Suprise, Suprise, Modern Warfare 2 Got Edited In Germany.

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Activision wants to make money, obviously. So what do they do when the latest instalment in a multi-million dollar franchise might get banned in a certain country? They edit it. Like they did with the German release of Modern Warfare 2.

Two weeks ago there was (and technically still is) the controversy about [this level], where you [do stuff]. You know the one. Instead of removing it completely, it got edited so that you [can't do stuff]. You can try, but if you do you get reset to the last checkpoint. [Doing stuff] with [certain people] is still without penalty. Basically the player becomes more of a spectator.

On the one hand it’s a good move to release the game in a form that is very close to how it was intended, on the other hand it destroys the ambivalence of the level that made it so interesting to me. Even if certain members of the Negative Gamer staff disagree with me, I still think that this mission will push gaming further in the right direction and give other developers the confidence to use this form of storytelling. I don’t want to [do stuff], but I [like it] when a game makes me question my actions.

Or am I just full of shit and need help soon? (Please keep the comments spoiler free. Thanks)