Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | 08:28 BST

Heavy Rain will feature cultural censorship

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Speaking in the gameplay demo that was released for Japan on Monday, executive producer on Heavy Rain Guillaume de Fondaumiere has said that the game will undergo cultural censorship in some regions to get rid of stuff which will be alright in some areas, but not in others.

He does insist that the game will essentially be the same though everywhere, saying the changes that will be implemented won’t make a “big difference”.

“We wanted to have pretty much the same game everywhere, be it Europe, in the United States, or in Japan, of course, with slight adaptions — for instance, the Japanese version,” says de Fondaumiere.

“But I don’t think the changes we made will make a big difference, so that those are real modular things.”

Game is released next year. Thanks, D’Toid.

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#1

freedoms_stain
22/10/09, 8:46 am

I want to know what they changed now.

Does the milk come in bags in the Canadian version?

Does pants refer to trousers in North America but underwear in the UK?

#2

mojo
22/10/09, 9:33 am

no schoolgirluniforms in non asian versions..

#3

DarkElfa
22/10/09, 9:46 am

Boo on all censorship!! No man needs another to decide what’s okay for him.

#4

Eregol
22/10/09, 9:57 am

If released in the middle east will Madison wear a Burkha?

#5

TJ
22/10/09, 12:42 pm

It’s the kinky French rhythm-action sex games, right?

And possibly some blood.

What will piss me off is when we in the UK get lumped with the US version, sans tits.

#6

Psychotext
22/10/09, 2:51 pm

I can only imagine the kinky shit in the German version… :D

#7

Eregol
22/10/09, 3:07 pm

@Psycho
There wont be any red blood though will there?
Sex is ok

Red blood? No thanks

#8

Psychotext
22/10/09, 3:23 pm

Sex with blood?

…YOU FILTHY DEVIANT!

#9

Eregol
22/10/09, 3:29 pm

Hey, what can I say?
I like what I like.
:-D

#10

mightyhokie
22/10/09, 4:13 pm

So I guess in America that means we won’t get to see tits but people being chopped into tiny bits will be culturally fine. =p

#11

TJ
22/10/09, 4:20 pm

Yup, whereas we ought to get the tits & muff, but no butchery. Which makes slightly more sense, but is still rubbish.

Frankly, I think we’re all getting screwed.

#12

Psychotext
22/10/09, 4:22 pm

“Frankly, I think we’re all getting screwed.”

That’s the Dutch version.

#13

gunman
23/10/09, 1:01 am

Looks like I’m going to have to import this now.

Australia, home to the toughest video game censorship laws in the developed world.

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