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You are correct, swastikas (and other symbols of the national socialists) had to be replaced/removed in Germany in the past. Nowadays games have been recognized
by sgift 7y ago
You are correct, swastikas (and other symbols of the national socialists) had to be replaced/removed in Germany in the past. Nowadays games have been recognized as art form and a game developer can request admission to the German market without removing the symbols first. I'm not sure if there's already a game which did this on the market.
- __m 7y agoFirst game that was allowed to do so was “Through the Darkest of Times”[1] by Paintbucket Games. I’m not sure Wolfenstein or l4d would get a clearance though. [1] http://throughthedarkestoftimes.com/ http://throughthedarkestoftimes.com/
- Insanity 7y agoL4D has no swastikas, so no problem there :) Wolfenstein yeah.. that's a different story xD
- sgift 7y agoWould be an interesting case. After all, 'Inglourious Basterds' was allowed to show them and it seems hard to argue how that movie is different from a Wolfenstein game.
- rincebrain 7y agoRecent Wolfenstein games are all about a timeline in which the Nazis won WW2 using advanced technology looted from an ancient superadvanced civilization. So I could see "an entire world where the Nazis won WW2, and the resulting propaganda everywhere" getting a hard look.