The Stellar Blade Drama Gets Worse & Worse 

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Those that bought it didn't want it censored. Those that wanted it censored will never buy it.

We live in a world where games being made to satisfy people who will never buy them

It’s funny that Kotaku and the like are insulting these gamers who probably have respectable day jobs and careers like doctors and engineers, while they’re just “games journalists”. One of the most useless jobs in the planet 😂

My read of this is that they can't stand complete strangers enjoying themselves - and take it up as a personal crusade that nobody has fun, starting with games.

I live in a world where sexytime with a bear (Baldur's Gate 3) is lauded but this is censored and deplored. I'm confuzzled.

Please , correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't theses the same journalists that gave praise to Baldur's Gate 3 , which shows male and female parts in great detal unclothed and in adult situations as well? But they believe a low cut top is bad over that?

Stop preordering games, wait until they release and you watch reviews by reviewers you trust, and you can examine the news and gameplay.

Eve is a beautiful character, but if she weighed 250 pounds, her speed wouldn't make sense and would throw the game off. Why are people so offended that she's hot?

If the game industry wants me to stop supporting them, I'll GLADLY DO. Enjoy the classic timeless past. Let the present collapse.

Mainstream Games journalist know they days are numbered people trust gaming RU-vidrs more game journalists spend way to much time playing Twitter instead of actual games

This statement is becoming my 'signature response'... When *THE FEMALE GAZE* was being induced by the likes of _Chris Evans'_ *CAPTAIN AMERICA,* _Chris Hemsworth's_ *THOR,* _Henry Cavill's_ *SUPERMAN,* and _Jason Momoa's_ *AQUAMAN,* I do not recall hearing or reading very much backlash from journalists, or anybody else for that matter. My how times have changed...🤦‍♂️ #FreeStellarBlade *EDIT→* As I have ALSO commented in the past, while I live in North Carolina, USA now, I was born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA. I also lived near Miami, Florida, USA from 1988 to 1995. I say all that to support this statement: THESE PEOPLE DOING THE CENSORING NEED TO VISIT A FLORIDA BEACH. What is being displayed in these games is mostly TAME by comparison.

And the journos wonder why their medium is failing and why so many are losing their jobs. The echo chamber is starting to ring even more hollow.

Let's be honest. The censorship in Stellar Blade is a paper cut. On the other hand, it's disingenuous to talk about people reacting to the thousandth paper cut while ignoring the context of the previous 999.

Weirdest thing is Baldur's Gate 3 has far more explicit stuff, nude privates etc, and yet is given a free pass

Why can't we just enjoy our video games without drama???

For a while we used to get stuff uncensored and now we're once again living through this nonsense WHY?!

This is a masterful analysis on the current situation with Stellar Blade, probably the best one I’ve watched thus far. Your take on the fans that left video comments on the petition is spot on. It takes courage to put your face and voice out there like that, and for many of them it’s likely the first time they’ve done such a thing. The people ridiculing them hide behind the anonymity of their keyboards and can’t take an ounce of criticism themselves without breaking down into a tantrum. Thank you for your fair take on all this craziness.

In Last of Us Part 2, Big Poppa Pump Abby takes it from the back. That's fine, but Eve from Stellar Blade having a nice body and jiggle physics, that's bad. Make it make sense.

Jessica Cogswell is a top contender for "Queen of Professional Victims."

Play has no limits. That’s a PlayStation slogan. Seems that a beautiful woman that doesn’t represent deviancy is the limit. As I watch this video, I am seeing commercials with more skin and cleavage than anything in the game. Where is the outcry?

It's bigger than Stellar Blade. The reason Mark and others are making this an issue, is that AAA games have been uglifying female characters and making other political/cultural motivated changes to games for years. Gamers are sick of it. The context is that SB looked to be a win for gamers.. then sony bent the knee to the activist game journos at the last minute. Is the costume change minor? sure. But it's not the point. Point is gamers are done with censorship and activism in games and SB is as good a place as any to make a stand

I bought the disc version… Uninstalled the patch update.. Reinstalled the game 1.000 version and playing it offline…. I win

Lady Decade, I disagree that Stellar Blade has _"a _*_certain_*_ demographic in mind."_ This game is *massively popular with women* and men. I watched 95 women play the game demo, and 94% of these women have no problem with Eve's character design and clothing, most of these *women love her design and her clothing* . The only restriction to its target demographic is the age limit. I agree with Mark Kern alias Grummz that this game is "a beacon for freedom of expression", because the game - more specifically its protagonist Eve - has been attacked relentlessly by Western game journalists and political activists on Twitter. It therefore *is* a question of free speech and artistic expression to allow this game to exist as intended by its creator company _Shift Up._

If it wasn't a big deal they wouldn't of censored it in first place. Fact they censored Stellar Blade means that it is a big deal.

