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[Toots]

Not quite. Ready or Not is a slow paced SWAT sim. Nothing about that has changed. The analogy would be more accurate if the weed had exactly the same effect and even taste, but the zipper on the baggie was a different color all of a sudden. The major point of the product has not changed a bit, just edge case window dressing. I've got 60+ hours in the game and I probably could have played the rest of my life and not notice these things got changed. A certain sect of gamer is really sensitive to any question of their ability to "handle" or consume vulgar content. It's a condition many Americans who came of age in the Eminem and Marilyn Manson era are stuck with.

Truth is between us two.
People here seem to find it less enjoyable after the changes. Some might be part of a certain sect of gamer that is really sensitive about vulgar content, some might not.
Also you should be aware of the "they give you an inch, you take a mile" mindset of every type of activist nowdays, and not be too naive about the interests at stake. Giving this particular inch doesn't bother you, but the mile you'll be asked to give down the line might.

 

[SunnySideGuy]

Excellent game, but for some reason the developer Void decided to dumb down the visuals for pc gamers to match console versions with the update yesterday. No idea why the hell they did this and didn't just let PC be its own desperate thing, but yeah, game looks considerably worse in all aspects visually.

 

[Gamezone]

They lost me with the censorship

They also downgraded the PC graphics, thinking we wouldn't notice.

 

[simpatico]

Truth is between us two.
People here seem to find it less enjoyable after the changes. Some might be part of a certain sect of gamer that is really sensitive about vulgar content, some might not.
Also you should be aware of the "they give you an inch, you take a mile" mindset of every type of activist nowdays, and not be too naive about the interests at stake. Giving this particular inch doesn't bother you, but the mile you'll be asked to give down the line might.

I'd love to know how long it would have taken people to notice those things were missing. The game rewards and encourages not killing, so there being less blood is very minuscule. For the digital titty, even less so I would say. The developer isn't censoring this to be a prude, they're doing so to comply with Australian and British content regulations. They're a tiny indie developer and don't have to resources to fight those people or, as I've seen suggested here, stop being too lazy to simply double the amount of games that they support by making an entirely new SKU.

In terms of taking an inch, a lot of the same avatars can be found rallying for new forms of government regulation in gaming. I'd agree with the adage in that context, I just don't think it applies to the blood pool and titty in this police sim. It's not the developer being a prude.

 

[Toots]

I'd love to know how long it would have taken people to notice those things were missing. The game rewards and encourages not killing, so there being less blood is very minuscule. For the digital titty, even less so I would say. The developer isn't censoring this to be a prude, they're doing so to comply with Australian and British content regulations. They're a tiny indie developer and don't have to resources to fight those people or, as I've seen suggested here, stop being too lazy to simply double the amount of games that they support by making an entirely new SKU.

In terms of taking an inch, a lot of the same avatars can be found rallying for new forms of government regulation in gaming. I'd agree with the adage in that context, I just don't think it applies to the blood pool and titty in this police sim. It's not the developer being a prude.

You can rationalize the finer details as you want, who's responsible, how small it is, etc. the problem here is the act of retroactively censoring something people already paid for. Publishers remastering their game with extreme censorship i don't care, you know what you buy when you buy it. Censoring anything after the transaction is a big no no in my book, and it should be in yours too if you care about owning anything.

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

They should have brought the rights to this song, for it's soundtrack:

 

[RAIDEN1]

Fugees version sounds better though

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

Fugees version sounds better though

Don't care, MTV never bothered to mention that both their hits were glorified covers. Very dishonest, very unfortunate they made careers out of it.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

 

[Stafford]

Spoiler: Ending spoiler

That just sucks. While some other censored stuff sucks too, why downgrade this? Man, plenty games on console get away with much, MUCH worse. So we CAN blast off pieces of someone's face but the blood decals or wounds get toned down. Stupid.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Great, now that they've sold a shit load of copies, can they revert back to when the graphics on PC were better and put back in anything censored?

 

[IbizaPocholo]

From when is this? I only remember the nightclub version from the right, and I first played the game over a year ago, before the engine update.

 

[bati]

From when is this? I only remember the nightclub version from the right, and I first played the game over a year ago, before the engine update.

 

[calistan]

From when is this? I only remember the nightclub version from the right, and I first played the game over a year ago, before the engine update.

I just tested my PC version, which I haven't updated since the censorship, and the nightclub level definitely looks like the one on the right (no moving laser lights).

Also, the glass doesn't break at the point of impact like the 'old' version on the left, it completely vanishes as shown on the right. So I guess they have been downgrading this game piece by piece for quite some time.

