"Censorship is when a man can't have a steak because a baby can't chew it." - Mark Twain This kind of last-second change is RIDICULOUS in an M-rated game, especially on the platform that allows Baldur's Gate 3, Last of Us 2, Mortal Kombat, et cetera the list goes on.
@@user-nn8kp6md7ol Gore is fine. Somehow those contemporary prudes think exposing people to uncensored violence is way better than seeing big boobs, which is astonishing to me. I don't know, maybe it's cultural differences, since I'm european.
@@Spendingryan Sounds like the German versions of games that had violence in them. Those were censored until the 2010's, after that we finally got original versions here as well. Blood removed or recoloured. Back in the original Half-Life, we fought against robots instead of soldiers. People dragged into vents didn't spill blood and guts but nuts and bolts. Really was a different time and boy am I glad it's behind us.
If they're going to censor something they might as well remove the ESRB ratings. They become meaningless at this point. The only censorship I actually somewhat agree on is the "HARD R" graffiti in the game. That's ultimately a nothingburger in terms of censoring imo and doesn't detract from the actual content of the game.
@@sparking023 But why? I mean, it seems pretty egotistical, insecure and hypocritical to force people to change their interests when you also dislike it yourself.
@@AnglesSol these people never mean what they say, the issue is never what they say is the issue. For example, sexualization is not a problem when it's their weird kinks. But if it's something normal dudes like, then they have a problem.
Because all they care is power and control, to impose their will on others. Ignore all they say, look at what they do. These people if living in Germany in the 30´s they would be fanatical members if the small mustache men party, in China in the 40´s they would follow Mao, etc
@@AnglesSol I see you have never heard of blackrock and ESG, and woke politics in general. This is why channels like this one are so important, to bring to light these behaviors that normal people think don't exists.
Dude imagine if u had the audacity to claim that a child would look back and be ashamed of their dad for playing a game when she is the one who was on Onlyfans selling her body. Wtf?! The delusion is wild
It's a guy doing all he can to protect his immense passion to videogames. The girl, on the other hand, like to post something about not being able to be racist to white people, gets proven wrong, then stick that post to her header. She has no right on calling Grummz out.
I know some of the stuff my parents were into because I found their secret drawer when I was a kid I would be more ashamed if they went online showing their body then the weird stuff I found in their secret drawer. And yes this game is less disturbing what was in their drawer.
just like on TV! anytime i hear the beep i know theres a bad word, it takes me out and makes me notice it was a bad word. if they didn't censor it i wouldn't even notice them using bad words. all of it is stupid
not just that, people keep forgetting. IF they censorship one thing, what else they are gonna keep censoring or changing? All the Asian games like Blue Protocol and Lost Ark all met with censorship one form in another. I have been telling people they will keep doing this and you will see it become worse. I was right.
They want the freedom to ram their divisive crap into all our unwilling, non-consenting faces, then claim that we're being "intolerant hateful bigots" when we exercise our freedom of speech and autonomy by telling them "no".
They hate straight people and they think they can force the world to be more like them. They don't realise that they're turning the majority against them.
That's the point. This is a Marxist strategy. Being generally satisfied and content with life makes revolution impossible, so they need to spread discontent and make people unhappy. They're doing this from the bottom-up. It's a long game where the end goal is communism.
Censorship has nothing to do with protecting against "immorality" or protecting "marginalized people" like advocates often say, it's nothing more than a ploy to exert power over others and force compliance.
First the graffiti now the outfits. Remember Abbyzilla getting it on in TLOU2 was ok. Bear action in BG3 was ok. But cleavage in Stellar Blade is bad. Sick of Sony and Journalists hypocrisy.
I'm guessing it was a really shitty and tasteless joke, though they still come off like a total psychopath. Either way, imagine if somebody joked about offering to pay anyone who kills Anita Sarkeesian. We'd still be hearing about how she got death threats for the next decade. Oh wait, we did.
people on twitter calling for violence and setting fantasy bounties (they don't really have the money to pay that, it's just a fantasy) has been a thing for 4+ years
These are online anons who are seeking any excuse to incite violence and to call for murder, which no normal or reasonable person would tolerate. Remove games entirely out of the equation, and the problem of being mentally unstable still lies with any individual calling for harm on others. You don’t joke about stuff like that.
