I got a refund for Stellar Blade
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I’m just gonna say it, SONY should’ve stayed a Japanese based-company.
Moving their corporate HQ to California was a mistake, and opened the door to nonsense like this.
Couldn't agree more
Same for Nintendo, kind of. Check what people in charge of localisation did for almost every Fire Emblem on 3DS. (Removed features, changed dialogues etc.)
Branches outside Japan can do wathever they want to censor games.
That was never, ever going to happen because a company like Sony needs to grow and they have. Without that, you also wouldn't be getting Stellar Blade. Think about what you're trying to criticize.
Not really how it works.
They were censoring things before they moved to Comiefonia. They've been censoring games since the early days of the PS4
The gameplay looks good, not at a devil may cry or Bayonetta level, but very good. The censorship doesn't break the game, but censorship is censorship.
I'm tired of it on games.
Same, i am tired of western localisation being censored in tons of asians games.
@@averageanimefanboy9473 It's only a few outfits which kind of holds up on the idea it may really be a design choice, people really need to stop taking this Stellar Blade censorship at face value, there's still a lot of ecchi in this game. Gore I can't say for sure because it's also been said that was debunked so Idk what to believe there. But they should definitely bring back the more revealing versions as a toggled option.
People have likened it to Sekiro because parrying and perfect dodging is literally life or death in this game. Rematches with Elite/Alpha Naytiba are somehow harder and a couple of them I died over a dozen times to.
@@TheGravityShifter I am not talking about this specific game. I don't even play "sexy games" so i don't know how they are censored. Most of the censorship in gaming today is made in your average family friendly game.
Removed features, removed symbols, dialogues changes etc. As an exemple, Pegi 12 Fire Emblems on 3ds were censored.
@@averageanimefanboy9473 Well in that sense, Stellar Blade wasn't censored at all.
Good for you.
Screw censorship.
Agreed
What's tragic though is he boycotted the wrong thing. This is a game the deranged minority and ESG/DEI companies don't want to exist. If Stellar Blade doesn't sell well, we won't see anymore like it for a long time from a studio this size. Keep in mind the censorship is very mild (literally just a mere few out of dozens of outfits and blood on EVE) and the back lash has already been large enough to provoke a response with a promising future update.
They're also censoring the artbook in the Tsukihime PS4 LE 😂
It's your right as a consumer, you did exactly the righ things.
Imaging censuring a game for people who don't plan de buy it lmao, theses companies bow down to anybody
That never happens.
@@BleedForTheWorld Sure that never happens, this is why we have channels doing videos 100% about censorship in games. They are probably just faking everything.
@@BleedForTheWorld Sure, there is no censorship in gaming, everything is fine and made up by players to ruin theses good companies. :(
@@averageanimefanboy9473 I'm just saying, catering to some mob never happens. That's just something someone made up one day and everyone ran with it. There are cases where it's certainly applicable and the changes have been made for the better like how Persona 5 was called out for having a homophobic scene featuring some obviously male gay characters. In Personal 5 Royal, this was changed but you still had people complaining that the change was unnecessary because of the same exact reason you pointed out which turns out to be entirely false.
@@BleedForTheWorld You know it's in between. Some journalists or people in charge of western localisation have an ideology. Not all of them but some of them.
You can just check almost any port / remaster / remake of any jrpgs, most of the time if you compare some dialogues, they are not the same. And not the "go to the magic forest" type of dialogues.
You can also compare a japanese release and the western localisation of the same game.
Now I am not saying that everything is like this but it exists.
The fact that it went censorstation exclusive should’ve been an immediate red flag.
Yep
If it's an Asian game and on PlayStation, you bet it will get censored while TLOUII, Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate, etc. gets a pass. The double standards. I'll be enjoying my physical copy unpatched with the Holiday Rabbit outfit in all its glory.
It’s Sony who did it. Shift Up has always been against censorship
Exactly, look at their other game Nikke and we can clearly see who's responsible for the censorship lol
@@user-xv9tm4qq3ithey censored Nikke more than once in the past though lol. They're taking more chances now but.. yeah, early on they cut back several designs.
