"The team noted that a great deal of care is being taken to respect the artistic integrity of the original trilogy… but there’s an exception." The Splintering says.
I can understand improving but to change the angle because Miranda's ass is in the way is stupid her ass is covered up by her clothes. This just makes me want to skip the Legendary Edition and just keep playing the last gen ports.
Really? A slightly altered camera angle is enough to put you off the game? That seems like an overreaction.
I understand that you might take issue with the idea of "censoring", but this is a creative decision made by the people who created the game. And I guess your protest may be more about the state of the industry, etc. But if the developer is uncomfortable with putting out a game with that scene in it unchanged, then it's their decision at the end of the day.
They adjusted other camera angles as well so it cuts off the character. You are literally seeing less in this version. It’s also the principle of it. Hard pass.
The absolute pettiness of fans when it's comes to ME shouldn't suprise you. These are the same folk who cried and cried for the ending to be changed lol...
That's true. I forget sometimes about the ending fiasco, as I was late to the franchise, and already knew about the disappointing ending before I even started the first game.
Im gay and even I care about the cencorship. It's a video game. I should be able to see all of the finished product on screen instead of it taking away from an earlier released version of the game with the same exact characters and cutscenes. It's kinda ridiculous how it needs to be censored when the last main entry was in 2012.
Personally, I'm happy with the change. The shots felt entirely out of the blue and distracting compared to the rest of the game. If you want to see it, then romance her like everyone else, IMHO. I feel the same in TV shows that force that stuff in just for having it in when it adds absolutely nothing to the story or scene and ends up being more distracting than anything else. If I want to watch that stuff, I'll put on a movie aimed at just that.
Having said that, I still like the games and would play them without complaint if they didn't change anything. But, I am happier that someone decided to adjust what I consider to be a focus on juvenile attempts to over sexualize characters just for the sake of over sexualizing them and no other purpose.
Yeah, but if the woman is fat and showing her skin its "Brave" , a hot one does it, and its sexism. I remember when n4g was over 9000% retarded and actually banned me for typing Microsoft as "M$", because some how, that was offensive LOL.
Personally, I have no stake in this - I tried to get into Mass Effect back in the X360 era and I just couldn't. Not my cup of tea.
I'm commenting on this article because, well, it involves censorship. I don't agree with it. Honestly, if you're paying the asking price and the ESRB does its job, you would be fully informed: you were warned about what is in it and you were still willing to pay the price for it, perhaps for that very reason. Regardless of intentions, censoring little things like that just seem...odd. Clearly, the developers felt it was a big enough deal to alter it, but it does take something away in the process.
I don't think this is a good idea. Most people will probably say it's a non-issue, but they probably will lose some sales for the simple fact that, well, it's censorship. Frankly, I think that censorship is a slippery slope to invite other bad practices. This is EA we're talking about. The same people who, if given an inch, will go around the world. Minor camera reworks now, but who is to say that if they rely on their back catalogue, that they will not cut out entire sections of a game like Dante's Inferno and still sell it at a premium? Then, if people are complacent about the length and content of a game like that with cuts made, they can focus on putting out these shallow experiences in the future as next generation games, followed by a lot of DLC that are short, but if it's, say, as long as the main game, they can justify charging more for that. It sounds hyperbolic and perhaps tangential, but you really should not trust EA. That is totally something I can see them or Activision doing. Nothing today, controversial tomorrow. Nip it in the bud, I say.
It's a massive disappointment. It's like censoring a classic movie because it shows a woman's cleavage, just because some audiences wouldn't want to see that today. A remaster should improve the visuals and the controls, not change the artistic vision to please the complainers on ResetEra and Kotaku.
Bioware is going to include two versions of Femshep, they should also do the same with the original camera angles and new camera angles - give players the choice.
By the way, you might want to steer clear of the new Mortal Kombat. Sonya doesn't have giant titties hanging out anymore, so you know, obviously their artistic vision has been compromised something something something
Lmao. Woke remasters. I mean it’s not a big deal, it’s a camera angle... still, it was a big enough deal to change and that’s why people are like “wtf”. Leave shit alone, your modern artistic take is shitty.
Woke BioWare: the male gaze has no place in my remaster
Being a backwards tool is 2021. They are probably trying to figure out how to incorporate an alien necromorph ass into the dead space remaster. Demote hot ass, promote grotesque necro ass. Because.... morality?
***Leave shit alone, your modern artistic take is shitty.***
Disagree. I think he's on the right track considering how overplayed and forced those scenes were. The fact that there were memes about it should tell you how forced they were. The good thing is, the originals are unchanged for those who need them.
I don’t even remember the scene they are talking about to be honest lol. I don’t remember any memes about it but I wasn’t looking for them. Like I said it’s not a big deal, I just find it ridiculous. I feel the same way about people trying to change history because it offends their post modern sensibilities. I think it’s pretty pathetic even though I agree history is brim packed full of terrible things.
@sourOG: They're not changing history. The old games exist and always will. They're creating new history, but not changing the old one. This isn't some battle that took place and someone is trying to redefine how that battle worked out. This is a remaster. It even says remaster. It doesn't say "Original Games, No Changes" on it. Remasters change things, that's what happens. Heck, they're changing a ton of stuff in the game. But, changing ass shots? That's a line we draw? Weird. Very weird.
I know it was a comparison. It’s not new though, it’s old shit. There is nothing new about it lol. If they said “no ass shots in the new mass effect” it would still be weird lol. Why even say that? Just don’t do it anymore if that’s your new direction lol.
Changing the trivial old shit and speaking on it to proclaim your virtue is weird to me. I might have a problem with other changes, I don’t know what they are. No line has been drawn, I’m buying the remaster. My favorite is ME1 and if it’s changed to be more like 3 then I will have a problem with that as well.
I can understand improving but to change the angle because Miranda's ass is in the way is stupid her ass is covered up by her clothes. This just makes me want to skip the Legendary Edition and just keep playing the last gen ports.
Well that's a disappointment.
“Kevin (character and environment director Kevin Meek) actually called out some camera cuts that were just… why was that focusing on Miranda’s butt?”
...gee thx Kevin
Another example where the creative vision is being censored so as not to cause offence, what a joke.
Way to start redeeming yourself Bioware, good start.
I'm going to boot up the original and look at Miranda in all her glory.
Lmao. Woke remasters. I mean it’s not a big deal, it’s a camera angle... still, it was a big enough deal to change and that’s why people are like “wtf”. Leave shit alone, your modern artistic take is shitty.
Woke BioWare: the male gaze has no place in my remaster
Fans: but I’m playing femshep
Woke BioWare: internalized misogyny