On the skullgirls discussion (and yeah, it's still going on, on the steam forums where the devs can't ban you if you mention the censorship) the answer for "if it's so unimportant why change it?" always is "cuz they wanted and they could", then obiously reply "Then it was important enough to care" and then "no, they just wanted to and could". The people that defend this stuff really just don't want to think.
I signed, as well, despite the fact that I will never trust ShiftUp after this. Blacklisted, for bending the knee. I hope they revert this, though, because Stellar Blade looked promising. This debacle is exactly why I didn't pre-order.
Letters mailed to Sony and ShiftUp would probably do more. They can hand wave away an online petition, but it’s not as easy when they’re getting physical mail overloading their address.
The guys doing the petition said that they know online petitions don't carry alot of weight, especially in korea... so when it ends they are printing it out and taking it to shiftup hq
I think some do. The classic group of "Textures don't affect the gameplay. Just play the game, like me!" bros. It is also the same ones who say "Free 2 Play games are the best, but only if I don't have to pay and all content I like is free".
@@brianestrada1993 yeah true, in my country we have the saying "He who barks the loudest has the most to hide". And it literally applies to anything. For example, all the people calling others porn addicts getting exposed as absolute degenerates or all the antilolicons being exposed as hardcore lolicons or all the people calling others bigots, being the most bigoted people to those that disagree with them.
Ah yes, a customization so small, so meager, so negligent to a normal person, that said normal person has to put a hit on you with a $20K reward on social media to maintain the incrementalistic position.
Tbf that was probably just a bad and very inappropriately timed joke. No way he thinks someone can assassinate Grummz for 20K and they'd both get away with it. That said, it's not an ok thing to say.
@@ZyGuy While I do agree, however, these people are know for sarcastic terrorism. They can joke online, but in IRL mean it. Only for it to happen IRL, to stand trial with the good old, "It was a joke! It's Twitter! I didn't think someone would take me seriously!: Then turn around and hit you with the, "But what was bad about his death? It was a good thing."
When there is a group that is less than 5% of the community changing the products we buy because they are being extremely loud, we should be loud as well.
That is what I say too. If it isn't censorship, all they have to do is offer both versions which is trivial in digital media. The only reason not to offer both, would be if it was censorship. This can be done in all games. Want to remove lewds in Tomb Raider games? Add a toggle option, and people can do it on their own. The only time this doesn't work is if the person is A) Too stupid to know how a video game menu works. B) The person is a fascist that only cares about what others can't do.
@@user-pf3gd1zd2i it's possible to do that, but it would take some devtime since it's adding a whole new outfit slot and the related code. I hope they do it (more options are always good) but I don't expect it'll happen before dlc
Not me. The 2 outfits that were changed were barely changed, in fact the Mouten Peony looks better with stockings. If anyone is upset by these slight changes to the point they won't play the game those people have bigger issues.
They also did it in the most sus way, as if they were expressly trying to sell us on one version of the game, and then ship a different version - not even offering notice of the changes. Kind of a 'we're gunna stiff you, and won't care if you notice' middle finger.
Remember it okay for two men to have sex in a Teen rated game or bears to have sex with humans. Adult women in sexy outfits in a mature game in inappropriate for adults.
If they can get away with that, who knows what else they'll do in future patches? Did you ever think of that? It's the principle. We were told there wouldn't be any censorship. It makes sense to be upset we were lied to.
Petition is already at 24k/25k. Also that bounty put out on someone is enough for the FBI to be involved. GF had a similar issue where they were a target on a hitlist from a deranged ex, and the ex is now spending over 20 years in prison, for merely having the list, motive, and legal firearms... If they think they can make such a clear threat over a public medium without any repercussions, they are woefully mistaken; I would be shocked if they are not arrested and charged for it, as even if they never intended to put money out, it is enough of a promise to get desperate people to try... remember the sniper wolf doxing issue a few months back? Same threat, though actively telling the followers to kill and that they will be rewarded for doing so.
