The Quirks of German Quake 4

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  • Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025

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  • @GermanPeter
    @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +21

    A very big thanks to Zaphod-ef9yz for giving me the idea for this video!

  • @lauram.g.4998
    @lauram.g.4998 7 месяцев назад +98

    "In the German version, however, you stare very intensely at a metal cube instead." idk why but that specific line and cutscene killed me xDDD

  • @shinyagumon7015
    @shinyagumon7015 7 месяцев назад +93

    The jumpscare without anything scary is so funny, it's like your character got spooked or had an anxiety attack all of a sudden.
    But the cutscene with the metal box over the fight takes the cake however, it's like the censors just gave up and decided "F*** it you don't get to see it, here stare at this wall for a sec."
    Reminds a bit of the second Edna and Harvey game where they had goblins paint all the implied gruesome scenes bright pink to censor them as a joke.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +20

      South Park did something similar in one of their games, where they just described the disgusting scene instead of showing it. But this is something else!

  • @ShallowVA
    @ShallowVA 7 месяцев назад +56

    10:30 German dub of the Stroggification scene

  • @Soonjai
    @Soonjai 7 месяцев назад +42

    Ah yes, Quake 4, the Magnum Opus of German Video Game Censorship.
    It should be noted that even Loading Screens where swapped if the original one showed anything that was censored in the game itself. And if Memory serves me right from back in the day, the German version is also incompatible in Multiplayer with the uncensored version, meaning the MP side of it was basically DOA in the German release.
    That being said, I´m happy to own physical versions of both the uncut and censored versions (it was available uncut in German Stores for like a week or two before it got thrown on the Index) but I own the cut one only for the novelty of it.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +12

      Yeah, the loading screens were replaced if there was even a single drop of blood. It's hilarious, because sometimes you REALLY gotta search for whatever they took issue with.

  • @somnvm37
    @somnvm37 7 месяцев назад +12

    06:54 with the rhythmic sounds on the background it looks like now this is just a *different* kind of violance.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +7

      Right in the Stroggussy...

  • @MightyKombat
    @MightyKombat 7 месяцев назад +22

    The Stroggification bit was so iconic it even got referenced in a Japanese manga (Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro) and its anime adaptation. And bear in mind their games tend to get censored as much as German releases used to, thanks to CERO. They're the reason Future Gohan always kept both his arms in DBZ games til like Kakarot.
    So yeah the scene just getting outright skipped in Germany...well at least it makes the protag's state a...jumpscare?

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +7

      It's not even a jumpscare! It happens without any fanfare, save for your squad going "Omg he looks hideous".

    • @MightyKombat
      @MightyKombat 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@GermanPeter I guess that's all German players get, a single line and I guess Kane's now an abomination. Last I recall there was no official Japanese release so they had to import but if there was, the scene would probably be cut there too. CERO doesn't like human type characters being dismembered.

  • @r.g.thesecond
    @r.g.thesecond 7 месяцев назад +15

    That is an INCREDIBLE thumbnail. Will definitely check out the artist now!

  • @lyonsrobbie999
    @lyonsrobbie999 5 месяцев назад +1

    The Outlast: Whistleblower DLC has a similiar horrifying bit where you watch a maniac disfigure and murder someone while trapped and waiting for your turn. That definitely aroused similiar feelings of horror in me to the Quake 4 sequence!

  • @pupper_ator_9000
    @pupper_ator_9000 7 месяцев назад +16

    Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for GermanPeter to make “The Quirks of German Fallout: New Vegas”.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +5

      Oppenheimer's getting out his rifle...

  • @SomeOrangeCat
    @SomeOrangeCat 7 месяцев назад +2

    Re: Soldier of Fortune. That game shocked so many people to the point that even in the US some stores carried a censored version aka "The Wal-Mart Edition." You know...Wal-Mart, that store that sells guns and ammo a few aisled down from the bicycles. I won't be surprised if the German version is based off of that edition.

  • @tovarisch3490
    @tovarisch3490 7 месяцев назад +1

    "owaaa" -German Pete, 2024 on Body horror

  • @ToniHyvarinen86
    @ToniHyvarinen86 7 месяцев назад +3

    I actually went "oooh" audibly when i saw this one pop up on my feed, great video as usual, and yes soldier of fortune would be fun to see.

