While I'm not against patches like this (I support everyone being able to play how they want to play a game), I do wonder where this recent fixation of censorship came from. I didn't hear anyone complain that Kefka's English dialogue didn't match the Japanese one...
I can understand when people are upset about content being changed that affects the gameplay, but it baffles me that so many people are upset about the very slight changes they made to the cutscenes. When it goes to that extent, it seems like just a group of teenage boys who were embarrassed to buy a game which focuses on pop idol girls but are trying to justify buying it because of boobs. I watched a video displaying the changes they made in the "Feel" cutscene and I honestly didn't notice a difference the first time I watched it, but 95% of the people commenting on the video were outraged by the censorship of it, saying that there's nothing left to enjoy in the game.
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This is awesome for all of you who were going to not buy this solely due to the censorship... DON'T IGNORE IT. Buy the game! And make it known you used the patch. Better chances of a great game getting a better sequel (just look at Atlus and their sequels, they consistently improve on what came before). If you wanted the game but wouldn't get it due to censorship, here's the perfect counterargument. Support the devs!
I don't know why people are defending censorship. It is not acceptable. Censorship should not be tolerated in any form. No other developer treats their customers like children. I don't know why Nintendo can't make the censorship optional like everyone else does. You can turn off blood in many games so Nintendo should take that approach.
Thanks to dedicated fans like this group I might just buy the game because that is what I want to give my money for, an UNCENSORED gaming experience. Hopefully they can give Xenoblade Chronicles X soon the same treatment and all the other unfortunate games plagued by censorship.
The problem I have with the whole censorship thing is that it's really more of an artistic thing. The team who created this game obvious had a certain idea in mind when creating it, and the localisation obviously doesn't stay true to that original vision in certain areas. I think Nintendo and Atlus need to understand that audiences in other regions who purchase their games, especially ones like #FE, probably already have the prior knowledge needed to understand the cultural context of the game. Am I secretly a fetishist with a thing for little polygonal girls? Obviously not. I just think that, on some level, entertainment products are art, and that these products from other regions of the world shouldn't get censored, even if it comes from within the publisher. Generally, people should be more aware and understanding of the differences in values around the world.But, at the end of the day, it's just a video game, so enjoy it however you like.
@CharlieSmile Dude, they out right ruined the potrayal of two characters just for censorship. Tsubasa being the most obvious. She's a girly girl yet in a chapter about self expression they make her dress in gangster cloths and act like a tomboy gangster. That's completely out of character.
@Syrek24 clothing isn't the only problem. They made her act like a tomboy. A gangster. That's the main problem and is the result of the censorship. It is essentially ruins her portrayal especially when the chapter was about self-expression and that was not her expressing herself doing those weird gangster signs. She's a bubbly, cutesy girl. Not a drugs and guns girl. I don't care if they gave her a hawaian beach dress. If it means keeping her in character then I say why the hell not.
@Syrek24 Laugh all you want but you are the real deluded and pathetic person here who apparently blindly defends censorship in the entertainment medium not realizing that these kind of practices are outright destroying the freedom of creative expression of developers in video games.
@Syrek24 I only really get pissed about people's lives being ruined... Basically stuff that has nothing to do with gaming. Honestly, I don't really mind the censorship regarding clothing so much; it's actually kind of endearing to see what companies will come up with, like censoring beer to apple juice. What I am concerned about, is companies making their workers spend their valuable time and energy on something unnecessary, creating arbitrary reasons for surgical changes and omissions on significant portions of games, instead of creating something new, or something to add on to an existing product, or even just giving them a little vacation.
@Ralizah Nope. People who realize that the business decisions involved in localization aren't censorship are annoyed that reactionary, neo-GamerGate everything-is-censorship folks are going to start up again, and that it will continue to be obnoxious.
Probably because they keep calling it "censorship," even though that's not actually what's happening here - not even close, and it's a lot easier to tune people out when they clearly don't even understand the words they're saying. But that's neither here nor there.