Censorship is censorship. Doesn't matter if it's censoring cleavage, a cameltoe, a butt, a flag, a word. Still censorship. It's not something to be accepted nor condoned. It sets a horrible example whenever you accept ANY censorship, no matter how minimal, because you are automatically giving leeway to someone to censor. You give 'em a finger today, they'll take your whole arm tomorrow. Also, if they insist it's not a big deal, why not put it back and stop arguing about it? It's not a big deal, right? So, what's the problem? Let's put it this way, next time they'll censor someone because he's black, or because he's gay, and someone complains about it, let's reply "well, it's not a big deal. Who cares, why are you making a big fuss about it? I can't do anything about it, it's not my decision". I'm caucasian and heterosexual, why should I bother? Flash news, you don't complain about censorship because it personally affects you. You complain because it's censorship. I don't know, maybe I'm tripping balls, but it seems to me like those people think censorship is not a big deal when it aligns with their worldview and morals and they'll be the first to complain the moment it hits something that they care about.
Censorship is the bane of all artist's representation for their entire concept and style be damned be cause censorship alone their messages twisted and loses all meaning to fit with the narrative agenda.... such is the likes of woke content...
The stupidest thing about censoring these outfits is that just adding an option to change the style would make everyone happy. Games have had options to slightly tweak visual elements for years, like being able to change color palettes in fighting games. The existence of one choice hasn't deleted the other, so why not give the option to pick which you prefer? It'd be a really easy fix and would satisfy the most people.
They don't care about satisfying anyone but the screaming lunatics on social media, and the journalists. This is Sony I'm talking about, not the game dev studio.
I said the same thing about the Niantic avatar BS in pokemon go. If they just added in more character body options while also keeping the original body design available, there'd be no issue.
What surprises me more is that they are so willing to be on the other side and support censorship. Clowns. They so badly need an enemy to fight. When we players just want to get rid of censorship in games.
They are just bullies. They see you crying, they laugh. They see you laughing, they look for a rock to throw at you to ruin your day. And then they try and claim they are the good people who stand for acceptance and love, and you can only have that if nobody who thinks differently is happy.
Strange these people call themselves “accepting” when they literally threaten people’s lives when they disagree or have different opinions than them. Edit-I’d also like to add how they’re going with the “it’s just a game.” “Just play the game.” After they have been calling people the worst names possible for wanting to play stellar blade and enjoying Eve’s design for saying the same thing.
Yes. Example: the very large youtube channel "FightinCowboy" called me an "unhinged moron" and deleted about a dozen of my comments because of my detailed explanation of the censorship of the Stellar Blade game in the areas of gore, clothes and the "hard R" text.
Far right and far left are both totalitarian/authoritarian extreme ideologies, with no compromises, dehumanising anyone who doesn't agree, where no means (violence, propaganda etc.) are out of the question "for the greater good", whatever they think that is
@mcdoogle_robotman That's interesting to know. I read that Sony censored or outright banned certain game (content) because of gore and/or sexuality, but had no details. Somewhere else I read that Japan is a society that's strict regarding the display of erotic / titillating content. Still somewhere else I was informed that in Japan, women and girls are clothing and behaving way more modest than in the US. All of this could be reason for Sony censoring the clothes of Eve and the gore. I am unsure how much influence the complaints from the US "game journalists" had on that decision.
Bought a physical copy, have ALWAYS had my auto update shit turned off on any app i install or any console I buy. Playing through on 1.000.00 and enjoy the original vision the Developers at Shift Up had for the game before Sony got their grubby little mitts in them. What they did to the Bunny out fit is criminal. Maybe I'll update the game if I want to try a run on NG+ but I can always just wipe the game from my harddrive and start a fresh playthrough on the uncensored 1.0. This is why PHYSICAL MEDIA is important. I believe in Physical media supremacy
Physical v1.0 is censored also. Go to menu, go to manual, go to items, go to nano suits, push x for the second video. See if the Moutan Peony suit they show is the same as the one in your “uncensored” physical.
this will be the only wake up call for some. when the boot squsihes something they care about... even then a lot will just rationalize it in some manner to avoid braking cog dis.
Then let's act like these fake gamers and complain that the characters in Hades 2 are to sexy and need to be censored go exactly like them until they see the errors of there ways
@@kosmosXcannon well, not gonna lie. thats one way of solving the problem. acellerationism will indeed raze things to the point things can be rebuilt anew.
