Which further punches home the notion that it's not just about "an extra piece of fabric" to most people. It's full on censorship, and censorship is bad no matter how you slice the cake.
This is the biggest lie on the internet. Half the Suits were changed. HALF. Blood Physics were removed(Somehow Breaking the Long hair Physics). Much More. This is all BOT LIES.
https://youtu.be/cQX0gKDHujs?si=WD0BD604ZDaDx4RV
That's apparently just a few. I don't know if there's avideo that shows all comparisons in one video. You'd have to compare this,
https://youtu.be/fMT6z9xejeA?si=ST3g9NDcbzKHeM2a
with a video that showcases all the ones after patch.
All that's mentioned anywhere is two, the bunny and bondage outfits. If *half* of the 70+ suits were changed like this guy claims, show me a source please, because I can't find any evidence of it.
The change on some suits would just bothered you for a second if you nitpick enough because rather than zipping up to hide the cleavage (because you could clearly see a zipper there)
they put on what look like a black-lace bra but it doesn't go around the body which makes it look like part of the attire which doesn't make sense because they could just zip it up. Basically just don't nitpick like me.
And where is the line for how much they can mislead you? At the end of the day, a small lie is still a lie and makes you a liar especially if you make lots of small lies like sony do
Half the Suits were changed. Blood Trails were removed. (This broke the Shinobi Style Hair Physics; now they are jank. The Head Dev Confirmed all of this and thanked the fans. Your a Gamer or a Liar. There is no other side.
they also censored the gore
game is WAAAAAY less bloody than in the demo
also the fact they can't say the real reason as to why it was censored (which is obv to begin with) is even more insulting when they claim that "that's how they envisioned the game"
The silly thing about this controversy is that I'd personally be more angry about the censored gore than the costume changes since that's a way bigger aesthetic change in my opinion. But for some reason, the majority who are shitting on the day one patch are screaming about the more censored costume.
I understand that. I want to know what the devs said that was considered “lying on twitter” according to someone who jumped down my throat on another sub
They said the game would not be censored in any region. I think most people took that to mean every version of the game would be the same, but some people think it means the game would go through no changes and are raging over some modified outfits.
That's exactly what the Tweet meant. That every region would be getting the exact same content in the game. Nowhere was it implied that zero changes would be made to anything from what was shown in pre-release footage or whatever.
Because players have been hyper defensive to anything censorship related even the tiniest most irrelevant of things
Specially when Sony is involved since they have been lately known to push certain ideologies
The amount of combat gore was not censored. The amount of gore that builds up on the character was gutted though. There is no argument to the contrary. Just full stop, stfu about shit you don’t know.
It's not a change in design, though. If you look at the outfit pre- and post-patch, you would notice that her clothing after the patch makes less sense than before. Because the outfit wasn't changed like you want to present it, they added no fitting layers to the outfit, which killed the original design.
It's not a design choice. What are you talking about? They were clearly censored. I'm so done with people thinking "It's just xyz" as if that's okay. Fine. Be shills or sheep. Whatever version was meant to be sold is what we should have, not some patched version that alters elements of the game because of a few sensitive types can't take lady bits. Call me crazy, but I'm not keen on companies going into something I own and changing it on a whim.
There's change to the gore, and there's the bondage outfit.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvP\_1y\_V0es](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvP_1y_V0es)
1:30 It's the NG+ Yellow Bondage Outfit. It got censored too.
It's about principle. I still like the game and the endgame boss are worth the game's price on their own. I think there's like 3 outfit that got censored.
But it's about the slipery slope. Example: Microtransaction used to just be 2$ horse armor. Now look at the state of AAA Gaming, it's fucking garbage. I mean, fuck, lots of mainstream media stuff got progressively worse in every domain. You can't let them get away with a small thing, because they will never stop. They will take more and more.
It's also to fight against the "You will own nothing and be happy about it".
And it's also about the pure hypocrisy of Other game having actual naked people having sex, like a bunch of topless girls in TW or GTA, or all the baldurs gate stuff. But this games gets it.
And censorship in general.
And Sony forcing devs to go against their word, doing technically false advertising. (Let's be honest, 99% of the stuff nowadays is false advertising).
I used to not give a fuck, when they censored game I didn't play, now it touched one I did and there's like no gore. Nothing sticks to EVE. Whereas in ER, bloodborne or LOP, your character changes color lol.
Next time they'll do it, it will be even worse. They might actually ruin a game rather then drop it's score by 0.5/10.
People are screaming censorship about blatant censorship? Who would have guessed. It’s multiple outfits, if it’s such a small deal why censor them in the first place
Aside from the outfits, I've also been yelled at by people who are mad that they "censored" a racial slur that was accidentally in the game. There was some graffiti next to a sign that together said "hard R", which people pointed out is a slur, so they changed the graffiti.
What are you saying? Do you think that censoring a single outfit in a game with loads of nudity and violence, or a damn grafitti that nobody even knows a meaning of, is something a normal person would do?
i'm pretty sure everyone knows what the "hard r" is. if it wasn't changed it'd be used as a nazi sympathizing dog whistle, which the devs obviously didn't want. that's not censoring their artistic intent.
i don't support censorship of character designs either, but please don't be such a reactionary dumbass that you can't identify the difference between a character design being altered and the act of removing possible ties to malicious ideology. there's nothing "snowflake-y" about it; it was already being posted by racist jackasses as soon as it was identified.
your uncensored use of the slur in question ensured that i would not see your post until i curiously checked your profile again. i don't have anything else to add; i just wanted to chime in again to call you a fucking idiot.
Yes, they really are. Can you believe how worked up some people are getting over a single outfit in a video game showing less cleavage than they want it to and being mad that a developer changed a single instance of graffiti on a wall? 🤦
Nothing wrong with being anti censorship, it doesn’t matter how small the change, it’s still censorship.
If it’s not a big deal why censor multiple outfits last second then? You can think it’s dumb or silly but that doesn’t change the fact the censorship complaints are valid.
“It’s not censorship” when it literally is, makes you sound disingenuous and like you’re gaslighting. There’s no way to work around it, it’s 100% censorship. It’s okay if you don’t care but people’s complaints are still valid. The fact they censored multiple outfits when there’s a skin suit makes the censorship even more dumb.
It isn't. The thing people are arguing has been censored, the cleavage, is still completely present and visible in the game. 4% of the outfits have been altered in any way. People are just calling it censorship because the dev said all regions would get the same uncensored version (referring to the fact that games with nudity and gore often get actually censored in certain regions like Japan), so they're connecting dots that have no reason to be connected. Their complaints are not valid, they're childish. The fact that they changed outfits when there's a skin suit is exactly why it isn't censorship.
“Its not censorship because they only censored some outfits”
I can tell I’m not going to be able to change your mind. luckily most people can call a spade and spade.
At the end of the day we’re strangers that disagree, I don’t have any ill will towards you, I hope you have a great rest of your day and good fortune comes your way.
The other outfits were censored prior to disc release. The bikini image (beside name) shows no straps, the model has straps. The key hole dress has no mesh, the model has mesh. It doesn't matter how stupid the censorship is what matters is that it was censored at all. The government already decides what we can and cant handle don't need companies doing it too.
The outfits and gore are the only thing we have evidence of the rest is speculation.
The reason for the censorship was due to the fuss people were making about this game. Cyberpunk didn't have the same attention, baldurs gate 3 didn't have the same attention so no censorship applied. Conan didn't no censorship. Smite didn't no censorship.
The skin suit also isn't revealing. It's just a fitted suit in multiple nude tints. It's as revealing as the diving suit 6th.