If they were truly against it they would not partner with companies that are for it
if you know the Shift Up CEO Kim hyungtae, he's been a true man of culture and a true pervert for over 20 years. We koreans know that.
Shift-Up should have signed a deal with Sony that they should not change the game without their permission, but it seemed they gave Sony full control on the game, so it is partly Shift-Up mistake too.
I have the physical copy and the version number is 1.002.000 on the disk. Just to be sure, I disconnected the ethernet cable so it couldn't update while installing. This is the version number on the disk.
That’s the proper thing to do, don’t buy the digital version and *Don’t* update the game
Censoring the game after promising not to censor their game? Sounds like false advertisement to me.
Besides the outfit, they apparently censored blood/gore too. They usually only do that only in Asian countries. I learned this the hard way with a Japanese physical copy of that Ninja Gaiden Master Collection.
So, if they don't backtrack this baloney update like the devs behind Tomb Raider Trilogy Remaster did? Probably gonna return my physical copy of Stellar Blade and wait for a deep sale or cheap used copy.
Sony are absolute hypocrites. They censor this M rated game, but no censorship at all for the more graphic and gruesome The Last of Us 2. Last of Us 2 would've gotten an Adults Only rating back during the 6th/7th gens.
Give them an inch, and they take a mile.
People will say the censorship is small and no big deal. Except look where we are. Sony hasn't been the same
I actually like video. He return it not because horny but the company backtrack their statement. It's a matter of principle and honesty
It's a shame but this is not surprising, content censored by Sony is something that's here to stay unfortunately, it's not a coincidence that the artbook of Tsukihime will be (slightly) censored for PS4 but not Nintendo Switch and that's just a recent example.
They just released an update today and added both "uncensored" costumes back in under different names (one adding Zettai ryōiki). With these updates, would you reconsider buying the game again?
Eagerly waiting on the update from our Cultured Based Overlord.
Of course
Finally. Some one with standards that actually stands by
Yes, after all that talk they just lie to our faces... smh
Its Sony's fault not ShiftUp's, if anything, refund playstation plus or something, not the game
They lied twice. You have my full support. I don't have a PS but I was going to buy the game just to support a company that gives fanservice, which I love and I'm always interested in, since the time of the king of fighters and soul calibur.
But when I saw that they backtracked I completely put the game and company of my black list.
It doesn't matter your excuse, you don't lie to your customer. And they did it twice.
First when they said it would be uncensored, then, when caught, they said that it was always their vision and that not everything should be sexy to work.
We all knew SONY would censor it, but we didn't expect Shift Up to straight up lie twice to our faces.
The unfortunate thing is... you are giving what the deranged minority and ESG/DEI companies exactly what they want. They don't want this game to exist and this is their first major PS Exslusive in many years that went this far in sexy stuff in a time where that deranged minority are fighting tooth and nail to androgynize everything. Of all the dozens of outfits that have been allegedly censored, only no more than 3 (from what I've seen) were affected. As for Gore Idrk because I heard conflicting claims. But there's still a lot of ecchi outfits, there's still a lot of ones that give you pantyshots, and the jiggle physics with the chest and back are still there.
This is an awkward dilemma where you still need to buy this game if you want more games like this even though it's been backtracked on a few things (allegedly) and voice out your problems with their changes as loud and clear as you can and boycott something else Sony related and make Stellar Blade your reason for the boycott, which from what I'm seeing is actually working. They put out a Tweet today thanking for "passion and feedback" and to "stay tuned for updates." That to me is sounding promising that we may see some sort of revert.
Yeah, screw censorship. I waited 20 years for my country to allow Bloodrayne uncensored, and well, it was still worth the wait. Sometimes you just gotta drag your heels.
Asking for a refund has the only effect of deterring the creation, in the future, of other games with fan-service.
If you want to send a message to Sony, you have to hit them directly, canceling the PSPlus subscription, intervening in their social channels. Boycotting or returning the game will be played by Sony as “Stellar Blade it’s not good”.