These companies are perfectly okay with bestiality in Baldur's Gate 3 but they draw the line at swimsuits showing the regular amount of skin that swimsuits tend to show.
@@sjmcc13Plenty of games have been censored on Sony consoles while being uncensored on other platforms. Iirc one of the Senran Kagura games was rated E on Playstation while being rated M on Switch.
Games get censored all the time to get a rating from the ratings boards otherwise they get banned in certain countries but keep clutching your pearls and pretend you're important.
It's easier for them to ask 'why do you care' when they get what they want. Also can someone refresh my memory of how these people reacted when mods were put in Spiderman and Starfield to get rid of pride flags and pronouns? Did they like the censorship then?
I'm also 99% sure, that Shift Up would've never ever censored it, without Sony forcing them and here is the reason why. Nikke has some mods, that replaces characters outfits (or should i say remove the outfits) and the devs know about it. They could EASILY prevent this from happening with their anticheat, but they don't, even so they sell outfits in their shop. Name another company, that sells outfits/skins and doesn't care if you use selfmade "no outfits" instead.
Funny enough, in another interview, Yoko Taro poked fun at the Stellar Blade director about working with Sony Interactive Entertainment about working with them. The SB director’s reaction and Yoko’s comment about the SIE employees in the room and their reaction is all you need to know. Sony is crap.
I can't believe that they also censored the gore effects in this game. This devalues the meaning of a mature rated game. But games like TLOU2, BG3 and multiple others get a free pass on extensive nudity, sex and violence. This is the best example for hypocrisy and double standards
heard there is always strugle between the modeler and the gragfic effect guys becouse they put so many effects over the model that all the details go missing that makes actualy sense to dial down
Only western games are allwed to be 'mature' and show adult things. eastern games are just coomer bait/ shock schlock and thus need to be censored to be appropriate.
@Packin-Heat. They could censor it in Japan, not need to do this in the whole world. The same thing goes with the outfits. Especially after promising that the game won't be censored
Absolutely, dude just commited conspiracy to commit murder and if convicted would see him in prison for a life sentence. Threatening to kill someone is not a joke
Interesting that Michael brings up that fact that these are fictional characters drawn and generated with pixels, and yet many like them would defend the recent FF7 Tifa censorship because said fictional character made from pixels is a teenage.
@CygnusOrb was just thinking that. Pretty sure even Yuffie is potentially legal as while she was a child in the 10 to 12 range (my impression, I don't know what she actually was at the time) in the Crisis Core side quests it's been 5 or 6 years since then.
@@Japaneseanimeguy Yuffie is 16, which makes her legal in Japan EDIT: Also, both Cloud and Tifa were adults during Crisis Core. Most likely with Cloud being 18 and Tifa 16 (assumption based on tropes and stereotypes), so 5-6 years puts both of them in their 20s
Let's start by saying i dont own the game and dont want it. To the people who bought it, you have a right to be mad they lied to you after willingly taking your money. They are victim blaming and gas lighting. Id fucking riot you aren't crazy and have every right to complain.
It's wild to me that they are censoring a game for people who are highly likely never going to buy it or play. Doesn't sound like a winning strategy to me. All this does is give people even more of a reason not to preorder games. A company should serve its customers not journalists and lunatic mobs on social media. Did these people even go to business school? It's like every major company has forgotten that they are supposed to serve their customer base, not who they wish was a customer base. I swear many on the left have turned into a bunch of Puritanical, prudish busy-bodies with their morality policing. They are as bad as the religious right in the 90s ever thought about being.
@@marcogenovesi8570 yeah but a console is more comfortable. Plus it is an untapped market. We literally have only Playstation and Xbox. If a console was created that didn't have the censors of Sony or Microsoft, the amount of incredible games we would get, would be crazy. We would have a gaming Renaissance.
Patching in dodgy practices is becoming the norm with AAA gaming. First with Capcom and DRM, now censorship with Stellar Blade. Can't wait til AAA Devs advertise microtransaction free games and then patching it in later.
