• Barbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Yeah, I’m on the side of if it’s legal it should be allowed, but having read about the scene and watched the trailer I think it’s kind of disingenuous for the developer to pretend this was a surprise. Getting that on to steam would be a coin flip even without the recent controversies.

    Feels like they’re just trying to use the controversy as publicity.

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      2 days ago

      Feels like they’re just trying to use the controversy as publicity.

      If it looks like a dog, barks like a dog, it is a dog. They are definitely pulling out a publicity stunt. Their site proudly promotes the fact that they got banned off steam. You bet that is intentional.

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      3 days ago

      Given that it’s being allowed on multiple different platforms now that the “child riding a naked person in a horse mask” sequence has been removed, it definitely stinks of spin from the dev trying to get more publicity.

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        2 days ago

        If it’s being allowed on multiple different platforms, I don’t klow what he’s complaining about.

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      2 days ago

      disingenuous for the developer to pretend this was a surprise

      Given that the game is going to release on Epic Games Store, GOG, and Humble Store, I actually do find it surprising.

      Steam / Valve seems to be the outlier here.

      The description of the scene that got the game banned is not even remotely sexual, just a bit weird / uncomfortable which is the entire point they’re trying to make. And that scene is not even in the game anymore.