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[Draugoth]

Crystal Dynamics has added a content warning to Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered flagging what it described as racial and ethnic stereotypes.

Here is the message in full:

“The games in this collection contain offensive depictions of people and cultures rooted in racial and ethnic prejudices. These stereotypes are deeply harmful, inexcusable, and do not align with our values at Crystal Dynamics.

"Rather than removing this content, we have chosen to present it here in its original form, unaltered, in the hopes that we may acknowledge its harmful impact and learn from it.”

 

[Fake]

LOL wat

 

[LordCBH]

Fucking stupid. Just don’t put a content warning and leave the game unchanged. It isn’t hard.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[II_JumPeR_I]

I was embarassed when I saw that message.
Modern gaming sucks

 

[Punished Miku]

Does that mean Laura is still a D-cup? I acknowledge it Crystal Dynamics, that can be harmful to a woman's lower back sometimes. Especially when doing acrobatic maneuvers. Let us observe and learn together about this harm.

 

[winjer]

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Really dumb that they chose to appease the easily offended. Shouldn't have said anything.....noone would've even complained.

 

[Sephimoth]

Will probably be a mod that removes it.
(Said mod will be removed from Nexus Mods)

 

[JaksGhost]

Press (X)... Continues on with my day.

 

[analog_future]

I dunno what ya'll are up in arms about. It's infinitely better than them changing the game or removing content.

 

[Operations66]

Uggg... So weak and pathetic.

 

[FeralEcho]

Racism solved!

Good job Crystal Dynamics! So brave! The 2 people offended by this will now sleep soundly tonight,crisis averted!

 

[Elysium44]

I dunno what ya'll are up in arms about. It's infinitely better than them changing the game or removing content.

How about doing neither, just leave it as it is, and ignore the tiny minority who complain.

I wonder if Resident Evil 5 remake will feel it necessary to have a warning too, or maybe they'll just make all the zombies white this time.

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

Is Sweet Baby related to this remasters?

 

[MarkyG]

"do not align with our values at Crystal Dynamics" - fucking hypocrites.

They aligned just fine when you made these games though huh? Please.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Does it appear every time it boots?

 

[Madflavor]

They're obviously referring to this character.

 

[Fake]

I dunno what ya'll are up in arms about. It's infinitely better than them changing the game or removing content.

Always one to defend or give such poor posts. Is impressive.

What about do nothing instead? Shocking, I know.

You act like they are giving us options or something. 'Better than nothing'.

 

[Robb]

 

[simpatico]

I was already going to buy the game. They don’t have to sell me on it.

 

[Thief1987]

"do not align with our values at Crystal Dynamics" - fucking hypocrites.

They aligned just fine when you made these games though huh? Please.

They didn't make these games

 

[BlackTron]

Just gonna mash A/start/esc and ignore it like all splash screens, but that's silly

 

[Fake]

Who gives a shit about a 5 second black screen? Are ya'll really that sensitive?

Bunch of crybabies up in here.

Funny you use the term crybabies, because that's what all this situation are about.

 

[CherryFalls]

Well at least they kept it in, so thats a win i guess.

Treating us like children is embarrassing though.

 

[xrnzaaas]

If this continues we're gonna be apologising for content from games released 5 years ago, because the cultural values and stereotypes are already going to be outdated.

 

[analog_future]

Funny you use the term crybabies, because that's what all this situation are about.

Who's crying here? Is it the team that issued the warning or a bunch of keyboard warriors on the internet?

 

[Fake]

Who's crying here?

Not me. Not you. Can't give you more clues than that sorry.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

I'd rather them have that message than changing the game completely.
Guys this is by far the best outcome.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Can someone refresh my memory on what sort of things in these early games would be deemed offensive to the dangerhairs nowadays (like besides Lara's healthy female body)?

 

[Shin-Ra]

Funny that they removed fat Drake and not Chloe’s ‘ass’ in retrospect.

 

[wipeout364]

I dunno what ya'll are up in arms about. It's infinitely better than them changing the game or removing content.

You are getting dumped on but I agree, I would far rather have to look at a warning for a couple of seconds than have stuff “modernized”. This trend of editing old novels, movies and other media is insane, it’s full blown Orwellian.

Artistic works should be protected against this.
Anyone editing an old work of art should be required to immediately move the old version into the public domain and lose all copyright privileges on the original text/video/game. Yes this should also apply to games where content is cut in patches.

 

[CherryFalls]

Who's crying here? Is it the team that issued the warning or a bunch of keyboard warriors on the internet?

Why are you so mad?

 

[Laptop1991]

Played the originals, i didn't care or even notice then and i don't care now, they are great games, and their messaging is just irritating, it doesn't help anyone, wish they were in the game for Lara to shoot at lol

 

[John Bilbo]

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Who gives a shit about a 5 second black screen? Are ya'll really that fragile?

Bunch of crybabies up in here.

Are you that fragile that you need the black screen? LMAO

 

[Saber]

These guys couldn't resist themselves lol

Who gives a shit about a 5 second black screen? Are ya'll really that fragile?

Bunch of crybabies up in here.

Then why have in the first place?
My dude, this is a series of games with a big tits adventure girl, dinosaurs and monsters and you trying to act like a smartass kid.

 

[John Bilbo]

Can someone refresh my memory on what sort of things in these early games would be deemed offensive to the dangerhairs nowadays (like besides Lara's healthy female body)?

I think the T-Rex was stereotypically green.

 

[Sephimoth]

Any idea which 'stereotypes' they're talking about? Because it's probably nothing

EDIT: (maybe something like around 12:10)

 

[Chuck Berry]

I think the T-Rex was stereotypically green.

Yeah I was just going to say, are dinosaurs popping up considered "Time Period Misappropration" or some shit?

 

[analog_future]

Are you that fragile that you need the black screen? LMAO

I'm not so fragile that a black screen hurts my feelings.

 

[DaciaJC]

Meh. It's dumb, but it's also something I'm going to immediately discard from my head once I get to the main menu the first time. Them actually changing the game to satisfy the woke outrage-mongers would be concerning. This? Not so much.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Then why have in the first place?
My dude, this is a series of games with a big tits adventure girl and you trying to act like a smartass kid.

I really wish they went with the franchise name of "Big Tits Adventure Girl"

Edit: And also that should be the OT name

 

[Xenon]

DEI team just looking busy

 

[Saber]

I really wish they went with the franchise name of "Big Tits Adventure Girl"

They would need another 10 seconds screen to be sorry for that and pay an extra to mister analog_future to call everyone a crybaby over a decade old game that no one ever felt offended.

 

[Fake]

Incoming PETA warning.

 

[HAYA8U5A]

 

[Bond007]

Im more offended this is digital only.

 

[LordOcidax]

Great strategy… Free press coverage also places like Ree are going to call for a boycott and we know what is going to happen… This game is going to sell millions. Clever

 

[Xtib81]

Blah blah blah, stfu.