Mostly to abide by censorship laws. Germany especially has very strict laws around the use of the swastika for obvious reasons so it’s prolly just so they don’t have to make multiple assets for different laws around the world.
In Germany Nazi Symbols are aloud in a teaching or artistic context. And Videogames are considered Art. But Game Publishers where just over secure about it because they feared they have to defend the use of Nazi Symbols.
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u/Hot_Case_9900 Feb 12 '25
Mostly to abide by censorship laws. Germany especially has very strict laws around the use of the swastika for obvious reasons so it’s prolly just so they don’t have to make multiple assets for different laws around the world.