I've heard this but can't really search for verification. Supposedly this law forces all Chinese videogames to be set in fantasy settings. Nothing in the real world.

If this law exists I argue it should be removed. It's holding their industry back from making any culturally relevant content because nothing can be set in our world, about real lives, people or places. You'll never get a Death Stranding or Metal Gear out of China while it exists. They should untether their industry so it can produce more of cultural relevance.

Can anyone verify?

  • StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 months ago

    The Taiwan issue is right away a no-go. Also no Paradox games.

    AFAIK the only PDX game that is banned is HOI4, which was also only banned because waking the tiger removed the Chinese Cores from Tibet

    HOI4 was banned on Nov 1, 2017 for not following the previously cited law. China never had cores on Tibet so that is probably how it violated clause 2. My guess is that it was allowed beforehand because it was so niche no one noticed.

      • StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml
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        3 months ago

        I kinda get it, the liberation of Tibet was 1950 and the game has a hard cutoff of 1948

        Granted with all the ahistorical shit they've added it + how loose some countries are with cores now it doesn't make sense why there isn't a focus to get cores

        I double checked, Death or Dishonor came out before Waking the Tiger, China not getting a core in Tibet does not track considering the absurdity of Hungary's restore the KuK focus tree.