God of War Banned in the Middle-East

KidMakeshift - 30 days ago

I guess they have enough "Gods of War" as is

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SMK056 - 29 days 23 hours ago

It banded since the 1st GOW

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Winter47th - 29 days 23 hours ago

It's been banned since the first GOW, the main reason it's been banned is because they don't use age restrictions/guidelines like ESRP in the Middle East, and because kids get fooled easily by a good story that they can't tell the difference between Greek mythology and facts, add to that the nudity and all.

The banned was a word-to-mouth, though, and it's been banned by the Ministry of Interior after much complaints from caring parents were filed, COD4 and Assassin's Creed were also banned for 2 weeks also by word-to-mouth, after much testing both of'em were unbanned by the MI.

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rogimusprime - 29 days 22 hours ago

banned for the "killing of Gods". Since when do Arabs give a damn about Greek Gods. Yes, I am assuming all Arabs in the UAE follow Islam. The UAE bring in so much money from Oil what the hell do they have to complain about. They can afford to pave the streets with Gold from 4$ a gallon gas.

Anyway, they are missing out on a great game.

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Palodios - 29 days 16 hours ago

Because in the Middle East all the money from oil tycoons trickles down to the poor people living in poverty and substandard housing.

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streeks1984 - 29 days 14 hours ago

sucks to be them.

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Jenzo - 29 days 23 hours ago

The real middle-east, or the version that they show to you on Fox News? Have you been there?

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Gorgon - 29 days 19 hours ago

I can't stand the US government either.

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brocool - 29 days 18 hours ago

The real middle east is a place where racism is tolerated, if not encouraged in society.

Its being built by workers from south asia who earn $150/month if they get paid, and they live in a room with 8 other people. You've got no human rights either, why? they see you as replaceable

Why dont you take a trip to the UAE Jenzo, Im sure the locals wont mind raping you and then putting in jail for committing homosexual acts. Its Sharia Law pal, and if you dont remember Locals > You.

Heres a heads up.. Arabs dont just hate the west, they hate each other. Case in point Palestinians aren't allowed Lebanese passports.. even if they've been living there for a couple of generations.

Piracy thrives in the UAE, people dont just download stuff they have a delivery guy who comes over to their house during the week and sells them the latest games/dvds for around $0.75 each.

Banning God Of War wont make an inch of difference because Ali will be on his bike delivering games again, and guess what hes going to sell 10x more GOW.

I'm bitter, But not ungrateful, The UAE was my home for 15 glorious years, no doubt I enjoyed it, fast cars, hot girls, lots of cash, and everything is new, I truly did loved the place but theres just a cold heart under that polished exterior.

Sorry about going way off topic but I could've gone on for ages, Whenever anything about the UAE comes up .. I just get this way.

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The Dark Knight - 30 days ago

:|

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KidMakeshift - 29 days 23 hours ago

They should just change it to "Infidel of War"

Problem fixed

Uh, thanks for the gay porn fact, lol
The more you know I guess

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Jenzo - 29 days 23 hours ago

Did you know that more than 50% of the population in the U.S. believe that god created earth?

I mean WTF ;)

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KidMakeshift - 29 days 23 hours ago

The other 50% believe it was by Oprah's will

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The_Nexus - 29 days 20 hours ago

I lived in the uae for 3 years.And there isnt anything to the 50% of all gay porn originating from uae!!!!
No Offense but being gay is frowned upon in Muslim countries big time!!!
And i should know!!! i am a muslim.....who doesnt really believe in god.

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Gorgon - 29 days 18 hours ago

"And i should know!!! i am a muslim.....who doesnt really believe in god."

Then you are not a muslim. I mean, I can't say that I'm a christian that doesn't believe in god, can I?

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Buddyluve - 29 days 14 hours ago

What the hell I am a muslim AND I wanna tell you something!

YOU CAN'T BE A MUSLIM IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD..

Why don't you just say you are an arab or Asian -paki/bengali/indian who doesn't believe in god...

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Jeromejones - 29 days 21 hours ago

Jenzo. As soon as people find out that the story even remotely relates to islam, they jump right in for insults. Pathetic isn't it.

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iceman2885 - 29 days 16 hours ago

It's not because it's Islam, its because it's a ridiculous double standard. According to the article they ban it because of "killing gods is against their beliefs" or something along those lines. Well guess what, I'm pretty sure murdering people is against their beliefs too, but I guaruntee they don't ban every game where you kill people. If you're gonna ban something because its against your beliefs, ban everything thats against your beliefs, not just a game where "gods" are killed.

I have a problem whenever anyone tries to ban something for religious reasons, not just Islam. Whenever Christian relegious zealots were protesting the movie "the Golden Compass" and saying that it should be banned from theaters, I was right there criticizing them for being ridiculous as well. Believe me if GTAIV was banned in the US because it goes against the beliefs of society I can guaruntee that there would be an uproar of people saying that it's because of the stupid religious zealots. So maybe you should think before you just state that the only reason people are criticizing the UAE is because they are Islamic, because that is ridiculous.

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Science_NERD - 29 days 7 hours ago

Sure pull the Christian bigot card. I can go on and on about how it is the religious groups that are responsible for trying to keep the majority of the world and society stable, and it is because of non-religious bigots who dont understand religion that are making this world go right down the sh!tter, but I wont. Moslims are rejecting this game simply because it is violent and they dont want to expose their youth to such game, they dont want their society to be as f***** up as the american soceity. Dont kid yourself not all moslims are psychopaths but of course americans wouldnt know that since they believe everything that their government and TV tells them...So before you bash anyone of religious belief consider this: the world is run by the non religious and look at its condition. I am a Christian and can see how terrible the past 20 years have gotten as the world turns more to the non-religious mode of thinking its because of the non religious that doctors kill unborn babies, war is started, corruption is everywhere, the disabled are euthenised...So dont talk about something you all know nothing about

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