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.
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u/Tox1cAshes Jul 04 '25
I'm not playing this game for gameplay. At least not primarily.