alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 could be banned in Russia, and players could face criminal charges — Russian government will evaluate whether the game contains anti-Russian sentiments or terrorism justificationwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1138cross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmit.onlinegaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1138external-linkS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 could be banned in Russia, and players could face criminal charges — Russian government will evaluate whether the game contains anti-Russian sentiments or terrorism justificationwww.tomshardware.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmit.onlinegaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squareHubi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·1 year agoI’d be very surprised if it didn’t contain any anti-Russian sentiments.
minus-squareRandomStickman@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoIIRC they removed the Russian VO and changed the English name’s spelling from Chernobyl, based on the Russian spelling, to Chornobyl
minus-squareHubi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI’ve heard that too. But I bet there’s going to be much more than that.
minus-squareCarl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoChernobyl is in Ukraine. Why not get a Ukrainian Voice actor?
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYeah, weren’t the bad guys in the original games Russian?
minus-squareSummzashilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoNo. One of the enemy factions was the military, which definitely were Ukrainians.
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI could have sworn the hostile scavenger type of characters were Russians, I guess I understood that incorrectly. Its been at least 10 years since I played the originals, so maybe I just misremembered it.
I’d be very surprised if it didn’t contain any anti-Russian sentiments.
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IIRC they removed the Russian VO and changed the English name’s spelling from Chernobyl, based on the Russian spelling, to Chornobyl
I’ve heard that too. But I bet there’s going to be much more than that.
VO?
Voice Overs.
Chernobyl is in Ukraine. Why not get a Ukrainian Voice actor?
Yeah, weren’t the bad guys in the original games Russian?
No. One of the enemy factions was the military, which definitely were Ukrainians.
I could have sworn the hostile scavenger type of characters were Russians, I guess I understood that incorrectly. Its been at least 10 years since I played the originals, so maybe I just misremembered it.