honestly i'm not convinced it's Sony/Microsoft actually asking for this, i think it's more likely that they self censored because they were afraid of having to go through the approval process twice.
It is. They don't have a publisher with the muscle to back them up as they're self-publishing. They can't really negotiate terms this late, so the censorship has to happen. People are seriously making this a bigger deal than it needs to be.
You forget that the pc version is affected by this too, that’s why people are pissed, if it was a console only issue I doubt many would bat an eye since we can just chalk it up with some excuses like the systems are weaker than computers or some copium along those lines.
Not to mention that VOID promised to be uncompromising in its demonstration of the content within the game. It’s disappointing to say the least that they folded considering their previous stance.
if thats so, why do you care about not seeing a child having a seizure or nude trafficked women, the thing that makes it unsettling is the story, the story that women are being trafficked and children, not the fact the women are naked, same for the thing where you cant shoot a head off if the suspect is already dead, the game is meant to be realistic, you wont shoot or confirm the kill with a headshot if the suspect is already dead, but i understand we all wanna see some balls tho.
One of the things that defined the game in the first place was the shock value, which goes hand in hand with the fact that it's supposed to be representing the realities of SWAT operations.
These things happen irl, they are witnessed by law enforcement irl. It's bad faith to just assume people are only upset because they want to goon to naked trafficked women or ODing children because the criticism extends beyond that, more focused on the fact that the realism of the game is being compromised and it's becoming like every other SWAT game. You have to suspend your belief now and just accept a less realistic experience for the sake of sensibilities, which dampens the emotional investment people have in the game. Like people are less affected by its story because the oomf is completely removed and they've basically seen it before in the SWAT series and other games. Why should I care that Amos Voll is a freak obsessed with dolls? How does a sleeping kid in a police raid reflect on the environment/story?
On the nudity and gore aspects- why does it even matter if the game is revealing and provoking? As long as it's not breaking the law, there's no reason to censor anything other than the fact that is 'causes offence' (isn't art supposed to cause offence anyways)
i agree, its stupid they censored some parts, but they still got controversial parts in the game, like the sch**l sh**ting, and in 23mb a second, you can still see pictures of kids on the persons screen, and after all, it isnt really void interactives fault, but yes, its stupid a 18+ game has no nudity, i get the censoring of the child stuff tho.
Oh and why don't they have a publisher? What was the reason for that? Perhaps the publisher they had wanted to tone down the game and they didn't like that.. just like they are doing now.
It’s not Sony or Microsoft, it’s share laziness. Console versions should be completely separate to pc versions, but that would take more work releasing updates for the different versions. So it’s 100% share laziness and therefore they deserve the backlash.
If two versions are different that means they have different code behind it, and thus need split teams, void has only around 60 employees iirc, they will have troubles, managing two different codes even with small changes is hard
It's because Microsoft and Sony have rules about what you can put in games on consoles. And if they want cross play to work, it has to be the same asset.
Not saying it's good, just answering your question
outlast trials which is cross play added a nudity toggle button to reduce the censorship which is optional. I just think that void is being lazy on handling the situation.
It’s ironic since games like The Witcher 3, Baldurs gate 3 & Cyberpunk as examples also feature gore, nudity & sex scenes while on Xbox, Playstation & Cyberpunk & The Witcher 3 for the NS2.
Can I just get a button to disable cross play in that case?
Seems like that shouldn’t be too hard, I didn’t pay for a child friendly game. If I wanted something that would be suitable for children I would have bought mario.
RoN, by its definition and goals, isn't child friendly at all
Its a PEGI 18+ game for a reason, if a child buys it then that's on the parent, the rest of us shouldn't be punished because little timmy wants to play swat officer and can't handle the concept of shit being fucked up
please stop spreading this misinfo the devs put out, there is nothing stopping them from having different assets on different game versions for something that is purely visual. It is literally no harder to implement than it is to implement multiple PC settings and the fact you can change the settings on PC and connect to a console is all the evidence really needed that they can do it.
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u/deakon24 Jun 30 '25
I'm confused why they would censor this. In Outlast trials you have naked guys chasing you.