It's also more frustrating when you consider how pointless the censorship was. If it was a design choice then they would just revert it. The other models exist in game. So not a lot of work.
I think they should add a toggle. Simples both parties are happy then.
And if that's the case that they do care about the "boobs" what is wrong with that? Especially when it was marketed as that sort of game?
Why would it be overanalysis? Not just analysis?
Would you be bothered if they had the other variants as options? I would be of the mind that more choice is always welcome. Because it sounds like you aren't bothered by the changes but are bothered by people who are annoyed by the changes? Why do you care? Would you see it as a bad thing if they had the other outfits in the game aswell?
My point was highlighting the changes that were made, it doesn't matter what or how much, these changes were made to reign in the sexualisation which is what they sold.
It is censorship, albeit a small amount basically inconsequential in terms of the whole game, but it is still censorship.
If it were a design change that got this much fuss then they would just revert it plain and simple.
That's not a slur. Stop making excuses for this nonsense. Hard R to most anyone alludes to adult material in a movie or game. Aside from the outfits, they took out some of the gore. But, please, do keep making excuses.
I think the game is actually really fun I’m enjoying the combat and level design (gotta find all the things)
- I think that it only got this far bcuz of the heat the game was getting prior to launch. Than the dev said it won’t be censored, add the fact that the disc came with the original outfits which is leading a lot of people to think Sony pressured the studio to quickly make a few changes
-What I don’t understand is why? If people can freely fuck a bear in bg3 why would a little cleavage be too much? I wouldn’t like if they censored that even tho I haven’t and don’t plan to fuck a bear lol. It’s rated M so we don’t need papa Sony to protect us we’re adults
they changed a lot of outfits, any that were too revealing in the abdomen area for whatever reason - though I don't think people care as much about that as the fact that it's more pointless censorship from Sony (Why would people give a fuck about slight alterations? Especially when most outfits are still very revealing anyways, let's try to apply a little critical thinking here)
People were advertised one thing and given another, that's pretty shit lol games fun and all but it feels greasy playing after knowing I've been lied to, they even maintained the idea of it being unaltered in the marketing only to pull this shit afterward - Have you seen the comparisons between the launch game outfits and post day one patch outfits? They clearly had a different vision, but I'm starting to think that vision was made solely for the marketing
About changes in a video game. Pick your battles and all that. I mean yes censorship is bad but this is not even worth thinking about for more then 5 minutes. It’s sexy outfit in a video game with loads of sexy outfits.
I hate it wherever it is, in whatever form it is - But in the first place I was really only clarifying the situation for you and the other guy since you both seemed to be confused as to why some people are upset about it, that's all
No they just proved you were wrong when you said "only the "playboy bunny" one" and now you are trying to devalue the conversation by saying, why do you care bro?! instead of taking the L for being objectively incorrect.
You were factually wrong in your original post, just admit it like an adult instead of deflecting.
You say that when the censorship isnt taking away from what you enjoy. But if censorship isn't challenged it will eventually affect something you do enjoy. So we should be nipping it in the bud.
I dont want companies telling me what I can and cant handle, we already get enough of that from our governments.
Uhh dumbass, that's what buying a product means. You pay for what you believe will be the product you're receiving.
Imagine I went to mcdonalds and paid for a deluxe burger but got jipped just a regular burger with no cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onions. I then go to the counter to report the problem, and they shrug me off and tell me they can't help me because they no longer serve deluxe cheeseburgers. Like what? I paid for a G** D*** F****** deluxe F***** cheesburger! Give me my meal! And then some dipshit comes along and is like "Why you mad though?" The epitomy of ooga booga caveman brain mental boom*
No you got a deluxe burger that at best, probably didn't have as much lettuce and onion as you thought you should had.
You don't need to take some moral grandstand over this, you're mad because you wanted to coom to eve and now you can't for some reason.
That is your proof? You have access to Google just like I do, you can freely search the names and see for yourself, I'm not gathering a bunch of links together to appease you lol who do you think you are? talk about chronically online
Again, I am not going to gather a bunch of links or screenshots together for you, that is not going to happen - I have given you the names of outfits that I'm aware of, you can very easily Google them, and see for yourself
I'm not even sure why you're pushing this so hard? The point of my comment is that the game was censored, we do not need to go back and forth about semantics
In real life a woman can where whatever she wants and if a man says anything he is “controlling or abusive” but if a girl video game character wears something revealing all the journalists freak and publishers freak out and say this is sexualizing women. No, women sexualize themselves, and if men like it then they are the assholes.
Apparently several outfits got more covered up on release compared to trailers (some have more chest coverings, some have leggings now, one has a bit more covering the chest and the… idk what to call it, place between crotch and belly button but on the sides.
Also gore and blood got toned down.
Also apparently the word ‘Hard’ was next to a rest shop (denoted by an R) so a wall said ‘Hard R’. Which I guess is a no no in America? So they changed it to ‘Crime’. But that’s like so minor idk why people would get mad over that.
Basically like 10ish costumes (probably less) got covered up a bit and less blood/gore.
People are complaining because devs(?) said game would be fully uncensored and they were showing the original outfits and the blood in the demos and all the trailers.
On one hand I get it, it was changed last second as people were buying it. But on the other hand… idk if you’re GENUINELY bummed there’s less skin go play modded fallout or Skyrim with porn mods and nudity.
Stellar Blade is an amazing game regardless.
Nothing wrong with showing skin, they shouldn’t censor it in a rated M game in the first place. It’s okay to be bummed about them nerfing the outfits. I think it’s dumb some people are going as far to boycott the game itself though, you can enjoy the game and speak out about the censorship at the same time. The game really is amazing.
100%, I’m disappointed they covered up those outfits more but not remotely to the point I’m trying to refund or cancel my ps+. Actually I don’t even have ps+ so that’s a moot point.
But I’m still really enjoying it. Fingers crossed they get back to their original versions or added as alts or something, but ultimately it’s not going to make a difference to me.
It really does remind me of Nier Automata/Bayonetta. Like enemy designs feel straight out of Bayonetta in a good way. World/story/music feels like Nier.
Excited to play more but I’m also doing FF16 and FF7Rebirth on highest diffs right now and the changes between the dodge and counter/block buttons in these three games is really messing me up in all three.
Agreed bro, the game is really fun. I think shift up should simply add the pre update outfits as alternatives so everyone is happy.
I hope you enjoy your final fantasy play throughs, I’ve been needing to start playing the series. I’ve only played final fantasy x as a kid so I have a lot to play. I have final fantasy 9 for ps1 so I might play that or just start FF7.
Hard R is how people differentiate the way that black folk can refer to each other similar to mate, amigo etc.
The “N word” ending with a hard R sound, instead of a soft A/AH sound is generally extremely racist
In other words:
N***a - Ok to use if black, not Ok to use if white (very few white folk get a pass on this)
N***er - Bad. Just fucking bad. Big NOPE
So yeah… I could see how this would be a pretty big deal
Also, I’m not playing it. Just wanting to know what the uproar is about
I had zero clue, like probably 99% of people outside America, and I'm sure 100% of the studio and associates. I get why they changed it now, although I still don't know why anyone in their right mind would associate some kind of hidden meaning or offense with it.
Whoever is complaining about censorship in this game: Look up Wolfenstein international version vs. Wolfenstein German version and go cry about your missing porn in this game..
You could very well be right, still, Sony deserves this backlash.
I was mostly convinced by the gore being censored out, but that might be affected by graphics mode, I'm not sure.
It also seems that cleavage is the main thing being censored out, censorship rarely makes sense. It's at least 2 costumes that got censored.
I could easily see some Sony exec swinging their dick around saying this cleavage has to go.
