[:plant:] Mortal Kombat 8 - GET OVER HERE!

NO FATALITIES
NO WEAPONS
SUB ZERO VERSUS BATMAN

FINAL DESTINATION.

Seriously, without fatalities & gore, what's the point? GG Midway!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Tokubetsu

Yeeaaaaa this might be day one for me. I'm pretty much sold already as long as it's better than Armageddon.

I'm not getting the game, for one specific reason if nothing else:

Joker's Fatality Uncensored for European Release of MK vs. DCU
The Joker fatality uncensored for Europe - Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe for Xbox 360 News - VideoGamer.com

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The European release of Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe will not suffer the same edits that have toned down the violence in the US version.

The game isn't worth Importing here since the 360 doesn't do Imports AKAIK and I don't have a PS3. The Joker doing some shit like in the above .gif is a part of his character, and to have Midway or whoever the hell at this point is in control of the franchise gimp his moves just to get a "T" rating is stupid. ESPECIALLY for a Mortal Kombat game. This is the same game series that indirectly caused the creation of the ESRB. Its EXPECTED to be violent. I know not all of the blame goes to them though, the sandy-vagina wimps at Warner Brothers are also twatwaffles.

Yeah, I'm probably getting worked up over nothing, but come on, no one plays Mortal Kombat for the disjointed story-line, they play it to beat people up and tear off limbs and castrate the enemy's manhood. Censoring a KNOWN violent psychopathic character so that thirteen year old timmy can play the game is a giant FUCK YOU to the American consumer.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Rotorblade

Getting a game or not getting a game for the sole or strong reason of "A fatality" is the dumbest fucking shit ever.

You know what games did fatalities? The terrible ones.

Its the principle of censoring a product for one region while keeping everything intact in another. If you think that's a dumb reason then so be it, I used the Joker's fatality as clear example. I stand by what I said.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

If I've lost nothing, then I'll lose nothing by not playing the game either.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

You reaffirmed my decision not to get the game? Otherwise, I don't know.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

Unless, of course, it's only a principle you care about if it's affecting you; because there's some solid moral high-ground to be standing on.

Well, I was kind of upset when Square Enix gave Japan + Europe the International version for FFX, but what could I do? The game had already been released here, and it was a case of having extra stuff added, instead of stuff removed, which upset me, but it wasn't quite the same thing. Xenosaga had the same problem. It was only for a few minor scenes that I am aware of, and it didn't affect gameplay; it was only a story cut-scene so I could watch it on youtube or something.

This time though, I can actually object to a game that IS getting a release here that has content removed for the sake of a lower rating, and it has content that is (superficially) a part of the gameplay, namely the fatalities. I don't have the patience or energy to stand up for EVERY SINGLE example of censorship, but when its this obvious, I gotta say something. *Shrug*

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

No, what you mean is when it obviously affects you then you've got to say something. Don't talk about standing up for a principle when it's nothing but a petty complaint because you are the one losing out this time.

I guess I chose the wrong words, because by "obvious", I mean the censorship wasn't for a cult-release game or for a game that wasn't released in America in the first place. It was for a... for lack of a more specific wording, MKvsDC has a large distribution and is well advertised, so the censorship was easy to spot.

*sigh* Look, I don't feel like arguing over semantics. If by objecting to the censorship it means that I have an interest in the game then so be it.

FELIPE NO

Jesus. Okay fine: I am not getting the game because the censorship annoyed me. Satisfied? I still think that there's a moral high-ground that should be taken by not supporting this popular release in the US for the above stated reasons IN ADDITION to me not buying the game since the censorship personally annoyed me.

However, since apparently I can't do that on the internet, have multiple reasons for not buying something, fuck it. I'm done.

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But hey, if you like the game and are going to get it, more power to you.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?