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Posted February 07, 2020
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PetrusOctavianus: North Korea, China
Umm, just chiming in, but there are close to no region locks on gog games in China and the ones that are region locked (less than half a dozen, IIRC) were locked at the request of some dipshit publisher, not by order of some Chinese court.

I'm not aware of a single gog game that is region locked in North Korea.
Post edited February 07, 2020 by fronzelneekburm
Posted February 08, 2020
VPNs won't get around Australian censorship, because game devs will pre-censor their games for everyone, in order to accommodate Australian laws.

Like for example, how CDPR censored Witcher 2 to remove characters having sex with Geralt after a quest, because it's against Australia law to give sex as a reward for completing quests.

Game devs do that kind of thing all the time. They make their games' content specifically in order to accommodate all the laws of all the nations, or at least as many as they possible can.

So if new Australian censorship laws come in, then it will affect all gamers worldwide, period.
Posted February 08, 2020
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Severus18: Hello boys and girls,

I'm a french guy living in Australia, and i'm not used to censorship. And i really dont like the idea.
The thing is, australians are crazy about it, you certainly know that, and i'm affraid for CB77 here (state of New South Wales, precisely).

So i wonder, do you know any way to avoid the censor, if it will be apply ?

Thank you for reading
If suggesting a VPN is something I shouldn't do here, I'll echo gifting. Find a GOG member you can trust, maybe one in the USA, and work something out.
Posted February 08, 2020
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PetrusOctavianus: North Korea, China
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fronzelneekburm: Umm, just chiming in, but there are close to no region locks on gog games in China and the ones that are region locked (less than half a dozen, IIRC) were locked at the request of some dipshit publisher, not by order of some Chinese court.
https://gameworldobserver.com/2020/02/04/china-bans-english-virtual-marriages/
Posted February 08, 2020
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: Like for example, how CDPR censored Witcher 2 to remove characters having sex with Geralt after a quest, because it's against Australia law to give sex as a reward for completing quests.
Maybe they altered the writing or something, but there are absolutely examples of chicks banging you as a thank you for completing a quest in the Witcher games.
Posted February 08, 2020
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: Like for example, how CDPR censored Witcher 2 to remove characters having sex with Geralt after a quest, because it's against Australia law to give sex as a reward for completing quests.
the enhanced editions for both witcher games are uncensored in every region if anyone cares
Posted February 08, 2020
Based on the replies in this thread, I looked into this matter further and realized that I was mistaken: apparently they only censored Witcher 2 for an Australia-specific version, but not worldwide for everyone. So I stand corrected on that matter and apologize for having made that mistake.
Posted February 08, 2020
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: Based on the replies in this thread, I looked into this matter further and realized that I was mistaken: apparently they only censored Witcher 2 for an Australia-specific version, but not worldwide for everyone. So I stand corrected on that matter and apologize for having made that mistake.
while you have been mistaken about the witcher games, there is no doubt that censoreship is taking place in games and that devs in some cases tailor their games to suit countries with the strictest rules as long as they present a significant enough customer base. eg, whatever they tried to do with Rainbow 6 recently to better fit a certain country in asia.

the trouble is with most new cases games are censored so early in development that we may never know about it and i imagine no game developer will want anything in their game that would prevent from being sold in any country.
Posted February 08, 2020
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: Based on the replies in this thread, I looked into this matter further and realized that I was mistaken: apparently they only censored Witcher 2 for an Australia-specific version, but not worldwide for everyone. So I stand corrected on that matter and apologize for having made that mistake.
Sight of relief for I was wondering if I should go on 'freaking' and bearing teeth mode. No worries, the day nobody makes mistakes is the day they will no longer be humans ;-)
Posted February 08, 2020
just make a tunnel and you can bypass it.... Australia has an intro-net system i.e, we all use the same network unlike places such as the US
Posted February 08, 2020
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: Based on the replies in this thread, I looked into this matter further and realized that I was mistaken: apparently they only censored Witcher 2 for an Australia-specific version, but not worldwide for everyone. So I stand corrected on that matter and apologize for having made that mistake.
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zer00o: while you have been mistaken about the witcher games, there is no doubt that censoreship is taking place in games and that devs in some cases tailor their games to suit countries with the strictest rules as long as they present a significant enough customer base. eg, whatever they tried to do with Rainbow 6 recently to better fit a certain country in asia.

the trouble is with most new cases games are censored so early in development that we may never know about it and i imagine no game developer will want anything in their game that would prevent from being sold in any country.
You are so right there, the 'one size fits all' is already been applied. Worldwide censorship for the reasons you've pointed out is one thing, but that kind of censorship being applied because of a Publisher, shall we say 'philosophy', is another. There is one recent perfect example where insult is being added to injury and we could end up being at the mercy of such 'philosophy' more than we know. That' is what I strongly bulk at.
Posted February 10, 2020
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: VPNs won't get around Australian censorship, because game devs will pre-censor their games for everyone, in order to accommodate Australian laws.

Like for example, how CDPR censored Witcher 2 to remove characters having sex with Geralt after a quest, because it's against Australia law to give sex as a reward for completing quests.

Game devs do that kind of thing all the time. They make their games' content specifically in order to accommodate all the laws of all the nations, or at least as many as they possible can.

So if new Australian censorship laws come in, then it will affect all gamers worldwide, period.
This never happened.
Only the Australian version had the two files removed.
And that was because at the time, Australia never had a R18 classification for video games.
If Witcher 2 were submitted today, it would pass uncensored with an R rating.
Posted February 11, 2020
Australia has some strange laws in general.
Australia has passed controversial laws designed to compel technology companies to grant police and security agencies access to encrypted messages.

The government says the laws, a world first, are necessary to help combat terrorism and crime.

However critics have listed wide-ranging concerns, including that the laws could undermine the overall security and privacy of users.

The laws were rushed through parliament on its final day of the year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46463029
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