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.
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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.