Dead Island: Riptide has been banned from Germany due to the country\u2019s infamously strict censorship laws.<\/p>\n
The news comes from the game\u2019s creative producer, Sebastian Reichert, who is particularly upset about it being German himself.<\/p>\n
“It feels f**king awkward to have one of the most successful games in years and nobody in your country knows it,” he said.<\/p>\n
The game\u2019s banning isn\u2019t a surprise however, as the first Dead Island was also blocked from release due to the country\u2019s low tolerance of games containing violence against \u201chuman-like characters\u201d.<\/p>\n
“It doesn’t matter what [the enemies] are, as long as they’re human-like then you have a problem.<\/p>\n
“For Dead Island in particular it was a problem that you could attack the zombies when they are dead, because that’s mutilation of corpses.”<\/p>\n
Reichert makes no secret of the fact that he thinks the censorship rules are questionably applied, citing Gears of War as a confusing exception.<\/p>\n
“At the moment I’m really confused that you can buy Gears of War 3 in stores in Germany, but not Dead Island. Because where’s the difference? I mean, [the enemies in Gears of War] are human-like.<\/p>\n
“That flamethrower finisher; he rams the flamethrower into the body, pulls the trigger and the flames come out of every body part. That’s in stores.”<\/p>\n
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