lol you will not see nipples but can get the head of other one out of the rest of his body... excuse me, but usa is crazy and very cynical

PLEASE NOTE:

This was stated as an error. The truth of the matter is that nipples will be in game, not full nudity. But the US version will have Nipples.

Originally posted by streea

Originally posted by Sovrath

 

 

I think if you were to look at the history of the countries you might find an answer closer to the truth.

I've known some Germans who indicated that because of their involvment with WW I and WW II that they were a bit senstitive to the whole violence thing. And if you look at the U.S. and how we started you might find that it is hard to leave behind a history of inhabitants who came here for religious freedom (among other things). Quakers, Shakers, Puritans, Mormons, heck we have it all and more. So it makes sense that there are some issues with sexuality and nudity. As far as the violence, I can only imagine that a populace that had to carve it's way out of a new land, filled with indiginous people, other factions (colonies from other countries) not to mention people trying to take advantage of a fractured group of people, might have a bit more tolerance to violence.

As far as the other countries (not including Germany because of the above) you are finding older societies, close together, trying to live together in some fashion over a huge span of time. Invasions bringing new cultural elements and it seems that they have had more time to live with and develope more modern attitudes toward violence and sexuality.

Just a thought.

 

The problem is that... it's history. It happened hundreds of years ago. Many in this (American) society are ready to move forward, yet there are those who refuse to grow up and move on. I understand where it comes from, what I can't (nor will I ever) tolerate are people who are so closed-minded when it comes to something we see in art and museums all of the time. The same goes with Germany... these are things of the past and I know from speaking with natives that they'd like to get out from under the shadow that WW/II left them in.

Well, not exactly.

We learn history not to torture young students or maintain jobs for professors but to learn why things were and how they reverberate into the future.

If "growing up and moving on" were an easy thing then we wouldn't have any wars, no one would ever get into another person's face and we would all be living quite well as a global society.

Because remember, as much as everyone thinks that people should be able to do what they want, within reason, it sometimes is hard to find what is "within reason".

The United States is a young country. Compared to many countries out there we are still trying to deal with a very diverse population. Not only is it diverse in race but also in religious beliefs, economic beliefs, etc.

It's a great country in many ways and I believe that the only way that someone really can understand us is to evaluate from within. And from different places. Staying in Boston or New York or San Francisco is not going to give you the picture. The South is different from the midwest which is different from the north.

We also have our problems (as does every country).

So understanding why we are the way we are is just a first step. It's not going to change over night. Just as other coutnries/regions with worse problems aren't going to change overnight.

Would it so easy to solve some of the issues that are going on in the world by saying "it's history, it happened hundreds (and in some cases Thousands - wrap your mind around that one!) of years ago, let's just get it right and move on!", then people would do it!

In any case, there is topless nudity now so at least the woman in the U.S. version won't look like aliens.

 Incidentally, you'd be surprised how many people in the U.S. scream "God bless American, land of the free, home of the brave where freedom reigns" only to then bristle when you attack this country and its leaders. Some people in this country who scream "freedom of speech" aren't really aware that that means for everyone, even for people with different ideologies.

[quote] The “elsewhere in Europe” version is rated 18+ by PEGI and is unchanged.[/quote]

Thats good to hear. Had a chuckle about the US rating hehe. You can see heads chopped off (so violence is ok) but cant see nipples (so natural beauty{?} is not ok...)

The Community manager has since fixed the error in the press release..

There are nipples in US version

Dev post here  http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=55373

For God's sake don't pull on your t-shirt like your gonna flash me your boobs and then wimp out....it's frustrating. 

Funcom is that tease we have all known in our lives at one time.  She is a girl that promises much but in the end fails to deliver.  And even if at some later point we get to see her boobs, they are either droopy or lopsided, or the nipples are misplaced. 

In this case, the nipples are absent all together.

Woot Nipplez!!

I'm very happy to see that Funcom will be able to include most of the immature content they requested for the various versions of their game. Like many of the posters here, I'm opposed to adult censorship too, even for the immature adults who plan to purchase and play Age Of Conan. I think they should be able to enjoy pixelated boobies and offensive gore till their hearts content. That way while the juvenile male adults are romping around playing with each other in AoC, the young adults, women and mature male gamers will be able to enjoy Warhammer free of their presence. Life has a way of working things out just right sometimes.

On a side note it's curious to see so many euro guys making the silly assumption that US ratings are based on religious convictions or the beliefs of ancestors who've been dead for a few hundred years. I suppose that must mean the euro ratings are the result of europeans having no religious convictions?