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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Reportedly Banned In Saudi Arabia Due To Immoral Scenes

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 seems to have been banned in Saudi Arabia due to promoting LGBTQ via unskippable cut scenes.

tech4gamers.com

Anyone play preview builds of this that can corroborate or .. anything?

 

[Agent_4Seven]

 

[TintoConCasera]

Henry and Capon finally get to meet each other far better than they ever expected to?

 

[Bry0]

Unskippable medieval lesbian nun action confirmed.

 

[R6Rider]

 

[Mister Wolf]

Henry and Hans hitting the whore houses up.

 

[cyberheater]

Anyone got video of the unskippable immoral scenes. Asking for a friend.

 

[pudel]

 

[coachmcguirk91]

There are bathhouses that have men now. Saudi Arabia is strictly against LGBT. Oh well. Let people choose

 

[Gonzito]

If this is true, then all I have to say is this.

Hypocrites

 

[hemo memo]

It's available on PSN, Xbox and Steam stores in the region. It's not banned.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Seal of quality as far as I'm concerned

 

[Zacfoldor]

There are bathhouses that have men now. Saudi Arabia is strictly against LGBT. Oh well. Let people choose

I don't know what this means, but I'm sold.

 

[Rush2112]

Saudi arabia aside (who gives a crap about them anyways), I thought this game wasn’t woke?

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

It's available on PSN, Xbox and Steam stores in the region. It's not banned.

It's a rumor of what may be happening at this moment. Guess better phrasing would be "Rumor: to be banned"

It is also worth noting that the authority that is responsible for such tasks in the country has not made an official statement regarding the matter. So, the game hasn’t been officially banned yet.

Saudi arabia aside (who gives a crap about them anyways), I thought this game wasn’t woke?

This would be my key takeaway.

 

[Topher]

"It is also worth noting that the authority that is responsible for such tasks in the country has not made an official statement regarding the matter. So, the game hasn’t been officially banned yet."

How is this "urgent and official" according to the source then?

 

[DeepEnigma]

This is just a rumor from an outlet, so fans should take this with a grain of salt until the official authority gives a statement regarding the ban.

It is also worth noting that the authority that is responsible for such tasks in the country has not made an official statement regarding the matter. So, the game hasn’t been officially banned yet.

Who TF writes these retard articles?

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

"It is also worth noting that the authority that is responsible for such tasks in the country has not made an official statement regarding the matter. So, the game hasn’t been officially banned yet."

How is this "urgent and official" according to the source then?

According to them also,

A Saudi gaming outlet has posted on Twitter that the game has been banned in Saudi Arabia for promoting immoral scenes through unskippable cutscenes. The outlet further reports that the developer refused to release a revised version of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 for this region; hence, it was banned.

It sounds like a condition transpiring right now. I just really want to know the reality from someone who has played early versions.

 

[amigastar]

OH man, how i hate censorship.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

I don't know what this means, but I'm sold.

Men and women can both provide services in bathhouses

 

[Mister Wolf]

Saudi arabia aside (who gives a crap about them anyways), I thought this game wasn’t woke?

Publishers. Enough for Sony/Insomniac with all their grandstanding to still remove all the homosexuality out of Spiderman 2 so they could sell over there.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Saudi arabia aside (who gives a crap about them anyways), I thought this game wasn’t woke?

Was Mass Effect woke for having gay characters and gay sex? It's not a matter of that being in the game imo, but rather a matter of the game trying to send a message with it or being obnoxious about it, which ME didn't do and I hope is the same for KCD2.

Publishers. Enough for Sony/Insomniac with all their grandstanding to still remove all the homosexuality out of Spiderman 2 so they could sell over there.

Hypocrites.

 

[Kotaro]

I hope it's steamy hot lesbians scene

 

[Rush2112]

Was Mass Effect woke for having gay characters and gay sex? It's not a matter of that being in the game imo, but rather a matter of the game trying to send a message with it or being obnoxious about it, which ME didn't do and I hope is the same for KCD2.


Hypocrites.

