Alleged dev comment on current controversy

[ル巳号の十|√冂巳]

⚠️Disclaimer⚠️:
The below quote originates from a tweet featuring a Discord screenshot, and the possibility exists that it’s been faked to make the devs look bad.

Keep this in mind when judging for yourself!

“[REDACTED] 06/30/2023 3:50 PM:
like, there's a dirty sock in the corner that's just been there for years, and we only just had time to get it out of the way now
2011 was such a different time, too”

Source: https://skullheart.com/threads/the-lets-over-analyse-social-media-updates-thread.11600/page-14
Post #545

[Kernist]

Nice. I somehow believe it is real, just a feeling.

[Ness_and_Sonic]

I'm not buying that as the whole story. The game got a T rating by the ESRB. If it was a problem, the ESRB would have rated it AO or denied it a rating, thus preventing the game from being released on Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft's consoles. If they felt like it was a mistake, they should implement a series of toggles in the options menu to toggle this stuff on and off like various other games have done over the years.

[468528456]

What's to know, they used sex to sell a game and now want to distance themselves from it. Not like they didn't censor the game a long time ago while also promising they wouldn't do it again.

https://skullheart.com/threads/skullgirls-pc-beta-updates-discussion.407/page-190#post-268947

Yep, those "Standards have evolved" again. Now watch this comment get shadowbanned like the last one. "Automated Steam review system" lol.

[Nidstang]

Its funny that the same people that are pro-censoring this game, were all hyped up that you could have bear sex and custom genitals in the new Baldur's Gate game. The hypocrisy when it comes to "their type" of sexualization is hysterical.

[E-Wan]

This just makes me sad inside...

They've done a good job caring for the game and keeping it alive. The new characters are fun and the art is as good as ever, but to think that the devs hated the game I fell in love with, are embarassed by the edgy, unrestrained, horny content I enjoyed so much and look down on the fans who were drawn in by those elements just hurts, man...
That stuff never hurt nobody and we didn't ever mean any harm to it.
I really hope this is fake, or that the devs really genuinely just specifically regret Filia's age and the nazi-esque imagery (and not the edgy tone and fanservice as a whole), else I don't know if I'd ever get that taste out of my mouth.

It's like learning that the owner of the local board game shop thinks Tabletop players are no-life losers, or that the singer of your favourite black metal band became a born-again christian or that the one teacher who is nice to you actually thinks you're an annoying idiot. It reveals such an uncharitable, mean-spirited, patronizing mentality towards the work they took on and the fans who have stuck with them through thick or thin.
I don't feel angry or full of rage. The devs can do what they like and I hope the game continues strong for another 10 years, it certainly deserves it on sheer legacy and quality alone. But if the devs think their fans are just a bunch of nasty old coomers (even if we sometimes are), who need to be swept aside for the Heckin' Wholesome Doggo Steven Universe set, idk if I can play the game with the same sincere, unclouded affection I did before...

[gamecube]

You have to be a really awful person to liken artwork, especially the ones that were PAID to be put in the game, being removed to dirty laundry being cleaned up. Complete disrespect and ungratefulness towards artists, and the kind I'm seriously getting fed up with.

[mariosonicman1]

who hates working on a game with a team for over 10 years? its blasphamis that they would stick around plotting to censor the game when they could of just taken their talents to another studio.

What this just tells me is that anyone who bought the game before censorship only liked the game because it was like a dirty sock. and should feel ashamed because they bought a game the developers hated.

[Pyro3000]

Originally posted by mariosonicman1:

who hates working on a game with a team for over 10 years? its blasphamis that they would stick around plotting to censor the game when they could of just taken their talents to another studio.

What this just tells me is that anyone who bought the game before censorship only liked the game because it was like a dirty sock. and should feel ashamed because they bought a game the developers hated.

Most of the original devs actually did get new jobs and move up in the industry. The 5 people left over from the original crew of 495 were mostly in supervisor roles and didn't want to change companies because they thought Indivisible would be a big hit and they'd be in leadership roles in a big name company. They could have left at any time. But insisted on working for someone they apparently hated and felt uncomfortable with because they wanted to gamble for money.

Originally posted by Ness_and_Sonic:

I'm not buying that as the whole story. The game got a T rating by the ESRB. If it was a problem, the ESRB would have rated it AO or denied it a rating, thus preventing the game from being released on Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft's consoles. If they felt like it was a mistake, they should implement a series of toggles in the options menu to toggle this stuff on and off like various other games have done over the years.

And since Steam doesn't require an ESRB rating, they could just leave it alone to begin with. Just look at Dead or Alive Xtreme Scarlet. The Switch and PS5 version both have different graphics, and the PS5 version is censored, but the Switch version still gets to be left alone.