  • @fnoigy
    @fnoigy 7 месяцев назад +12

    I'm one of those weirdos that loves Quake 2+4. Honestly very few games have given me the same sense of isolation, dread, and body horror as Quake 4.
    You really feel like you're stuck behind enemy lines, seeing things nobody ever has, in places that are never safe and help will never arrive, watching your body become corrupted and disfigured forever, the idea that a single wrong move can turn heroism into a never-ending nightmare being a sending piece of mutilated machinery bolted to a random wall in a random dark corner lightyears from home.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +4

      I'm sure I'd have gotten a similar experience if
      A) I'd have played it when I was much younger and less jaded
      B) I had played the version with more than a single drop of blood in it lol
      I got so bored of the game near the end, it was terrible.

    • @fnoigy
      @fnoigy 7 месяцев назад

      @@GermanPeter Honestly your point is super valid. I played it when i was, like, 20 after i pre-ordered it. Now it's just .... Not the same

    • @fnoigy
      @fnoigy 7 месяцев назад

      @@GermanPeter also Hi! I love your videos! Do you feel like you're running out of games to cover, or do you anticipate going to different series? Did things like Descent have any meaningful differences?

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +2

      I make these videos each time I can think of a good game to cover, which is why I don't make them as often anymore. I've got a few ideas, though :)

    • @mad_scientist5597
      @mad_scientist5597 5 месяцев назад +1

      I think perhaps Quake 4 has too much of this "everything is going wrong" aspect, in my opinion at least. I think there is a point around the middle where before it's like you're on a mission to do something specific most of the time and you often have buddies, but after this point, it's like you're crawling around from one sewer level to the next, then to another random location that doesn't have much to do with the mission, pretty much until you get to the end of the game.
      I really like Quake 4 and I replay it fairly often. I like the gameplay and the themes I guess, although I can't really put my finger onto why I like it. But this pacing issue or whatever one would call it bugs me on every playthrough. Maybe it also has to do with the fact that I seem to always struggle with ammo? In Quake 2 and many other games, you have all the ammo you need usually. But in Quake 4 I never seem to have much ammo for anything, it never feels like I have enough. Maybe this adds to my feeling. It's not that I dislike the idea of struggling both gameplay and environment wise, I just think Quake 4 drags it on for too long.

  • @plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009
    @plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 7 месяцев назад +8

    "i could write an whole essay on that alone" do it
    Seriously
    Do it
    I need this

  • @woot000
    @woot000 7 месяцев назад +2

    that thumbnail is awesome

  • @zombrotato981
    @zombrotato981 7 месяцев назад +17

    The new doom game looks amazing but i think it should have been a new quake game we got announced quake has always been an interesting series and i think it hasn’t got enough attention compared to its older more well known counterpart

    • @k96man
      @k96man 7 месяцев назад

      Can't help but feel that doom and quake have more or less been smashed together in terms of continuity and theming

  • @generallyunimportant
    @generallyunimportant 7 месяцев назад +16

    Outlast(the funny horror game with the journalist pc) has a death scene similar to the scene you talk about at 8:50.
    basically, there's a guy in the mental asylum who wants a wife to validate himself because his dad hated him or smth like that, and because your pc is male, he cuts off your genitals instead, killing you in the process.
    one of the only reasons i still remember it(besides the idea being horrifying) is because even though i was like 8 or smth when i saw that scene, i still had a thought that was something along the lines of "what if it actually worked though?.. and it was me instead?", which is like, one of the most egg-like things i ever thought of as a kid „_„

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +10

      Oh yeah, Outlast is one other game I heard things like that about :D
      Interesting that it led to you finding out some things about yourself... good luck with all that!

    • @generallyunimportant
      @generallyunimportant 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@GermanPeter thanks!!

  • @azuredragonofnether5433
    @azuredragonofnether5433 7 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for the anti-advertising, Peter! ^^
    Now I'm going for the uncut version. Prost.

  • @jokerofspades-xt3bs
    @jokerofspades-xt3bs 7 месяцев назад +4

    Sometimes I forget that there are more then 2 quake games

  • @ukihashopper
    @ukihashopper 7 месяцев назад +2

    Another German exclusive feature:
    The Xbox 360 version had one of the hardest achievement lists in all of the consoles library, needing you to reach the very top of the online leaderboards.
    At this point, it takes thousands of hours.
    But the German version, has its own leaderboards, and its own list of identical achievements.
    And the German playerbase has much much higher leaderboard scores, so it takes EVEN LONGER to reach the top for the achievement.

  • @kieranocity
    @kieranocity 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for making a video about Quake 4, game so great yet so much less known than the other games in the series.