I think it's important to note that it's not just censored with the day 1 patch. The 1.0 version has censored outfits, and this is easy to see when compared to pre-launch gameplay footage from trailed and whatnot. There are a handful of costumes that had extra "material" added on for the 1.0 version, so it's not avoidable by just refusing to update the game unfortunately.
Then it's possible it may not actually be censored but design changes they claimed to be the case. This sort of thing happened with Nikke because of leaked images of Rapi, Anis and so on were shown to be more scantly clad than how they do in the final release.
Which ones? I’ve never heard this? Are you sure you’re not talking about the digital version?
i didn't even realize that anything was patched out tbh, still had a lot of fun and is definitely a game of the year contender personally.
The game is absolutely fantastic massive value and despite the minor censorship which I'm against it really stands out in a sea of mediocre releases. Respect your decision though no judgment here
Bait and switch like this shatter trust between player and developer but then again this is coming from a company that charges $40(?) a skin for a gacha character lol even skins have their own gacha.
Stop giving sony a second chance and most importantly stop giving them money, I remember a lot of people saying this was their turning point and as expected sony gonna sony, don't forget to add Tsukihime Remake Artbook also getting altered, screw them.
All my money is on Sony pressuring the studio like they did with Senran Kagura, censorship for thee but not for me 🎉
Understandable.
Fascinating to read the insulting comments that don't understand when someone doesn't like false advertisement and being lied to.
Some people have strict principles, even if it deprives them of enjoyment. The type of content here matters very little.
You weren't lied to. The outfits that were changed were the design the Director wanted in the final product.
@@yourcucumberissoftandyourg3114
no, they clearly had sony breathing down their neck and strong-armed them into changing them. the outfits were uncensored when the game went gold. Shift Up is not going to bite the hand that fed them with this game, so there’s no way they’ll bad-mouth Sony. it’ just more PR speak.
@@yourcucumberissoftandyourg3114 Oh yeah Sony certainly didn't censor games like this for the last half decade... oh wait.
You can't promise "uncensored worldwide" (3 days before you release a patch that censors the game) and not expect ppl to call you out on it.
@@yourcucumberissoftandyourg3114Congratulations! You fell for the gaslighting!
He doesn’t have principles and he’s not depriving himself from enjoyment as he says he’s still going to play the game and… enjoy it. 😂
Good for you brother. Never let people decide what you should or shouldn't enjoy.
I doubt Shift Up made the decision to censor, i'm pretty sure it came from Sony's side at the last split moment and Shift Up was forced to comply despite previous claims to not censor simply because Sony was the publisher... Hopefully in the future Shift Up can probably publish their own game.
So Sony made them censor an outfit that's barely even sexual to begin with but kept all the more revealing outfits untouched? You do realize the flaw in your logic right?
@LowResLeafa No I don't, why would Shift Up otherwise make these seemingly random censorship completely uncommon to them ?
@@LowResLeafa Sony has a long history of censoring incredibly mild content with no rhyme or reason. This would be perfectly in line with their track record.
shiftUP did this. they post release censored 2 gachas they made before S.B. Destiny Child and NIKKE, they are KNOWN for doing this scumbaggery.
gachafriends were pissed when they found it.
@@eW91dHViZSBpcyBjZW5zb3JzaGlw It doesn't make sense on why they said it would come out uncensored everywhere just few days bofore release if they knew they are gonna censor day 1..
Same, it left a bad taste in my mouth after they lied to our face. I still have my preordered copy of SB but it made me bummed out on playing it. Guess I'll wait for an actual announcement regarding this false advertisement since the SB twitter mentioned that they might address this soon. Going back to FF14 for now while also waiting for Elden Ring's DLC.
I did NOT get a refund because I played the game for 7 hours.
Being honest and consistent is a weird thing these days. I applaud you, good sir.
Holy cope. Also you realise he isn't consistent at all he'll happily support Neptunia and passively mention it was censored. Where is that same energy. This is sad virtue signalling for Internet points
@@controlroomguyDoesn’t make it any less Valid For Stellar Blade. And tbf Stellar Blade is a Big Deal compared to Neptunia, and The Developers were advertising that nothing would be changed but did anyway. Who wouldn’t want to speak up on blatant hypocrisy?
