We probably shouldn't be surprised at this, but it's hard not to ask why a Dubai company has made a version of an online game tailored specially for Muslims.
The firm in question is Game Power 7 and it has made a few adjustments to Gala's role-player Rappelz to make it supposedly more appealing to customers in Islamic countries.
Music switched
As well as changing the background music, the noises monsters make (really?) and taking out non-Muslim religious symbols, such as crosses, Game Power 7 has given some characters a little more to wear.
We're told that female players will be properly covered up so that they're no longer showing too many flesh-coloured pixels. Arms and legs get special attention, with chainmail and long stockings pasted on.
The new version of Rappelz is online now and aimed at 19 countries that include Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
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yumen
December 15th 2008
2. i think there was a kind of misunderstanding. Because Game Power 7 just made a kind of remodeling without covering any characters' face.
the remodeling and restyling of the clothes.
check the photos.
http://i38.tinypic.com/6hucea.jpg
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hadrien
November 30th 2008
1. I think those people need to grow up. That's what I think.
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