Just an off-topic thread about a subject I am pretty curious about.

I will start first. Living in Singapore, widely known as the country that bans chewing gums, canes SOBs for vandalism and hangs people for drug-related offences, censorship and banning of games are surprisingly rare.

Banned/censored games

Mass Effect - homosexuality [Ban lifted]

The Darkness - excessive violence [Ban lifted for Playstation only]

And that's it?

Some games like all GTA games cannot be bought online. All games including the ones only for 18+ can be bought in a game store, provided you show your ID.

So what are the games censored or banned in your country? Leave your comments below.

1 decade ago*

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Mortal Kombat

9 years ago
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It would be easier to list the games NOT censored or banned in this country (Germany). :-)

9 years ago
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:o)

9 years ago
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None... Also, no movies, internet sites, music bands or any other form of entertainment/expression or similar thing is banned here... They cancelled an Iron Maiden concert back on 1992 though, because they considered them to be a "satanic" band, that's the only big "ban case" in my country that I can think of since the return of the democracy on 1990, nowadays we laugh about that though, now bands like Rotting Christ or Deicide or any other can come whenever they want, the government doesn't give a fuck anymore :v

9 years ago
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The Australian Classifications board is notoriously inconsistent and somewhat backwards at times. We've got a bunch of censored versions of various games, and things like Saints Row were even rumoured to seriously struggle to pass because of any drug-related 'performance enhancement abilities'. Risen is banned for that exact reason (though you could still activate codes received in a bundle or elsewhere, just not buy or view in steam store) but Risen 2 is not...

I remember also not being able to buy the fabled Rockstar collection when it was on sale because it contained one banned game. I think if I really tried hard enough there'd probably be a way around it (or ask support to pretty please just sell me the package for the same cost minus that game), but it's all part of the inconvenience and absurdity of having to deal with sometimes inconsistent classifications (or lack thereof)

9 years ago
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Bully and Manhunt from Brazil

9 years ago
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Rapelay.

9 years ago
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9 years ago
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That's because they are nazi zombies.

9 years ago
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Germany doesn't censor anything because that's illegal.

9 years ago
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none

9 years ago
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Dark souls prepare to die edition and like 20 more. Well I don;t think they're banned, I just cannot buy them. Oh and Nether, but when it went out it wasn't..

9 years ago
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None.

9 years ago
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In my country , most of the games aren't censored (except these):
Borderlands 2 (censored multiplayer , no region free on Steam , russian region only) , Dead Rising 2 (it's not avalaible in our country) , Dark Souls Prepare To Die Edition (not avalaible in our country too)

9 years ago
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Brasil ....
Bully - Bullying Violence
Manhunt is not censored no more

9 years ago
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For some reason you still can't buy Bully in Brazil. It's pretty much bullshit, since that's the best Rockstar game.

9 years ago
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I once read that most of the scenes with Trevor from GTA V were censored in Germany. Understandable thou. (Note; I just read it, I'm from Belgium and not Germany, so I don't actually know)

9 years ago
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Argentina

Dark Souls: Prepare to die Edition :'|

9 years ago
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Closed 9 years ago by Jasonwsc.