Microsoft announced the Xbox One this week, and the reaction from hardcore gamers is that the sun is about to fall from the sky.
“Oh my God, where are the games? Can you believe they spent so much time talking about television? Who cares about sports? Shut up about Game of Thrones! Aren’t there any games besides Madden and Call of Duty? Microsoft is dead to me!”
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered players are ticked off by the game’s most recent patch, which censors in-game pin-up posters of Lara Croft.
This is why gaming is screwed. When people change things to fit someone’s agenda, it’s a slippery slope downhill.
Even if that agenda is of the developer? Way to remove developer rights.
***One player called it a “huge problem with modern games,” saying they can now be “ruined AFTER people buy them”.***
The level of drama. Yes, I recall sitting there for more hours than I did anything else in the game. These two pinups are the core of the game, after all!
rlow1's cringe catastrophizing aside, I do think developers *ought* to strive to maintain an original work to the best of their ability. The language of a "remaster" tacitly implies that - for good or ill - what's being resold is what fans remember but better.
Games can be ruined after purchasing them yeah we know this not from this but from GTA IV which had half it's radio content patched out due to licensing expirations and to me that was a huge deal.
This pin up poster is a bit of nonsense but the whole argument of modern games can be ruined post launch is Absol true.
It's not their work to censor. They are incharge of restoration & remastering the work, not overwriting it.
It's not the agenda of the developer though, they're pandering and trying to increase their ESG score.
Way to support censorship...
It’s not the end of the world for sure, but I understand the hate towards this kind of change. I believe it’s also a matter of principle.
Imagine a Picasso painting being restored & the restorer deciding there aren’t enough strokes, or some lines aren’t straight enough or curved enough…not sure it would/should sit well with people.
Have all original devs signed off on this change? Even if it’s the case, are we saying older gamers are better mentally equipped to process what was there than current gamers, hence the change?
Enough time ago the case was made that games are an art form. We’re supposed to have won that case.
So which is it? Are games art or not?
Hasn't this been happened for over a decade since remasters? I can't see that it's any worse now. Maybe if Sweet Baby starts getting their hands on remasters we will definitely have a problem.
tbh I dont see something like this as censorship. Does anyone else not find it strange for someone to stick pin ups of themsleves in a locker room?
Now of it was a pin up of some half naked firefighters it might make sense as Lara might like that, and if they removed that I would cry censorship. But removing pin ups of the main character, yeah I get it.
It's a game, and they were placed there for the audience. It's not real life. If it was, she wouldn't have fought a T-Rex now would she?
Yes, it's censorship but it's a bit less in your face. If they were in the original game, then they should have been in the remasters. It's bad enough that they have that ridiculous unnecessary warning at the start, but then they start removing things post launch. I don't care how small the change, they shouldn't be doing it. It's nothing but ESG pandering but in a subtle way.
Look bro, if you have pictures of yourself naked on a bear skin rug up in your house let me tell you, its not normal.
By the year 2030, this remaster collection will totally be changed and censored. Probably will remove Lara as a playable character. It's ridiculous. Glad that my family didn't buy this.
I still have Tomb Raider 2 PS1 as a memory.
It’s mentioned in the article, and it’s a point i 100% agree with, it’s the fact that they can censor a game after you buy it. That’s total bullshit.
Whilst it's an overreaction to say this has "ruined" the game, it's still problematic that this has happened post launch and for many, post-purchase.
I don't want someone to change a product for the worse after I've bought it. The same goes for implementing micro transactions after reviews.
I wonder why they did this? Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.
Gary Green said: In a time where an enhanced, 3D remake of Final Fantasy III already exists, it’s hard to argue that Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster is the definitive version we were expecting. With Final Fantasy III already being the last in the series to be translated and make its way west, this is something of a slap in the face for the fans. Still, let’s not be disheartened. There may be many shortfalls in this edition of Final Fantasy III, however there’s no denying that this classic JRPG still holds some nostalgic value, even if it struggles to break away from its original hardware limitations.
It’s funny I’m seeing these articles about pixel remaster, and I just platinumed 1-4 within 8 days lol. I’ve been on FF5 for about a week now. Let’s just say 5 was the start of FF having content like crazy. I should have the plat within 2-3 days.
"Digital Extremes are today very happy and proud to announce that Warframe’s next highlightly anticipated Prime form launches soon with Protea Prime Access arriving on all platforms on May 1st, 2024." - Digital Extremes.
It's impossible to talk about games at the reveal of a gaming console, apparently.
I've noticed that Wired's coverage of this has been very slanted in favor of MS.
Jack of all trades master of none.
Gamers wanted games at Sonys unveiling and they got them.
Gamers wanted games at Microsofts unveiling and now they say thats impossible?
@Count
Sony showed a lot more than that.
1. Knack
2. Infamous
3. Killzone Shadow Fall
4. Deep Down
5. Drive Club
6. The Witness
7. Square Enixs announcement of a PS4 title (wasnt shown at the conference but was confirmed for E3)
8. WatchDogs
9. Diablo 3
10. Destiny
Thats way more than Microsofts at least.
Edit: Yeah XBOX fans and if you dont believe me you can watch Sonys conference again.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Sony pushed the boundaries of play while Microsoft pushed the boundaries of digital television.
@Count
"It was just Killzone and Infamous. That was what was substance. The rest was either multiplatform or trash. "
Whats the matter did the XBONER conference cause you to go cry in a corner?
Games are games no matter if they are exclusives or multiplatform titles. And if theres one thing that Sony did that Microsoft didnt is show a ton of games. Because true gamers dont buy consoles to watch movies or chat with their friends on skype, they buy them to play games.
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@cl1983
Sony showed the games last February and they will show even more games during E3. Sony made that business decision because they were ready and they knew that gamers were craving for new consoles so they decided to announce their console 3 months before Microsoft. If Microsoft was ready they would have had a conference a while back and shown off a lot more games at it.
But like i said many times before Sony and Microsoft are catering to different Markets which is why Sony is marketing their console as a gaming machine while Microsoft is marketing theres as an ultimate digital television box.
Is not that hard to release interesting games
So wanting the next step in console gaming to actually focus on what brought it this far in the first place gaming is impossible. Kind of like wanting a Car show to focus on the Car's or wanting a stripper to focus on looking sexy or something ( i dont go to strip clubs or do those kinds of things) or wanting the pilot of the plane your riding to focus on getting you and your fellow passengers to their destination safely. Well then I guess humans do the impossible everyday well except for Microsoft.