  • @Zaphod-ef9yz
    @Zaphod-ef9yz 7 месяцев назад +6

    I remember recommending this one to you, nice to see you getting around to it. I have the 360 version and I am sure there was an alternative cut scene for the player mutilation where it showed a corridor with flickering lights 🤔 ??

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +2

      If you find any info on the alternate cutscene, let me know. I didn't find anything on it.

    • @Zaphod-ef9yz
      @Zaphod-ef9yz 7 месяцев назад +2

      @GermanPeter maybe I'm remembering wrong... I'll have to fire it up over the Summer and check now!

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +1

      Hey, just checked my old notes and you were in fact the person who recommended it to me! I wrote it down and everything and meant to credit you, sorry :D
      ruclips.net/video/3BY7FiUZvb4/видео.html&lc=Ugym346IzVh9s6aPdDV4AaABAg
      I credited you in my pinned comment :)

    • @Zaphod-ef9yz
      @Zaphod-ef9yz 7 месяцев назад

      @GermanPeter LMAO no worries, I'm just glad you got around to doing it. Love the content as always! 👍

  • @zussman_
    @zussman_ 7 месяцев назад +2

    Sick thumbnail!

  • @shadowchasernql
    @shadowchasernql 7 месяцев назад

    ironically, the "robot" face at 6:17 look arguably MORE gory, because it could look like his face was charred off or something because of the black model

  • @greenwolfpupstudios3240
    @greenwolfpupstudios3240 7 месяцев назад +2

    i never even knew there was a quake 4, huh. . . also nice use of the quake logo as a god dang bottle opener. clever.
    cant wait for when you revisit the doom series, with 2016 and eternal ^^

  • @RockRedGenesis
    @RockRedGenesis 6 месяцев назад

    Love your Quirks series Peter! I can't wait till you get to Quirks of Halo: Combat Evolved!

  • @lauram.g.4998
    @lauram.g.4998 7 месяцев назад +6

    10:30

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +1

      NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @salih2D1
    @salih2D1 7 месяцев назад +3

    what a great video!

  • @Sharp22CatFish
    @Sharp22CatFish 6 месяцев назад

    Dam that thumbnail kind of smart

  • @evelin1006
    @evelin1006 7 месяцев назад +5

    How unfortunate that this video doesn't have a lot of views. Good job as always!

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +2

      Well, YOU can change it, by recommending it to others! But thanks either way :)

    • @evelin1006
      @evelin1006 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@GermanPeter i did!

  • @DaveVaderify
    @DaveVaderify 7 месяцев назад +5

    damn, I didn't know that most of the quake games didn't make to germany. Valve should release a collection.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад +1

      Well, they're available now. They just couldn't be sold here for the longest time.

    • @O_Alentejano
      @O_Alentejano 7 месяцев назад +3

      valve? you mean ID, or bethesda, rather

  • @Cats-TM
    @Cats-TM 7 месяцев назад

    That is the funniest metal cube I heve ever seen.

  • @CaPocalys
    @CaPocalys 7 месяцев назад +3

    Quake is such a cool game for its time.

  • @donowa5637
    @donowa5637 7 месяцев назад

    6:14 ah god dammit we just had the hazbin hotel cosplay shit happen

  • @Chepakishui
    @Chepakishui 7 месяцев назад +1

    Playing the worst version is so difficult because no one bothered to upkeep this version.

  • @gaming_bigfoot
    @gaming_bigfoot 7 месяцев назад

    Knowing nothing of Quake my brain just says "who modded Doom 3 to look so weird"

  • @depoka1420
    @depoka1420 4 месяца назад

    Smiled a bit at the "aua" when you bit your tounge as a german

  • @Valkyries733
    @Valkyries733 5 месяцев назад

    6:19
    That's actually IDTech 4's Missing texture

  • @jackofalltrades6129
    @jackofalltrades6129 7 месяцев назад

    Okay, I just stopped by to say I thought the title was "The Quirks of German Coke 4", and thought "Damn. German engineering made 3 new cokes!"

  • @BlooditeDrakan
    @BlooditeDrakan 7 месяцев назад +1

    Oh yeah... there's other games with incredibly bleak world building and lore. Like Half-Life 2 and the Resident Evil games...
    But cyborgs who butcher other life forms for soldiers and food among other things who are completely blind to any understanding of your pain and misery? I don't think there's *anything* more horrifying than that. A shame some people just blatantly disregard Quake 2 and IV.
    The censorship is hilarious at best.

