11]

You've heard of setting your system's region to unlock censored content, now get ready for: Setting your system's region to a country known for it's censorship so you don't have to watch disturbing content!

[@gabriel18ification]

But it's a South Park game, tbh, if the game hadn't scared me for life, I'd be utterly disappointed.

[@howdy4504]

The south park censorship is actually super funny and so in character. That's creative problem solving if I've ever seen it

[@thelethalcreator2077]

I like the one where enemies fall to the ground, shaking their heads in disappointment

[@Trillyana]

Hey, the old man who's lying on the ground and won't let me pass through Viridian City isn't drunk, he just...hasn't had his coffee yet! Yeah!

[@xtiandg0914]

How about Katawa Shoujo and its censored version? If you decide to play the game with the censored mode, some of the things used to cover the sex scenes are pretty... weird.

[@jonasjensen7278]

The main problem in the european version of stick of truth was that the abortion scene was kind of guide for the last boss battle, so censuring it kinda made you go into the battle blind:P

[@1994chocolatemilk]

The MGS torture was still pretty obviously electric shocks, only the Japanese one made it seem like he was having a ball, maybe by the time of Peace Walker Snake is too kinky to torture. In other news, the laughter was incredibly creepy

[@danielkirkpatrick1098]

That robot dog looks like two people with a small boat over their heads, facing eachother trying to walk around.

[@johannvongenerico9487]

Something weird in a metal gear game? Surely not...

[@callumdonington2227]

The torture through electrocution seems so 'normal' that *IT* feels like the sensorship.

[@Ulzorn]

the only weird thing in a metal gear game is when something totally mundane happens

[@LlorDrei]

Arcades used to change blood splatters to green, purple, or sometimes other colors, but generally those, in fighting and shooting games, like Mortal Kombat, not just making them zombies, but simply changing the blood color so it wasn't red.

[@uougaming]

Well, the "Laughing Rod" got a laugh out of me so... I guess it works?

[@jasminejohnston6393]

I think it’s because Snake has a funny laugh!

[@briannarichardson9511]

That "Oh, my car!" Line was referenced in Gravity Falls

[@pyrrhastarnes8976]

As a trans woman myself yeah I find at least one bit of the Final Fight censorship might have been for the best.

[@BJGvideos]

When trans people are on equal ground with everyone else though? Besides, look up Poison from the same game, and her somewhat checkered history in that regard.

[@birdmcrandomsux]

the fact they censored south park despite the fact that literally anyone who has watched one episode of it knows how controversial it is anyways

[@titanjakob1056]

“Do you know who ate all the donuts?”

[@GingerZombie29]

Why do we have to wear these *riddiculous* ties?

[@imjustsomeguy5048]

"There are no zombies Gordon, that's just your imagination!"

[@BenCarpendale]

"freeman you fool"

[@DragoSonicMile]

"Whaaaa? My goodness!"

[@tba113]

@@imjustsomeguy5048 Aliens aren't invading, Freeman, you're just being paranoid!

[@dominichoughton8119]

That tickle torture was deeply disturbing. I really didn't want or need to know what happens when you cross Metal Gear Solid with the Joker from Batman.

[@mr.mountvillain362]

Finally someone talks about Carmageddon! I spent most of high school listening to the iron maiden soundtrack and running over peds in these games. Still some of the most fun I've ever had, in games or real life.

[@rougeakane]

The Metal Gear Solid part had me laughing so hard oml

[@colling83]

If I remember correctly, Germany wanted Left 4 Dead 2 to censor the amount of gore it had. Valve did this by removing the gore completely, but gave the survivors.... CS:GO weapons? As a replacement?

[@dorping_Wolf]

luckily there is "left 4 gore", to play uncut german version... but sometimes the voice lines are in the wrong language (english) thou

[@callumdonington2227]

Now don't quote me on this but I think there is some kind rules on what guns can and can't be video games.

[@FrancisMarcosGaming]

*CS:S (even though the workshop can sort that out)

[@colling83]

@@callumdonington2227 see i couldn’t fully remember and that sounds right! i just remember hearing about it when i was younger and it always stuck with me

[@callumdonington2227]

@@colling83 Funny enough most of the weapons in german version are made my German or Austrian companies.

[@AskForDoodles]

In the first Pokémon games the guy that blocks your way by laying in the middle of the road is supposed to be drunk, and you're supposed to wait till he sleeps it off. In English they changed it to "hadn't had his coffee yet".

[@alya21512]

There was also the whole bright pink blood thing in Danganronpa. Didn't take out any of the brutal executions of your fellow classmates, hell no! Just pallet-swapped the blood from red to bright pink.

[@princesspixel3151]

As someone who’d normally be uncomfortable with such gore, that’s one of the biggest reasons why I kept coming back to Dangaronpa. It’s the “pepto bismol blood” thing that I cannot take seriously.

[@ethangilchrist2electricboo145]

Now I want to see alternate versions of certain movies with their alcohol replaced with soup