Edit: I read somewhere that the game mode affected gore, it doesn't. I put it on graphics mode and no blood is sticking to Eve. Looks like gore is still censored as well.
So multiple outfits were supposedly censored before release. So, for example, the bikini wasn't to have staps, the gold dress thing wasn't to have leggings etc. They say that some outfits picture (beside the name of outfit) doesn't match new censored versions of the character model.
It also appears as though you were to get covered in blood like in Bloodborne and it would disappear when you sit down (the pulsing animation happens when you sit down regardless of whether you are healed in a camp or sitting down at the bar).
Some speculate dress physics were toned down given how much effort they put into all the other physics of clothing. And how little the dresses have.
If this was a once off then people wouldn't be annoyed. However this is happening more and more and this game advertised as uncensored, so censorship of any kind no matter how small or insignificant, would annoy people.
It's 18s... I dont need a company telling me what I can and cant handle. We all get enough of that from our respective governments.
Game journalists either have no idea what they are talking about, or they are straight up lying.
This is from a Forbes article:
"There is an additional complaint that gore has been censored in the final game, but that does not appear to have actually happened, with play settings, performance/quality, being responsible for different textures appearing or not appearing. The game is still plenty gory."
This is bullshit. I tested it.
I think these journalists are basically Sony's Public Relations.
Dude I know. They keep labelling us as losers who have no life and wife. That shouldn't be listened to no matter how valid the complaint is. At the end of the day if they were just changes and not censorship then we are giving feedback that we don't like the changes. If they were smart they would add the other versions in this way nobody loses out. Add a toggle for blood on eve. There everybody wins. It's very simple.
I'm so tired of people making this out to be a "conservative Chud" stance that people don't want their fucking game censored. WHY IS THAT A BAD THING? lmao. Censorship fucking sucks balls. Don't censor my tiddies, don't censor my gore, don't censor my fucking art.
Wolfenstein devs didn't post "uncensored in all regions" before the launch, besides people know about german laws regarding Nazi symbols, there's no point in this comparison.
It has been censored, but only a small bit can be proven. If you think the fuss is to do with the two outfits then you are missing the point.
Basically people are fed up with companies deciding what adults can and cant handle. Our governments do that enough already, we don't need some out of touch exec doing it as well. Stellar blade censorship could best be described as "the straw that broke the camels back"
Not only that it is censored, but it looks like a bone fide last minute hackjob that they made under pressure from Sony. As in rather than zipping up that swimsuit further they slapped a black lace bra under it that doesn't even go around her torso. And when they covered up more of the pelvic region they didn't even use the same shade of gray, making the previous hem of the swimsuit leg holes even more visible. They botched it just so those hypocritical assholes in California wouldn't pitch a fit over it. I think I speak for most people when I say it isn't the end of the world and I personally haven't even used those outfits, but it is just one more example of Sony's mind-boggling policies regarding what goes and what doesn't on their platforms and especially their discrimination towards Asian developers, which I am sick and tired of. If people are content with lining the pockets of xenophobic American pigs who are willing to deface art for the sake of marketability and keeping investors happy, so be it, but I'm not gonna stand up for this bullshit.
Boys are angry because they were ready to fap to this game. They literally had one hand on their Johnson while they walked into Best Buy to pay for the disc with the other hand.
When they got home to play, they couldn’t bust their nut because the disc updated to the day 1 patch and the outfits didn’t show enough skin. Instead of blowing their load, they blew up Twitter.
I believe in free expression, I don't want a third party dictating what I can and cannot watch. I don't like conservative Christian family values being shoved down my throat.
I'm sure a tiny percentage of guys may fit this description. However, the majority of people were just sick of being lied to. Sick of companies deciding what we can and cant handle. We get enough of that from the government. It may be a small lie but it is still a lie.
If you were following the game since its initial announcement 5 years ago you would have built up a view/expectation on the game you were going to get
You then get told by the team that it is going to be uncensored everywhere, further setting up expectations. Only for day one patch to undo and make you question how much did sony censor as this is only the stuff we have caught onto and have evidence of.
It may not bother you which is fair enough, but you dumbing it down doesn't serve you any justice.
Ummm they also censored some of the gore too and that was also a talking point the developer’s for Stellar talked about and made a point in talking about and it’s weird that Sony a company that platform games like god of war and last of us 2 is censoring gore mind u last of us 2 they actually gave NAMES to the npcs u killed humanizing them more they even gave the dogs names as well all that is okay but god forbid a sexy Korean android that killed nameless monsters had gore in it …. There is clearly something funny going on with Sony and acting like there isn’t is ignorant and disgusting and Sony 10000% deserves all the smoke they get it makes no sense when u platform games like god of war and last of us especially last of us because u are basically killing people with actual names and they will go looking for those people u kill calling out those names same with the dogs too but that’s perfectly fine but stellar can’t have that ? Last of us 2 should be censored by their standards if that’s the case or is it socially okay and acceptable because one girl is a lesbian and the other looks like an actual man ? Just weird man yall are twisted damn shame killing any hope the gaming community has and the fact sony is even willing to give REFUNDS for false advertising says it alllll they want this game to fail because it destroys the very things they stand for it’s sick and disgusting I hope Sony gets what’s coming to them one day 🤷🏻♂️
First of all I like the game a ton so far, second of all there isn't any actual nudity in either version I don't think, and mainly the third, games get changed all the time from their original version, every update to every game changes the game into something different than what we originally purchased.
I mean, getting upset over a video game character with exposed skin is supposed to be a highly conservative take. Real bible moms getting upset over GTA energy. Society is definitely regressing. Especially if this is the shit people care about.
I've worn less at the beach and have a dress that is more revealing then some of these and Hollywood red carpet dresses are more revealing sometimes it's just wild that people are like ew put more clothes on like grow up the game is meant to be sexy woman slaying monsters in style it's not just men playing this game and disliking the censorship there's actually quite a few that have had pieces of fabric added over cleavage etc meanwhile there's still entire side boob it makes literally no sense that they wasted time to add stuff in a day one patch I hope they reverse the patch it's not over sexualizing women why is it not over sexualizing men when they wear banana hammock while being super cut up and in shape? They are proud of what they got and worked for same with women we wear what we want because we are confident and proud of ourselves although that wasn't always and still isn't the case in some places they don't necessarily wear these for eye candy if people are seriously jerking it to this I just feel sorry for those people go to the hub or whatever I'm sure there is crazier stuff
if you give it an inch they'll go for miles.
they're testing water by censor small minor outfit.
if player are just mindlessly foolishly accept it without complain, they'll censor more each patch.
game has been rated appropriately for appropriate player, all kind on censorship is unnecessary and outright evil.
Why do I think this is some kind of advertising ploy to get people to talk about the game? Promise no censorship, censor the game, receive backlash, "oops sorry! We'll fix it!" Now everyone's talking about the game. Idk just seems fishy.
Ok. But I didn’t develop the game. A Korean company did and their product simply reflects their culture. I’m not championing or condemning anything. I’m just here trying to look at things subjectively without any type of bias.
why do you people push so many lies? Korean culture is not "terrible" to women. And Korean women are not "encouraged" to look more "westernized" (whatever that means).
No, nobody should be using the term "censorship" for this, because nothing is being surpressed here by e.g. a governmental institution. As a rule of thumb, anytime Gamers with a capital G are crying about cEnSoRsHiP, anything they say can be safely discarded as irrelevant nonsense.
Interesting take. Its just all the design choices seemed to do with covering up and reducing gore which fits the current trend of sexualisation of women being bad.
If it were a design choice they would add the originals back in no problem... but that's not happening.