    • @cdru515
      @cdru515 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah, the Strogg do provide for a cool enemy to fight, not to mention the famed stroggification cutscene. If the Strogg games had better gameplay, people would've appreciated them more

  • @frogtheneonsaber
    @frogtheneonsaber 7 месяцев назад

    I was looking at quake 4 recenty so this is interesting.

  • @best591
    @best591 5 месяцев назад

    I actually had this Version of Quake 4 back in the day but stopped playing it pretty quickly. However, since I didn't know about the metal box cutscene I laughed out loud when watching the Video XD
    Since you mentioned Soldier of Fortune 2: the censorship was outright ridiculous. I actually bought the game back then for.... well, a specific feature which was impressive for the time but cut *hehe* out in the german version. Well, bad luck for me, but nowadays interesting to look back at it (especially since I still have the original CD's for those games)
    Another honorable mention is GTA VC where key elements to earn money and parts of the story were cut out to a point where some things didn't even made sense anymore

  • @wiggytommy8607
    @wiggytommy8607 7 месяцев назад +2

    You should make a video on Turok! Those games have some interesting censorship in Germany

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад

      Will keep in mind, thanks!

  • @SorcererLance
    @SorcererLance 7 месяцев назад

    Oh wow, I only played the first two Quake games and "that scene" in Quake 4 is... pretty damn brutal.
    I'm kinda conflicted on which version is better; seeing yourself go through the barbaric experience, or waking up confused and wondering what exactly happened since presumably you were unconscious during the whole ordeal... only to realize the harsh truth once you finally saw yourself in the mirror.
    Granted, it's more merciful imagining the soldier was unconscious and unaware during what normally would be a very painful process, I'd imagine it's equally as mentally scarring once you finally see yourself and quickly put the pieces together in your mind of what happened during your blackout.
    I'd say this bit of censorship was arguably better handled than most of the others showcased in this video.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад

      You really think it's better? It removes everything that makes the Strogg horrifying. Modifying your body against your will is terrifying in itself, but doing so while you're ALIVE, for no reason other than pure sadism, is WAY worse. Like I said, it's like Doom without hell, it defeats the purpose.

  • @dotcomgamingd5564
    @dotcomgamingd5564 7 месяцев назад

    well, at least my (future) kids now can play quake 4 without fear of them getting scarred for life. thanks Germany!

  • @Pokycraftgamer9
    @Pokycraftgamer9 7 месяцев назад

    can i have the sudden metal cube in all cutscenes in every game going forwards?

  • @Whomobile
    @Whomobile 7 месяцев назад

    Blood but only sometimes

  • @NotWPGRalsei
    @NotWPGRalsei 5 месяцев назад

    I'd love to see what Germany did to Resident Evil. If the games even released there

  • @austinblack7991
    @austinblack7991 7 месяцев назад +1

    Peter how could you forget doom 2016 and doom eternal?! But great video nonetheless!

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад

      You mean the German ports? I'll level with you, I tried making a video on them, but there was nothing to talk about. The dub is actually really, REALLY good. The only interesting bits is that a lot of Wolfenstein VAs like Fergus and Frau Engel return, and that VEGA is voiced by Better Call Saul in the first game lol
      But there's not much more to it, unfortunately. No censorship, no quirks, just great voice acting. Even better than The New Order.

  • @AidGum
    @AidGum 7 месяцев назад

    Sounds like the German version of Quake 4 is perfect for speedrunners.

  • @zombrotato981
    @zombrotato981 7 месяцев назад

    You should check out the german ports of the fallout games (if any exist)

  • @jonas8588
    @jonas8588 7 месяцев назад

    I know it's not an FPS. But I was wondering about Mafia franchise in Germany. As far as I know, the first game (2002) got a german dub and the NPC pain sounds are hilarious. I wonder if Mafia games got censored in some way.
    Alternatively, what about german GTA?

    • @cleversmart0303
      @cleversmart0303 7 месяцев назад +1

      Surprisingly enough, Mafia games have always been completely uncensored in Germany in both gameplay and story.

  • @ireneparkin3360
    @ireneparkin3360 7 месяцев назад

    They cut the Stroggification scene in the German version of Quake 4?!

    • @cdru515
      @cdru515 7 месяцев назад

      Yep, that's how bad German censorship gets

    • @ireneparkin3360
      @ireneparkin3360 7 месяцев назад

      @@cdru515 I wonder how many Germans have played the version everyone else has played.

