South Park: The Stick of Truth is an American RPG that was developed by Obsidian Entertainment. It was released by Ubisoft on March 4, 2014. Due to the Australian government banning the original game for its sexual violence, Ubisoft released a censored version so that the game could be released in Australia. The European console releases were similarly censored due to Ubisoft making a "market decision", while Nazi symbols were also censored in any version released in Germany.
Censorship[]
Australian censorship[]
South Park The Stick of Truth - Australian censored scenes (crying koala)
The uncensored version was denied classification by the Australian Classification Board (ACB), effectively banning to from release in Australia. As a result, seven scenes in all platforms were censored and the affected scenes were replaced with a screen showing a koala crying.
- The scene that shows Aliens probing Mr. Mackey, Craig, Mr. Slave, Randy and the main character's anuses was modified for the Australian release.
- The scene that shows Dr. Poonlover trying to give you an abortion was modified for the Australian release.
- The scene that shows the main character giving Randy an a abortion was modified for the Australian release.
European censorship[]
Censored screen in Europe.
Seven scenes in the console platforms were censored, and the affected scenes were replaced with a screen showing a statue facepalming.
- The scene that shows Aliens probing Mr. Mackey, Craig, Mr. Slave, Randy and the main character's anuses was modified for the European release.
- The scene that shows Dr. Poonlover trying to give you an abortion was modified for the European release.
- The scene that shows the main character giving Randy an a abortion was modified for the European release.
German censorship[]
- In addition to the existing European censorship for consoles, any scene that shows Nazi symbols such as swastikas was modified on all platforms, including PC, for the German release due to existing laws. In the versions released in Germany, the Nazi symbols and gestures were covered up by black boxes. Sounds that originally were taken from Nazi speeches were either bleeped out or replaced by more harmless lines which did not contain any Nazi content.
Where to find it uncensored[]
The American versions are completely uncensored. The European PC release (except for Germany) is also completely uncensored.
External releases[]
- Censorship in South Park: The Stick of Truth at the South Park Archives