fantaskarsef:

It wasn't banned, but censored, the Nazi symbols were replaced with... the Wolfenstein logo. Since that time I've boycotted the series because the matter is more difficult because of the history and laws here. The thing is, you are free to use the symbols and the swastika when you do it in some form of an art, be it pictures, music, movies and shows, books, etc. The thing is, video games are not considered an art by law (movies are... yea right, with today's Hollywood lens flare palooza...). So they are not allowed to use those symbols here, and that's why they had to change that. Graphically, I could even live with it, but sadly German dubs also have been really bad, so I skipped those games altogether. I don't promote censorship, especially because it's silly to NOT kill Nazis in a legislative environment that tries everything to fight the rise of nationalism and fascism for over 70 years now.

schmidtbag:

Haha I don't suppose you remember the 90s and 00s? Many games were banned or censored in various countries for similar reasons, such as Doom and various games made by Rockstar. Magic the Gathering also had a lot of people trying to ban the game, due to there being demons and other various evils in the game. In MTG, you get to play as the "evil one", so I can understand how some would see that as promoting evil, but still... it's a card game...

cryohellinc:

Nobody asks you to play it, however, people that backed it from the start wish the get full experience.

Sixtyfps:

Someones feelings got hurt lol

Fender178:

Really I went to various websites and they said Wolf3d was banned in Germany for having Nazi related stuff in it including the Nazi Anthem. Yeah I am against censorship my self because it takes away from the original work.