Work Harder was changed in Definitive

[Rаndo]

It's over LISA bros, Olathe has fallen...

[MrWhitefolks]

It's actively terrible and not in a 'i dun like change' type of way - it sounds ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible and feels like an accident that it's even in here. Like, how you gonna ruin an audio track to the point where it sounds like random chirping and dog barks while the hook is super tinny and over mixed (feels like someone's 'awful on purpose' meme remix you'd see on youtube)?

This is a legit travesty and the developers should feel bad about this.

[Zalugar]

I care less about them replacing Work Harder for legal reasons (Shenmue) than I do them replacing with something just not good. It hits even harder when you walk into an area expecting the goodness.

[Toblo1]

Originally posted by Zalugar:

I care less about them replacing Work Harder for legal reasons (Shenmue) than I do them replacing with something just not good. It hits even harder when you walk into an area expecting the goodness.

Back To Olathe clearly shows that Dingaling/W2D still has the musical chops, so why does the new version of Work Harder just not work?

Was the SFX/Sampling *that* important to the entire composition that taking it out just makes the whole thing fall apart?

[Zalugar]

The thing is, it's just grunts. You can grunt in front of a mic for a few hours and pic the best meme one and redo it with that.

[MrWhitefolks]

The sample is still there, so I highly doubt this is related to 'legal reasons' - even more so considering the original game had it and it was never modified / patched out at all.

However, it being the only one (so far that I've run into) that was heavily edited and sounded THAT bad compared to the rest of the music makes me wonder if it's an accident (ala RE Directors Cut).

If not, then it's an unwarranted change that not only ruins an iconic song from the franchise, but also ruins the absurdity of the room you first hear it in (not only the music itself, but the over-mixing of the sound effects from the npc characters in that area).

[Rana]

I also heard the game is censored. If that is true, then I refuse to even play this game. Why even call it the "definitive edition" if you're only going to mess with history and don't even respect your own work that everyone loved so much? I understand some jokes were too dark, but that's the whole point of the game.

[Zalugar]

I believe it's only censored on Nintendo and moreso on Playstation because W2D doesn't have enough clout to ignore their rules like triple A games do.

Like one of the things they said was censored was Junior's scene (Rick's black kid in the flashback) but I couldn't see any differences with it on PC.

[Rаndo]

Originally posted by Rana:

I also heard the game is censored. If that is true, then I refuse to even play this game. Why even call it the "definitive edition" if you're only going to mess with history and don't even respect your own work that everyone loved so much? I understand some jokes were too dark, but that's the whole point of the game.

Afaik they changed the lip color of Rick's kid in that flashback and the monkey noise that plays during Salvation Range Black's intro, that being said I heard the Snoystation version was changed a lot more (4kids tier changes lmao).

https://serenityforge.com/games/lisa-definitive-edition/content-changes

Considering Work Harder isn't even mentioned, I wonder what other stealth changes they made as well.

[NoName]

GRRRR I HATE COPYRIGHT LAW

[LNX BDSKZ]

That's a real shame, but I understand why it happened and it's the only real loss in the new versions (Aside for Sony users).
Plus the old version is still available, people can still play the OG version of Painful with the true Work Harder included.