Posted May 14, 2015
Just wondering if Witcher 3 is released here on GOG UNCUT for *ALL* regions.
Witcher 2 is one that is detected by geolocation and people in Australia can only buy the cut (AU) version.
I was therefore wondering if Witcher 3 is cut for any geodetected region. Hopefully, it is uncut for ALL regions.
Some people have been holding back because they are concerned their region might have a censored version.
Any title that is cut should really be mentioned in the description and the download page if it is cut in your region and you have to download the cut version. Sure it may not make good business sense to warn people first but GOG is always fair and just so I hope they will do something like this if it happens.
Thanks everyone. Thank you GOG.
[EDIT]
The important questions is "Was the version submitted for classification in Australia pre modified by CDPR or was it totally unmodified from international versions"
Just because Australia passed it with R18+ as "original" ie what was shown to them, does NOT mean it is not cut from other versions.
The only way to be sure is you need a statement from GOG saying "The version of Witcher 3 submitted to the Australian classification panel was not pre modified in any way to make it more favourable for passing classification in that region". Until you get a statement like that, you can't be sure.
Then and ONLY then can you be sure. So Australian users would still need to be mindful and I firmly believe that ANY game that is cut should clearly state it is so in the description and what countries are affected. This would be the right things to do. :)
GOG always does the right things so I am sure they are looking into it. :)
Witcher 2 is one that is detected by geolocation and people in Australia can only buy the cut (AU) version.
I was therefore wondering if Witcher 3 is cut for any geodetected region. Hopefully, it is uncut for ALL regions.
Some people have been holding back because they are concerned their region might have a censored version.
Any title that is cut should really be mentioned in the description and the download page if it is cut in your region and you have to download the cut version. Sure it may not make good business sense to warn people first but GOG is always fair and just so I hope they will do something like this if it happens.
Thanks everyone. Thank you GOG.
[EDIT]
The important questions is "Was the version submitted for classification in Australia pre modified by CDPR or was it totally unmodified from international versions"
Just because Australia passed it with R18+ as "original" ie what was shown to them, does NOT mean it is not cut from other versions.
The only way to be sure is you need a statement from GOG saying "The version of Witcher 3 submitted to the Australian classification panel was not pre modified in any way to make it more favourable for passing classification in that region". Until you get a statement like that, you can't be sure.
Then and ONLY then can you be sure. So Australian users would still need to be mindful and I firmly believe that ANY game that is cut should clearly state it is so in the description and what countries are affected. This would be the right things to do. :)
GOG always does the right things so I am sure they are looking into it. :)
Post edited May 14, 2015 by styggron