Issues with Middle East Edition
Hi there. So I wanted to play the witcher 3 - real bad. I even built a new PC just for the occasion. But the thing is, my folks aren't exactly open to the idea of human and/or mutant naked parts whatsoever. And yeeaaah, the witcher 3 has a lot of that stuff. And since I live in the U.S., a censored copy was hardly an option. But After a small amount of research, I almost immediately assumed that my only viable option was to purchase a retail Middle East edition online, in the hopes of obtaining a legitimate censored version. And since my brother had already purchased an xbox one retail Middle East edition with no problems, I figured there was no sweating it. So that's sort of what I did. I jumped the gun and bought a copy from the United Arab Emirates at jadopado.com. And now, I'm starting to think I was a bit too hasty.
After receiving my package and installing the game via retail CD/DVD ROM, I downloaded and manually installed the1.01 patch (arabic) from play.thewitcher.com. And after launching the game and watching the opening cutscene, to my surprise - it was completely uncensored! I even tried uninstalling the game and downloading the Arabic version through GOG Galaxy - but to no avail. Am I missing something here? Is it even possible to play the censored version on a PC in the U.S.? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi there. So I wanted to play the witcher 3 - real bad. I even built a new PC just for the occasion. But the thing is, my folks aren't exactly open to the idea of human and/or mutant naked parts whatsoever. And yeeaaah, the witcher 3 has a lot of that stuff. And since I live in the U.S., a censored copy was hardly an option. But After a small amount of research, I almost immediately assumed that my only viable option was to purchase a retail Middle East edition online, in the hopes of obtaining a legitimate censored version. And since my brother had already purchased an xbox one retail Middle East edition with no problems, I figured there was no sweating it. So that's sort of what I did. I jumped the gun and bought a copy from the United Arab Emirates at jadopado.com. And now, I'm starting to think I was a bit too hasty.
After receiving my package and installing the game via retail CD/DVD ROM, I downloaded and manually installed the1.01 patch (arabic) from play.thewitcher.com. And after launching the game and watching the opening cutscene, to my surprise - it was completely uncensored! I even tried uninstalling the game and downloading the Arabic version through GOG Galaxy - but to no avail. Am I missing something here? Is it even possible to play the censored version on a PC in the U.S.? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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