South Park: The Stick of Truth

[Monkey D. Lars]

It's almost here after a delay of a year!!!

I can't freaking wait.

[Ruki]

Tuesday is going to be the best day.

[King Ellis]

But, Ruki, they censored it on consoles so it wont be as good. :/

Except, they wouldn't even allow me that pleasure, it's only non-Americas that are getting the (minorly) censored version so I can't even troll Ruki. Harumph.

[9 to 5]

About time Ruki can play something on his 400 quid doorstop.

[Ruki]

About time Ruki can play something on his 400 quid doorstop.

It's PS3

[9 to 5]

About time Ruki can play something on his 400 quid doorstop.

It's PS3

100 quid doorstop then? >_>

[Liam]

Has there been any real indication as to whether it is going to be any good or not?

[Kaney]

What was censored?

[Ruki]

Something about anal probes and abortion I think.

[Monkey D. Lars]

It's getting great previews.

[Gabriel]

Got mine pre-ordered and am pretty psyched for it.

[thatshortguy]

I mentioned it briefly in a different thread, but for those of you wanting to just try it out first, it will be on Redbox in both PS3 & 360 flavors.

[JasonM]

About time Ruki can play something on his 400 quid doorstop.

It's PS3

100 quid doorstop then? >_>

You do know a 500gb PS3 still goes for around 300 quid in stores right?

Edited February 27, 2014 by Jasonmufc

[Bobfoc]

Don't underestimate the selling power of doorstops.

[JasonM]

Don't underestimate the selling power of doorstops.

Especially technologically obsolete ones...

[TKz]

You are shopping at very expensive stores.

[Bobfoc]

Yes, 500GB PS3 consoles usually go for under £200, sometimes with a game included too.

[King Ellis]

It's £200 on Amazon with The Last of Us and Gran Turismo 6, which both retail for between £20-30 by themselves.

[Monkey D. Lars]

1 more week!!!!.

[Herr Matzat]

Looks like i will have to illegally download this one. First game in a LONG time.

Console versions have seven scenes censored in the European version, the steam version only seems to be cut in Germany but they put their foot down so hard that unlike with other games you cant even use a UK key to just get the uncut game (the keys will be blocked from being used with a german IP, i can work around that but risk my steam account getting banned IF (big if, but still why risk it with 200 games on your account?) someone notices)

I am not buying a Digital game for 60$ on US PSN, i will not buy the PS3 game for 60$ + shipping and six weeks of waiting from an US Store so just Fuck them. There is only so many hoops i will jump through instead of just downloading it "elsewhere".

(this might be considered mild spoilers)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-25-south-park-the-stick-of-truth-censored-in-europe

Ubisoft has censored the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of 18-rated comedy role-playing game South Park: The Stick of Truth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The PC version remains unaffected.

BT.com reported on a note sent to press alongside copies of the game that revealed the changes, which amount to seven scenes of about 20 seconds each.

According to the document, which Eurogamer has verified, the censored scenes include:

• A mini-game in which the doctor is performing an abortion on the player.
• A mini-game in which the player is performing an abortion on the character Randy.
• Five anal probing scenes involving someone actively being probed. The scenes play out as normal before and after the active probing sequences.

Each censored scene is replaced by an image background and a description text selected by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Ubisoft said.

When asked about the censorship, a Ubisoft spokesperson told Eurogamer: "this was a market decision."

That's a vague explanation, but it may have something to do with Ubisoft hoping to secure release in Germany, which employs stricter guidelines on video game content than other European countries.

South Park: The Stick of Truth's 18-rating was granted by PEGI, the pan-European game ratings organisation that covers video games released in the UK. It does not censor games, rather, it rates games based on the content submitted to it by publishers alongside an age rating the publisher expects the game to receive.

PEGI does not have any say over games released in Germany, whose USK acts independently.

South Park: The Stick of Truth is also censored in Australia.