Buying different game version

[belorsch]

I'm thinking about buying the european version of a game. Any downfalls to this or other things I should know about?
TIA

[z0n3]

For PC or console? If on console it may not play in a North American console. I think that both the PS3 and 360 have region encoding for their games. If you are buying for either of those systems you should investigate.

[belorsch]

For PC or console? If on console it may not play in a North American console. I think that both the PS3 and 360 have region encoding for their games. If you are buying for either of those systems you should investigate.
PC.

[technoViking]

There's no restriction on PC I don't believe. As long as you can read the instructions your fine.
BTW what game?

[rainless]

No problems with EU games... unless you buy them in a country with a different language. Then you'd have to play it in that language.

[belorsch]

The Witcher. I was thinking of purchasing it off amazon uk.

[Shelnutt2]

just a heads up, even thought you said England, Many German games are censored for violence, just as CSS.

[rainless]

You can't have it delivered from Amazon.uk

They only deliver to EU just like Amazon.com only delivers to north america.

[belorsch]

just a heads up, even thought you said England, Many German games are censored for violence, just as CSS.
OK, Thanks. I've never purchased an item from out of country before so I wanted to make sure there weren't any drawbacks.

[belorsch]

Ah well, Amazon shot me down. If I'm understanding this correctly PC software can't be shipped to my address = USA.