I don’t remember Casey Hudson saying all the stuff that the lead Dev for this game has though. Looks like it was all just big talk. Dude is a paper tiger.

 

[IAmRei]

So this game is woke then? Duh...

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Publishers. Enough for Sony/Insomniac with all their grandstanding to still remove all the homosexuality out of Spiderman 2 so they could sell over there.

This energy from their hollow virtue,

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Another one for the non-buy-nary list for me if true.

 

[pudel]

Could be that this rumors are spread from a very certain "group of people". There is also a rumor that there is a black guy called "Mansa Musa" in the game (only source was 4chan ). But this guy didnt even lived in that period of time. I doubt that Warhorse who are actually super keen on historical accuracy would do this.

Yeah, i call bullshit.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I don’t remember Casey Hudson saying all the stuff that the lead Dev for this game has though. Looks like it was all just big talk.

Just don't eat any cocks and you'll be fine. Same as in ME.

Imo there's a big difference between those elements just being there and the game making an effort to educate you on that.
We'll have to wait and see. Who knows, maybe "gay scene" is just 2 dudes sharing a kiss or some shit like that.

(and sorry to use ME as an example, nothing personal it's just that I'm currently replaying it so it comes to mind the first)

 

[MMaRsu]

So this game is woke then? Duh...

Another one for the non-buy-nary list for me if true.

What?

They consider sex before marriage immoral.

What are you guys even talking about.

 

[Rush2112]

This energy from their hollow virtue,

Funny part: they like this. They like being pandered to. it makes them feel special.

 

[pudel]

Imo there's a big difference between those elements just being there and the game making an effort to educate you on that.
We'll have to wait and see. Who knows, maybe "gay scene" is just 2 dudes sharing a kiss or some shit like that.

(and sorry to use ME as an example, nothing personal it's just that I'm currently replaying it so it comes to mind the first)

Btw, all cutscenes in KCD1 were skipable. Would be strange if they suddenly arent in KCD2.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

It couldn't have been about lolis .

 

[TintoConCasera]

Btw, all cutscenes in KCD1 were skipable. Would be strange if they suddenly arent in KCD2.

Yeah I call this bullshit.

Also those dudes with the black guy on /v/ are the funniest. Days of posting that and still, no source to corroborate it.

 

[kevboard]

Another one for the non-buy-nary list for me if true.

closeted gay guy detected

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Just don't eat any cocks and you'll be fine. Same as in ME.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Just don't eat any cocks and you'll be fine. Same as in ME.

Imo there's a big difference between those elements just being there and the game making an effort to educate you on that.
We'll have to wait and see. Who knows, maybe "gay scene" is just 2 dudes sharing a kiss or some shit like that.

(and sorry to use ME as an example, nothing personal it's just that I'm currently replaying it so it comes to mind the first)

Knowing the studio, it's probably two or more girls going at it in a brothel.

 

[TheKratos]

Unskippable cutscenes should be banned anyway, but this seems to be unskippable WOKE cutscenes, even worse.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

Interesting to note some here adhere by the Saudi Arabian code of morals and ethics when deciding on a game purchase... thought we were against censorship, what happened?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Knowing the studio, it's probably two or more girls going at it in a brothel.

Well now, that's my kind of unskippable cutscene.

 

[BigBeauford]

 

[ReBurn]

Take that game devs who make cutscenes unskippable.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Unskippable medieval lesbian nun action confirmed.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Unskippable medieval lesbian nun action confirmed.

 

[Trilobit]

Is Saudi Arabia what we're calling California now?

 

[GHG]

Seal of quality as far as I'm concerned

Dragon Age Veilguard was also banned across the region, so I wouldn't be so sure of that.

That said, I doubt this will be getting banned for the same reasons.

 

[Hot5pur]

A country led by religiously brainwashed fanatics disliking things that undermine their precious doctrine?
I am shocked.

 

[Saber]

Could be true since I doubt reviwers would state this thing if it was apparent. They mostly do not state that. The only thing to do is wait to see, not gonna criticize until theres clear evidence.

 

[Sooner]

Great country leadership to take your moral standard from.