These video "essays" are so good 🔥 and I feel are very important right now. Here in Denmark (a country that prides itself with its free speech) a man just got 7 days in jail for hosting a website for jokes, because some was considered discrimatory. Yes, a site with thousands of jokes of all kinds, on a web site called Jokes & Vitser (Jokes and gags) didn't clue people in that its content wasn't to be taken seriously. Sadly no news outlet wants to talk about the situation, because they themselves cannot even give examples out of fear for being jailed too. But having done some digging, most of them are dad jokes levels of humor. One I found was: - What do you say to a crying African? - Things must be looking black. (In Danish you would use the word black instead of bleak) Yeah a pun joke, that because it involved someone from Africa, was deemed too offensive and required this guy, who himself was from Iran, some prison time. Sigh ... My point is, I know video games are next, because our current politicians are very much in line with the average gaming journalists. Denmark that has never, ever, banned a game before, even some of the most controversial ones have been protected by our free speech right. But I know this is the first step in the wrong direction, a lesser direction. So thank you for speaking up against censorship and the thought police. 🇬🇧 🇩🇰

Evil typically disguises itself as good

stellar blade looks like a fun game, the sexiness isnt that interesting as im asexual, but i still dont think its good to censor something after showing it off to ppl. it is a small, minute change but its still censorship, especially the blood. i hope it comes to PC in the near future! if anyone knows a game similar in gameplay to stellar blade please let me know!

I think the censorship is incredibly minor but I also understand why people feel betrayed by it. I’ve seen loads of posts of people saying how they pre-ordered it or upgraded their pre-order to deluxe because of what they saw in the demo and what the devs said about nothing being censored. Having that changed after the fact is disingenuous.

I don't believe in censorship of any form. If you don't like something, don't buy it.

It'S JuSt FiCtiONaL ChAraCter WhY dO YoU CarE? do you remember these words, wokes?

I think I saw that movie. Yes, with Sylvester Stallone; Demolition man

What I don’t understand is why an attractive woman is being censored in a video game when players of the Last of Us Part 2 [SPOILERS] had to watch Abby having sex with Owen in a cutscene. Yes the cutscene could be skipped; but if a full frontal scene of Abby is allowed, why is a scantily dressed woman being censored?

It's a build-up of all the crap we had to put up with in the gaming industry for the past decade. They tried to bash HeelsvsBabyface too for his pronoun rant, but it wasn't about the pronouns. It was all the build-up, and people are just tired of it.

These developers and publishers spend thousands of man hours in millions of dollars creating a piece of art and they can’t even stand up and defend their own work. So sad and pathetic.

I will say WTF I want to say I will never police what I say

25:15 "Feels a bit ick" It's not lost on many of us that the ideology of these people makes them gravitate to brain-dead viscerally emotional reactions and descriptions as complex and intricate as "ick"

I just signed the petition, I don't own a PS5, but EVE is meant to be sexy, and censoring content this way will eat into sales. You'd think a BUISNESS who's goal it is to make MONEY would realize this.

kotaku is toxic all across platforms and will mute you or report you for being honest

To your point, just because some gamers are bullies doesn't mean that all bullies are gamers and this can be applied to any identity group you choose. When you assume that somebody is fundamentally rotten because of their associated identity without considering their individuality, you only piss off those within said identity group that are not what you assume them to be. As for your views on woke, I saw somebody describe woke media in a non-derogatory way as replacing character with identity and story with ideology.

Hats off my lady! For another grown up voice, we sure need more of those in these strange utterly insane times.

I agree with Mark Kern here. This isn't just about the censorship, it's about the bait and switch they pulled with the trailer, the X posts saying it would be uncensored, thus causing people to preorder it only to be met with a day one patch that changed the product.

We can see this issue in two ways: 1) People are stupid. 2) People are gonna people.