It should not be overlooked that the reversal of the changes in the Tomb Raider games actually happened. The backlash and criticism worked. Take that as strong evidence that criticizing the day one censorship of Stellar Blade and making your opinion known through any and all possible channels CAN yield results. Also take it as a sign of encouragement that the antis are only trying THIS HARD to dispel the backlash with insults and fallacies because THEY ARE SCARED IT WILL WORK
Precisely. Just because an argument can be made that Tifa's new sporty look in the Remakes makes sense doesn't mean she wasn't redesigned to appease censors.
Agreed. I like girls in tights but even I can acknowledge she was censored. Same with Stellar Blade with that Chinese dress. They changed it so Eve is wearing tights with it. I would rather it not exist as censorship should never be tolerated.
And that's the reason why Bunny Garden is going to win the sales in Japan than Stellar Blade. If Bunny Garden was released in PS5, it's unavoidably going to get censored.
if its the same circus, then 'minecraft recomendations' (ugg) is truely nothing new to them. alex holowka was a tragady if its the same people and his widow not earning favors in my book...
@@someguy4252 *Alec, and I was wondering if OP was speaking about the exact person/story. Quinn should be punished; her false allegations she made against him on social media (and NOT to law enforcement, cuz if she went to the authorities to report her assault (which she had no proof of happening) then they'd have caught her lying and she'd have been in legal hot water sooner) led to the man she was falsely accusing to end his own life. And she's part of the same group of ideologues who ALWAYS preach themselves to be & wear the facade of being morally righteous saints.
@@joshjess9841 Comic book artist Ed Piskor ended his life in the beginning of April this year and named the people that drove him over the edge in his goodbye note.
@@finfrog3237 I have no prior knowledge on Ed Piskor, but my condolences to his family, and may every party involved receive their fair share of justice.
They are all cowards. This is why people of their ilk refuse to debate and participate in good faith discussions. They get destroyed. Every. Single. Time.
People on Twitter think this is about some lewd outfits. No. This is about Shift Up and Sony basically lying to the consumer. This can be construed as false advertising, and can be the basis of a class-action lawsuit against Sony, because many people played the demo and places preorders on a game that wasn't what Sony and Shift Up promised. But leave it to keyboard warriors and activists to miss the point entirely.
Let's be brutally honest here. A huge chunk of the complaints are due to that exact reason. That is not to say that *everyone* is complaining for that reason. But let's not pretend here.
@@holy8782If people wanted to buy a game because of specific aesthetics as they were advertized, you have no right to minimize their preferences. Are you some kind of looney toon?
and let's be honest. the new outfits aren't that bad. you could even argue a preference for some of them. the problem isn't what it changed into but, that it was changed at all.
Also, the amount of people who are trying so hard to show how much they don't care is crazy. The "who cares?" the other side is using to downplay the issue or shame those who care is unhinged.
@@JohnnyYeTaecanUktenaBecause it is irrelevant and superfluous, it was probably done as a mild censoring of some outfits on a deliverate petition of Sony or not , but leaving it like that or changing it back to how it was is completely irrelevant. Get this through your skull: the number 1 thing that actually matters in a videogame is THE GAMEPLAY, because it is a video - GAME. As long as that is good the rest is secondary, it can be changed back, whatever, it affects 0 on the ability to play the game.
@@Pipehiguita Get this through your skull what they did was illegal literally. It literally falls under false advertisement since THEY THEMSELVES said nothing would be censored. Falsely advertising something is ILLEGAL in the United States And if none of this really matters then they shouldn't change it and make it look like a bait and switch. Like get that through your thick skull there is a agenda here
I actualy like the look of the Lace that was added. I also like the revealing Low Cut. I say, have both. Don't replace. That wouldn't be censoring, just another great choice.
I want to be clear. The censorship is the SMALLEST part of the issue for me. For most of us. We wouldn't even be half as pissed as we are if Shift Up had just told us "Our goal is to bring you the uncensored Stellar Blade experience, but please understand that Sony may force us to censor some things." I would have been understanding because I know Sony and I know how they are. Most people don't like to be lied to.
Their contract won’t allow them to pin the blame on Sony. This is how Sony protects itself against backlash and a multitude of studios ultimately take the fall and get wiped out due to their publisher requirements and censor edits.
