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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 0.3 hrs on record
Posted: Jul 28, 2020 @ 2:40pm
Updated: Jul 28, 2020 @ 3:49pm

This is a censored product.

During the mission 'Earth Girls Are Easy', the line "So vocal, so responsive... this is gonna be good." when Miss Rockwell is being abducted is completely cut out. I don't know if this is the only example. EDIT: My post in the discussion section about this topic has been deleted. Not locked, just wiped from existence.

In the video below (edit, some people have time stamp issues, so start at 30:07) you can see the original scene.

https://youtu.be/dvv6SuTm_L4?t=1821

And in the following video, you'll see the 2020 version of the same scene (start at 29:32) .

https://youtu.be/6r2AWdR7Mvk?t=1775

Interestingly, they saw fit to add a disclaimer to the start of this game, warning people it may contain content that would upset twitter users. I find it strange to act as if you're simply remastering the game, not cutting anything some may find offensive, then do it anyway.

I'm not interested in supporting censored products, I'm posting this to inform anyone that feels the same way. You can explain how little you care, or how it's not censorship since you agree with it, in the comments if you'd like.
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Wicker Aug 15, 2024 @ 8:27am 
If you have an issue with how people spoke about it in this thread or arguments that were made, actually point out specific examples and make arguments, instead of vaguely complaining about it.

We can ignore the question of why someone who never plays or buys non-retro games and hates the very idea of a remaster is on the steam store looking at reviews for a remaster.
Wicker Aug 15, 2024 @ 8:27am 
You write a lot without saying anything. All you've done so far is whine, about others whining. You haven't once even tried to explain why anything anyone in this thread has said is incorrect. 'It's not that hard to get where you're coming from', that being from the perspective of someone who thinks he can read minds. I don't care about the medium of gaming, based on what? What am I supposed to do with any of this? Make an actual argument

Anyone who thinks censorship is is overblown is one of 'them'. A liar making bad arguments at worst, an honest and useful idiot for censors at best. There is no other valid position on this other than 'it's always wrong.' If you agree, great, there is no real disagreement and we can move on. If you don't, don't whine at me about how I'm not being nuanced, as if you're entitled to have me treat a deranged opinion as if it has merit. There are plenty of nuanced issues, whether it's okay for crazed nutcases to police what is in media is not one of them
Aerooooooo Aug 15, 2024 @ 7:14am 
You'd do well to not assume so much about other people just because you lack perspective, and that ultimately is my point. You assumed that I was one of "THEM" even though I called out the overblown hysteria you're literally complaining about having led to the removal of the line in question. Sounds to me like a skill issue, especially when you deliberately play dumb. Gibberish? Not at all. Ain't that hard to understand where I'm coming from: you don't really care about the medium, you just use it to soapbox.

Also, maybe enabling the further decline of creativity in gaming by buying yet another needless remaster in the first place isn't the flex you think it is. Maybe instead of getting all bothered by the "wokeness," you could spend some time wondering why you thought it was worth buying in the first place.
Aerooooooo Aug 15, 2024 @ 7:12am 
See, this is what I'm talking about.

>I posted, "I don't think the scene is particularly rapey at all; if anything, it's rooted in something else entirely, and I think the whole controversy is overblown hysteria."
>You looked at this and assumed I was just some random brainless consoomer because, lacking nuance and being overly dogmatic, you believe anything that isn't one hundred percent "dude, you're so right, bro" means you have to Other 'em as the enemy.

I'm retro only at this point. I have enough games to last me a lifetime, on Steam and other platforms. I don't bother with today's games, period. They do nothing for me. I haven't given two fucks about gaming in over a decade. Why would I? It hasn't been worth a shit since the seventh gen ruined everything with shit like horse armor and online passes. That is what saps the fun out of it for me. AAA, indie, all of it bores the shit out of me.
Wicker Aug 15, 2024 @ 6:54am 
That was just gibberish. Pointing out ideologically motivated censorship is the equivalent of badly written self insert characters. Huh?

Why should anyone care if you want to be a mindless consumer who happily hands money to people who want to control what he sees. Go ahead, we can't stop you. I think what saps the fun out of this for you is when people point out that's what you're doing, honestly.
Aerooooooo Aug 15, 2024 @ 5:58am 
Call me country bumpkin, but I don't even see what's so "rapey" about the line. If anything, it's just the alien character talking about how he likes it when his victims make a lot of noise, a common trope in fiction and even in real life, as certain serial killers would attest. I don't even get anything remotely sexual, period, from the scene in question.

What I do, get, though, is that this comment section is yet another indictment of how y'all have sucked the fun out of this hobby. Seriously, I don't think a lot of you even enjoy games - you just parasitically leech onto shit just to whine about your hangups. Y'all have done to gaming what YA authors did to literature: "muh woke/muh incel" is just the gaming version of writing your self-insert owning the Stacy cheerleader you were jealous of and scoring the Chad you crushed on.

I'd say go outside, but we've got enough losers on our streets without you adding to their numbers.
Malkraz May 31, 2022 @ 11:30pm 
Thank you for this review.
Deathstroke Aug 14, 2021 @ 10:18pm 
Interesting that they felt the need to remove a line of dialogue because they felt it was "terrible" and yet they left in a weapon that's basically an act of sexual assault.
Orksy Feb 25, 2021 @ 8:03pm 
Well, this comment section has done more than enough to convince me to not buy the game.
Wicker Aug 5, 2020 @ 2:47am 
Claim? You're randomly trying to explain the motivations behind censorship. I understand why it's done, the reasons are meaningless. I can explain to you why someone might murder an innocent, any reason you can come up with doesn't change whether it's moral or not.

Go ahead and quote me insulting anyone personally. Of the two of us, you're the only one to give a personal insult. Hypocrite.

It's interesting that the one claiming I'm close minded doesn't want to engage with opposing ideas anymore. I'm not open minded to people trying to argue it's down to opinion whether or not murder is okay, I'll admit that. Some people simply hold untenable positions.