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As the questions with multiplayer were answered I wanted to buy Dying Light... but now it vanished?
What has happened?
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You're from Germany? Dying Light is banned in Germany - GoG probably got word from the dev or German government to stop sales there unfortunately :(
Banned games don't exist in germany. They are "indiziert" which means that you can't openly advertise them and you can't sell them to persons under 18 years old.
To completely ban it from the gogstore for germans is just lazy. They could try to use some age verification system. This is really disappointing. And this just doesn't work it just use piracy. I would have bought the game and now I can't.
Post edited May 22, 2023 by Anon052
Yes, I am from Germany. And those guys from the "Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien" who put this game on an index should put their "indizierung" where "die Sonne nicht scheint!".

I am really pissed. I should have bought it yesterday.
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oech: Yes, I am from Germany. And those guys from the "Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien" who put this game on an index should put their "indizierung" where "die Sonne nicht scheint!".

I am really pissed. I should have bought it yesterday.
proxy/VPN/TOR are your friends ;-)
Please note that GOG provides https, so there is no risk for you that anyone who is sniffing at a proxy catches your bank account data.
Official word on the matter.
Living really close to the Netherlands I was able to buy the game in a cafe with free Wi-Fi. So VPN should do the trick.
This is a very sad move.

Being treated like an underage teenager and being discriminated as an adult is one of the reasons I'm not buying anything from Steam. So far GOG did not join the discriminating behavior, but it looks like it's starting now.

I don't really mind to be shut out from games like Commandos 2 or Dead Rising which are banned in Germany (but are totally playable as they are not bound to Steam or another discriminating DRM system) but no being allowed to purchase games from the index is a shame.
change your location to different country, pay with paypal... enjoy...
It's about principles, about being disciminated for your nationality.

When a 17-year old US-american teenager walks into a German bar, nobody would deny him to drink a beer, because it's totally legal to drink beer at the age of 16.

Why should I be forced to hide my origins kust to buy some mature entertainment?
it's not gog.coms fault that it is not released in Germany.
However as far as i know there is no reason why a German should be denied to buy the game.
It is not illegal to have it, it is not banned.
So when you buy it from Austria, use vpn, or anything like that it is completly legal.
I don't get why i can't write to the support, ask for the game, then get it.
Post edited March 21, 2016 by AiCola
I agree, implement some form of age verification.
I could buy Dying Light with no problems on steam as a german...
hope I won't get censured for this:

open the gog shop in firefox, push f9, scroll down to the gog_loc entry and change it to: "AT_EUR_en-US", f5 the page...

Robert ist dein Onkel... :D
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Anon052: Banned games don't exist in Germany.
Games get banned in Germany, like Condemned: Criminal Origins, Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Manhunt 1 + 2
Soldier of Fortune: Payback (PC US release),

banned by court order, not just put on the Index list A or list B.

Short introduction to German "banning".

BPjM -> Rating board making age rating for media: movies, Video games.

Index list A -> sales to 18+ people are allowed, advertising forbidden, public displaying also (stores with 18+ room can put the item on the shelf in these non public areas)
In general called "below the counter sales".

Index list B -> BPjM thinks that this media shall be banned and hands over the issue to a prosecutor, if the prosecutor agrees then it goes to court, than a judge banns the media.
In 99% of the cases the prosecutor agrees with the BPjM, but not always.
Any kind of making a banned item available to other people is forbidden (sale, lending), but you may still own it.
Police can also search shops to forfeit banned items.

This topic is much bigger with some really awkward cases, but we only buy games and don't make or publish them,
so discussing about it is not going to change the current situation.
Post edited October 10, 2022 by chatnick