  • @lovley_furby8400
    @lovley_furby8400 7 месяцев назад

    happy midsummer from sweden

  • @Zack_Wester
    @Zack_Wester 7 месяцев назад

    feels like getting some somewhat time appropriated hardware might be a good ide for older games.
    consider how much pain that can involve.
    (I say that and have 2 4x3 screens... yes both are early flat screens models (but they support 800x600 to 1280x1024)
    second hand for like 1 euro each) biding on a copy of windows95 (CD manual box all of it).
    and im been on the lookout for old hardware but money is a road block currently.
    Also somethig hit me why the German ports are so wierd at times might be because who ever does the port might not have access to the full source code.
    so the porters can only change one texter or one file.
    they can example go here is 2 identical NPC one need to be censure. the other one dont need to be.
    example in this game there is a model called Marine1_smg (the 1 dictate the head they use).
    this model is used in as a generic marine soldier that you see everywhere it also used in a pile of bodies...this got censure.
    there is also later one Marine1_smg that is wounded and does a bit of a spiel this did not need to be censured but how the game is set up it got censured also).
    because the devs can´t change the code so that the 20 in the pile are now Marine1_smg_censured and the lone one is Marine1_smg.
    thats not posible... well they could try Marine1_smg_censured will not be read by the game as the game dont reference that.
    same whit stuff like blood its a picture put all over the place and you can ether remove all of them by removing the picture (or more correctly replace them whit a blank picture so it does not show up) or you can not remove it.

  • @grahamwilson4053
    @grahamwilson4053 7 месяцев назад

    Actually kinda like them shedding sparks.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад

      Those exist in the original too, alongside blood.

  • @plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009
    @plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 7 месяцев назад

    Wait i played the game recently
    Enemies absolutely gib

  • @Jenkinsmum
    @Jenkinsmum 7 месяцев назад

    How can USK rate this 16 if the blood and gore is missing? It could've gone as low as a 12 rating. I'm curious to know if there are censorships in World War 2 games that aren't Wolfenstein, such as "The Great Escape" (2003) by Pivotal Games, and "Prisoner of War: World War II" (2002) by Wide Games.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад

      I guess because there's still some gruesome imagery, and the combat is pretty intense.

  • @Shinamontosuto
    @Shinamontosuto 7 месяцев назад

    there was a quake 4?

    • @cdru515
      @cdru515 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah. The gameplay was unfortunately average, and it came on the heels of a few good shooters, IIRC

  • @DavidJacksonphunman1
    @DavidJacksonphunman1 5 месяцев назад

    German Peter for President 2024 🐘 🐴

  • @guyofminimalimportance7
    @guyofminimalimportance7 3 месяца назад

    The original game did in fact have gibing, it's just a little inconsistent.

    • @Valkyries733
      @Valkyries733 2 месяца назад +1

      Gibbing in Quake 4 can only happen to the Strogg Guards and tacticals, and can only happen if you kill them with a weapon capable of gibbing (nade launcher, railgun, rocket, lightning, dark matter)

  • @coffee0093
    @coffee0093 7 месяцев назад +1

    I hope Germans find a way to experiences games in their full glory somehow cuz censorship like this just completely butchers the game

  • @UniqBlue
    @UniqBlue 5 месяцев назад

    10:30 Is Your tounge okay? Do you need a Hug?

  • @deathmatchguy12
    @deathmatchguy12 7 месяцев назад

    is there any censoring in Quake 2 or Quake 1?

  • @jasperfox6821
    @jasperfox6821 7 месяцев назад

    Honestly, quake 4 had alot of great body horror elements, really gross and gory.... of course Germany would remove mostly all of these thing that made it so memorable 😅

  • @micuu1
    @micuu1 7 месяцев назад +1

    The laziness on display is astounding. If the effort was any lower it would be subterranean.

  • @CoryBenston
    @CoryBenston 7 месяцев назад

    uuhh.. The video game's here, do get a bit quirky at Germany.

  • @AlyxxTheRat
    @AlyxxTheRat 7 месяцев назад

    It is hilarious how much they messed it up. Just... wow. Way to remove ALL of what makes Quake 4 well... Quake 4.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  7 месяцев назад

      Made me genuinely happy that Doom 3 was never cut. Imagine if they removed all the blood or the hell imagery. Yet another generic space shooter.

  • @TheeUnkillableCat
    @TheeUnkillableCat 7 месяцев назад +1

    Skibidi toielt

  • @wungomungo6177
    @wungomungo6177 7 месяцев назад

    That thumbnail is great. That's all I have to say

  • @UniqBlue
    @UniqBlue 5 месяцев назад

    10:30 Is Your tounge okay? Do you need a Hug?