Kotaku and IGN have always been the worst but Sweet Baby Inc was the straw that broke the camel's back. Geeks & Gamers, HeelvsBabyface and the like warned about these companies and journalists for years.

Even mentioning a bounty is crazy

Historically gamers are just open to all people, period. JRPG is a term of endearment as much as descriptive title. Gamers love video games from anywhere! Just like music lovers love music, doesn’t matter the language or country of origin! ❤️✌🏽🙏🏽😊

We absolutely have to go after woketivists localizers next the translation hellscape is unforgivable

Loved the video. I personally believe these people are not game journalists. They are more extreme activists trying to push whatever the current thing is at the moment. They bully gamer's then lock there replies then pull the victim card. Rinse & Repeat. Now we have death threats at Grummz. It's getting way out of hand that someone can have an opinion about a game of all thing's then get people raising a bounty on you.

I’ve said this before and I will say it again. To quote ParaNorman: Agatha: I’l make you SUFFER! Norman: Why? Agatha: BECAUSE… because. Norman: Because you want everyone to hurt just as much as you are. So whenever you wake up, you play this mean game. But you don’t play fair!

Thank you so much for delivering this information in the most level headed way and straight to the point with facts. Its very hard to get this kind of journalism now a days.

Sony has been the worst as of late. The Big N will rework their stuff, but they get points for not censoring their e-shop to death, shovelware and all. Seems like the fans have spoken on Stellar. DEI and ESG are prerequisites these days. The thing is, none of that applies if you are a straight male: Good for the developer; a new studio getting headlines, they're pulling a MSM stunt the likes of Orange Man Bad, FOR A GAME. This propaganda is using your word, manufactured. Never played the game, but since when do people hate T&A? Game "Journalists" trying to gain clout. It's all pathetic. As I understand, there is no real rubric or baseline requirements to be a Journo, so why listen to them? This isn't DOA beach volleyball. Do you want to be represented, or be in a fantasy world? Best representation for me is being able to drive a car I've owned IRL in Forza. Does Mario represent anyone? Maybe we should retcon that character. I have an idea, lets make a game that represents everyone and pleases no one. That'll be a banger. Hollywood is doing a great job with that tactic.

There is a workaround going about to play the game uncensored from day1 without the patches censoring the game, The game was made using click bait to make sales, Man sony is getting hammered from playstation + subscriptions cancellations, Fans have even voted the game intentionally to be be the highest rated game of all time also, This company and sony are getting it hard for lying to the fans.

Nothing more machiavellian than polarizing 2 sides up to a extreme that they defend each other's essences against each other... By directly making them do so right in their faces, no less. I bet there has always been a solution ready that involves making all THREE sides compromise, so it seems reasonable. That and/or some entity is just looking to disrupt this side of the world, the one in which all of this is taking place.

What LD says at about 11:35 in this video reminds me of this quote... *_"The monster never sees a monster in the mirror."_* - J Michael Strazinski, creator of *BABYLON 5.* *EDIT→* I also thought of a music quote, which kinda/sorta applies as well... *_"The wolf is always at the door."_* - Don Henley, _New York Minute_

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EXCELLENTLY done!! Thank you for representing those of us who can not express ourselves so eloquently.

I got my copy and I won't be changing her outfit as I don't ever really do that in games especially single player games can't wait to get into it!

Trying to stop people saying "JRPG" when referring to that specific flavour of RPG ironically feels more like racism, if you ask me. 🤣

So I started up Onechan Bara Chaos z 2 on my ps4 and the banana split edition outfit is still up along woth zombie slashing gore. Why is Sony into censorship on this game? I don't understand the hypocrisy.

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Hey I support the direction change of your videos. The quality of your work is why is watch your videos in the first place.

The point is Mortal Kombat was censored on Nintendo but you could buy it on Sega genesis with the blood code so there was always options for uncensored but now there's no options and everything is just fully censored

Wow, great video, thanks for collection things what need to be in the light for those unaware. I love your honesty, keep it up.

I'm not sure if anyone else has thought of this, but with the censored day 1 patch on the digital copy, many gamers are opting for a physical copy in a time where corporations are pushing hard for a digital only future. Many gamers collect physical media, but many others opt for digital out of convenience. However, in the case of Stellar Blade, more gamers who would otherwise have downloaded the digital version are instead opting for a hard copy just to dodge the censorship. So, in a roundabout way, Sony has unwittingly given players incentive to buy the disk instead, despite their ongoing push towards digital.

