Guild Wars 2

Panda!!!!

I remember how panda’s were meant to be implemented in factions, but removed because of chinese censorship. Years later, they could be implemented as GW1 had shut down in that country. I don’t know if I prefer chinese money over less censorship … I’d much rather not bother with all that but hey … 1.5 billion potential customers can’t be ignored

Laurelinde.4395:

I would think the biggest issue with GW2 in China would be the fact that the primary endgame enemy is the Risen which are corpses, and shown as such. As I understand it there are some fairly strict cultural mores regarding the depiction of the dead and bones in China – the launch of Wrath of the Lich King was very delayed in China due to the number of cosmetic changes needed to the zones, the Forsaken and death knights to make them acceptable to the Chinese authorities. I believe it has to do with the tradition of ancestor veneration in China (or so it was reported.)

As a Chinese American I would suggest NEVER mistaking Chinese tradition and culture for the actions / policies of the government currently in power in mainland China.

Due to restrictions on this forum which seem to want to equate that government as speaking for my ancestry… about all I can say on that is that they make their choices for their reasons, and it is not wise to read too much into that. No more than looking at the choices of any particular US political cycle as a statement of what is American culture. A government is not the same thing as the culture, beliefs, and values of a people – it can be, but it is not such by default.

Whatever reasons that government had trouble with WoW were their chosen reasons. Meanwhile countless Chinese people around the world had no such trouble with that game.

They have their own reasons for restricting certain content. But that does not reflect back on my culture or ancestry.