Screw these developers, I'll never touch anything they do again.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Stafford]

I just started playing it on Xbox and man, I find the visuals underwhelming. Now it's a older PC game at this point right? But when I look at character models of NPCs and such, where is the lighting? The faces look very bland.

Hopefully this is among what they're fixing.

 

[Gonzito]

I just started playing it on Xbox and man, I find the visuals underwhelming. Now it's a older PC game at this point right? But when I look at character models of NPCs and such, where is the lighting? The faces look very bland.

Hopefully this is among what they're fixing.

The graphics are bugged. They are not supposed to look so bad, its some problem on their end

 

[Stafford]

The graphics are bugged. They are not supposed to look so bad, its some problem on their end

Yeah I saw the commotion just now on Reddit. Poor PC players especially, used to look so damn good but man, what a downgrade. Let's hope the studio fixes it soon. I saw some before and after pics and it's like the studio gave it this washed out look. I hate when this happens.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Is this game worth playing solo?

I watched a video about the censorship & downgrades, but the concept is still so unique that I'm curious to try it out.

 

[Gonzito]

Is this game worth playing solo?

I watched a video about the censorship & downgrades, but the concept is still so unique that I'm curious to try it out.

It is if you are okay with bugs. Your teammates will make a lot of things that dont make sense sometimes, and the enemy AI is very weird, sometimes they are extremely accurate or act in ways that dont make sense. The game used to be better in early access honestly. When it came out of early access, its when a lot of problems started to appear. But underneath all these problems there is a good game and very unique

 

[Grildon Tundy]

It is if you are okay with bugs. Your teammates will make a lot of things that dont make sense sometimes, and the enemy AI is very weird, sometimes they are extremely accurate or act in ways that dont make sense. The game used to be better in early access honestly. When it came out of early access, its when a lot of problems started to appear. But underneath all these problems there is a good game and very unique

The AI not being realistic seems damning when a lot of the appeal for me is to have a grounded game where individual encounters carry much higher stakes than most FPS's.

Thanks for your response. I've got it on my Steam wishlist. Might check it out on sale.

 

[Gonzito]

The AI not being realistic seems damning when a lot of the appeal for me is to have a grounded game where individual encounters carry much higher stakes than most FPS's.

Thanks for your response. I've got it on my Steam wishlist. Might check it out on sale.

One thing I forgot to mention though, is that modding community is very active and there are a few mods that improve the AI, its worth checking out if you plan to play the game in the future

 

[Stafford]

Trying to play with friends. Two friends join, but one keeps leaving because the game crashes immediately even before the mission has begun.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Trying to play with friends. Two friends join, but one keeps leaving because the game crashes immediately even before the mission has begun.

What version/s?

 

[Stafford]

What version/s?

All Series X.

I've had it crashing in solo mode when I made a recording. My friend keeps crashing back to dashboard. And at one point I tried to join and it just kept loading the mission and then said failed to connect.

I googled it and turns out many people on Reddit have the issue too. Absolutely ridiculous. So what happens is...

I host a lobby, invite a friend, he joins and I do see him in the police station. Then I pick a mission and as soon as the level has loaded it crashes for him, sometimes it happens to me. This shit is unplayable this way.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Stafford]

No visual fixes at all? Because that difference is very significant, ridiculous even. Why on earth did they do that?

Let's at least hope the constant crashes when joining a match is fixed, goddamn.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[INC]

as much as i like this game, its still feels very hollow, and not very engaging, not sure why tbh, i play as intended, tactical etc with my friend on pc, and have done for years, theres just something missing from the overall execution of the game

 

[lh032]

console gaming is dying.
Meanwhile:

keklol

 

[Stafford]

It seems that person on Reddit didn't post the full story. This right here has me hopeful they'll bring the graphics back to where they should be.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Gonzito]

 

[Stafford]

The thing with the graphics is...

It looks great on the main menu with the soldiers, deel black levels, none of that washed out shit. The same with the loading screen for a mission. You see the soldiers in the vehicle, it looks great. I imagine it used to look like that in-game?

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Shane Gillis talked about how he binged this game on Xbox on a recent podcast. I bet that signal-boosted it and helped sales.

 

[Gonzito]

The thing with the graphics is...

It looks great on the main menu with the soldiers, deel black levels, none of that washed out shit. The same with the loading screen for a mission. You see the soldiers in the vehicle, it looks great. I imagine it used to look like that in-game?

Yes, the game used to look great. I have read that they are going to patch this soon. Lets see what they fix