I think people would Care less If they did these changes to their new games, but going back and changing stuff wont do any actual good for anybody. Most likely an attempt to whitewash the companies history and make them seem more pc.
going back and changing stuff wont do any actual good for anybody
I don’t think it’s so outrageous to think the developers / artist came together and said something along the lines of “hey we’re in a different place than we were back when we released this, and are no longer comfortable with the social/sexual/racial/etc. overtones in some parts of the game.”
It’s helps them, it’s their work and their expression being put out into the world; they have every right to want to alter it as their moral compass shifts.
The only actually shame is that their initial work seems to have attracted a pretty weirdly rabid & horny fanbase that can’t stand their change in tone.
“The current devs (who were not the original developer team from 10+ years ago) thought they had to change what worked perfectly for over a decade and run the game’s sprites through 4Kids-style censorship by removing such ‘offensive’ elements as armbands and panty shots, for the reasons and moral standpoint known only to them,” wrote one recent Steam reviewer.
I have no horse in this race - I’ve never played the game, nor intend to suggest I’m some kind of moral judge capable of deciding whether the changes are good or bad - but assuming that information is correct, this is new Devs that purchased the rights to the game changing the original creators design.
I think people would Care less If they did these changes to their new games, but going back and changing stuff wont do any actual good for anybody. Most likely an attempt to whitewash the companies history and make them seem more pc.
I don’t think it’s so outrageous to think the developers / artist came together and said something along the lines of “hey we’re in a different place than we were back when we released this, and are no longer comfortable with the social/sexual/racial/etc. overtones in some parts of the game.”
It’s helps them, it’s their work and their expression being put out into the world; they have every right to want to alter it as their moral compass shifts.
The only actually shame is that their initial work seems to have attracted a pretty weirdly rabid & horny fanbase that can’t stand their change in tone.
From the article:
I have no horse in this race - I’ve never played the game, nor intend to suggest I’m some kind of moral judge capable of deciding whether the changes are good or bad - but assuming that information is correct, this is new Devs that purchased the rights to the game changing the original creators design.
And it’s the right of the audience to express their dissatisfaction with those changes, especially in regards to a product they already paid for.