Apparently some people interpret consistency as hypocrisy. I return a game because we didn't get something that was promised and I loose 100 subs in a few hours. When I complain about the lack of panty shots or ecchi CGs in modern Neptunia games or the downfall of the Senran Kagura series and I get told to touch grass...
@@YSNim not going to unsub, but it speaks to the fact that we need to stop turning against “our own”. Shift Up was willing to take the risk and launch this game against all criticism. The censorship was imposed by Sony as we all are aware. So turning our backs against the one company that can prove there’s a huge market for this stuff because Sony is forcing them to do something against their will seems like a bad move
@@carck6442 I get what you are saying but sending a clear message that the SNOY boot is not welcome is a better message to send, make your ecchi game for PC instead nikke already prints enough money to fund it they didn't need sony
I have my thoughts on this but thankfully I got the physical copy
I got my refund as well. I still bought the physical copy but I refunded my digital deluxe copy. Good job sony. U suck
The most baffling thing about the changes, to me, is there is STILL a lot of gore and more revealing outfits than the one that was changed.
I mean, this was absolutely a Sony thing, I don't blame Shift-Up at all, but between this and the recent debacle with Helldivers II on PC, what the hell are they doing?
sony doesn't like booba 😑
I'm rolling my eyes
These people are weird bro lmao
Who censored the game?
Read a different comment that said not buying or returning is boycotting the wrong thing..
I blame Sony for this more than I blame ShiftUp, but people should always speak with their wallets.
What people may not fully grasp yet is that Sony has always hated video games. Their foray into the market was only a case of "if you can't beat em, join em". You see, Sony owns a large chunk of Hollywood and the motion picture industry. They have interest in maintaining the long term viability of their asset portfolio in that regard. When the motion picture industry saw video games industry popping up as a booming alternative to watching movies, listening to pop music, it was like when a mafia is running the town and someone is encroaching on their mob turf. The "protection racket" was in providing the CD media, the way they shook down the competition was to say "use our CDs, or we will destroy you" and it almost worked on Nintendo who suffered a massive setback due to this racket. The push from the motion picture industry was to create new types of CD-based video games that are more like an interactive movie. The first place they tried this was on SEGA CD where it had some interesting results but failed miserably. On the Sony Playstation a different type of hybrid game saw more success however, with CG FMV videos finally becoming popular due to their use in Final Fantasy 7. But the direction this would go in was not intended to improve video games, but replace and destroy and handicap the industry. Now you see Sony pushes an entirely movie-based video game lineup. Their biggest video game is Spider-Man which is a game filled with movie cutscenes and movie-style story based game direction. It's obvious they do not like video games, and prefer movies to be the dominant media, and if they can't be they integrate the movie media format into a hybrid of video games and movies.
Bro's the realest one
Turning on one of the only companies willing to make such high budget ecchi game is an L for me bros.
All sales count for showing the market that we want MORE of this.
That is what I say , complain online to make Sony rethink their ways but don’t damage Shift Up reputation due to Sony’s incompetence 😢
They literally advertised that they wouldn’t censor anything, but ended up doing it last minute. What does that say about them? They literally turned their backs on the people they promised and compromised despite saying otherwise.
@@simplebutnotsolongname6642 hahahahaha if you have a corpo giant leveraging the future of your employees and their families and the product you have been working for several years … of course you would fold just as shift up did , because they don’t have another option against Sony. This is the reason of Sony’s tyranny and nothing else
@@simplebutnotsolongname6642 says they were forced by Sony to do so. The game’s ecchi enough as is. And Shift Up needs support from the people who love this stuff cause NOBODY ELSE is willing to take the risk again if we turn on them
Shadows of the damned and lolipop chainsaw are getting remasters sadly they will probably be censored
This is why you shouldnt pre-order games.
The goat himself Totalbiscuit said this shit was gonna happen and he was right
This action is the only real way to stand up to these companies. Fuck with their money. I urge others to do the same for games and movies like this.