Which is a shame because of just "oh noes someone 17 in a swimsuit that never happens in reality pervs" idiotic nonsense censorship they apparently blanked up a very important part of the story which someone who is old enough to play a teen game should have no issue with.
That's because the censorship isn't about their personal experience. It's about not wanting things they don't like be available to other people.Censorship is always supported first and foremost by political authoritarians.
@8itmap_k1d censorship is like a double edge sword it could be used in good ways or just be abused on everything but on this game i can see why they did it i mean not every game should have girls in bikinis and other stuff and this game has plenty of fanservice in it like for started you can still see some of the characters/wafus nice racks especially kiria,tsubasa in her battle outfit, aya while shes possessed
I don't think much of it is about needing to see sexy characters. I think most of it, at least from my perspective, is just the principle of not wanting someone else to decide for you what is and isn't ok.That's what most opposition to censorship comes down to.I want my money to go towards things that I like and approve of. If someone does something that I don't approve of, thereby manipulating this mechanism, I don't give them my money.It's exactly the same as if someone went round telling people who to vote for. It doesn't matter who they're telling you to vote. It's the fact that they're telling you.
Never understood why Nintendo chose to censor this game. It's obviously looking to win over the Persona/FE:A/Fates crowd, and they eat this kind of fanservice up. Glad someone uploaded a patch though. I personally won't be playing with it, since I don't care enough about the lack of fanservice. I'm buying it used, since I just hate censorship.
@PlywoodStick I was not sure if I could write sex on this site. They do it for that too in japan. There are just fewer western games that have sex in them. Taking it out of dmc and la noir, God of War 3, Beyond Two Souls, The Order: 1886, Mafia 2 , and indigo profecy is weird but I guess it was because it was between adults. I don't see a difference. I understand getting rid of nuclear weaponry but if "censorship is censorship" would you not be up in arms against it regardless? My opinion the changes they made to #FE don't "seem like a terribly unreasonable compromise" as far as I'm concerned. Localization like this happens everywhere. Even sex in Witcher 3 was sensored in Japan. But then they censor sex in japan to begin with mosaics.
I also wanted to point out that the question isn't "censorship" or no "censorship", but "censorship" or no localisation at all. Some people are just happy to get games at all, because back in the day the game might have been labeled too Japanese to release outside of Japan.
The people working on this need to be thanked! They are delivering the game the way Atlus and Nintendo intended. Unlike the way Atlus USA and Nintendo of America saw fit. I'm anti-censorship and don't support the decisions made during the localisation process, but it's their unnecessary changes to game in the first place are the reason for all the outrage and the ridiculous comments wars going on.
Anyway, I stand behind what I said. The censorship has in no way effected the gameplay and I think once the "censorship" critics mature a bit they'll see just how weird and gross it made them look at times.
Ooh, gosh, this is very tempting. I'm not a fan of the censorship changes that have occurred with this game, and being able to see the original cutscenes play through my journey and explore chapter 2 as it was originally do appeal to me. The reverting of the ages back to their original ages doesn't bother me, it kind of bothers me more that all the later changes occurred despite the ages already being altered to make the original game events... more acceptable.
In some older games, back when adult content was much less acceptable in video games, the mature content was deactivated by default and had to be re-activated through a cheat code in order to hide it from the censors. These days, the ESRB (or any similar video game censorship board) will generally rate a game assuming all mature content is set to its highest level, even if not accessible by normal meansnote This was the case with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which briefly bumped its rating up to Adults Only when the unfinished "Hot Coffee" minigame was discovered.
Recently, the Internet was amused by the creative - let's call it that - censorship in World of Warcraft, which resulted in an interesting transformation of one of the images. The tests of patch 9.1.5 bring more name changes, even some few(dozen) years old. Recent examples of this type of censorship concern two entities in the game: a mount from 2020 and a boss from 2013 (via Icy Veins). 2ff7e9595c
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