Diablo 3 designer Jay Wilson was on hand at the recent GamesCom, wherehe met up with Wired and frankly discussed the game's gore. Heconfirmed that the title would not only have parental controls, butcould have a lot of its signature violence stripped for select regions."Yeah, we're going to have to be able to turn off blood, change thecolor and things like that, because you can't have red blood in someregions, regions that we would very much like to sell the game in,"Wilson said.
Though he doesn't foresee any issue in sellingthe game in Germany and Australia, Blizzard will have to carefullyweigh its options when it comes to a release in in China. "With ourrelationship with NetEase, we recently got new information about whatChina really wants, and it's a lengthy list. It's really hard for us tocater to. We'll try. There's no reason we wouldn't want to go there,but there is a certain point where we'd have to redo so much of thegame that it's not viable anymore," Wilson explained.http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/25/diablo-3-to-include-parental-controls-region-specific-edits/ 采访原文
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/08/diablo-iii/The full Q&A with Wilson about Diablo’s gratuitous gore, includinginformation about parental controls and the possibility that it won’tbe released in China, is below.(中略)
Wired.com: Do you think they’ll be controversy over the parental controls, like we saw with the new art style?
Wilson:I’m sure someone will be controversial about it. I don’t think theyshould though, the idea that people put parental controls and allow foroption of turning down the blood. It’s not like we’re doing it acrossthe board. It’s not like we’re forcing it on everyone. We’re making itan option, and not the default option. Will some people complain aboutit? I’m sure they will. But ultimately, that’s the world we live in.
Wired.com:You’ll obviously have to edit content for regions like Germany andAustralia, but what about China? Is that a more difficult case?
Wilson:Definitely for regions like Germany and Australia, we will have tochange blood if we’re going to sell there. And that’s fine. Those arethe standards for those regions, and we don’t really have a problemwith catering to what they need and what they want. But China’s goingto be hard for us. Because a lot of the restrictions there are really…we may not be able to do them. It may not be possible. With ourrelationship with NetEase, we recently got new information about whatChina really wants, and it’s a lengthy list. It’s really hard for us tocater to. We’ll try. There’s no reason we wouldn’t want to go there,but there is a certain point where we’d have to redo so much of thegame that it’s not viable anymore.
Wired.com: So it’s possible you won’t be released in China due to their gaming violence restrictions?
Wilson:We could have a lot of trouble with China, yes, but it would be ourgoal to go there. We haven’t decided what regions we’re going into,obviously. It certainly would be our goal to go there, but we willstruggle to go to China.