There are 2 options.
1. The "Censored" Version is the intended look for that outfite, based on what Shift Up's CEO said.
2. He just said it because Sony wanted the changes and he doesn't wants to blame Sony to leave a negative impression with Sony.
Anyways... I blame Sony, because they are known for censoring Eastern games and I doubt that Shift Up, who makes Nikke, is like "Yeah, lets cover up a bit more skin" and they just came up with that descision after the Game went Gold a few weeks before release.
Which is dumb to begin with, because there are other outfits that are way more revealing.
I'm inclined to believe the 2nd one knowing Sony... But on the other hand the 1st one is equally valid because it was just two outfits as far as I'm aware, and there's several outfits that contradict the idea those outfits were censored. It's been said as well that the gore censor has been debunked but I'm not too sure about that one, and tbh, Idrc if EVE is covered in blood or not.
@@TheGravityShifter I mean, the thing is, if the censorship really isn't based on Sony... they could just patch the old/original version back into the Game and give the people want they want. Hell, if they really want their new design, which they maybe intended, to be in the Game... give people both, no one would complain about that.
Unless, and I kinda doubt that, they are really headstrong about it and are like "We intended it this way and won't change it no matter what, let the people stay mad"... when otherwise they seemed pretty opend minded to stuff. Like Photo Mode were they said "If enough people want it after release, just tell us and we consider it" etc.
But if the censorship comes from sony... well obviously they can't patch it back in and if they don't want to be negative towards Sony they just can stand with the statment of "this is how we intended it"
@@GZCoo Yes and allegedly it's pointing in that direction given the Stellar Blade Account on X's response today. It honestly wouldn't be the first time Sony didn't censor a PS Console exclusive.
The petition and efforts in the #FreeStellarBlade campaign is being led by Grummz who has been responsible for saving things like WoW Classic. I think we're in good hands because he knows what he's doing. Even going so far as giving Step By Step instructions on how you can be effective in making a change for this game.
Time will tell, but the more I research on this topic instead of just taking what news reports or others say at face value, I'm more inclined to believe it was a Design Choice like Shift Up said it was, still not ruling out some kind of Sony interference though because contracts would keep them from exposing Sony.
But I think it being a design choice holds up because there's still a lot of outfits you can get that haven't been altered which very clearly contradicts the notion of there being censorship. Like I literally got an outfit yesterday in the Patched version with NG+ where EVE is wearing this jeans fabric miniskirt and you can very easily just look up it and see her white thong, which is very much exposed when she has to bend over to open a crate. And there's still chest and back jiggle physics.
The only reason I'm saying it's censored at this point is literally because that's the perception right now, and perception is reality.
@@TheGravityShifter Yeah... like you said only time will tell. But I think, like i said, if sony has nothing to do with it... just give people both outfits and everyone is happy.
But if it was really a design choice by Shift Up and not Sony. Then it's not censorship. Because for it to be censorship it has to be a 2nd party that wants to censor something. If they creator changes something, it's not censorship just because people aren't happy with it.
@@GZCoo I really think Sony didn't have anything to do with it, again the more I think and research on this.
It may not be censorship in that sense and that's exactly what Shift Up themselves said. However, the perception is that it was indeed censored so it doesn't matter what SU says and they acknowledged that their claim it was a design choice wouldn't convince some of their players.
Well said!
Then that's tacit support for DEI, as the saying goes, don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. The gaming industry is bad and Stellar Blade is good and in need of support.
As a Nintendo Switch only owner I'm blessed cause while sony games are getting F'ed by Sony there are so many ecchi games I get to play on Switch God Bless Nintendo
When i saw the game, one of my first thoughts was "How's Sony going to censor this one?"
When the Switch Successor comes out, I hope games dont have to be censored anymore on that platform. It's probably our best bet since Japanese (style) games are still kinda rare on Xbox.
I imagine the unpacthed physical copies well become valuable...
