I’m so fucking disappointed. i’ve been excited for this game for so long, then this happens.

Now i might not even get to play it. Hooray for Saudi 🙄

  • slazer2au
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    3622 hours ago

    may be banned in Saudi Arabia due to its inclusion of LGBTQ content.

    No shock there.

    • fxomtOP
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      1422 hours ago

      Yeah i’m just devastated. Now i can’t play it. I mean, unless if i pirate it 🏴‍☠️

      But pirating games just doesn’t have the same ring to it ngl.

      • @Nikls94
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        1822 hours ago

        Piracy is the first thing that comes to my mind when a game is georestriced or the performance is lowered due to copy protection stuff. I don’t even feel bad about it. The company wouldn’t have made any money from me whatsoever.

        • JaggedRobotPubes
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          418 hours ago

          This sounds like a great time for someone who knows how to pirate games to post a really good guide. Safety is important when sidestepping dipshit politicians.

          • @Nikls94
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            27 hours ago

            Go-to #1 is definitely the r/piracy megathread. My personal #2 is a 2gb/s external SSD and a dedicated exe-downloading laptop.

        • fxomtOP
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          21 hours ago

          True. This isn’t a moral issue, they will not earn money from me either way since i cannot buy the game here, and I still will pirate it if the ban goes through (it most likely will) but i lose out on stuff like achievements and ease of downloading etc. So it’s mainly unnecessary inconvenience

          At this point my best bet is to pray they either remove the scene or KSA just turns a blind eye.

          • @Stovetop
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            621 hours ago

            I do hope you get to play and enjoy the game, but no way should the developer compromise on their vision of the game just to comply with a fucked-up morality regulation.

            • fxomtOP
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              121 hours ago

              Yeah sorry, i don’t agree at all with it due to me being much more progressive than others here, but a shit ton of stuff is banned here and KCD would be the last straw for me :(

              • @Stovetop
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                421 hours ago

                I feel for you OP, I hope we all get to live in the more accepting world we deserve someday.

                Apologies as well if my previous comment also sounds a bit unsympathetic, which was not my intention but it does to me on a re-read. I’m sure there’s a lot more discomfort that comes with living under these kinds of rules than just what games you are or aren’t allowed to play that I did not give enough consideration to.

                • fxomtOP
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                  21 hours ago

                  Thank you, and it’s no problem.

                  You are right that there is more discomfort to me than just games (god i miss wolfenstein too 😭) But i will be fine.

                  I’ll see about pirating the game.