Comments on: Fallout 3 censored in Japan

By: JPickford

JPickford — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:45:02 +0000

Good point. Perhaps its the American connection?

I would say the entire game is about survival. The aftermath of Nuclear destruction.

By: Freek

Freek — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:41:34 +0000

Changing the name of the weapon is understandable, but why censor that quest???? Japanese anime is full of nuclear blasts and cities being wiped out.

Besides ofcourse the previously mentioned point about the entire game being about nuclear destruction.

By: BillyBatts

BillyBatts — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:58:30 +0000

I was referring more to the idea of taking out the option of detonating a nuclear weapon in a video game entirely based on a world which has been devastated by… nuclear weapons. Bit of a drop in the ocean.

Surely those who would be offended by that quest would find the whole game abhorrent? Quite funny really

By: JPickford

JPickford — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:58:25 +0000

It’s a tiny part of the game.

Footlockers are reasonably significant part of the ‘box & container’ element of the game but it wouldn’t exactly ‘miss the point’ of the game if they were removed.

By: Whizzo

Whizzo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:49:29 +0000

It’s rather central to the first town quest lines.

By: JPickford

JPickford — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:32:55 +0000

What point does it miss? They’ve removed the ability for the player to activate nuclear weapons. Hardly central to the game.

By: mart

mart — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:36:24 +0000

It does miss the point a bit, but it’s not entirely surprising.

By: BillyBatts

BillyBatts — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:12:14 +0000

Kind of utterly misses the point somewhat? A bit like censoring a zombie from Dawn of the Dead?