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is wolfenstein region locked?

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Proton

heyy guys i am thinking about buying Wolfenstein from russian steamstore because yea 1. cheaper 2. german laws again... and on the store pages it just says smth about adding the game but not playing and i cant find anything on the steamdb page so i am asking you guys, anyone tried it and can tell me if it works?:)

sry for my bad engl tho :)

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sviat

Yes its region locked, http://steamdb.info/app/201810/subs/ even the ROW is locked to Germany, and RU to CIS.

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partypooperwastaken

"ROW is locked to Germany"

well i guess it is not a surprise.

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sviat

I don't think they will ever unlock it or make German version, it will cost a lot to developers to censor 90% of the game, seems this game goes to German government "100% banned list" But what about Austrian version? they speak German too...

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Proton

locked to play or activate? :/

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sviat

Is locked to purchase and run says, maybe you can activate it, but not play it. The ROW is even locked to trade and gift between regions, lol.

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axwxaxyx

fucking nazis (not those in wolfenstein)

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Proton

lol :D i cant wait to play it but fucking broke this month xD damnit steam hates me i guess but thanks for your help guys :))

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RavenWings

Actually there already is a censored german version. Its a bid sad that we never get uncensored games with NS-themes.. in movies its no problem, we are "allowed" to watch movies with strong use of nazi-symbols like Indiana Jones or Inglourious Basterds, but in games its an instant ban :(

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Member

Because Germany has hopelessly outdated and frankly pathetic laws regarding the use of Nazi symbols/speech.
Then again, having a far-right political party like the NPD is totally fine. Because fuck history, that's why.

Pathetic double standards.

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Infernotoni

Well to be honest, the NPD totally bancrupt and never hit more than 1,6% at Bundestag electings since 1972.
And for the law about the symbols it's basically "Well you can use these symbols for art and education, but not for games. Games aren't art, they are entertainment." I don't support this opinion about games not beeing art, but it is as it is.

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Member

Yeah, as I mentioned, hopelessly outdated laws made by uptight fart smugglers with no understanding for modern media.

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Snaku

hm it should not have a region block couse there is still running on german tv the TV advertising for it
^^ maybe there is a cut version for germany dont know

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Kiru

There is.
The Nazis are never reverenced as Nazis, they are just "the regime". Everything is in German, the Nazis, the polish guys and of course the Americans.
Can't you just set the laguage to english? - No there is no option for this.
Couldn't you just buy it physical from amazon.co.uk and get the UK version on steam? - No, the PC version is geolocked. Which means, steam will scan your IP-address and give you the "right" version. You could use a VPN connection, to activate the game, but the connection must be up everytime you start the game. A little complicated and against the rules of Steam, since VPN connections are not allowed.
Funny enough, the Console version work without any geolock whatsoever.

^ Information I gathered in a thread about this.

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Kiru

You need to use VPN to activate AND play an uncut version in Germany. That's what I read.

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Kerzahd

To activate an uncut version you need to activate via VPN...don't know about playing...just play in offline mode i guess?

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Infernotoni

You can not legally run any kind of purchased copy in Germany. However, all other region locks (AU, CH, JP, ISR) have been lifted 3 days ago.

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Kerzahd

I can purchase the game legally in germany...öÖ So it is possible to run a copy of the game here

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Infernotoni

Well I'm talking about New Order, however "Wolfenstein" is on list B and any German authority can just confiscate the game. Thats why I wrote legally. New Order is the same kinf of thing, it's just a matter of time.

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Closed 10 years ago by Proton.