It's not censorship. It's theft! You are not legally allowed to change the color of a fence you just sold. or a painting? This is theft! or destruction of property.
@@LegendaryDorkKnight oh believe me, I know. But they’re never going to let a dev come out and say, “Sorry guys, my hands are tied, Sony is screwing you all over.”
This is why Bunny Garden is going to win over the sales in Japan. (No Censorship in base game, a Nintendo Switch and PC release, and a cheaper game with fanservice.)
I remember an old visual novel game (can't remember title), about girls in bikinis, and they censored it with big white square), like when you play, you can see the girl face, and 80% of screen is a just white screen)). It was so stupid, especially for people who buy it, lol))
@@fdnfdnasd7714 Ironically, something like that makes it seem dirtier than the original actually was, kinda like bleeping out innocuous words to create the illusion of swearing that was never actually present.
@@Ramsey276one bunny garden? Is a dating sim (something like Dead or alive extreme, but with girls in bunny-suit in cafe). And this game was highly censored, by cutting all main features of the game. So, it's basically don't have any sense to play. It's like play in tetris, where you can't move figures from left to right)). Imagine face of people who preorder this sh_t))
An artist for censorship is a walking joke... or a standard ideological type in the modern day. either or. that said, once i saw the graffiti change, it wasn't a shock to see more coming. uncensored? suuuure. but blood, outfits, AND graffiti? lets chop at all of it considering the other things on Sonys consoles... *waves off the bear*
@@collenjets123 Fiction is absolutely not a reflection of reality. That's the entire point of being fiction. The only people fiction has a direct influence on are the dumb and the mentally ill.
Unfortunately people spent too much time giving credence to The "games cause sexism" narrative (which is the same logic as "games cause violence" narrative) for censorship to die entierly
Censorship should be an option if you dont like nudity, blood, guts, or cursing, then go to options and turn censorship on. That's how it should be handled. Its extremely stupid i have to be treated like a child by a company that doesn't even know i exist.
@@tschro6539 I mean true, but i know they see where this path will lead. Less people will buy games, and they make less money. There is always a breaking point for the consumer.
@finfrog3237 I would agree, but I really don't believe people look at the rating they see a trailer and go. Yep, it looks fun. I know cause I do it as well, but the difference is that I prefer M rated stuff.
I don't think that guy should be criticising anyone else for grifting. If he was an rpg character his fucking class would be grifter. It's literally all he does. Hell it's probably his middle name.
Modders will absolutely fix this if/when the PC version releases. The point is that we shouldn't *need* mods to fix it. They never should have censored it in the first place.
the ''why do you care'' or ''its not important'' rebuttal is a known fallacy.. its a red hearing not actually addressing the argument, just moving on to a new subject of importance. (which is a endless topic that humans have debated since the dawn of man) they are actually admitting your right and moving on lol ........btw its funny these postmoderists actually suddenly subscribe to importance when it suits them
They've cried when bulges were removed from male characters or removing the parts of the man like Oro from street fighter getting his completely covered under his robe
@Viewable11 apr 6th 2021 kotaku article about street fighter 5 and oro being given underwear and you can probably find a ton more since journalists really do love to lust over attractive male characters while getting upset over attractive women
I think a great analogy is being promised clean water that won't poison you, then when you start getting sick and ill and find out it's water you can't do a thing about it because people don't want to do a thing about it because it's quote on quote 'necessary'. You do need water, but you were promised clean water, you would be more than a little angry if you learned the truth. Censorship is the same thing, your promised a product to be given in one way, then it's altered and changed and expecting zero pushback.
I believe they sad now, that they don't release it pc like helldivers. I don't know how much money sony get them for exclusivity, but i'm pretty sure they can earn 10 times more if they release StBlade on all platform.
And also, if shiftUP released SB also on PC without censorhip, sony will not censor it. Because if they do, sonybois will be mad, because they got worse version than PC-masters))
@@HenshinFanaticSony is their boss and I don't know what your job is like but if my boss tells me something then I have to do it. Work ain't a democracy.
You know I said to myself that I would wait a week and not pre-order because my trust for Sony was so far in the negative, never in my life have I felt more vindicated about any choice I've ever made.
