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[ManaByte]

Every games journalist is Hard Retarded when it comes to this game.

 

[GymWolf]

Yeah, journalist need to choose a lane.

They call out this sort of thing as being racist, but then they themselves have/had said racist comments (mainly, if not exclusively, targeting white male gamers).

Are you stupid or something?

 

[StereoVsn]

I think removing it is the right call. If I were a dev and included artwork that would be construed as racism without realizing it then I would certainly want to remove it too.

Rejecting censorship does not mean you must offend people needlessly.

I mean chances that a Korean dev knowingly put in a racial slur just because is very very very remote.

Hell, I didn’t know what this meant and I have been living in US for over 30 years….

 

[Hugare]

This is hilarious

For certain, this is something carefuly placed there by racist koreans, and not something that went over their heads 'cause they aren't aware of western's bullshit

 

[hemo memo]

What the hell is hard r?

 

[Zelduh]

Next up, people will see a face on Mars and think it looks like a racist charicature and demand a space mission expedition to go remove it. Some people's pattern recognition has been broken by terminally online Western views and they project it on everything they see

 

[MastAndo]

Isn't "Hard R" a very American thing, and isn't this a game by Korean developers? Either way, I'm glad they patched it out quickly before anyone died.

 

[Topher]

Yeah. It’s an unintentional coincidence.

Perfectly valid to call for it to be edited, and removing it doesn’t compromise the intentions of the artist or diminish the material in any way.

Agree. Wasn't really even a call for the change. Sony and Shift Up took it upon themselves in this situation. I can imagine folks at Shift Up were as surprised to find out how the reference could be taken as some in this thread have been. But people need to make something controversial out of something, I guess.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Read the articles. That is in response to the Japanese ratings board.

"Developer Shift Up has confirmed that PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade will not be censored in any region, including Japan. Japan was specifically mentioned because the country’s rating board CERO is known for being strict. Last year, CERO banned Dead Space remake because of its gore."

PS5 Exclusive Stellar Blade Won't Be Censored in Any Region - PlayStation LifeStyle

Developer Shift Up has confirmed that PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade will not be censored in any region, including Japan.

www.playstationlifestyle.net

Independently making changes to one's own work is not censorship.

Dude, I’m just being sarcastic.

 

[Aenima]

I think they should make a new graffiti saying "You cant be racist against white ppl", that would at lest make someone at Kotaku happy.

 

[Topher]

Isn't "Hard R" a very American thing, and isn't this a game by Korean developers? Either way, I'm glad they patched it out quickly before anyone died.

lol....that avatar is a bit ironic.

 

[realcool]

patch me through to sony because i have an equally retarded solution to this innocuous bullshit:

Spoiler

"its ok when he says it"

 

[Chuck Berry]

It was a stupid mistake and Im sure SU had no clue about its meaning, just like half the people on this forum lol

 

[Dane]

Okay, ban for the USA but not for the rest of the world because they never tought about this stretch.

 

[Crayon]

Omg lol.
Hey it looks like everyone who was concerned about Sony censoring it the last minute was right!

 

[Topher]

Dude, I’m just being sarcastic.

 

[SmokedMeat]

 

[Goss Harag]

I hate how the world has to kowtow to the USA.

Oh it's offensive in your country is it? Perhaps sort out your fucking country then and don't bring your problems to the rest of the world.

 

[Three]

I legit thought it was Hard Retard Shop

You're not the only one. I thought the same back when I first heard about it in this thread about somebody else (some developer) not knowing the meaning:

Is obsession with social media making game developers decline mentally?

So I've noticed this becoming more and more common over the last several years, but what prompted this thread was this recent bizarre post the below author deleted, and tried to brush)laugh) off poorly today, (tweet made below they deleted it) I feel like maybe some game developers would be...

www.neogaf.com

 

[Draugoth]

People calling that SBI should have worked on this lol

 

[rofif]

I hate how the world has to kowtow to the USA.

Oh it's offensive in your country is it? Perhaps sort out your fucking country then and don't bring your problems to the rest of the world.

yeah. How the hell would Koreans know of usa in-depth stuff like this. Idiotic and weak to censor it but it's not a big deal

 

[Chuck Berry]

It shouldnt even be called "racist artwork." It was a fucking accident. They had no idea. They dont live here. Outright calling it racist makes it sound like it was deliberate.

Also way to put the word in everyone's heads. Hey IGN, how about you take responsibility for the shitty words you want to use for a "story?" Get fucked.

