L4D uncut version?

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  1. WCASD

    WCASD Master Guru

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    Hi,
    I'm in Germany right now and it's next to impossible to buy an uncensored version of left 4 dead so right now I'm looking for a cheap way to purchase Left4Dead uncensored abroad.
    Right now I only have 2 options and they're quite pricey.
    One would be amazon.co.uk and the other play.com.

    Are there any other websites which are offering the uncut version of this game?

    Thanks
     
  2. Tat3

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    Hmm, I wonder what happens if someone purchases it as a gift from Steam... Do you still get censored version ? Or using US proxy...
     
  3. WCASD

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    Yeah, I'm not sure about that but I wouldn't like to take the chance tbh...
     
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    Steam detects that you live in Germany -> it censors the imported game. At least that's how it did for Red Orchestra.
     

  5. WCASD

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    Are you kidding me?
    If I purchase something from abroad it'll still get censored???
     
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    uncensored ?? whts the diff . ? got strip clubs init ?
     
  7. WCASD

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    No I think the corpses disappear after the zombies die and you can't shoot off limbs and heads. I heard the blood is green as well.
    Really lame, anyways I read up on the steam forums and I think the only work-around is:
    A) Get the game gifted from somebody outside of Germany
    B) Go abroad, buy it and activate it there.

    LAME LAME LAME
     
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    pretty hard eh?
    well u can try what Tat3 said, use US region..
     
  9. cerebus23

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    could you funnel your connection thru a proxy in the USA? see if steam sets you up in the states then see if you could dl the uncensored one?
     
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  11. morbias

    morbias Don TazeMeBro

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    But as soon as you update any version (and you will have to if you want to play online) in Steam won't it detect what region you're in and censor it again?
     
  12. WCASD

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    ^^^That's what I'm not sure about.
    Some people are saying that they purchased the game abroad but activated it here in Gemany and later on it censored itself. Anyways, this whole thing is really weird, I'm just going to wait until I'm out of Germany when I purchase the game to save me from the headaches of the censored/uncut dilemma.
     
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    what if he changes the "Download Region" under Settings once he owns the game?
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  14. evilkiller650

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    Just run a VPN/proxy whenever you load up Steam and when you make sure theres no updates for L4D.
    Annoying and time consuming but probably thing to do if you want uncut.
     
  15. cerebus23

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    i dont think that works i tried it with steam to try and dl etw when it was released in europe and it would not let me dl it at all no matter how many times i changed my region settings. tho i did not try a proxy to try it then just cancelled my steam order since i could get a damn preload.
     

  16. H.A.M.mer

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    I would order the UK-version of the game. Due to the current exchange-rate between € and british pound this is in fact not a very pricey option.

    Amazon.de: L4D for Win, 29 € + shipping
    Amazon.co.uk: L4D for Win, 26,99 pound = 29 € + shippig

    To my mind an uncensored game is left uncensored with a german steam account if you order the UK or US-version on a disc. Only downloadable steam-versions or other uncensored versions (for example AT) will be cut sometimes.

    I own the UK-version of the game and use it with a german steam-account without any "modifications".

    Hope this helps ;)

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    Source wikipedia.de: "...einzig im ausländischen Handel erworbene Valve-Spiele werden nach der Registrierung in Deutschland nicht entschärft.[63] Garantiert wird dies allerdings nur für UK- und US-Versionen."
     
  17. WCASD

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    Whoowhooo, thanks I'll try that then once my account has been re-activated
     
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    alright I ordered the uk version for 33 pounds, let's hope this'll work.
    I only got the following respone from steam concerning the censoring problem:
    lol
     
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    What exactly did Germany censor?
     
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