I actually haven't heard of this game till recently but yeah, if the developers are gonna go back on their word, then that's just awful on their part. I understand that different regions of the world have different views on things so they might need to censor. But like i said, the dev going back on their word sucks.
This is a little bit dramatic. At least shoplift the game like a decent person.
lol
lol 😂
I believe there will be a pc release that’ll clear all this up
Well Shift Up also responded today alluding to the idea we may see the change reverted in some way. We've been told to "stay tuned" after he thanked the fans for their passion and feedback.
@@TheGravityShiftereven if shift up is lying again then modders will take care of it (of course when we get a pc release or ps5 jailbreak).
@@akuwdf8057 Jailbreak as of right now would be the more likely case. I've noticed that the only games on PS5 that port to PC are the real big ones. I've yet to see them port a more niche type of game.
@@akuwdf8057 I honestly have slowly supported the idea that Shift Up really did this out of design choices given the other kind of outfits you can grab in the game. I'm hoping they will revert the changes or at least restore them as a Toggled "Alt" option. Same thing with Blood.
Jail-B would likely be your best bet btw because evidently the only games PS ports to PC tend to be the really big money maker ones. At least that's how it has been so far.
@@akuwdf8057I'm gonna laugh if Nexus refuses to host uncensored mods
..one of the reasons they did censor it is because the devs refuse to give eve a proper age
yall r gooning to a 16 year old bro it's over
RIGHT
Please make a follow up video on the game un patched.
Will you talk about neptunia vs titan doggo soon?
Based yellow super Nintendo moment
We can only hope that they restore the game to its original vision. I completely understand the return though. The demo felt extremely fresh, but in addition to the outfit censorship, the full game just feels different - even a little slower to me after the update. Not to mention the blood edited out makes the battles lose excitement and detracts from the overall art design that drew me in. Even though the game has so much to unlock with the outfits instead of DLC, buying a physical game and playing it off the internet (like the past) really seems more attractive today more than ever.
That's a shame. Haven't heard of that happening before
I had a feeling this would happen. Remember, this is Sony we're dealing with. The same company who's censorship had a hand in effectively killing off Senran Kagura and other ecchi games on PS.
Never forget, never forgive.
Based and yellow pilled
I hate censorship as much the next person but wouldn't refunding the game add more fuel for those who actually hate the game?
Not sure if you saw it but you should check out the #FreeStellarBlade petition that's happening with Grummz (Mark Kern, Former Team Lead of World of Warcraft, Diablo 2, etc) to help convince Sony (who are majorly responsible for the censorship most likely) to uncensor the game as games like The Last of Us 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 are fully uncensored on the Playstation.
I understand your reasons for returning Stellar Blade and indeed with the amount of Journalists who are cheering on that the game is being Returned for it's censorship and trashing on gamers who want it uncensored, I think you should check out the petition so that Sony gets the memo that we don't want anymore censored games.
Thank you!
They're videos by Rev Say Desu, Asmongold and such who touch on the situation and the petition that's happening as well if you want to check it out.
Dude Grummz is a failed developer who makes money from grifting.
i will never understand their hypocrisy letting full on sex scenes in western games but non even ecchi in eastern games
Lol Grummz. A middle aged man being concerned about this is concerning.
@@anaveragegamer359 if we're going to be honest about that, those scenes in western games always feature adult characters. I'm sure you already know what I'm talking about.
@@anaveragegamer359isn't porn censored in Japan and Korea
The problem was Sony and not Shift Up.
Gives facts. Leaves. No bs.
This is why I love Yellow sn!
It's one of those situations where it feels like there is no right decision to make. If you don't buy the game because it's censored, they can point to the lower sales and say “See, nobody wants these games!” But if you do buy it, they can point to it and say “See, people don't care if a game is censored!” It's a catch-22.
I think it's more important to cancel PS+ and let them now why.
Fair enough. A lie is a lie. I hate how companies can just lie to you like this and get away with it. If a company promises you something, they should be held responsible for failing to follow through. That's false advertising.
I expect it will be fixed in a future PC release
Looking forward for PC release, I almost bought a PS5 for this game.