 

[Gaiff]

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Pointing this out is just giving it more life and teaching people what I guess is a racist phrase. You could probably count on one hand the gamers they would play this and see that and get it.

 

[Topher]

People calling thay SBI should have worked on this lol

Meet the new Eve....

 

[Goss Harag]

Well that's racist because some black people do crime!

 

[graywolf323]

People calling that SBI should have worked on this lol

what a dumbass, Sony caught this themselves before release which disproves the very point he thinks he’s making

 

[hemo memo]

It shouldnt even be called "racist artwork." It was a fucking accident. They had no idea. They dont live here. Outright calling it racist makes it sound like it was deliberate.

Also way to put the word in everyone's heads. Hey IGN, how about you take responsibility for the shitty words you want to use for a "story?" Get fucked.

Another case of America=the world

 

[SmokedMeat]

At first glance I thought that said Cringe.

Now they fucked it up. Nobody spray paints “Crime”. Fuck man, don’t they have graffiti in Korea?

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Meet the new Eve....

You sure that’s not Faith from Mirrors Edge after she got married and quit running?

 

[TGO]

 

[GymWolf]

The Hard R forum just locked their thread about it, that was record timing lmao

And they banned that absolute cunt of zeovgm, it's a fucking miracle.

This would be a good day to play the lottery or bingo.

The seething is wonderful

Sexist and racist. You really picked a winner of a developer to partner with, Sony.

Embarrassing on every level.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I hate how the world has to kowtow to the USA.

......don't bring your problems to the rest of the world.

But we're so good at it!

 

[ManaByte]

People calling that SBI should have worked on this lol

That level of stupidly deserves the snow shovel.

 

[DelireMan7]

 

[RoadHazard]

Titanic is an R.
RoboCop is a "hard R."

It's a movie thing but in the west it's also about describing how certain people say the N-Word.

This game is getting a lot of free publicity these days with all the edginess. XD

In America, not "the west". I'd never heard it before today (Swedish).

But this is clearly just an unfortunate confidence. It being there is no big deal unless you're looking for ways to be offended, and them removing it is also no big deal. Shrug.

 

[Skifi28]

If you're looking to be offended, I'm sure everything is offensive and racist.

 

[balls of snow]

Was just about to buy this, I’m glad I didn’t as I will never support censorship.

One of the attractive things about this game was that it seamed to go against the trend of bending the knee to the woke mob, I guess that’s not the case.

I wouldn’t be surprised if more things get censored post release similar to tomb raider.

Sony is publishing this yes, there is no reality where they would not remove it.

 

[geary]

How about to interpret this a "HARDeR" as in a boner...since the R refers to a sex shop.

 

[clem84]

Now you've gone too far!



We weren't updating our games 20 years ago.

You're intentionally missing the point here. It's just not something that would be seen as problematic back then. If someone would've noticed it during development, they would have shrugged it off... most likely.

 

[_Justinian_]

This is one of those "If no one said or reported anything, no one would have even noticed." kind of things. Barbara Streisand effect? I would have been too focused on that booty to notice anything else.

 

[rm082e]

Since "Hard R" makes people say the N-word in their mind, and that's offensive, does that mean we also need to ban "the N-word" as well?

(Yes, this is just the Louis C.K. bit.)

 

[Chuck Berry]

This is one of those "If no one said or reported anything, no one would have even noticed." kind of things. Barbara Streisand effect? I would have been too focused on that booty to notice anything else.

Or it's one of those "Oh shit, its reviewing and being received better than we expected. Time to really go out of our way to continue to smear it in the most ridiculous ways possible."

 

[Dr.Morris79]

If you're looking to be offended, I'm sure everything is offensive and racist.

It is though. Anita told me

 

[LRKD]

This isn't racist, people need to touch grass

 

[PharaoTutAnchAmun]

More pathetic capitulation over something so small. As has been said, they are really reaching here. But everything is sexist, everything is racist, never forget.

You forgot everything is woke....

 

[Chuck Berry]

This isn't racist, people need to touch grass

Touching grass is racist

 

[killatopak]

Unfortunate. I doubt Koreans intentionally did this.

For some reason everybody just seems out for blood for Stellar Blade. I try to avoid reading anything about it outside gaf but it just sucks ass when it does reach here.

 

[graywolf323]

good on Gene Park for being reasonable, not surprised Arthur Gies is still a dumbass

 

[RoboFu]

They should change it to the " ON Shop "