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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How about Detroit: Become Human? Because they removed that as well.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It might be because of child abuse themes and the portrayal of robot sex workers. It has been criticized before.

We knew right from the start that Detroit: Become Human was going to be heavy going. The 2016 and 2017 trailers both featured children in peril: first a child dangled from a rooftop, then a young girl being beaten by her father, but David Cage defended the dark subject matter with the promise that “there’s a context in the story, there’s a reason for that”, and we gave the game the benefit of the doubt. The problem is that having now seen the game in full it is clear that Cage’s child abuse narrative isn’t content with just one scene, and definitely isn’t used with care, context, and solid reasoning.

‘Detroit: Become Human’: Exploitative and Tasteless

I'm not sure if I agree with this sentiment. I feel like it was mostly focused on the way Kara goes out of her way to protect Alice, but I can kind of understand how someone else could see this differently.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I truly could not care less what they claim their reasoning is. I've played the game. I know how it handles things like child abuse.

This is not a game that should even be included in any conversation about censorship. The idea is fucking absurd.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm wondering how long it's going to take to revert this policy

[–] Yttra@lemmy.world -5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm against the censorship, to be clear, but a David Cage game might not be the best example to use in the future lol

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Why? Because you don't like them?

It's a perfect example, because there's nothing even close to pornographic in that game. The only possible reason would be because there's a lesbian android couple that runs off together (if you let them).