Andrew from legal mindset (an American lawyer practicing in Asia) said it's probably a Sony decision that the developer couldn't disclose. Due to non disparage agreements in Asia being really strong
If this game gets ported to PC then I can almost bet that there will be a mod restoring the old outfit as soon as people figure out how to mod the game.
I played through this whole game with no idea there was any censorship. Just looked it up and apparently there was only one change made to one of the ~39 mostly highly revealing outfits.
Kind of insane to boycott such a fantastic game for such a small reason ngl, especially when it is undoubtedly a corporate decision and not up to actual creators. We should celebrate the fact that a game with such a bold esthetic vision with highly sexualized characters was able to make it to mainstream publication with so little compromise, because it's really the first time it's happened. I understand boycotting Sony for their anti-artistic censorship practices or whatever, but I'm disappointed the devs won't be getting your support.
If you look at most jrpg remakes or localisation to western audience, there will always be censorship. Ofc in this case people may think it's futile since it's about seeing more skin on a female character, but most of the time features are removed, dialogues are changed outside of the asian market.
The Fire Emblem franchise is a good exemple of how westerners are treated like 2nd class citizens.
The lie is the issue. They said it would be uncensored in all regions. It isn't, in any region.
Companies are using this slight of hand to say that self censorship (at the behest of publishers and consultancy groups) isn't censorship. It is.
Also the proportions on the majority of costumes look to me as if they've been changed.
Separate to that, at least three have been altered and one was removed.
Yeahhh gamers are a lil dramatic with the whole consumer vs company thing, I'm not returning my game over one outfit LMAO
@@jameer7565 It's just horse armor bro
This is false (I feel like I know where you got that false info from), several outfits were censored, also gore was reduced.
I am with you on that. Censoring the gane after stating you will not censor for all regions is breaking a promise so why should anyone buy the gane then?😢 We all have backlog games to play I don't need to buy new games for a long time. By the time I would buy the game it on sell in turn I save money.
I can respect that. Whether it was something they wanted to do it themselves or not, they assumed the risk when they made the deal with Sony.
They did hint at updates about the situation in their social media, so I'd keep an eye on that.
You did the right thing man, I respect your decision. Stellar Blade was supposed to be the game to finally fight back against censorship, but they went back on that, so it's kinda false advertising. I see people in the comments calling you a hypocrite for not returning Compile Heart games, but those people are all wrong. The difference is that the Neptunia games never promised any fan service, people only expect it because of the older games in the series. And if a Nep or any other CH game gets censored, it's usually BEFORE the game comes out. Most games though they're making them with censorship in mind, already knowing that it might get censored. For example they didn't even bother including the blood rubbing minigame in Mary Skelter Finale. The point I'm trying to make is that no you're not a hypocrite because CH games never promised anything and they had your expectations in check before the game comes out, while Stellar Blade went back on its word and released a last minute censorship patch. So it's understandable for you to be upset at this.
PS5 Game Only Stellar Blade By Shift Up Korean Developer Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment.
So all western releases got censored?, is there an English asian version without censorship? If not that's very sad
To my knowledge, all physical discs at launch have the original version but the update with NG+ and other fixes also creates the censorship. You would have to play the physical disc offline without an update. It is sad because it was a full part of the marketing and on the disc.
@@sonshinegamers thanks
Understandable, I have refunded games for less.
A culture man must stand by his principles ❤
Haven't been following the game too closely, but it seems this was likely a Sony mandate than ShiftUp and/or they underestimated content concerns in certain countries when it comes to gore and revealing outfits when trying to achieve parity in all regions. However, your concerns and reasoning still stand. Also, would've been nice if ShiftUp made that information available prior to release.
I didn't kept up with stellar blade much cuz I am exclusively on PC
But I'm curious, do we know why Stellar Blade devs decided to make their Ecchi game an PlayStation exclusive?
Yep I'll wait the eventual PC port 😂
Saw this coming from a mile away. It's completely unequivocally over for Sony, this was their last dying gasp.
