Not really sure that Filia's intro needed changing, it was a solidly depicted negative occurrence with good consequences and isn't exactly out of character for the 1940s setting or themes. It being grotesque worked there set the scene, era, setting and world rather well. Notable that they're changing nothing else about her just that intro scene, she's still an obviously sexually-designed character like every other female character in the game. This change seems to be entirely about not having a non-consent sexual assault in the game rather than desexualisation but that might be simply because completely changing character design for an established character is not really viable.
I'm not really cut up about it though. Lol.
I also really don't disagree with taking away a method for nazis to larp. Her players enjoyed playing as nazis too much. In fighting games players often use characters as a means of identity - there's a reason so many trans people play Bridget. If you make a character with fascist aesthetics you are creating a character for fascists to identify with.
Does anyone know what they're replacing Filia's intro scene with? I could reinstall and look. Is this update already pushed?
I took a look at the steam comments for this update and it's clearly been brigaded, 90% of the people complaining do not even have the game in their libraries.
I mean, yeah maybe? I could be brain poisoned or I could just have enjoyed the game too much to have really noticed but the feeling it always gave me was just like, "welcome to the 1940s, women are objects" but then this woman is also such a badass that the men can't get away with it.
Up until now I didn't even know Filia was canonically underage tbh if you'd asked me to guess her age I'd have said at least 18 without batting an eye so I hadn't even considered that scene in that light.
Like I said though, not cut up about it. I will reinstall this evening and take a look at how they changed it.
I haven't seen the change, but if you look at the original cutscene, it's clearly a porn-brained depiction of sexual assault. You can feature sexual assault in your art, even have it be a main element, without depicting it in an eroticized manner.
I don't have an interest in judging your character, but at the same time I think I was reflexively a bit distressed because there's a piece of shit on this board that goes to incredible lengths to defend the depiction of rape (etc.) in Goblin Slayer as "progressive, actually," so I kind of thought "God damn it, not you too!" Just being oblivious is whatever.
I found something actually bad. They removed the Soviet Announcer
https://youtu.be/XDZm80V1Swg
Nothing in this was bad or warranted removing, corny and kinda shit yeah but ehh I don't think you can say this needed removed. The only reason I can see for this removal is that Mike Z voiced it and the staff probably all hate his guts.
Based on other trends in changes by the company, I think it was for being Mike Z. I really enjoyed the voice, it wasn't even particularly "soviet" but just "drunk Russian". I think it's only "Soviet" because Mike and some others have a very pop-history WW2 fetish.
My only other thought is, could be Ukraine-Booster brain rot ("Russia Bad"), or both-sides-ist "anti-extremism", since they're also removing fash elements.
Yeah, it's mechanically a really excellent game and artistically occasionally it is actually really good, but it looks like a hentai game and some characters are creatively bankrupt porn tropes (notably Filia, who is the protagonist, and Valentine, who is the stand-in for the main antagonist; the side characters tend to be way better).
I can't blame you one bit for not being able to stand it. I can so long as it's not the very-worst characters on screen.
Not really sure that Filia's intro needed changing, it was a solidly depicted negative occurrence with good consequences and isn't exactly out of character for the 1940s setting or themes. It being grotesque worked there set the scene, era, setting and world rather well. Notable that they're changing nothing else about her just that intro scene, she's still an obviously sexually-designed character like every other female character in the game. This change seems to be entirely about not having a non-consent sexual assault in the game rather than desexualisation but that might be simply because completely changing character design for an established character is not really viable.
I'm not really cut up about it though. Lol.
I also really don't disagree with taking away a method for nazis to larp. Her players enjoyed playing as nazis too much. In fighting games players often use characters as a means of identity - there's a reason so many trans people play Bridget. If you make a character with fascist aesthetics you are creating a character for fascists to identify with.
Does anyone know what they're replacing Filia's intro scene with? I could reinstall and look. Is this update already pushed?
I took a look at the steam comments for this update and it's clearly been brigaded, 90% of the people complaining do not even have the game in their libraries.
You're better than this. That scene was clearly eroticized, which sexual assault shouldn't be, least of all child molesting.
I mean, yeah maybe? I could be brain poisoned or I could just have enjoyed the game too much to have really noticed but the feeling it always gave me was just like, "welcome to the 1940s, women are objects" but then this woman is also such a badass that the men can't get away with it.
Up until now I didn't even know Filia was canonically underage tbh if you'd asked me to guess her age I'd have said at least 18 without batting an eye so I hadn't even considered that scene in that light.
Like I said though, not cut up about it. I will reinstall this evening and take a look at how they changed it.
I haven't seen the change, but if you look at the original cutscene, it's clearly a porn-brained depiction of sexual assault. You can feature sexual assault in your art, even have it be a main element, without depicting it in an eroticized manner.
I don't have an interest in judging your character, but at the same time I think I was reflexively a bit distressed because there's a piece of shit on this board that goes to incredible lengths to defend the depiction of rape (etc.) in Goblin Slayer as "progressive, actually," so I kind of thought "God damn it, not you too!" Just being oblivious is whatever.
Lmao I do not defend Goblin Slayer. Completely with you there.
I found something actually bad. They removed the Soviet Announcer
https://youtu.be/XDZm80V1Swg
Nothing in this was bad or warranted removing, corny and kinda shit yeah but ehh I don't think you can say this needed removed. The only reason I can see for this removal is that Mike Z voiced it and the staff probably all hate his guts.
Based on other trends in changes by the company, I think it was for being Mike Z. I really enjoyed the voice, it wasn't even particularly "soviet" but just "drunk Russian". I think it's only "Soviet" because Mike and some others have a very pop-history WW2 fetish.
My only other thought is, could be Ukraine-Booster brain rot ("Russia Bad"), or both-sides-ist "anti-extremism", since they're also removing fash elements.
yeah just looked up that into and its super cringe panty shot shit and shes like underage
I tried that game when it was new and I liked the mechanics and ease of learning etc but damn playing it was too embarrassing tbh
When I saw the thing about them removing sexualization I had an image flash in my mind of the steam menu drop-down to "uninstall game files"
Yeah, it's mechanically a really excellent game and artistically occasionally it is actually really good, but it looks like a hentai game and some characters are creatively bankrupt porn tropes (notably Filia, who is the protagonist, and Valentine, who is the stand-in for the main antagonist; the side characters tend to be way better).
I can't blame you one bit for not being able to stand it. I can so long as it's not the very-worst characters on screen.