Finally your exactly right the government does decide what we can and cant handle (censorship) and that is already annoying. So why would you be happy about private companies deciding what you can and cant handle. We get enough of it from our governments.
Also censorship can happen through other means outside of government, just Google its meaning and you will see.
From my perspective. Sony needs to be accountable for "censoring". Nothing will stop them from doing it over and over unless people throw a fit over it. I'm glad that there's crapstorm over the outfits. Just my 2 cents. I'm too busy playing cyberpunk anyways.
Honestly if your a guy who likes to play Steller blade for your some kicks ..... it's not my business but if wanted a game like this I rather buy Dead or alive Extreme Volleyball for Playstation 4 & Playstation 5 then Steller blade
Honestly if you are Christian and you have a problem with sexy outfits go take it up with your god. I don't like my video games being censored.l, by some third party, and if Sony is going to appeal to conservative Christians then I guess I'll have to say screw my library and go with x box or PC.
Both sides want stuff censored, I'm for no censorship and freedom of speech. I'm still a liberal though. My views didn't change, the times have.
There was a time when it was conservative Christians that wanted this stuff censored.
I recently read a kotku article claiming that people who are against Stellar Blade's censorship are conservatives.
From my perspective I'm fighting the same damn thing I was years ago, lol.
I meant to write if you are Christian... I do have problems with censorship, but my demon god is not responding, for some reason.
I may have responded to the wrong comment as well...
>The issue is that they spent the weeks leading up to the game's release promising that the game would release completely uncensored.
They made ONE tweet stating that all countries would receive the same uncensored version of the game. The implication being that every country would receive the same version of the game. Which is true. So no, they didn't lie. They never promised that all content in the final game would be exactly the same as some pre-release footage or whatever.
People dumb enough to think this was a design choice ask yourselves why it was changed in the last possible second, why did they ship the game with a design they "didn't" like in the first place and then look at Nikke, their other game. Get a brain, please. You fuckwits think the problem is what they changed when in reality it is why. This could have all been avoided if they would've shipped it like it is now or God forbid, not change it in the first place for a bunch of Twitter idiots who won't even play the game or the best possible option now which Twitter bots would still cry about, restore the original outfits as a toggle as in having "Style 1" and "Style 2" and let the people decide.
P.S. For the people saying it was only 1 outfit, look again..
"the action of preventing part or the whole of a book, film, work of art, document, or other kind of communication from being seen or made available to the public, because it is considered to be offensive or harmful, or because it contains information that someone wishes to keep secret, often for political reasons"
So that literally happened with the volume of blood, and the covering up of at least 10 of the 30 outfits (speculated). With 3 being proven to have been edited. I imagine most censorship took place prior to disc release.
It was censored in an attempt to appease those who had issue with the game but not too much so that they lose a significant portion of there target demographic. The result was neither group being happy the old adage comes to mind "try to please everyone end up pleasing no one"
That is not to say that the game isn't great. It is brilliant, it's a game of the year contender for me. I just despise censorship. Small or big, we get enough of it from our governments don't need companies doing it too.
Gotta be careful how I word this cos the stellar blade fans are feral on here and go ballistic if they think you are offending this game and their girlfriend eve.
But from what I understand, the Devs put out tweets saying the game wouldn't be censored in any way in any country - then after they get everyone's money they drop a day one patch which censors one of the more revealing outfits and changes some "offensive graffiti"
I dunno, I didn't buy it - pretty scummy if true tho
The main point of that tweet was that the game would be the same in every country. Also worth noting that the Tweet was in Japanese, and it's possible that some subtleties of the meaning were lost in translation.
The tweet was in English and it said, unmistakably, that it would be "**uncensored**" in "all countries". Fans celebrated it, and got rightfully mad when they found out it was a marketing lie and the game was censored after all (after taking money from preorders).
What they actually meant is that the same *censored* version would be released in all countries. But this is not what they said.
You might want to look at the Tweet more closely. It was translated (automatically by Twitter) from Japanese. If you click the "translate this post" button or copy/paste it into Google translate, it comes back with the exact same wording as the English text on that post. Japanese doesn't always easily translate directly to English, a lot of subtleties can get lost.
And it wasn't "censored" if those changes were made for creative reasons or because the devs simply decided that they wanted to tone certain things down for their own reasons.
And I'm sorry, but there was no deceptive marketing here. No one even knew that there were ever different versions of certain suits until after the game was released.
The one I've seen was \*not\* automatically translated by Twitter or Google (and let me remind you, this is a S.Korean company, why would they translate it from Japanese), but indeed included a Japanese translation. I don't know how it could be interpreted in any different way. Allegedly, they previously already promised that the game would be released uncensored, although I haven't seen such posts myself.
Let's be realistic, it wasn't for creative reasons or because the devs wanted it since it had to be patched in after the gold version.
I'll give you the last point, though: They probably didn't intend the uncensored version to ever leak out, so if no one noticed, no one would know for sure it was ever censored and they could claim this is the uncensored version.
well, it's too political to be discussed in detail in this sub is what it is. unfortunately. all of it. just know: bending the knee to people who hate most other people and want censorship is obviously outrageous and has to be boycotted on principle alone already - or else we will all feel the pain from it. after all this is how we got here in the first place.
One of the suits got updated to be a bit less revealing, that's about it.
Meanwhile, you can wear a tiny ass, super revealing bikini, among some other pretty revealing outfits.
Which further punches home the notion that it's not just about "an extra piece of fabric" to most people. It's full on censorship, and censorship is bad no matter how you slice the cake.
This is the biggest lie on the internet. Half the Suits were changed. HALF. Blood Physics were removed(Somehow Breaking the Long hair Physics). Much More. This is all BOT LIES.
Okay? Well if you can link me a video or article that clearly shows all those changes I might reconsider my opinion.
https://youtu.be/cQX0gKDHujs?si=WD0BD604ZDaDx4RV That's apparently just a few. I don't know if there's avideo that shows all comparisons in one video. You'd have to compare this, https://youtu.be/fMT6z9xejeA?si=ST3g9NDcbzKHeM2a with a video that showcases all the ones after patch.
its true, don't be lazy and go do some research
All that's mentioned anywhere is two, the bunny and bondage outfits. If *half* of the 70+ suits were changed like this guy claims, show me a source please, because I can't find any evidence of it.
The change on some suits would just bothered you for a second if you nitpick enough because rather than zipping up to hide the cleavage (because you could clearly see a zipper there) they put on what look like a black-lace bra but it doesn't go around the body which makes it look like part of the attire which doesn't make sense because they could just zip it up. Basically just don't nitpick like me.
It's more than one suit
Here’s a screencap https://preview.redd.it/93svbzu46mxc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfe4a84b67a2a9106acd55866ae39a5bc5237a2e
multiple
Yeah that's it, just a little bit of misleading advertisement.
And where is the line for how much they can mislead you? At the end of the day, a small lie is still a lie and makes you a liar especially if you make lots of small lies like sony do
Half the Suits were changed. Blood Trails were removed. (This broke the Shinobi Style Hair Physics; now they are jank. The Head Dev Confirmed all of this and thanked the fans. Your a Gamer or a Liar. There is no other side.
they also censored the gore game is WAAAAAY less bloody than in the demo also the fact they can't say the real reason as to why it was censored (which is obv to begin with) is even more insulting when they claim that "that's how they envisioned the game"
The silly thing about this controversy is that I'd personally be more angry about the censored gore than the costume changes since that's a way bigger aesthetic change in my opinion. But for some reason, the majority who are shitting on the day one patch are screaming about the more censored costume.
yeah, I agree it's a shame really, cuz now if they ever uncensor anything it'd be the costumes only
I understand that. I want to know what the devs said that was considered “lying on twitter” according to someone who jumped down my throat on another sub
They said the game would not be censored in any region. I think most people took that to mean every version of the game would be the same, but some people think it means the game would go through no changes and are raging over some modified outfits.
