At the beginning of February 2022, the zombie sequel Dying Light 2: Stay Human will finally hit the market, but in Germany you won’t get the uncut international version.
In contrast to earlier days, the subject of indexing has lost its horror in Germany, as has necessary cuts compared to international game versions. These were published more and more frequently in local areas, even though they were sometimes only allowed to be sold to adult players. With Dying Light 2: Stay Human, however, a prominent representative on this front has been caught again.
As Techland confirmed in a press release today, there will only be a special USK-approved version of the zombie survival sequel in Germany. “Despite numerous attempts and exhausting all the legal means available to the company, the uncut version has not received the necessary USK classification for publication in Germany,” the statement said.
Even though the specially adapted German version was only rated for ages 18+, it will have some changes. In the German version the decapitation and dismemberment of human opponents is deactivated and you cannot kill neutral NPCs. The story, the game progress and the basic gameplay should not be affected in any way.
Techland plans to submit additional versions of the game to the USK in the hopes that they will pass the exam. “Since it is Techland’s stated goal to present the game to German players as the developers envisioned it, they will keep the special German version as close as possible to the international version,” it continues.
At the time of publication, players from Germany will only be able to play in co-op mode within their region. Techland wants to improve this and is working on enabling co-op with players from other regions soon after the release.
An uncut German-language version will therefore only be available in physical form from all major retailers in the neighboring countries of Austria and Switzerland.
A new cinematic trailer for Dying Light 2: Stay Human was presented last night.
