GP writer Jared discusses the four strangest acts of video game censorship over the past 30 years or so.
The Fallout Anthology Edition is coming to PC very soon, and is packaged with some very S.P.E.C.I.A.L. bonuses.
It’s an awful downgrade to the last one they did
They included physical disc back then
I would love the classic fallout games on console. Closest I could find was atom rpg, I liked that one a lot
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The most disappointing and infamous video game endings even sour the overall thoughts of a game. Most of these titles represent some of the finest entries in their respective series, marred by an ending we can't quite forgive.
There is no game called Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2, but Rebirth had a great ending imo. Felt robbed by the ending at first, but the more I've seen it and during my 3rd playthrough, I started to understand and realize a lot more that make me appreciate the ending.
I was enjoying FFVII Remake, even though those whispers throughout the game were annoying. But the ending was so bad that I don't even want to play Rebirth. On top of that, from what I saw on reviews, the ending of Rebirth is even worse.
Also, I'm glad to see Zero Time Dilemma being recognized as the trainwreck it is. After the amazing two first games (especially the near perfect second one), the low quality of the trilogy end is baffling. The new characters are bad, the old characters don't feel like themselves, a surprise "alien technology" pops out of nowhere, the big twist was like "eh?", and it doesn't really finish the story nor explains the loose threads from the second game.
I may be wrong, but regarding Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, I heard Midway wanted to get a wider audience than Mortal Kombat, and for that they had to significantly decrease the violence of the game to keep a "T for Teen" rating at ESRB. If they showed a man getting shot, the rating would probably had to be a "M for Mature".
While in Europe, the PEGI rating of the game was +16, so they probably didn't have to deal with that "shooting a man" problem. But, as I said, I may be wrong.
Some of the reasons for censorship is just hyper-sensitivity. Fallout 3 is a perfect example of this. Japan was bombed more than half a century ago, I think people should be over it by now. You can't change what happened, why dwell in it?
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe shouldn't have been censored. Comic book characters don't normally get to be hyper violent in the same way you can in Mortal Kombat games, and censoring a gun shot is pretty ridiculous when Sub-Zero can rip out your spine.
Honestly, there are 2 choices when it comes to dealing with controversial themes. Forcefully censor everything to the point where people are afraid of them, or continuously use the themes unapologetically to the point where people understand that they don't represent real life and just move on from caring about them. I would say the better option is for people to grow up and move on.
Strangest I can think of, no later then this week, was the name changing of one trophy in GOW:A...Ripping heads off of enemies and tearing them in half is fine, but dear ooh dear, Bros before hoes trophy? Now that's taking things too far(sarcasm)...
The Ice Climber & Fallout censors are slightly understandable.
& I read this article ONLY to see if it mentioned Mortal Kombat.
It did...but I was expecting talks of the Genesis Super Nintendo era, where Nintendo turned the blood gray & Genesis reduced the amount of blood spewed.
great list.