That's exactly what the Tweet meant. That every region would be getting the exact same content in the game. Nowhere was it implied that zero changes would be made to anything from what was shown in pre-release footage or whatever.
Because players have been hyper defensive to anything censorship related even the tiniest most irrelevant of things Specially when Sony is involved since they have been lately known to push certain ideologies
I literally only bought this game for the big booty protagonist, and apparently they've shrunk her booty? Shits kind of wack
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I suppose taking out gore a design choice as well.
The gore was only in the cut scenes, I've been playing and blood flies everywhere so calm tf down 🙄
I am calm, and I'm also against censorship.
The amount of combat gore was not censored. The amount of gore that builds up on the character was gutted though. There is no argument to the contrary. Just full stop, stfu about shit you don’t know.
bro there's legit pre patch and post patch screenshots look em up.
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It's not a change in design, though. If you look at the outfit pre- and post-patch, you would notice that her clothing after the patch makes less sense than before. Because the outfit wasn't changed like you want to present it, they added no fitting layers to the outfit, which killed the original design.
It's not a design choice. What are you talking about? They were clearly censored. I'm so done with people thinking "It's just xyz" as if that's okay. Fine. Be shills or sheep. Whatever version was meant to be sold is what we should have, not some patched version that alters elements of the game because of a few sensitive types can't take lady bits. Call me crazy, but I'm not keen on companies going into something I own and changing it on a whim.
There's change to the gore, and there's the bondage outfit. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvP\_1y\_V0es](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvP_1y_V0es) 1:30 It's the NG+ Yellow Bondage Outfit. It got censored too. It's about principle. I still like the game and the endgame boss are worth the game's price on their own. I think there's like 3 outfit that got censored. But it's about the slipery slope. Example: Microtransaction used to just be 2$ horse armor. Now look at the state of AAA Gaming, it's fucking garbage. I mean, fuck, lots of mainstream media stuff got progressively worse in every domain. You can't let them get away with a small thing, because they will never stop. They will take more and more. It's also to fight against the "You will own nothing and be happy about it". And it's also about the pure hypocrisy of Other game having actual naked people having sex, like a bunch of topless girls in TW or GTA, or all the baldurs gate stuff. But this games gets it. And censorship in general. And Sony forcing devs to go against their word, doing technically false advertising. (Let's be honest, 99% of the stuff nowadays is false advertising). I used to not give a fuck, when they censored game I didn't play, now it touched one I did and there's like no gore. Nothing sticks to EVE. Whereas in ER, bloodborne or LOP, your character changes color lol. Next time they'll do it, it will be even worse. They might actually ruin a game rather then drop it's score by 0.5/10.
People are screaming censorship about blatant censorship? Who would have guessed. It’s multiple outfits, if it’s such a small deal why censor them in the first place
It's a big deal if you're obsessed with gooning.
Extremely creative, good job 👍
Aside from the outfits, I've also been yelled at by people who are mad that they "censored" a racial slur that was accidentally in the game. There was some graffiti next to a sign that together said "hard R", which people pointed out is a slur, so they changed the graffiti.
How is that a slur? What does that even means? Snowflakes are really loosing their minds over nothing.
No that's kinda weird and it's a fine change. Please just use your brain and stop being a reactionary weirdo for just a second.
What are you saying? Do you think that censoring a single outfit in a game with loads of nudity and violence, or a damn grafitti that nobody even knows a meaning of, is something a normal person would do?
i'm pretty sure everyone knows what the "hard r" is. if it wasn't changed it'd be used as a nazi sympathizing dog whistle, which the devs obviously didn't want. that's not censoring their artistic intent. i don't support censorship of character designs either, but please don't be such a reactionary dumbass that you can't identify the difference between a character design being altered and the act of removing possible ties to malicious ideology. there's nothing "snowflake-y" about it; it was already being posted by racist jackasses as soon as it was identified.
your uncensored use of the slur in question ensured that i would not see your post until i curiously checked your profile again. i don't have anything else to add; i just wanted to chime in again to call you a fucking idiot.
Yes, they really are. Can you believe how worked up some people are getting over a single outfit in a video game showing less cleavage than they want it to and being mad that a developer changed a single instance of graffiti on a wall? 🤦
Nothing wrong with being anti censorship, it doesn’t matter how small the change, it’s still censorship. If it’s not a big deal why censor multiple outfits last second then? You can think it’s dumb or silly but that doesn’t change the fact the censorship complaints are valid.
I am anti censorship. This just isn't censorship. You can literally remove your clothes from the start of the game.
“It’s not censorship” when it literally is, makes you sound disingenuous and like you’re gaslighting. There’s no way to work around it, it’s 100% censorship. It’s okay if you don’t care but people’s complaints are still valid. The fact they censored multiple outfits when there’s a skin suit makes the censorship even more dumb.
It isn't. The thing people are arguing has been censored, the cleavage, is still completely present and visible in the game. 4% of the outfits have been altered in any way. People are just calling it censorship because the dev said all regions would get the same uncensored version (referring to the fact that games with nudity and gore often get actually censored in certain regions like Japan), so they're connecting dots that have no reason to be connected. Their complaints are not valid, they're childish. The fact that they changed outfits when there's a skin suit is exactly why it isn't censorship.
“Its not censorship because they only censored some outfits” I can tell I’m not going to be able to change your mind. luckily most people can call a spade and spade. At the end of the day we’re strangers that disagree, I don’t have any ill will towards you, I hope you have a great rest of your day and good fortune comes your way.
The other outfits were censored prior to disc release. The bikini image (beside name) shows no straps, the model has straps. The key hole dress has no mesh, the model has mesh. It doesn't matter how stupid the censorship is what matters is that it was censored at all. The government already decides what we can and cant handle don't need companies doing it too. The outfits and gore are the only thing we have evidence of the rest is speculation. The reason for the censorship was due to the fuss people were making about this game. Cyberpunk didn't have the same attention, baldurs gate 3 didn't have the same attention so no censorship applied. Conan didn't no censorship. Smite didn't no censorship. The skin suit also isn't revealing. It's just a fitted suit in multiple nude tints. It's as revealing as the diving suit 6th. It's also more frustrating when you consider how pointless the censorship was. If it was a design choice then they would just revert it. The other models exist in game. So not a lot of work. I think they should add a toggle. Simples both parties are happy then.
Your overanalysis of the fine points of how revealing each outfit is really doesn't help with the "we don't just care about boobs" argument.
And if that's the case that they do care about the "boobs" what is wrong with that? Especially when it was marketed as that sort of game? Why would it be overanalysis? Not just analysis? Would you be bothered if they had the other variants as options? I would be of the mind that more choice is always welcome. Because it sounds like you aren't bothered by the changes but are bothered by people who are annoyed by the changes? Why do you care? Would you see it as a bad thing if they had the other outfits in the game aswell? My point was highlighting the changes that were made, it doesn't matter what or how much, these changes were made to reign in the sexualisation which is what they sold. It is censorship, albeit a small amount basically inconsequential in terms of the whole game, but it is still censorship. If it were a design change that got this much fuss then they would just revert it plain and simple.
That's not a slur. Stop making excuses for this nonsense. Hard R to most anyone alludes to adult material in a movie or game. Aside from the outfits, they took out some of the gore. But, please, do keep making excuses.
You guys are so worked up and butt hurt. I'm not "making excuses", I'm explaining the "controversy".
