This party isn’t doing the Germans any favors
The sexual-punishment-themedCriminal Girls 2: Party Favorsjumped some hurdles in itslocalizationfor a western audience that included, “redrawn art, terminology changes, no native language dialogue, and no motivation scene dialogue.”
This was not enough for Germany, whose video game ratings board, USK, declined to rate the Vita RPG for the country, according to NIS, which currently precludes it from releasing in Germany.Criminal Girlsisn’tbannedin the country. You might remember that the USK initially refused to rate the violentMortal Kombat X, though it finally would release five months later with anUSK 18rating.
Elsewhere in EuropeParty Favorsis releasing with a PEGI 16 rating on September 23, while it’s coming to America on September 20 with an M (for Mature) rating. While Germany tends to refuse ratings on a basis of violence (just read theUSK 18 description), there’s some irony in the country stereotypically represented in American pop culture as XXX BDSM sex fiends objecting to the BDSM JRPG. Of course the country has far more chances to reject classification on the basis of violence given the types of games that are typically made. I think the real crime here is that I played the original, pre-localizationCriminal Girls 2in Tokyo last year anddidn’t get horny at all.