Glad I did the same and it sucks because I was looking forward to playing what we were promised after sinking all those hours into the demo. I'm from the arcade generation and watching real gaming die is sad. I miss the days where we were made fun of for playing and we had the most fun because those who didn't play didn't bother dissecting our games.
Not buying this game is those censors want though. I think people should buy the game but cancel PSN etc. That is the correct strategy. Shift-Up doesn't want it to be censored but it was forced. If the game sells so great that it becomes a major franchise then Shift-up will have the leverage to make demands against censorship. Also this censorship comes from the purple hair individuals working in Playstation Headquarters in California and those people want this game not to become so strong because their agenda is more important than the company they work for.
@@SIPEROTH don't really know that I care tbh, Sony has been doing this for a long time, shift up was under no obligation to utilize Sony as the publisher. As far as I'm concerned they allowed Sony to compromise their artistic integrity by allowing Sony to have a hand in the first place. I'm totally good playing the games which the censors already don't like, considering I have no ties to the PlayStation ecosystem already it's a no brainer. For me to buy this game I would have to buy a PS5 from Sony and essentially reward the publisher for fucking over the developer, Miss me with that shit dude. The developer just should have spent their time working with a better publisher. Better yet, If Sony hadn't put their fingers on this and compromised the artistic image, a PS5 would be in my purchase history. I don't care what the censors want, put really bluntly there are consequences for making deals with the devil. It's not my responsibility as the consumer to subsidize you picking a shitty publication studio, much love for all the people that are having a blast with it but that's a multi-hundred dollar investment that benefits the publisher who caused the problem way more than it benefits the studio who wanted to make a game.
You know a lot of this nonsense could be dealt with by simply having a “streamer/censored mode” Sony still gets to be the hero by censoring, gamers still get their gore/attractive characters if they want it and the idiots that started all this….. well, they’re gonna be mad regardless, but still.
I don't think many of us cultured players care that much about the way Eve's low cut bunny outfit got a black piece of silk to it. However, what we DO care about is the fact that Sony bullied one group of devs into censorship while giving free passes to another. As a parent, I personally find Eve's low cut bunny suit far less problematic for an M-rated game than full blown nudity sex scenes with bears and demons ala Baldur's Gate 3. And seeing as how censorship is handled, I find there to be an element of actual racism against Asian developers involved, too, which coincidentally started the moment Sony, a Japanese company, moved to California and started taking on Western "values".
No adult needs supervision about what we can look at or play. Don't like something? Move on. Don't be surprised about backlash like this. Shift Up wanted to deliver, Sony screwed it up. That's how I look at it.
I don't understand why a MATURE rated game needs to be censored in any way. Whenever the intended target audience are supposed to be MATURE! But that's not even the part that pisses me off personally. What pisses me off is the fact that we aren't at least given the option to uncensor the game in the settings ourselves. It should be up to player at the end of the day. It's such an easy fix, but here we are tip toing around it for no fucking reason.
If this comes to PC there will be so many sexy outfits and nude mods and restoration projects it'll make Sony's head spin. Someordinarygamer had a pretty solid review btw. He talked about the story, combat, and visuals primarily, with a minor touch on the censorship controversy. Pretty good to me since I don't have a PS5, and thus no real stake here, but I was interested in the overall product.
I don't remember where i heard it, but it was like "Anything before the word 'but' is irrelevant" Really fits these people who only claim to be against censorship.
Its not as advertised, get a refund unless they change it back. Hit them where it hurts , the wallet. Sony need to stop pandering to people who are not even going to buy and play the game.
Shocking how these people feel the need to censor media that they don’t even consume most of the time. If you don’t like a piece of media for WHATEVER reason, then you don’t consume it. Whether someone else does is none of your business. It’s that simple.
The people that are pointing out the censorship reaction and immediately focusing on the outfits make me chuckle. If censorship isn’t stopped by fans and customers, I don’t want to hear those other people complain when the things they like and love are censored. Any censorship is bad censorship
so lets make a reverse situation... so if a creator made a ninja full covered body, and theres a society that hates woman in clothes, so a big company comes and they undress her, should we still respect the changes? the answer is still no you only have to respect the original creator vision (unless you can mod it for YOUR personal use)
