No Russian Scandal finally scandalous... (Possible Spoilers?) Forum

Post edited 2:00 pm – January 7, 2010 by gernboes

Ok, first of all, i was a little uncertain where to put this topic, i didnt put it in the MW2 forum because its not really about the game but about censorship. I ended up 50/50 between this and the general forum, sorry if i chose the wrong one…

Now on Topic. I finally got myself to rent MW2, wasnt really that interested, but thought arental couldnt hurt. If i bought the game i would have got the UK or US version, mainly because i dont like the german voice acting in most games, but as i live in austria and my video store only has the german version, im stuck with that…

Put the game in and played a while, reached the "No Russian" level and got myself ready to shoot a couple civilians (never understood what all the fuss was about, wouldnt be the first ones i killed in a game…).
Pulled the trigger and…. WTF??? I lost the mission because i shot a civilian! No kidding! Im playing an undercover agent posing as a terrorist and lose the mission if i do what im supposed to do? So i have the choice to skip the mission or play it but i cant do anything?
Its just a slightly interactive cutscene this way…

I did a little Video with my mobile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..CCD-ZzbONc

The text when i shoot is obviously german and says something like "You hit a civilian – watch where you shoot" (even wheni only hit the cop in the 2nd try, technically not a civilian…)

Must just be the German censorship. Wierd though, because you can still watch others shoot the civilians.

Post edited 4:31 pm – January 7, 2010 by artefx

Yeah I read about this around the Internet. The german version has been altered so 'No Russian' is only a spectator level. The bad thing is that Activision never really told anyone they were going to do it. Bit sneaky if you ask me.

Hodgi92 said:

artefx said:Yeah I read about this around the Internet. The german version has been altered so 'No Russian' is only a spectator level. The bad thing is that Activision never really told anyone they were going to do it. Bit sneaky if you ask me.

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Interesting.

The weird thing about that is that they allow you to shoot.

If it's a spectator level, why allow some interaction?

Well its only a spectator level up until you have to fight the cops outside. Not actually the entire thing.

spooner_22 said:I shot a few civs and mine didnt say i had failed, it was fine…so not sure what the prob is with yours

Are you playing the german version?