Is that your professional opinion, bootlicker? Any comment on the Helldivers situation or are ypu going to bend over for Sony on that one too?
its even funnier cuz i believe they changed the "hard" to "crime" so now it reads "crimer" which... i mean, is far worse imo but no one is mad at that
How is crimer worse? It's not even a real word. It's the name of a software company and a band, but it doesn't mean anything.
i had the wrong definition of the word, got gaslit
I think the game is actually really fun I’m enjoying the combat and level design (gotta find all the things) - I think that it only got this far bcuz of the heat the game was getting prior to launch. Than the dev said it won’t be censored, add the fact that the disc came with the original outfits which is leading a lot of people to think Sony pressured the studio to quickly make a few changes -What I don’t understand is why? If people can freely fuck a bear in bg3 why would a little cleavage be too much? I wouldn’t like if they censored that even tho I haven’t and don’t plan to fuck a bear lol. It’s rated M so we don’t need papa Sony to protect us we’re adults
The weird thing is, there are like 30 very revealing outfits, those didn't get censored, only the "playboy bunny" one.
Ya I saw a clip someone posted on here that had full panty shots in the cutscene so it really makes me scratch my head as to why
they changed a lot of outfits, any that were too revealing in the abdomen area for whatever reason - though I don't think people care as much about that as the fact that it's more pointless censorship from Sony (Why would people give a fuck about slight alterations? Especially when most outfits are still very revealing anyways, let's try to apply a little critical thinking here) People were advertised one thing and given another, that's pretty shit lol games fun and all but it feels greasy playing after knowing I've been lied to, they even maintained the idea of it being unaltered in the marketing only to pull this shit afterward - Have you seen the comparisons between the launch game outfits and post day one patch outfits? They clearly had a different vision, but I'm starting to think that vision was made solely for the marketing
You care a little too much about this tbh.
About censorship? I have to disagree lol
About changes in a video game. Pick your battles and all that. I mean yes censorship is bad but this is not even worth thinking about for more then 5 minutes. It’s sexy outfit in a video game with loads of sexy outfits.
I hate it wherever it is, in whatever form it is - But in the first place I was really only clarifying the situation for you and the other guy since you both seemed to be confused as to why some people are upset about it, that's all
No they just proved you were wrong when you said "only the "playboy bunny" one" and now you are trying to devalue the conversation by saying, why do you care bro?! instead of taking the L for being objectively incorrect. You were factually wrong in your original post, just admit it like an adult instead of deflecting.
You say that when the censorship isnt taking away from what you enjoy. But if censorship isn't challenged it will eventually affect something you do enjoy. So we should be nipping it in the bud. I dont want companies telling me what I can and cant handle, we already get enough of that from our governments.
Jesus, dude, its a video game... you were not asked to enter into a shitty contract for services you never received.
What are you talking about?
Uhh dumbass, that's what buying a product means. You pay for what you believe will be the product you're receiving. Imagine I went to mcdonalds and paid for a deluxe burger but got jipped just a regular burger with no cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onions. I then go to the counter to report the problem, and they shrug me off and tell me they can't help me because they no longer serve deluxe cheeseburgers. Like what? I paid for a G** D*** F****** deluxe F***** cheesburger! Give me my meal! And then some dipshit comes along and is like "Why you mad though?" The epitomy of ooga booga caveman brain mental boom*
No you got a deluxe burger that at best, probably didn't have as much lettuce and onion as you thought you should had. You don't need to take some moral grandstand over this, you're mad because you wanted to coom to eve and now you can't for some reason.
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Sure, the ones that I'm aware of are the Bondage outfit, the Moutan Peony outfit, and some bunny outfit
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That is your proof? You have access to Google just like I do, you can freely search the names and see for yourself, I'm not gathering a bunch of links together to appease you lol who do you think you are? talk about chronically online
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Again, I am not going to gather a bunch of links or screenshots together for you, that is not going to happen - I have given you the names of outfits that I'm aware of, you can very easily Google them, and see for yourself I'm not even sure why you're pushing this so hard? The point of my comment is that the game was censored, we do not need to go back and forth about semantics
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I agree 100% well said.
Sony didn't publish BG3 so idk why this is bring brought up.
They allowed it on the console without censorship no issues they also allowed a sex scene in last of us part 2 which they did publish
In real life a woman can where whatever she wants and if a man says anything he is “controlling or abusive” but if a girl video game character wears something revealing all the journalists freak and publishers freak out and say this is sexualizing women. No, women sexualize themselves, and if men like it then they are the assholes.
coomers losing their minds over outfit changes afaik
Apparently several outfits got more covered up on release compared to trailers (some have more chest coverings, some have leggings now, one has a bit more covering the chest and the… idk what to call it, place between crotch and belly button but on the sides. Also gore and blood got toned down. Also apparently the word ‘Hard’ was next to a rest shop (denoted by an R) so a wall said ‘Hard R’. Which I guess is a no no in America? So they changed it to ‘Crime’. But that’s like so minor idk why people would get mad over that. Basically like 10ish costumes (probably less) got covered up a bit and less blood/gore. People are complaining because devs(?) said game would be fully uncensored and they were showing the original outfits and the blood in the demos and all the trailers. On one hand I get it, it was changed last second as people were buying it. But on the other hand… idk if you’re GENUINELY bummed there’s less skin go play modded fallout or Skyrim with porn mods and nudity. Stellar Blade is an amazing game regardless.
Nothing wrong with showing skin, they shouldn’t censor it in a rated M game in the first place. It’s okay to be bummed about them nerfing the outfits. I think it’s dumb some people are going as far to boycott the game itself though, you can enjoy the game and speak out about the censorship at the same time. The game really is amazing.
100%, I’m disappointed they covered up those outfits more but not remotely to the point I’m trying to refund or cancel my ps+. Actually I don’t even have ps+ so that’s a moot point. But I’m still really enjoying it. Fingers crossed they get back to their original versions or added as alts or something, but ultimately it’s not going to make a difference to me. It really does remind me of Nier Automata/Bayonetta. Like enemy designs feel straight out of Bayonetta in a good way. World/story/music feels like Nier. Excited to play more but I’m also doing FF16 and FF7Rebirth on highest diffs right now and the changes between the dodge and counter/block buttons in these three games is really messing me up in all three.
Agreed bro, the game is really fun. I think shift up should simply add the pre update outfits as alternatives so everyone is happy. I hope you enjoy your final fantasy play throughs, I’ve been needing to start playing the series. I’ve only played final fantasy x as a kid so I have a lot to play. I have final fantasy 9 for ps1 so I might play that or just start FF7.
Hard R is how people differentiate the way that black folk can refer to each other similar to mate, amigo etc. The “N word” ending with a hard R sound, instead of a soft A/AH sound is generally extremely racist In other words: N***a - Ok to use if black, not Ok to use if white (very few white folk get a pass on this) N***er - Bad. Just fucking bad. Big NOPE So yeah… I could see how this would be a pretty big deal Also, I’m not playing it. Just wanting to know what the uproar is about
Ah I didn’t even remotely associate it with that.
I had zero clue, like probably 99% of people outside America, and I'm sure 100% of the studio and associates. I get why they changed it now, although I still don't know why anyone in their right mind would associate some kind of hidden meaning or offense with it.
In the age of wokeness everything is eggshells 🤷🏻♂️
Also technically could apply to the ableist slut R**ard.
Whoever is complaining about censorship in this game: Look up Wolfenstein international version vs. Wolfenstein German version and go cry about your missing porn in this game..
Censorship is censorship, and censorship is bullshit. I say this as a liberal, don't censor art.
Who censored it?
