To avoid a ‘Hot Coffee’ type situation, the 20-second-or-so gameplay/cutscene is removed completely from the disc and replaced with the screen you see at the link (times six more 20-second scenes).”īut that doesn’t explain much. “The Australian one is censored on all platforms, the European and Russian ones are censored on console only, and the German one is censored on console for anal probing etc, and censored on both console and PC for swastikas, Heil Hitler arm salutes, etc. “Only the North/South American one is completely uncensored on every platform,” the source wrote. On Sunday, someone claiming to be the game’s producer then appeared on Reddit to explain the situation, but the comments have since been removed. When querying the reason, we were pointed in the direction of the Ubisoft and Obsidian forums, but these only had a series of posts from enraged fans, with no further engagement from either company. The only comment the company’s spokespeople are willing (or able) to give is that this was a ”market decision made by Ubisoft EMEA” – which isn’t particularly enlightening, especially when the PC version is apparently to be released uncut (at least in most of Europe – it‘s likely the German version will remain censored). Six 20 second scenes have been removed from the Xbox 360 and PS3 editions, including an alien probe and two abortion sequences. If there were some sort of official national censorship going on here, however, we would surely expect a hefty dose of righteous indignation from the show’s creators, both of whom have fought any interference in the TV show, most notoriously when a depiction of Muhammed was censored in the ”Cartoon Wars” episodes, despite the prophet having already appeared in the earlier episode, ”Super Best Friends“.īut censors weren’t at fault for this – it was Ubisoft’s choice. In the UK both Carmageddon and Manhunt 2 were threatened with bans unless graphic scenes were removed, although both were eventually released, while in Germany, the country’s own classification system, USK, comes down heavily on violent content. Games have, of course, often fallen foul of overzealous ratings boards in the past.
In a game that boasts the CircumSythe as a special move, cuts are to be expected, but not those of the censorious kind.
But the fact that several scenes have been censored in Europe – apparently by the title’s own publisher Ubisoft – has had fans in uproar. Developed by veteran studio Obsidian Entertainment, responsible for a range of successful adventure titles, and written by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, it is easily the most faithful tie-in with the scurrilous animated series. South Park: The Stick of Truth is a great game – that’s certainly something most reviewers have agreed on.
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