I’m a fan of this. It’s better to offer content with context and education than to fully censor it.
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection did this as well.
What did they have to provide context for in the Master Collection?
i think misogyny and incest
100% this is the way things should be handled. If we get rid of or hide mistakes of the past, they will simply be repeated as people forget.
A note about historical context is an easy, and small solution to acknowledge the change in society without altering the original content.
Honestly I’m glad we’ve moved from “Censor out anything that might be slightly objectionable” (Like they did with Sam & Max for example, and I believe the GTA Trilogy got hit with a bit of this), to “Look the game is old and from a different time, what society deems acceptable is always changing, deal with it or move on.”
I’m so beyond tired of being told I can’t have a steak because a baby can’t chew it. I actually bought this three pack solely because it didn’t censor Tomb Raider, a game I was very sure they were going to censor
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What stereotypes were in the games?
The stereotype that old British men are all butlers who get off on being locked in the freezer.
That’s not a stereotype.
Of course it isn’t. I am clearly making a joke. lol holy crap this is happening every single day on lemmy now whats happening to this place?
Sarcasm is damn near impossible to pick up over text unless it’s extremely obvious.
If it’s extremely subtle sarcasm yes. I agree. There was nothing subtle about my post though
I agree, but I’ve done the same thing before and people have totally taken it seriously.
That doesn’t mean it’s extremely hard to pick up on obvious sarcasm. It just means some people are morons lol.
people with an extreme moral superiority complex emboldened by the anonymity of the internet.
In what world is that a question for a reasonable person?
A media company remade and re-released a piece of media and acknowledged that there may be problematic content, but that we should consider the time the media was made.
You don’t need to know what the problematic content is, just accept their statement on it.
Then they don’t need me to buy their shit lol.
This is fine, no issues really, but if you’re offended by something in a video game fictional story that was made over 20 years ago you should go touch grass.
Even if I agree some games have gone too far on censorship, I don’t like having this totalitarian attitude to any kind of “offense”.
There are certain weird themes I really like in niche games, but I acknowledge if they were “thrown in” to a game about shooting or adventure, would sour the experience for a lot of common players. I’d point to perverted character designs as a common one - sexualized character designs are obviously appealing to some players, but to others they can actually make it hard to get absorbed in the story of a game like Xenoblade Chronicles 2 or Nier Automata. Even for a series like Persona, there have been players that decided “What weeb shit” and abandon the game because of the way female characters get harassed at times.
It’s easy to call it “political”, but politics comes from personal opinions - and it can genuinely affect how people view the media. These days I have a much more vehement reaction to stereotyped Native-American depictions (“Indians”) over when I was a kid. I doubt it’d make me hate Tomb Raider, but I can see why they’d have a warning.
They did the same thing with the Destroy All Humans! remakes. Which was probably needed, because the Japanese level in 2 is really iffy
eh. i get the ‘need’ for these companies to have the disclaimers and i honestly appreciate that they are not changing anything here. but the mob is fickle and seemingly can’t distinguish real life from the online life where being offended somehow gives them clout.
Do you see any merit to the pushback against such media?
You sound like you favor rationalism, and I agree with dismissing people who are crazy, but setting crazy people aside, do you see potential harm in promoting negative racial and ethnic stereotypes?
Stereotypes exist for a reason. They aren’t made up, non-existent characteristics. 90% of people that are getting offended by such things are not even part of the group that’s being stereotyped. It’s usually white liberals that are “offended” by any of this. Are they beneficial? probably not, but they sure are not nearly as harmful as people like you make them out to be. As a straight white man, I’m vilified by the mob regardless of my positions on anything, and that in itself is a stereotype. So I don’t put any stock into hypocritical perceived slights against humanity.
As a straight white man, I’m vilified by the mob regardless of my positions on anything, and that in itself is a stereotype
Lmao you dingus
Got it, so you have a major victim complex and don’t really have a rational argument for the rest. Thank you for at least being clear
Thank you for proving my point.
Went silent real fast eh?
sorry my life doesn’t revolve around your internet drama. got real shit to deal with. like work. and life. idgaf what you think about me of what point you think you’re making. have fun with what little “power” you think you have here. i couldn’t care less about this.
Who the hell doesn’t?
You’re the one out online here spewing your opinion that what other people care about isn’t important.
Once again you reveal yourself a hypocrite
Stereotypes exist for a reason. They aren’t made up, non-existent characteristics.
As a straight white man, I’m vilified by the mob regardless of my positions on anything, and that in itself is a stereotype.
You rationalized deserving vilification, and whinged about what a victim you are. You can’t think this conversation is in your favor.
