BF3 banned in Iran - Polidicks

[release] TEHRAN: Iran has banned a popular computer game, "Battlefield 3", depicting US armour and aircraft launching an assault on Tehran, an Iranian IT magazine reported."All computer stores are prohibited from selling this illegal game," an unnamed deputy with the security and intelligence division of Iran's police said in a statement carried by the Asr-e Ertebat weekly.A Tehran-based IT union warned all shops to abide by the ban."Battlefield 3", made by US videogame company Electronic Arts (EA), is based on a fictional near-future in which players take on the role of US Marines tackling shoot-em-up missions in Paris, New York and Tehran.The game -- EA's top-selling title -- can be played as a solo campaign or as a group mission with up to 24 players online.The Iran scenario sees US forces fighting hostile militia near the Iraq-Iran border then moving on to Tehran under a looming nuclear threat.Intense gunfights are depicted in various military, industrial and urban locations in the capital, including Tehran's historic Grand Bazaar.According to EA, five million copies of "Battlefield 3" were sold within a week of it hitting the market on October 25. The game is available on DVD-ROM and as for download from the Internet.EA has no resellers in Iran. But pirated copies of all major videogames and computer software are widely available.It is the first time an official ban on the game was reported. But some computer store owners said they had declined to stock "Battlefield 3" since its release, anticipating the crackdown on it."I do not have any copy of the game," said Hamid, a shop owner who requested his last name not be used.Iranian police overseeing public places "raided (some shops) and arrested owners for selling the game secretly" even before the ban became public, he said.AFP was unable to confirm the claim.The Fars news agency said the game had prompted an online protest by a group of "Iranian youths.""We understand that the story of a videogame is hypothetical ... (but) we believe the game is purposely released at a time when the US is pushing the international community into fearing Iran," the group said in an online petition, with more than 5,000 signatories so far.[/release] Read more: [URL]http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Nov-28/155404-iran-bans-us-video-game-showing-tehran-invasion.ashx#ixzz1f7kN3LjB[/URL] (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: [URL]http://www.dailystar.com.lb[/URL]) [video=youtube;wFmjTfm7o8M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFmjTfm7o8M&feature=feedu[/video]

I'm not surprised, and I'm not particularly upset about it either. I don't blame DICE for using the cliche "we atak the midle east at dawn" storyline, but what would we be doing if Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia, were all putting out huge multimillion dollar hit games where you stab Americans from behind and call them a motherfucker?

Without spoiling stuff, the US war with Iran in BF3 is against an usurper goverment, Not the current goverment.

Oh boo hoo, Germany are still butthurt over Wolfenstein 3D too!

[QUOTE=Kopimi;33493358]I'm not surprised, and I'm not particularly upset about it either. I don't blame DICE for using the cliche "we atak the midle east at dawn" storyline, but what would we be doing if Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia, were all putting out huge multimillion dollar hit games where you stab Americans from behind and call them a motherfucker?[/QUOTE] Uhh how many hundreds of games are there out there where you can kill Americans? [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] Not to mention how many times this country has shown to be completely obliterated :v:

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;33493394]Uhh how many hundreds of games are there out there where you can kill Americans? [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] Not to mention how many times this country has shown to be completely obliterated :v:[/QUOTE]I don't know many games where you can kill americans. I actually can't recall any on top of my head.

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;33493411]I don't know many games where you can kill americans. I actually can't recall any on top of my head.[/QUOTE] Well games that take place in America such as Grand Theft Auto has you killing Americans, plus multiplayer war games [I]including[/I] Battlefield 3 have you killing American Soldiers.

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;33493411]I don't know many games where you can kill americans. I actually can't recall any on top of my head.[/QUOTE] Every BF and CoD game (Instances of SP in MW2 & BF3 and Multi for all of them) All the Red Dead games Every GTA Medal of Honor 2010 MP Max Payne series To name a few. [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;33493450]Well games that take place in America such as Grand Theft Auto has you killing Americans, plus multiplayer war games [I]including[/I] Battlefield 3 have you killing American Soldiers.[/QUOTE] Woops, I was late.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;33493394]Uhh how many hundreds of games are there out there where you can kill Americans? [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] Not to mention how many times this country has shown to be completely obliterated :v:[/QUOTE] Those games are generally made and published by American companies, and even when Americans die, they die as heros and innocent civilians lost to a brutal war that only exists because of the big bad Russians or whoever they chose to be their Cold War enemy. It's a LOT different when a real life enemy is making games showing your honored military and civilians as targets.

[QUOTE=Kopimi;33493358]I'm not surprised, and I'm not particularly upset about it either. I don't blame DICE for using the cliche "we atak the midle east at dawn" storyline, but what would we be doing if Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia, were all putting out huge multimillion dollar hit games where you stab Americans from behind and call them a motherfucker?[/QUOTE] Remember when Medal o' Honor came out(newest one) and in the multiplayer the Taliban were named "Taliban" and Fox news and every soccer mom in the us got their panties in a knot about it? It would probably be the same thing, soccer moms get pissed, people play the game and have fun.

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;33493411]I don't know many games where you can kill americans. I actually can't recall any on top of my head.[/QUOTE] There's plenty of games where you kill Americans in multiplayer, but I cannot recall a game where you invade the US or kill tons of Americans.

[QUOTE=Kopimi;33493470]Those games are generally made and published by American companies, and even when Americans die, they die as heros and innocent civilians lost to a brutal war that only exists because of the big bad Russians or whoever they chose to be their Cold War enemy. It's a LOT different when a real life enemy is making games showing your honored military and civilians as targets.[/QUOTE] You clearly didnt play SP for MW2 or BF3.