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True...those complaining are not even their customers. They would only listen to people who bought their product.

When a pro player says this game sucks i will agree... But all the people are talking trash are just bunch of noobs who cant even play sonic the hedgehog sega game

Great and high effort video! Though I wish there was more focus on Sony censorship and the double standard of having full nudity, sex, and even beastiality in western games such as Baldur’s Gate 3, The Last of Us 2, and Cyberpunk 2077, while having no nudity or sex in Asian games that do get censored, in this case Stellar Blade. Instead there was too much zoned in focus and time spent on a couple journalists. Just my two cents. Otherwise, great work and thanks for supporting the #FreeStellarBlade movement!

The first I remember hearing about the JRPG term being derogatory was about a year ago. I think it stemmed from an interview with a developers in Japan who felt the term was derogatory bc they stated that it changed from JRPG when Western developers in the XBOX/360 era started making the open world RPGs and coined the terms WRPG (Open world) and JRPG (Turn based) to differentiate the two types. (Found the article. Naoki Yoshidawas interview in PC Gamer, titled "The face of Final Fantasy doesn't like the term JRPG, once considered it 'discriminatory'" By Joshua Wolens published March 1, 2023 .) I had heard nothing about it being derogatory until that interview. I always just considered it a genre descriptor. I found it easier to use. (Edited as I found the article)

I thought you were going to say "Unhinged journalists: A nescessity for gracious living!"

On the JRPG subject, FFXIV director Naoki Yoshida has actually spoken out against it. Its worth looking up what he said about it.

Why are more women defending us? What's changed? Is this a trap?

26:05 nah, that line of reasoning immediately disappears when you disagree with them. The only reason they even say it is because it is assumed those groups will all agree with them. As soon as one of them doesn't they despise them more than the people they always rage against

‘What do you want for tea? I’m buying’ ‘Food’ ‘Ok, which takeaway?’ ‘ITS ALL FOOD! Don’t discriminate!’

The term JRPG use to absolutely be a derogatory term here in the States. It was used by people to infer an RPG was inherently worse because it was a JRPG instead of a WRPG. They would call a game a JRPG with distain without ever even touching the game. Sounds like things were different on your side of the pond.

as is typical of a games journalist, Cogswell failed to cite her source for the Japanese apprehension towards the term "JRPG." It was likely in response to Final Fantasy producer Naoki Yoshida's statement that the term felt insulting. The feeling is obviously not universal in Japan however, as designer and Twitter "idiot" blocker Hideki Kamiya says that Japanese developers should be proud of the term. It seems to me that these games journalists are constantly looking for struggles to appropriate to give their lives meaning...

The internet makes me feel sad for it

Censorship always starts small.... They get away with it it gets bigger, and bigger.....

What we should be doing is asking which credentials they think THEY have and the customers don't have that make necessary for them to babysit us and watch over the things we play. Do they really have that power of discernment and people in general don't? Or it's just a fantasy and power trip? And I'm a Centrist myself, but at this point is just stuborn insistence in a principle to see any good in the "journalist" side of this. They are just evil spiteful people that were attracted to a scheme.

Lady Decade, youve been on a hot streak with these videos. Consider me a fan. Have a sub!

Thanks for the info. I've heard it called modernity or modesty cloth but I never knew the proper name was boob apron.😅

A mega law firm needs to sue Sony for false advertisement.

Love to see you come out as a staunch centrist! We need more people like you who arent afraid to talk about common sense! Can't wait to see more from you ❤

Yes, JRPG was a term made to seperate it from western RPGs. But it was made for that reason due to the very different gameplay styles the games in RPGs and JRPGs utilize. Many RPG fans dislike JRPGs, and many JRPG fans dislike RPGs, while there are also quite the number of people who are fans of both. Just like the separation between cartoons and anime, with anime pretty much being a direct translation to 'animated' and from what I know is used just like how we use the word cartoon. These are made in order for fans of such content to easier find the content they like. TLDR: JRPG is to RPG what anime is to cartoon, a way for fans of each type of content to easier find the content they like.