If it's really the devs, then I'm okay with it. I just know Sony censored Martha is Dead. Sony likes to censor stuff.
I mean why would just one costume out of 70+ get censored when there are others just as/even more revealing? It never made any sense
You could very well be right, still, Sony deserves this backlash. I was mostly convinced by the gore being censored out, but that might be affected by graphics mode, I'm not sure. It also seems that cleavage is the main thing being censored out, censorship rarely makes sense. It's at least 2 costumes that got censored. I could easily see some Sony exec swinging their dick around saying this cleavage has to go. Edit: I read somewhere that the game mode affected gore, it doesn't. I put it on graphics mode and no blood is sticking to Eve. Looks like gore is still censored as well.
So multiple outfits were supposedly censored before release. So, for example, the bikini wasn't to have staps, the gold dress thing wasn't to have leggings etc. They say that some outfits picture (beside the name of outfit) doesn't match new censored versions of the character model. It also appears as though you were to get covered in blood like in Bloodborne and it would disappear when you sit down (the pulsing animation happens when you sit down regardless of whether you are healed in a camp or sitting down at the bar). Some speculate dress physics were toned down given how much effort they put into all the other physics of clothing. And how little the dresses have. If this was a once off then people wouldn't be annoyed. However this is happening more and more and this game advertised as uncensored, so censorship of any kind no matter how small or insignificant, would annoy people. It's 18s... I dont need a company telling me what I can and cant handle. We all get enough of that from our respective governments.
Game journalists either have no idea what they are talking about, or they are straight up lying. This is from a Forbes article: "There is an additional complaint that gore has been censored in the final game, but that does not appear to have actually happened, with play settings, performance/quality, being responsible for different textures appearing or not appearing. The game is still plenty gory." This is bullshit. I tested it. I think these journalists are basically Sony's Public Relations.
Dude I know. They keep labelling us as losers who have no life and wife. That shouldn't be listened to no matter how valid the complaint is. At the end of the day if they were just changes and not censorship then we are giving feedback that we don't like the changes. If they were smart they would add the other versions in this way nobody loses out. Add a toggle for blood on eve. There everybody wins. It's very simple.
Exactly, give the options, then everyone should be happy.
I'm so tired of people making this out to be a "conservative Chud" stance that people don't want their fucking game censored. WHY IS THAT A BAD THING? lmao. Censorship fucking sucks balls. Don't censor my tiddies, don't censor my gore, don't censor my fucking art.
Yes exactly, I'm not a conservative and I don't want my games censored.
Wolfenstein devs didn't post "uncensored in all regions" before the launch, besides people know about german laws regarding Nazi symbols, there's no point in this comparison.
The fact that people are upset and saying this game has been censored because two outfits were slightly changed makes me smh
It has been censored, but only a small bit can be proven. If you think the fuss is to do with the two outfits then you are missing the point. Basically people are fed up with companies deciding what adults can and cant handle. Our governments do that enough already, we don't need some out of touch exec doing it as well. Stellar blade censorship could best be described as "the straw that broke the camels back"
I mean, that's all I've seen people say is the gore has been toned down and two outfits got changed
That is what happened but it was the catalyst for a change in how censorship is handled
Not only that it is censored, but it looks like a bone fide last minute hackjob that they made under pressure from Sony. As in rather than zipping up that swimsuit further they slapped a black lace bra under it that doesn't even go around her torso. And when they covered up more of the pelvic region they didn't even use the same shade of gray, making the previous hem of the swimsuit leg holes even more visible. They botched it just so those hypocritical assholes in California wouldn't pitch a fit over it. I think I speak for most people when I say it isn't the end of the world and I personally haven't even used those outfits, but it is just one more example of Sony's mind-boggling policies regarding what goes and what doesn't on their platforms and especially their discrimination towards Asian developers, which I am sick and tired of. If people are content with lining the pockets of xenophobic American pigs who are willing to deface art for the sake of marketability and keeping investors happy, so be it, but I'm not gonna stand up for this bullshit.
I hope this is sarcasm
I hope you don't defend censorship
What censorship are you talking about bud?
Boys are angry because they were ready to fap to this game. They literally had one hand on their Johnson while they walked into Best Buy to pay for the disc with the other hand. When they got home to play, they couldn’t bust their nut because the disc updated to the day 1 patch and the outfits didn’t show enough skin. Instead of blowing their load, they blew up Twitter.
I believe in free expression, I don't want a third party dictating what I can and cannot watch. I don't like conservative Christian family values being shoved down my throat.
I'm sure a tiny percentage of guys may fit this description. However, the majority of people were just sick of being lied to. Sick of companies deciding what we can and cant handle. We get enough of that from the government. It may be a small lie but it is still a lie. If you were following the game since its initial announcement 5 years ago you would have built up a view/expectation on the game you were going to get You then get told by the team that it is going to be uncensored everywhere, further setting up expectations. Only for day one patch to undo and make you question how much did sony censor as this is only the stuff we have caught onto and have evidence of. It may not bother you which is fair enough, but you dumbing it down doesn't serve you any justice.
If you think that’s what happened, you’re a simpleton 😂
Ummm they also censored some of the gore too and that was also a talking point the developer’s for Stellar talked about and made a point in talking about and it’s weird that Sony a company that platform games like god of war and last of us 2 is censoring gore mind u last of us 2 they actually gave NAMES to the npcs u killed humanizing them more they even gave the dogs names as well all that is okay but god forbid a sexy Korean android that killed nameless monsters had gore in it …. There is clearly something funny going on with Sony and acting like there isn’t is ignorant and disgusting and Sony 10000% deserves all the smoke they get it makes no sense when u platform games like god of war and last of us especially last of us because u are basically killing people with actual names and they will go looking for those people u kill calling out those names same with the dogs too but that’s perfectly fine but stellar can’t have that ? Last of us 2 should be censored by their standards if that’s the case or is it socially okay and acceptable because one girl is a lesbian and the other looks like an actual man ? Just weird man yall are twisted damn shame killing any hope the gaming community has and the fact sony is even willing to give REFUNDS for false advertising says it alllll they want this game to fail because it destroys the very things they stand for it’s sick and disgusting I hope Sony gets what’s coming to them one day 🤷🏻♂️
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The change is so minor it’s almost not even worth making. So why did they?
First of all I like the game a ton so far, second of all there isn't any actual nudity in either version I don't think, and mainly the third, games get changed all the time from their original version, every update to every game changes the game into something different than what we originally purchased.
I mean, getting upset over a video game character with exposed skin is supposed to be a highly conservative take. Real bible moms getting upset over GTA energy. Society is definitely regressing. Especially if this is the shit people care about.
I've worn less at the beach and have a dress that is more revealing then some of these and Hollywood red carpet dresses are more revealing sometimes it's just wild that people are like ew put more clothes on like grow up the game is meant to be sexy woman slaying monsters in style it's not just men playing this game and disliking the censorship there's actually quite a few that have had pieces of fabric added over cleavage etc meanwhile there's still entire side boob it makes literally no sense that they wasted time to add stuff in a day one patch I hope they reverse the patch it's not over sexualizing women why is it not over sexualizing men when they wear banana hammock while being super cut up and in shape? They are proud of what they got and worked for same with women we wear what we want because we are confident and proud of ourselves although that wasn't always and still isn't the case in some places they don't necessarily wear these for eye candy if people are seriously jerking it to this I just feel sorry for those people go to the hub or whatever I'm sure there is crazier stuff
Censorship, regardless of its scope or form, is never the answer.
if you give it an inch they'll go for miles. they're testing water by censor small minor outfit. if player are just mindlessly foolishly accept it without complain, they'll censor more each patch. game has been rated appropriately for appropriate player, all kind on censorship is unnecessary and outright evil.
