I know that the swastika is illegal in several countries (didn't know that Russia had brought out a new law though), but I would like to see them in the SoW series if at all possible.
After all, it was Nazi Germany that Britain was at war with.
It seems strange that Oleg and his team are going to so much trouble to get the smallest of details correct, like RAF cap badges for example, and yet a huge emblem that was on all German planes is ommited.
There is probably a legal can of worms here, but would it not be possible to have no swastika as the default, but an option say at installation or in game to enable swastikas. If you tried to enable the swastika a legal disclaimer would appear stating that it is illegal to use this option in Germany, Austria, etc, which you would have to acknowledge to proceed ( a bit like the EULA contract when installing most games ).
Would this not move the possibilty of braking the law from the game maker or publisher onto the individual who has the game?
We would probably need a lawer to answer that one, but just an idea.
Having said that, I would rather have SoW without swastikas than no Sow at all.
Thanks for the update. I'm really looking forward to Fridays now.
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