Surprisingly accurate and detailed analysis that reaches far beyond just gaming. As you said, replace "Gaming" with any other topic, and it makes just sense in so many ways. I really enjoyed your breakdown and how you supported your arguments. And how it is clear that you are being self aware at each point, showing that you considered the point carefully and assessed if its biased and etc. Personally, I am loving Stellar Blade. Amongst other things, I am also amazed at the quality of texturing on the materials of the outfits - these materials just look real. Sure, some outfits can be ridiculously revealing (probably targeting a certain demographic that most likely would be male - I am not judging here) or some outfits are questionable aesthetically, but they fit the style of the game overall. (It does seem weird that Eve would have such revealing outfits while Adam is so completely covered - Adam is more interesting to me than Eve and needs a more interesting set of outfits ;) But it fits the anime heroine trope so I'm okay with it). In terms of the censorship - the dev team said it was aesthetic reasons for the changes (paraphrased a little but that's what it boiled down to). It seems like a decision of the design and art team, and is possibly something they were switching back and forth with for some time (given that complete models for both were available on release. That does not seem as much like censorship - unless an external force made the decision, its an internal design decision. Its not like the changed outfits are more revealing than others that exist in the game, which would make the argument that it is censorship even less likely. And what was changed seems to mostly focus on 2-3 outfits - I have used two of the outfits for a bit. I like some of the changes to the Peony outfit - the tights look nice and make sense here and add a little elegance. I dislike the changes to the Holiday Rabbit - they should have changed the shape of the top as this added cloth looks weirdly shaped - but also, I'm less interested in this outfit as it is just very plain in general. But honestly, what they could have done was give the option for both versions and let the end user decide, perhaps in the form of "Style Variations" rather than separate outfits. Could that make everyone happy? Honestly, the biggest aspect of the game I enjoy is the amazing soundscape. And the combat system. The outfits are fun to collect, but I am likely going to complete the game wearing the "Red Passion" outfit. Apparently I did have lots of feelings about this topic. I wasnt expecting such a wall of text. Which is likely just my inarticulate ADHD brain thought stream. :) Hope you enjoyed reading :D

Who are these gaming "journalists" to decide what complete strangers can like or not like, and what should be part of other people's creations? All while throwing around insults, bullying, shaming, and gaslighting. The arrogance. They come off as tyrannical d-bags.

Twaddle. That's a great word 👍

What's hilarious is watching these so-called journalists bicker and give opinions when the hive mind of the gamers is unswayed. You censor, we boycott, you lose money. It's a simple process that works every single time. You can't guilt gamers or shame them into buying and enjoying a product riddled with your harmful messages or devoid of any creativity. It's long past time companies recognize that and stop wasting valuable time and money trying to pander to these vultures who will never turn into customers, ever. Instead, just focus on the fan base that has existed for ages, it's the only one you're getting and if they're not pleased you're not eating.

I literally can’t hear about this “controversy” without thinking of that boob apron commercial lol!

It's not just Jessica at Gamespot, i mean look at Tamoor Hussain with his tweet and takes. No wonder that outlet is cooked.

Gaming journalists being educated? Saying that the creators have not seen a real woman was the most absurd and laughable statement ever. The ones who claimed this don't seem very educated.

I think the world needs to use the word "twaddle" more often

That's hilarious. I remember some local cult trying to convince me JRPG was a racist term that was derogatory against Japanese developers back in like... 2017. It was insane. There was some articles that used JRPG in the context of "just another JRPG" to refer to some of the early HD-era RPGs, and slight consoles in general for their perceived inferiority of the genre and console game mechanics in general though. But, it immediately was picked up as a general term from there, and I suspect was used even predating said review in a generalistic sense, as well as earlier companion terms like Computer RPG and Console RPG.

I feel like the world is becoming increasingly irony deficient. Maybe it’s something in the water?

I can understand why people are upset they supposedly said it won't be censored, and now it's censored?

No wonder Jessica has been out of work for so long. Who would want to deal with her in an office where you have to interact with her?

The Outrage Mafia™ are some of the most ironic moro...uhhh...very fine individuals ever. They scream and cry about bullying, yet they themselves bully others for not thinking exactly as they do.

I really think game dev teams should just start self publishing their games, so publishers can't push them around/censor them anymore.

its racism against the asian actress they done to to censor her model shes modeled after her fully

Ilve been seeing people on RU-vid are calling you and your husband white or British and making fun of your accent or teeth … and accusing you both of thinking your better than them because your accent…. If that isn’t racist I don’t know what is…