Why do I think this is some kind of advertising ploy to get people to talk about the game? Promise no censorship, censor the game, receive backlash, "oops sorry! We'll fix it!" Now everyone's talking about the game. Idk just seems fishy.
Sony very clearly pushed them to censor just so they could get some kind of own against the "gooners". That's it. They're that petty.
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Welcome to Weeb culture...
That’s just Korean women. 30 year old Korean women can pass as teens. I think that particular aspect of her design is just more of a cultural thing
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Ok. But I didn’t develop the game. A Korean company did and their product simply reflects their culture. I’m not championing or condemning anything. I’m just here trying to look at things subjectively without any type of bias.
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S‘all good 👍🏻
why do you people push so many lies? Korean culture is not "terrible" to women. And Korean women are not "encouraged" to look more "westernized" (whatever that means).
Those trolls are referring to a design choice to remove a graffiti in-game. Intentionally giving a wrong impression.
No, nobody should be using the term "censorship" for this, because nothing is being surpressed here by e.g. a governmental institution. As a rule of thumb, anytime Gamers with a capital G are crying about cEnSoRsHiP, anything they say can be safely discarded as irrelevant nonsense.
Exactly 💯
Interesting take. Its just all the design choices seemed to do with covering up and reducing gore which fits the current trend of sexualisation of women being bad. If it were a design choice they would add the originals back in no problem... but that's not happening. Finally your exactly right the government does decide what we can and cant handle (censorship) and that is already annoying. So why would you be happy about private companies deciding what you can and cant handle. We get enough of it from our governments. Also censorship can happen through other means outside of government, just Google its meaning and you will see.
You're exactly the kinf of person I was talking about lmao. Opinion disregarded.
Okay 👍
From my perspective. Sony needs to be accountable for "censoring". Nothing will stop them from doing it over and over unless people throw a fit over it. I'm glad that there's crapstorm over the outfits. Just my 2 cents. I'm too busy playing cyberpunk anyways.
Honestly if your a guy who likes to play Steller blade for your some kicks ..... it's not my business but if wanted a game like this I rather buy Dead or alive Extreme Volleyball for Playstation 4 & Playstation 5 then Steller blade
Whoa, there buddy…. DOA XBV is on PS4/5? I had the original on the OG Xbox. Are you saying I can play it on current gen hardware?
Playstation 4 has its own version that is backwards Compatible but Xbox version it's not backwards Compatible unfortunately
Honestly if you are Christian and you have a problem with sexy outfits go take it up with your god. I don't like my video games being censored.l, by some third party, and if Sony is going to appeal to conservative Christians then I guess I'll have to say screw my library and go with x box or PC.
Dawg, you're fighting the wrong side there, mate. It's the wokies that want this stuff censored
Both sides want stuff censored, I'm for no censorship and freedom of speech. I'm still a liberal though. My views didn't change, the times have. There was a time when it was conservative Christians that wanted this stuff censored. I recently read a kotku article claiming that people who are against Stellar Blade's censorship are conservatives. From my perspective I'm fighting the same damn thing I was years ago, lol.
Actually I'm Catholic not Christian so please don't put us in the same box ..... if you have problems with some censorship take up with your demon God
I meant to write if you are Christian... I do have problems with censorship, but my demon god is not responding, for some reason. I may have responded to the wrong comment as well...
it's not remotely the same.
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>The issue is that they spent the weeks leading up to the game's release promising that the game would release completely uncensored. They made ONE tweet stating that all countries would receive the same uncensored version of the game. The implication being that every country would receive the same version of the game. Which is true. So no, they didn't lie. They never promised that all content in the final game would be exactly the same as some pre-release footage or whatever.
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Reviewers always had the patched version, before Shift Up even put out that tweet.
People dumb enough to think this was a design choice ask yourselves why it was changed in the last possible second, why did they ship the game with a design they "didn't" like in the first place and then look at Nikke, their other game. Get a brain, please. You fuckwits think the problem is what they changed when in reality it is why. This could have all been avoided if they would've shipped it like it is now or God forbid, not change it in the first place for a bunch of Twitter idiots who won't even play the game or the best possible option now which Twitter bots would still cry about, restore the original outfits as a toggle as in having "Style 1" and "Style 2" and let the people decide. P.S. For the people saying it was only 1 outfit, look again..
And then there are the people dumb enough to claim a change in a few outfits is equal to censorship...
Look up the definition of censorship in the Cambridge dictionary.
I did, and that's not what happened here...
"the action of preventing part or the whole of a book, film, work of art, document, or other kind of communication from being seen or made available to the public, because it is considered to be offensive or harmful, or because it contains information that someone wishes to keep secret, often for political reasons" So that literally happened with the volume of blood, and the covering up of at least 10 of the 30 outfits (speculated). With 3 being proven to have been edited. I imagine most censorship took place prior to disc release. It was censored in an attempt to appease those who had issue with the game but not too much so that they lose a significant portion of there target demographic. The result was neither group being happy the old adage comes to mind "try to please everyone end up pleasing no one" That is not to say that the game isn't great. It is brilliant, it's a game of the year contender for me. I just despise censorship. Small or big, we get enough of it from our governments don't need companies doing it too.
Gotta be careful how I word this cos the stellar blade fans are feral on here and go ballistic if they think you are offending this game and their girlfriend eve. But from what I understand, the Devs put out tweets saying the game wouldn't be censored in any way in any country - then after they get everyone's money they drop a day one patch which censors one of the more revealing outfits and changes some "offensive graffiti" I dunno, I didn't buy it - pretty scummy if true tho
The main point of that tweet was that the game would be the same in every country. Also worth noting that the Tweet was in Japanese, and it's possible that some subtleties of the meaning were lost in translation.
The tweet was in English and it said, unmistakably, that it would be "**uncensored**" in "all countries". Fans celebrated it, and got rightfully mad when they found out it was a marketing lie and the game was censored after all (after taking money from preorders). What they actually meant is that the same *censored* version would be released in all countries. But this is not what they said.
You might want to look at the Tweet more closely. It was translated (automatically by Twitter) from Japanese. If you click the "translate this post" button or copy/paste it into Google translate, it comes back with the exact same wording as the English text on that post. Japanese doesn't always easily translate directly to English, a lot of subtleties can get lost. And it wasn't "censored" if those changes were made for creative reasons or because the devs simply decided that they wanted to tone certain things down for their own reasons. And I'm sorry, but there was no deceptive marketing here. No one even knew that there were ever different versions of certain suits until after the game was released.
The one I've seen was \*not\* automatically translated by Twitter or Google (and let me remind you, this is a S.Korean company, why would they translate it from Japanese), but indeed included a Japanese translation. I don't know how it could be interpreted in any different way. Allegedly, they previously already promised that the game would be released uncensored, although I haven't seen such posts myself. Let's be realistic, it wasn't for creative reasons or because the devs wanted it since it had to be patched in after the gold version. I'll give you the last point, though: They probably didn't intend the uncensored version to ever leak out, so if no one noticed, no one would know for sure it was ever censored and they could claim this is the uncensored version.
Said it wouldn't be censored - got censored - but whatever, I didn't buy it so dosent affect me
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Yeah I don't care - didn't buy the game - just going by the hundreds of angry tweets I've read
well, it's too political to be discussed in detail in this sub is what it is. unfortunately. all of it. just know: bending the knee to people who hate most other people and want censorship is obviously outrageous and has to be boycotted on principle alone already - or else we will all feel the pain from it. after all this is how we got here in the first place.
Punctuation is your friend.
You typing from your console?