Valve must allow ChäoS;HEAd Noah

[ValentB]

Valve allows lots of trash, russian bear vodka s**t, furry degenerate s**t, sex with hitler, acquitted, lock her up alt-right junk but not the classic cult game from a trusted known publisher?
https://www.spike-chunsoft.com/news/regarding-the-steam-version-of-chaoshead-noah/

Release Chaos;HeaD Noah here.

Update from 7 October:
We have won!!!
https://www.spike-chunsoft.com/news/update-steam-version-of-chaoshead-noah/

[Domainus]

+1 on wanting to see Chaos;Head Noah on steam and less stringent guidelines for visual novels

[Ryulightorb]

Valve are idiots the sequel with the same type of content is ok but the game with the same type of content as the sequel even a little less gory is "not ok" what?

[Ryulightorb]

Origineel geplaatst door Leonardo Da Pinchi:

Origineel geplaatst door Nexsysis:

The game was rejected, and they felt if they censored that it would harm the entire game.
If you have to censor something that is integral to the game it is effectively banning it.

So suddenly Steam's the bad guy, for?

not having good guidelines for one.

Nothing in Chaos;Head Noah is different from Chaos;Child content wise only story wise same sort of issues and gore etc.

If their guidelines say that Noah needs to be censored to be released then......Chaos;Child shouldn't be on the store being sold right now.

I'd accept it if neither were ever allowed on more than the sequel being allowed but the original isn't despite sharing the same type of content.

If the content isn't ok and needs to be censored atleast BE CONSISTENT and don't allow ♥♥♥♥ with the same sorta content because that's confusing.


Still don't like it but atleast then they would be consistent.

[Ryulightorb]

Origineel geplaatst door Nexsysis:

Origineel geplaatst door Leonardo Da Pinchi:

Again, a third time I'll say this. The game wasn't banned. The Dev CHOSE not to publish on Steam.

The game was rejected, and they felt if they censored that it would harm the entire game.
If you have to censor something that is integral to the game it is effectively banning it.

lets not forget the steam and switch version were ALREADY Censored.

Double censoring it would be overkill

[チェシャー]

Origineel geplaatst door Ryulightorb:

Origineel geplaatst door Leonardo Da Pinchi:

So suddenly Steam's the bad guy, for?

not having good guidelines for one.

Nothing in Chaos;Head Noah is different from Chaos;Child content wise only story wise same sort of issues and gore etc.

If their guidelines say that Noah needs to be censored to be released then......Chaos;Child shouldn't be on the store being sold right now.

I'd accept it if neither were ever allowed on more than the sequel being allowed but the original isn't despite sharing the same type of content.

If the content isn't ok and needs to be censored atleast BE CONSISTENT and don't allow ♥♥♥♥ with the same sorta content because that's confusing.


Still don't like it but atleast then they would be consistent.

If they did they'd have to get rid of AAA titles too and all of a sudden they'd "let the customers decide for themselves".

[Dillon]

>Furry incest porn game is allowed on here
>BUT NOOOOO NOT THE HECKIN ANIME GIRLS!!!
lol lmao even, glad I have a switch

[chaoticenigma]

The game is being released on Switch and would have to be ESRB rated for that. Consoles don't even allow AO games to release.

Considering the fact that this is M rated since it's the same as the Switch version, there is nothing that would be legally questionable.

Due to this, this is one of those times where I have to actually say WTF Valve. I don't think anything that was legally sus would pass ESRB or would be AO if it did. I thought an ESRB rating would be a safeguard against the seemingly random VN review process.

I'm way behind in my VN backlog so it's not like I'd be getting to this anytime soon, but the game has nothing that should fall under the Steam guidelines if it's not even rated AO.

[Ogami]

Origineel geplaatst door chaoticenigma:

The game is being released on Switch and would have to be ESRB rated for that. Consoles don't even allow AO games to release.

Considering the fact that this is M rated since it's the same as the Switch version, there is nothing that would be legally questionable.

Due to this, this is one of those times where I have to actually say WTF Valve. I don't think anything that was legally sus would pass ESRB or would be AO if it did. I thought an ESRB rating would be a safeguard against the seemingly random VN review process.

I'm way behind in my VN backlog so it's not like I'd be getting to this anytime soon, but the game has nothing that should fall under the Steam guidelines if it's not even rated AO.

Reminds me when Australia rated "Atelier Totori" a super harmless JRPG as 18+ and refused its publication because of "strong sexual violence".
Which was one of the characters making a (pretty harmless) dirty innuendo about another character as a joke in one cutscene.

It definitely depends WHO is doing the rating/application and what personal values they seem to hold.

[Noratetsu]

+1

[raziel2]

+1

[Showstopper]

Imagine banning a game that has been on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and coming to Nintendo Switch. Lol, lmao even.

[reso1ve]

If you feel like their ban/"guidelines" is wack please consider signing this petition.
https://www.change.org/p/project-save-chaos-head-campaigning-to-reverse-valve-s-ban-of-chaos-head-noah

[yAhO]

lol

[チェシャー]

Also many smaller creators face this too but have no chance of fighting back.

Steam was so extreme at one point they tried to remove already approved games after YEARS of release: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/updated-huniepop-and-other-adult-games-facing-removal-from-steam-store

This needs to be pushed back or we risk publishers turning to console and just abandoning the PC community. Again. After all why bother if years of development can amount to nothing!

[fluxtorrent]

yes, because an article from 4 years ago about a bunch of games that never got removed is definitely relevant and topical.

The sky isn't falling chicken little