F.E.A.R is a survival horror video game that was developed by Monolith Productions and published by Vivendi Universal Games and Warner Bros. Games. The video game was released on October 17, 2005, and in order to be released in Germany the game had to be censored.
Censorship[]
Germany Censorship[]
- In the intro of the game the pool of blood by a soldier was removed.
- The scene that shows Alma coming into a room in which two soldiers are standing. In the uncensored version the soldiers are lifted up by magic and explode bloodily. The blood clouds was removed in the German version.
- The scene that shows a teammate getting pulled into a black hole by one of the supernatural beings and dying was modified for the German release. In the German version the blood was removed.
- The scene that shows a vision of what Alma when she was angry was modified for the German release. In the German version the blood on the scientists were removed.
- The scene that shows one of the villains getting killed by a truck was modified for the German release. In the German version the blood was removed.
- The scene that shows Alma entering a room with three ATC soldiers was modified for the German release. In the German version the clouds of blood were removed.
- Shooting rats no longer causes them to explode instead they simply disappear.
- Shooting corpses no longer causes additional damage.
- When enemies are gibbed, they disappear instead of being ripped apart.
- Limbs such as heads or torsos can no longer be blown off.
- Pool of blood were removed.
- Blood stains on the walls were removed.
- Amputations are no longer happen.
International Censorship[]
(Xbox 360 and PS3 versions)
- Blood textures on characters were removed.
Where to find it uncensored[]
The PC version is completely uncensored in every other country, and a uncut patch is available to make the game uncensored in Germany. The Xbox 360 version was patched later to remove the blood texture censorship everywhere except in Germany.