[QUOTE=Fatal-Error;33493391]Oh boo hoo, Germany are still butthurt over Wolfenstein 3D too![/QUOTE] Even thought censorship on games still sucks, it has gotten alot better here in germany tbh.

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;33493490]There's plenty of games where you kill Americans in multiplayer, but I cannot recall a game where you invade the US or kill tons of Americans.[/QUOTE] Even if there is, so what? Medvedev or Amadimininjad isn't going to play it and say "I want to invade the US now, lets do it!" It's a video game.

I really really want to play a game where you get to bomb Americans/British/other "democracies" from a "terrorist" perspective

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;33493411]I don't know many games where you can kill americans. I actually can't recall any on top of my head.[/QUOTE]Uuuuh, Day of Defeat? Just play on the german team.

[QUOTE=JustExtreme;33493523]I really really want to play a game where you get to bomb Americans/British/other "democracies" from a "terrorist" perspective[/QUOTE] I believe there was, titled "Special Forces" It was released by Hezbollah and it takes place during the Israeli occupation of Lebanon, but it got banned in most parts in the world afaik. EDIT: Yup, here's a Kotaku article on their sequal [url]http://kotaku.com/290622/hezbollah-launches-special-force-2[/url] [release]Finally the sequel gamers around one tiny part of the world have been waiting for. After wowing players with 2003's Special Force, which featured Hezbollah fighters defending against Israeli attacks, Hezbollah computer experts strike back with Special Force 2. The game, released yesterday, recreates key events of last year's 34-day conflict between Israel and the guerrilla group.[/release]

[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;33493494]You clearly didnt play SP for MW2 or BF3.[/QUOTE] I did, thank you for the insightful but entirely wrong post

[QUOTE=Kopimi;33493563]I did, thank you for the insightful but entirely wrong post[/QUOTE] What Im saying is that [SP] Two of the biggest scumbags in those 2 games were US military [/SP].

[QUOTE=Wormy;33493566]Wow, really? Thats silly.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure I picked up a copy (just to expirement etc.) from a local flee market here, but never got around to playing it due to some really weird DRM, you need to send a text message to receive the serial code. Let me see if I can find it.

[QUOTE=Kopimi;33493563]I did, thank you for the insightful but entirely wrong post[/QUOTE] I don't know about BF3, but by the end of MW2 you are shooting American soldiers.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;33493450]Well games that take place in America such as Grand Theft Auto has you killing Americans, plus multiplayer war games [I]including[/I] Battlefield 3 have you killing American Soldiers.[/QUOTE] That's not the point, because in most games that portray Americans, its 99% of the time that the Americans are the protagonists, and at the same time, portray other nationalities, most commonly Russians, Chinese, etc., as "cold heartless bastards" in a sense. It doesn't have to do so much with multiplayer because multiplayer is just players vs. players, but it has everything to do with the game in question and how they portray characters and their nationalities.

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;33493490]There's plenty of games where you kill Americans in multiplayer, but I cannot recall a game where you invade the US or kill tons of Americans.[/QUOTE] Guys guys, multiplayer does not count. It's obvious one side will be american because it's good vs bad guys. It would make no sense if russian spetsnaz was fighting russian military. Also games like gta and such don't count too because you're not a soldier there, you're just a random criminal killing random people. Give me a game where you play as russian/chinese/iraq soldier and kill americans.

[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;33493581]What Im saying is that [SP] Two of the biggest scumbags in those 2 games were US military [/SP].[/QUOTE] No, not really. Even when those games try and be edgy, they still end with America coming out as the hero, the winner, the good guy. Even if games showed the moral grayness of the American military, it still isn't nearly as harsh as you playing as a Taliban fighter, killing a bunch of Americans and laughing about their corpses, then in the end of the game, you and the Taliban are the good guys who won the holy war. [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=KillerJaguar;33493647]I don't know about BF3, but by the end of MW2 you are shooting American soldiers.[/QUOTE] Doesn't matter. It's all about who the game portrays as the good guy and the bad guy.

What about that Chinese FPS? they OPfor are clearly American although it's never said.

[QUOTE=Mabus;33493693]What about that Chinese FPS? they OPfor are clearly American although it's never said.[/QUOTE]That chinese fps? Was it even released?

[QUOTE=Kopimi;33493358]I'm not surprised, and I'm not particularly upset about it either. I don't blame DICE for using the cliche "we atak the midle east at dawn" storyline, but what would we be doing if Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia, were all putting out huge multimillion dollar hit games where you stab Americans from behind and call them a motherfucker?[/QUOTE] Grand Theft Auto?

"HAVE THEY EVER HEARD OF STEAM" (bf3 isnt on steam)

[QUOTE=Kopimi;33493676]No, not really. Even when those games try and be edgy, they still end with America coming out as the hero, the winner, the good guy. Even if games showed the moral grayness of the American military, it still isn't nearly as harsh as you playing as a Taliban fighter, killing a bunch of Americans and laughing about their corpses, then in the end of the game, you and the Taliban are the good guys who won the holy war. [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] Doesn't matter. It's all about who the game portrays as the good guy and the bad guy.[/QUOTE] I agree, but its all about who is going to buy the thing. How many Americans would buy a game about invading America from the eyes of a (insert "bad" country here) soldier, just like ( I would think) not many Russians would want to play as a Wermacht trooper during WWII at the invasion of Russia.

[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;33493740]I agree, but its all about who is going to buy the thing. How many Americans would buy a game about invading America from the eyes of a (insert "bad" country here) soldier, just like ( I would think) not many Russians would want to play as a Wermacht trooper during WWII at the invasion of Russia.[/QUOTE] But russians do enjoy playing as americans...