Soyny stepped in on it sadly
It's actually extremely mild compared to what they've done in the past. So little of it was censored that it makes me wonder why it was even done at all. They could've at least done a toggle with the outfits but we'll have to wait and see what Shift Up decide to do. Also, due to the blow-up, it's apparently been stated by Shift Up's big shot himself that he may actually revert the changes, at least on the Outfit thing.
I think it's important to note that it's not just censored with the day 1 patch. The 1.0 version has censored outfits, and this is easy to see when comparing some of the 1.0 outfits to pre-launch gameplay footage from trailers and whatnot. There are a handful of costumes that had extra "material" added on for the 1.0 version, so it's not avoidable by just refusing to update the game unfortunately.
Unless have one of the early review copies that are a build before "general release 1.0"
based af
Does this mentality also apply to cut content? Like if a dev changes the UI from preview to release is that the same thing?
Well if that disappoints you, you have a right to try for refund….
Promising the final game will be a certain way and then changing it after release isn't the same as just showing it in a preview.
If the change of the UI bothers you that much, then yes.
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Personally I’m of opinion person should be able to refund anything for any reason if it’s within a return window time period. Like any product bought at a store. Maybe a restock fee might be applied but the return for any reason should be honored.
@@DOOMRaider297 I agree.
i turned off the internet, and platinumed the game that way. the game on the disc is uncensored, so i gave them credit, but i did cancel my ps plus
Very understandable given the circumstance and unfortunate I'm not surprised given that is Sony may had have a part to play in this current controversy in some shape or form. (-_-)
Good on you, uncompromising morals. Its a mature game, allow all adults to enjoy the mature contents.
Wait for PC release and for the modding community. ;D
Gamer returns a game after he discovered that the game has no booty.
Sony forced the censorship, you can see it with the recent tsukihime censorship. You should be refunding your PS+ memberships and stuff like that, not hurting Stellar Blade sales. The crazies who are against this game will take it as a win.
Knew this would happen
Instead of returning it and not supporting the company that were clearly FORCED to censor themselves, try your best to stop giving Sony your money instead (cancel your Psn).
It’s more than likely Sony is hoping the game fails sales wise to prove a point (this is the only game on the PSN store that’s willingly giving people the option to refund it). They want the game to fail in order to justify censorship. Fight against it instead of saying “I won’t play the game”.
ShiftUp is the first company going out of their way so their best I’m not censoring anything but not supporting them is, in a way, supporting the censorship by Sony
Of course it was going to happen!
Yikes...
Didn't want to comment this until I checked it out for myself by playing the game, but it seems pretty evident now that you definitely got tricked by the media on this one as they attempted to turn people against a pretty cultured game and embarrass those interested in that type of content. Sony obviously had nothing to do with the patch changes, and at that the only changes from patch were changes to 2/60+ outfits. Regarding that, it also seems pretty obvious now that the developers themselves had intended for those 2 outfits to look the way they are now, so it isn't really censorship. If it is, then by that classification any change or cut in development is also censorship and lying to fans, which I think we can agree is pretty ridiculous. I like your content, but I would feel pretty bad about making a statement like this towards a game that is trying, and succeeding, to be the content you want.
It makes no sense for the physical release to be printed with the old outfit designs and more gore if they weren't supposed to be final. The day 1 patch was forced. What we can't be sure is wether or not this was pressure from higher ups at Sony or within the developer team itself.
History points to Sony, but it still is entirely possible for the devs to have caved down to social media and made the patch themselves to "save some face".
Either way, it's still false advertisement. The game released a certain way. The devs promised nothing would be changed. And it got an update that changed some things. Those things weren't modified while in development, which would excuse them as early versions and not censored, they were modified AFTER the game released.
@Hambs23 The gore changes were incorrectly reported, and the outfits weren't changed by the patch, they were finished. This is evidenced by several outfits sharing the same design motifs that were added to the two changed, so they likely just had to ship those outfits unfinished and patch in the correct versions after additional development time. Like others have pointed out, there are outfits more revealing than these two outfits and in the same areas of the body, so claiming it's an effort to censor the game doesn't make any sense.